Theeeese guys are a band that I've been listening to for so long that I don't remember where or how I found them. The Classic Crime has this sound like something from the late 90's-early 2000's (which, I believe, is when about 85% of good music died out). Deep, thoughtful lyrics on life and death, love and loss, struggles with addiction, and everything in-between make for what's not always a "pretty" picture but certainly a masterpiece. Raw emotion pours out as lead singer Matt Macdonald screams on one track,

 
"I know there's more to life than slavery, I'm tired of dyin',

           I know there's more to life than drinkin' this soul sick medicine."

You can tell these guys actually give a rip about the music they're making. Macdonald has written before about how discouraging it is to be a small band, but that doesn't seem to matter, if anything that seems to push him to put even more depth and meaning into his lyrics as he pours out his heart on paper. They're not out just to make music so people think they're cool, every note is thought out and has a purpose...which is what I long for in the music industry today.

The band has also been both raising money for and volunteering in Haiti, sending 100% of the profits of the pre-order of their new album Vagabonds (out in April) to the cause, and they've already raised over $3000. So, big hearts + big music = big need for you guys to check out The Classic Crime.

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Oh Ben Folds, how you soothe the soul.

I don't have a "real" post to make right now, but I just wanted to say for any of the (negative) 270 readers we might have, that you can expect a couple of posts this week at least! I'm going to be sharing some of my best-kept secrets, as well as finding a new (to me) band to share. Get excited!

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Don't worry, that big X up there doesn't mean the picture is broken. That's the album cover for today's featured band, The xx. I found these guys (and girls) through NME, looking at their "celebrity doppleganger" article. I was surprised to find that lead singer Romy is also MY look-alike. Too bad I found this out after doppleganger week. Anyway...I've been getting more into new wave lately, so I decided to give The xx a listen. Good stuff, good stuff. Smooth beats, and Romy has a voice to match. They've been getting more press lately from what I've seen, from NME to Rainn Wilson of The Office tweeting about them, so give these guys a listen before they get too popular  ;)

Ciao!

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I present to you lovely people:

The Modern Society 

These guys are near and dear to my heart, because they're a bit of a local band where I'm from. I've had the extreme pleasure of seeing them live, and intend to go again as soon as it's possible. Drawing off influences such as Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles, The Modern Society has a knack for making music that is as much infectiously-catchy pop as it is raw rock and roll. I can't think up enough good words to describe them, but I will say that their latest album, The Beat Goes On, didn't leave my CD player (yes, I still use one of those) for a good four months at least. Their latest blog entries have noted that there are some big things coming, though they won't say what. I'm excited to hear what these boys have up their sleeve, but until then give them a listen on their Myspace. Enjoy!

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Okay, so for a long while this blog kinda fell through. I'm going to skip the apologies and get straight to the business at hand:

1. I (Lanna) am now the sole author of this blog. I think Crystal forgot about it...

2. I'm not going to follow a "limit" this time on how many Myspace fans a band can have. And I also may pull some from Purevolume sometimes, who knows. Having a limit made it about 196395890182346 times harder to get motivated to search through the dredges of underground music to find the good stuff. Everything good would be several thousand over the limit, therefore making me very disappointed. Also, the majority of users on Myspace now seem to be spam, so that throws things off a lot. Pretty much if a band is really good and doesn't appear to be exactly well-known, they're going on here. I'll be the judge of how well-known they seem.

3. As you've noticed if you've visited us before today, the site has been redone. 2010 is a new year, it was time for something new instead of the boring old normal template. You guys like it?

4. Every once in a while, I may throw in something mainstream that I'm really liking at the moment, or other little stuff. I'm wanting to make this blog a lot more personal...but not in the "oh let me share every detail of my life with you" kind of way. Don't worry, no diary entries from me. Just cool stuff. Who knows, maybe I'll give something away sometime :)

and last, but definitely not least:

5. I'm not going to make any promises about how often I'm going to post. When I find something good, it'll go up. It will, however, be a LOT more often then it has been (not that that's hard to accomplish...) and I'm looking to make this a constant thing. But I need encouragement! Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. Tell people with good taste in music that would appreciate this blog. Tell people with sucky taste in music so they'll come and learn something! And when you read my posts, comment them. Share my posts on your facebook. The more people reading this, the more motivation I'll have to keep writing! I felt a bit like this blog was a lost cause, but I'm determined to work through that. I just need your help, because there's only so much promoting I can do myself!


That's everything, I think! I'll be throwing up a post I've wanted to do for a loooong time later today. I'm sorry this was such a long update, and that it took so long to come. Let's see if we can make this happen!

-Lanna

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My Sincere Apologies . . . .

WOW! Its been such a loooong time since my last post. I've been super busy. So I'm sorry all of you No Name Fame fans out there. But I have decided to make it up to you. I will be posting TWO bands this week to make it up to you.

Everythings Taken (Michael Thomas)

I found this guy several months ago and I've had him on my back up list I keep in case I don't have the time to find anything new.  I just rediscovered him tonight and wow he totally blew me away. He sounds even better than I remember.  Everything Taken (Michael Thomas) sounds like a mixture between Bright Eyes and Jon Forman of Switchfoot's solo acoustic stuff. And just to warn you the recordings aren't the best ever but other than that, its amazing.

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Betcha didn't know THAT, did ya? Hah, but no seriously...the name of my band this week is I Have Ears. I had always wondered what would be the outcome if you mixed OkGo with The Strokes....and I think I've found my answer! A little rough, a little different...a lot good. Check them out...NOW.

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