Austin & Heidi have been writing together lately. It couldn't make me any more excited. The two pull together some of the most mature songs I've heard in a while.
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Nashville Scene wrote an article on her: "While her delicate alto evokes clear benchmarks of influence — see early Rilo Kiley, Feist, Karen Carpenter, etc. — Prass never seems weighed down by the artists she’s absorbed. Instead, she has developed a refreshing guitar-grounded musical vocabulary and a knack for infectious and entrancing tunes. Still, it’s a spirit of invitation and friendship that continues to be Prass’ most pronounced attribute."
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You may know Sam as half of "the everybodyfields". These days, he lives in Knoxville pursuing a solo career. Sam has a dry and strange sense of humor that typically plays off of very painful matters. His lyrics grab specific Knoxville scenery, observing the feelings that, for me, are rarely ever anything more than a sub-conscious feeling - I have no idea why the imagery along Meads quarry and North Central churn and burn in my chest. He probably doesn't either, but he sure has made some great songs out of them. When I listen to his music, I'm a little jealous because I would have loved to say for myself: "Still the salt, it finds my wounds".
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Jacob Metcalf is a Dallas, Texas native. He played at a house show at my friend, Chelsea Culbreath's, house on June 16th, 2010. His music has a very calm, breezy vibe to it. He was a pleasant surprise.
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mewithoutYou played at Exit/In on June 23rd, 2010.
mewithoutYou is...
Aaron Weiss (Lead Vocals) Michael Weiss (Guitar) Greg Jehanian (Bass Guitar) Richard Mazzotta (Drums)
They are a Philadelphia-based experimental rock band. MewithoutYou's music is generally dominated by spoken-word vocals and free-ranging drums, bass, and guitar. On their third album, Brother, Sister, the band incorporated more varied instrumentation including percussion instruments, accordion, and harp. Aaron Weiss writes lyrics about issues such as unity or division in the church, suicide, money, war and love. They tour in a 42 foot 1976 MC8 Charter bus (that used to read "Altus Bulldogs" before the band painted over it in July 2009) that runs on vegetable oil.
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