Indie Artist Spotlight: The Flashbulb

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Flashbulb

The Flashbulb is a an electronic experimental artist coming out of Chicago. He’s been releasing thematically diverse albums since 2001. This diversity is not the only reason I chose to spotlight him. Sure, diversity is my soft spot when done well, but this artist’s music was introduced to me countless ages ago when it sounded completely different than his latest offering, Love As A Dark Hallway. The music I heard before was more ambient, more obscure—and more depressing, to be quite frank. Continue reading →

Musician Interview: Stevie Scott

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Stevie Scott, with love

As you already know if you’ve read my Top 110 Music posts, I’m a huge fan of Stevie Scott. I recently contacted Stevie and asked if she’d give an interview for this blog, and she agreed! You may have caught her on American Idol in 2006, but there’s more to Stevie Scott than her all-too-brief AI appearance. So let’s find out what’s up with her, shall we? Continue reading →

Indie Artist Spotlight #4: Captain Ahab

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Captain Ahab has been around for a number of years and has a decent following on the Internet, but sometimes it’s great to push things out there.

Captain Ahab resonates with me because they mix two genres that you normally wouldn’t think go together. It’s not exactly your standard dance music, but it’s not quite power-metal like the description on bandcamp says. Continue reading →

Indie Artist Spotlight #1: Hanzelle

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Hanzelle is an electrochamber post-pop band from the Nashville, TN area.

The Hanzelle bandcamp page describes them more accurately:

Hanzelle is an electro-chamber Post Pop ensemble out of MurFreshville, TN. Blurring the lines between classical, electronic, and traditional rock instrumentation, Hanzelle maintains a lively dedication to musicianship offering rhythmically diverse arrangements that embody upbeat, ethereal fairy tales, thrusting listeners into a head-bobbing fit of comfort.

I first listened to their latest single (July 2011) BODY ROCK/GHOST and found it to be rather enjoyable. It’s less chamber and more electro. It’s as if Kraftwerk decided to be a rock band. Continue reading →