Werewolf Music

Eargasms:Royal Canoe

Raise your hand if you’ve heard of this band… (attempt to act surprised to see not a single hand in the air).  Noisetrade.com offered up a free EP put out by these Canadian indie-rockers a couple months ago, and it was great.  I received an email about this new video they just finished, and it made me even more excited.  The complex arrangement and smile-worthy harmonies draw an instant comparison to Anathallo, but something about this band is really refreshing.  They seem to just enjoy what they are doing, and make really kick-ass music. 

Check more of their stuff out at http://www.royalcanoe.com/ and enjoy!

themildrevolution:

Watch The Mild Revolution in Portsmouth, NH

Shot by Zachary Little & Jory Caron

“Carroll County Lines” By TMR

The Birds - Tumbleweed CompanyChances are, you’ve not heard of this amazing band. Formed in Boston, MA by a handful of brilliant minds from Berklee College of Music, this band is blowing the doors off of the Folk/Americana scene these days. There is something in their sound (honesty? pain? heart?) that really calls to you.

This is their newest, an amazing offering called “The Birds”. As you can see, vocal harmonies are a strong point of Tumbleweed CO. The lyrics are brilliant as well: “You were plotting distant courses, but didn’t hear the voices that were calling…” paints the image of a soul consumed with wanderlust, while the title is drawn back in with the line “How the sparrow was ringing, and how the mockingbird singing, to you the bluejay cried… to you the bluejay cried”.

To see and hear more, check out their website here.

Keep Your Friends Close: The Mild Revolution

Morgan Little. Josh Hallengren. Tim Stone. Matt Caputo.

Learn these names. These are people that you need to know. These are the four men behind The Mild Revolution, a folk-rock band out of Keene, NH.

I know this band very well… Morgan and I have been friends for years, and we even played together in a band called Elm City Orchestra. Tim Stone performed hand percussion for my solo stuff for a while. Josh Hallengren recorded my first-ever recording (The Thickets EP). I’ve had the pleasure of playing with Matt Caputo as an honorary member of an earlier incarnation of TMR. Each one of these guys brings a different energy and life into The Mild Revolution, transforming it into something living and breathing.

The band has changed quite a bit over the years, starting as mostly a moniker for Little, growing to include various pianists, bassists, drummers, guitarists, even a banjo player (the magical Adam Hogue). With so much fluidity present in the band, you might think its watered down over time.

Little begs to differ; “Everyone is in the exact role they are supposed to be in. It doesn’t compare to my previous projects because none of them have made as much sense to me as [The Mild Revolution] does now.” These guys love what they do, and they certainly take it seriously. According to drummer Tim Stone, “The Mild Revolution is my family, a group of men from very different musical places with one common goal: to create music that makes people feel something real, to relate with their life a little better than they may have earlier that day. It’s something that we hope allows us all to take advantage of the present. That’s how I feel when I play with them, like while we’re playing there is something bigger that is ‘supposed to happen’ in the music, and being present for that is huge.”

The songs are rich with emotion; raw and real, unfiltered. From crooning ballads to drunken anthems, there is always something to connect to in TMR’s music. For example, the song “Nine” weaves a story of forbidden love, with Little singing “We, we could share your roof. We’ll make it my home, we won’t leave any proof… early, early in the morning, baby your window open wide… what did you expect, my love? You know that I’m making you my bride.”

There is a primal rage behind “The Devil’s Son”, opening with the line “My name’s John Brown, and they call me The Devil’s Son.” Whatever it is that you’re looking for, The Mild Revolution can deliver.

The video above is a live cut of the song “King Sham”, performed at the Night Owl Cafe at Keene State. This gives you just a taste of what a Mild Revolution show has to offer.

Follow the band on Twitter (@MildRevolution), subscribe to their Tumblr, and download their music on Purevolume.

The Boss is Back.

Bruce Springsteen is America. His songs have become anthems, giving us something to raise a fist to, something to dance to, something to love. He has been the working-man’s hero, painting musical pictures of life in the streets, showing us that even roughneck ramblers can do anything. He has composed rock manifestos like Born to Run “Baby this town rips the bones from your back, it’s a deathtrap, it’s a suicide rap, We gotta get out while we’re young, ‘cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run.” and dragged us through the depths of despair with The River “Then I got Mary pregnant, and man, that was all she wrote. For my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat.”. Springsteen has done a great service to rock music and all of us as fans, and it is becoming clear that he’s not quite done yet. He’s back with a bang, coming through with “Wrecking Ball”.

Due to be released on March 6th, “Wrecking Ball” is looking to be some classic Bruce, touching on the recent economic strain that has befallen our country. There is a clear progression to his sound here, throwing out some serious rock music while still maintaining that classic “Boss” sound. He has managed to reach a new generation while holding onto his original fans. He has proven that he is timeless.

Preluding the March 6th release, Capitol Records has been releasing one song each day, only available for streaming for 24 hours. Currently the song “This Depression” can be heard here. Be sure to check back to this site each day for further song releases. The first single off the album, “We Take Care of Our Own” is available for download on iTunes and can be found on Spotify as well.

Above is a video of the title track, “Wrecking Ball”. This live cut shows us that the Boss has still got it, and he’s not going anywhere. Here we also get another glimpse of the greatness that was Clarence Clemons (Rest in Peace, Big Man!).