Molly Marlette - A young singer and songwriter to look out for!
A few months back I got a friend request over at VIRB (a cleaner, less cluttered MySpace-esque social network) from a random girl with a couple of songs on her profile. Usually I don’t give friend requests from artists I’ve never heard much thought or attention, but for some reason, which could probably be only [...]
Right Away, Great Captain! - The Eventually Home (Review)
Concept albums are tricky. Trying to create a musical concept story about a 16th century sailor spanning three records relying almost solely on a guitar and your voice is surely bordering on crazy. But with the recent release of The Eventually Home it looks like Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra just might pull through with [...]
Unlikely collaborations: The Hives & Cyndi Lauper make a Christmas song!
One of my old favourites, Swedish garage band rockers have teamed up with spokeswoman for girls of the eighties to create what’s in familiar Hives-modesty described as the best holiday song on this side of White Christmas. The track is appropriately titled The Hives & Cyndi Lauper in a Christmas Duel, and can be downloaded [...]
The Boss is working on a dream!
You can now download the titletrack from Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming album, Working On A Dream, for free at iTunes or here (where you can also sign up for his mailing list, which fans of the Boss should do of course). The offer is only good for two days, so better download it as soon as [...]
Is there something you want to ask The Gaslight Anthem?
Remember that interview we did with Socratic a while back? It was so much fun, and turned out so well that I decided to go hunting for some additional bands that would interested in answering a few questions for us. I think it’s safe to say that we got more than we bargained for, because [...]
Socratic on touring, a new record and more! (Interview)
The Jersey quintet Socratic released their first album Lunch for the Sky in 2005, a free EP titled Just Turn the year after, and earlier this year they released their sophomore full length record Spread the Rumors. We were lucky enough to get a chance to ask their singer and guitarist Duane Okun some questions, [...]
Like mash-ups? Check out Viva La Hova and Death Cab for Hova
I’m generally not a big fan of mash-ups between hiphop and (soft)rock songs, but a project that has mashed up songs from Jay-Z and Coldplay has gotten a lot of attention recently, and it is actually worth listening to. It’s called Viva La Hova, and it combines miscellaneous songs from Jay-Z with Coldplay counterparts in [...]
Do you have a question for Socratic?
Within a couple of days I will be doing an email interview with the guys from the pop-rock band Socratic, and to make this an interactive process for the readers of Silent Sound Waves as well as all the fans of the band out there, we will be including your questions in the interview!
Bands and Artists on Twitter: Have you found your favourites?
Back in the day there was nothing cooler than being friends with your favourite bands and artists on MySpace, but we all know that time has passed. The new cool kid on the social networking block of the internet is the microblogging service Twitter, and quite a few musicians have started to use it in [...]
Did you remember to pick up these two gems?
In between the many big releases the past few weeks including new albums from Keane, Copeland, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals and The Cure, you just might have missed two of the gems that didn’t get the kind of hype the former did. Luckily I caught them and I’m here to share them with you. [...]
