Tom McRae is perfect for A Day Like Today
It might be considered as something of an insult to place someone as seasoned as Tom McRae and his four full-length albums in the Fresh Waves category, but leaning on the excuse that his audience and fame is nowhere near that of what the appeal and sheer quality of his music justifies will hopefully make [...]
Introducing the magnificent and Exceptional Edward
Running a music blog isn’t all that I had hoped it would be when I first started Silent Sound Waves; it’s ten times better than I ever thought it would be! The most immediate perk is that bands and promoters send us music to listen to because they want us to write about it. Most [...]
Fiction Family debuts their first single!
After at least a year of speculation, Fiction Family’s first single from their full-length debut is available for free on their website. Two super-writers, Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek, originally created a duo called The Real SeanJon back in 2006, humorously hoping to be sued by the rapper P. Diddy over [...]
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 [...]
Stickboy - A simple boy made of sticks
I could not think of a single better way to start the “Fresh Waves” column than sharing one of my favourite musical discoveries of the year. Although some might say that with close to fifty-five thousand friends at MySpace, three full albums available at iTunes and having a song featured on the popular TV show [...]
