It Was a Dark & Stormy Night - Five Iron Frenzy (+, I'm back to the blog!.. on Thursday)

The project I was focussing on last week is finally done & handed in, so hopefully I'll be back to researching & posting a bit (that is, if you'd like that... I know I would as I enjoy learning that stuff. :).
But... on Thursday, as I'm busy tomorrow night, & have a practical tomorrow morning.

That said, I'll still at least leave you with the high recommendation of going to listen to Five Iron Frenzy's new song, "It Was a Dark & Stormy Night" (& considering that's the way the weather's been where I am for the past few days, it's appropriate).
http://fiveironfrenzy.com/site/album/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night/
& you can get the song for free if you give them your e-mail address to send it to.  & you should do that ('cause it's amazing).

Five Iron Frenzy is BACK!

I think you should read this:
http://5ironfrenzy.tumblr.com/

Excited?
& check out the song they mention on their Facebook BandPage... page:
https://www.facebook.com/5ironFrenzy

Also: I'm going to post this link so you too can watch how fast this is jumping.  It was at 35 thousand dollars in less than 70 minutes.  Amazing.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fiveironfrenzy/new-five-iron-frenzy-album

But seriously: I'm excited.


:D

break...

Hey, so, as you may have seen, I've started a bit of a break (unintentionally, but you know what I mean...); thing's've been a bit busy.
That said, I'm going to take a bit more of one as I have a project I need to focus on.  I may still post an occasional song or bigger news (probably related to Five Iron Frenzy sometime soon), but I likely won't be posting regular until (at the latest) roughly the beginning of December.
Take care.
I'll be back.

Malleable - by Bigfoot Wallace

I Love Love Love this album, too! (... ok, so that doesn't quite work the same way as last night's post, but nonetheless!).
Bigfoot Wallace is from Chandler, AZ.  It's the solo project of early 20-something Jon Hubbell, originally coming from another Arizona band, started in 2008, by the name of Bearhug.  They released a couple EP's, & then earlier this year, Hubbell came out with his own solo EP: "Malleable", independently released in May, 2011.  (& that's all I've got).
This song is, of course, from "Malleable".
(you'll have to either download the album [which you should because it's amazing] or here:
http://bigfootwallace.com/music  (<-- you just have to select the song in the TuneCore menu...)

& you may still be able to download the album for FREE (it was only supposed to be a limited time thing, I think, so get it while you can!  It's totally worth every second.)
http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2011/08/02/bigfoot-wallace-malleable-2/

& here's a bit of a cool remix by Ryano, of the opening track from "Malleable", "Turn em Loose"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb42PvfoHxA

find Five Iron Frenzy's blue comb!

I know it sounds slightly weird, but Five Iron Frenzy has launched a search to find a blue comb here.
If you find it, you get a code which will allow you access to a website at 12pm MST on Nov. 16th (2011).

Trust me: it is possible.  & you do get a code...  I did!  (it's not as hard as you think...)

Have fun!

Love Love Love - Avalanche City

I'm in love love love with this song!  ;)  (as if you didn't see that coming...)
Avalanche City is from Auckland, New Zealand.  Inspired by The Rocket Summer's DIY first album, Dave Baxter decided to take matters into his own hands.  Baxter has come from a personal background of music involving being a guitarist in the hardcore bands One Must Fall, & The Chase (the former starting in high school), & also obtaining a degree in music & writing [music] for television.  Roughly 4 years ago, however, he bought a folk guitar, & "just started writing riffs, little plonky cute kinda riffs"*.
Baxter wrote, produced, recorded & performed all the instruments** on the City's album "Our New Life Above The Ground", which was released on April 4th, 2011, & distributed through Warner.  "Love Love Love" was the first single & it reached #1 on New Zealand's singles chart, & "Our New Life..." debuted at #1 on the iTunes album chart.  Since Avalanche City's inception, other musicians have joined Baxter, creating a 6 piece band who have joined in & are becoming the official band.  They've since played to a 3000+ crowd at New Zealand's Parachute festival, & are currently on a small U.S. tour.
This song is from "Our New Life Above The Ground".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWzzbuJJYQc

* - http://www.libel.co.nz/blog_posts/2539-interview_with_avalanche_city
** - all instruments except a drum circle, during which he & a couple of his friends brought floor toms & played in a circle on a couple tracks; he also had another friend play harp for another song

Damaged (2011) - by Plumb

Love it.  ... simply put.
(I'm just going to post what I did last time [except slightly updated] so I can keep working on homework...)
Plumb is Tiffany Arbuckle Lee – she was born in 1975 in Indianapolis, IN, but ‘grew up in Atlanta, singing in church & school’. “At 19, she began working as a backup singer, in part to earn money to help pay for nursing school. She began doing studio work & then touring. College went by the board & she eventually moved to Nashville, where, a month before her 21st birthday, she signed with a small label”*. She met guitarist Matt Bronlewee, formerly of Jars of Clay, & together they wrote the debut record for what became ‘Plumb’. It was a self-titled album released in 1997 on Essential Records & it sold over 100,000 copies. “candycoatedwaterdrops” was the next in line, released in 1999, & it won Modern Rock Album of the Year at the 2000 GMA Dove Awards. In 2003, she released “Beautiful Lumps of Coal” on Curb Records, but as a ‘solo’ artist still under the name of Plumb. 2 more albums have followed, since, & there is now an upcoming album, titled “Faster Than a Bullet”. This song is from her NoiseTrade sampler ("NoiseTrade Sampler (2011)")**, released not too long ago...
https://www.facebook.com/plumbmusic?sk=app_178091127385
(^ it's the second one there; under "Drifting")(& if that doesn't work, just go the NoiseTrade link below...)


(here's the original, by the way, from "candycoatedwaterdrops")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEs1e8880c4


** - You can download that EP for FREE at NoiseTrade
http://noisetrade.com/plumb

* - https://www.facebook.com/plumbmusic