Evy Llyan is a new singer-songwriter in town... she shows real promise!
"Smile Ease has a dreamy quality to their sound, full of breathy harmonies and catchy melodies that seem to be pulled like magic out of fairly simple, yet beautiful chord progressions. The lead vocalist of this ensemble has the range and tone of Paul McCartney while the band itself has a Flaming Lips sort of appeal." - Anchorage Press
A Purge of Dissidents is a film created by Dalek, composed of 10 animated shorts featuring an appealingly disturbed Space Monkey. FYI, Dalek is not the experimental rapper who is on Ipecac Recordings, rather this is the Brooklyn visual artist. The film features music from Haze XXL, aka Tom Hazelmyer, who comes from the late 70s/early 80s punk/metal scene. The film also features music from the Melvins.
Los Guys, a great roots act from Tempe, features members of the Pistoleros.
"Post's sound is as much Springsteen and Van Morrison as it is Otis Redding and Al Green: blue-collar heartland grit mixed with Motor City soul..." - The San Diego Troubadour
"Throw the imagio of Johnny Cash, the vocal clarity of Edwin McCain, and Dylan-esque lyrics, and somewhere in the beat is Lee..." - New York Overview
"Behind a dimly-lit corner of the bar, a spotlight shines and dances on the skin of Bernadette Seacrest, Albuquerque's newest chanteuse. 'there's a physical feeling to singing jazz you don't get from anything else, even chocolate or sex,' says Seacrest. She is dressed in red velvet, and what appear to be bits of lingerie are really tattoos running all along her chest and arms. Seacrest is a vision from the '40s, a classic beauty with a contemporary twist. Her voice comes at you like Billie Holiday on a train that started in the pre-civil rights South and alighted in the 21st-century Southwest." - Albuquerque Journal
"Bernadette Seacrest's formidable set of pipes atop the torrid haze served up by her Yes Men. The whole affair resembles a hand-cranked big screen romance circa 1930s, in which our heroine-as was often the case during the era-beguiles her male counterpart with sleight of sexual innuendo, the blink of a carefully attended eye and an ever-so-slightly liquor-lubricated melody. Standards and originals alike are given the same naughty treatment here, all to tummy tingling effect. Careful, boys." Weekly Alibi
"Papermoons... already has a 7" to their credit, one that I have already expressed acclaim for. New Tales builds on the melancholic pop melodies of that album however, this time around the band has more time to better show their own identity. Papermoons are an unusual enough band that they warrant some genuine excitement." - Punk News
"Musically, (Papermoons) are on as songwriters... mind-bogglingly mature, The hybrid of folk and indie rock music and the band’s single-minded pursuit of the quietest and most beautiful sounds possible was striking. Don’t be surprised if you find youself hitting the repeat button." - Sound Salvation Army Blog
John Amos and David Videl are "Damn Coyotes"!
John Amos is a great Americana singer-songwriter in the vein of Steve Earle, Joe Ely, Dave Alvin, Roger Clyne and Bob Schneider.