May 27 : "Everything Nothing" - Clear Plastic Masks (Nashville)

Is this Nashville? Is this Brooklyn? It's a little bit of both. Clear Plastic Masks is an interesting band that claims both Nashville and Brooklyn as home bases. The influence of both can be heard in their music.

I heard Clear Plastic Masks for the first time just about a year ago this week (May 29, 2014), when they did a show at Pianos. I made a note to keep my eye open for another show. That time came along just a few weeks ago when they did a show right here in Philly at Milkboy. This year compared to last shows even a greater texture and nuance in their performance. Unfortunately it all can't be captured in the recorded versions, so you'll have to see them live. (although they do point out for the song below: "Mixes are not final and unmastered.")

But the website recordings still represent their music well. Here is "Everything Nothing" which the band posted on Soundcloud about a year ago.

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6/27/20 UPDATE! ::: OOPS! Looks like the band removed this song from their page!

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Clear Plastic Masks is on tour right now and has a very busy schedule lined up. Unfortunately, another visit back here isn't on the list. But you can visit them on Facebook. Here is the click ::: Clear Plastic Masks (CLICK HERE)

May 19 : "TweedMode Show - Silk City - 2015 02 04" - BlendMode (Philly)

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Posted

Philly Music!

Sometimes the music is very much in sync with what's going on in life. Such was the case a few weeks ago when I saw live for the first time Philly band "BlendMode". They did a nice show at North Star.

I've been busy communting, spending a lot of time on the train. In fact, I went to see BlendMode after working a day up in North Jersey. When I went in to North Star and started to listen to them play, it seemed to fit right in with the rest of the day and almost be a continuation of the most recent event, my train ride back from North Jersey. Each piece was long and had a continuous fast steady rhythm. There were very few breaks in tempo. And the pictures and scenes going by were the sounds of the other instruments that would seemingly appear out of nowhere and "blend" in, playing a dozen or two bars over the rhythm and then recede. The rhythm would keep going steady and then some more short surprises from the other instruments would come in. The band is quite eclectic, melding or "blending" a bunch of genres. I never knew what was coming next.

My personal take was I felt like I was still traveling. I enjoyed the show and hope to see them again.

BlendMode has a limited amount of music posted on the internets. This is their one track from Soundcloud. It's "TweedMode Show - Silk City - 2015 02 04".

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6/27/20 UPDATE! ::: OOPS! Looks like the band removed this song from their page!

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If you like their sound and would like to see them, you're in luck. BlendMode is doing a show tonight at Silk City Lounge. If you would like to visit them on Facebook, here is the click ::: BlendMode on Facebook (CLICK HERE)