Oct 31 : "Crazy" (Cover) - Cat Clyde (London, ON)

Yet another good music outfit I saw at Pianos in the last couple weeks was London, ON, singer Cat Clyde. She did a nice set of songs, beautiful and richly textured. She has several videos uploaded to YouTube; they include a number of covers. Here is a Patsy Cline cover, "Crazy" :::

Her song "Chimes in the Night" was featured on an episode of YouTube program Local Band Smokeout - Canada. This is great to watch :::

Cat Clyde is heading out to the midwest right now to do shows in Milwaukee and Louisville. While she doesn't have any more shows listed for our area, here is the click to her Facebook page where you can keep an eye on what she's doing next :::: Cat Clyde on Facebook (CLICK HERE).

Oct 30 : "Cartoons" - Planet Moon (New York)

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released (last month)

Another good band I heard at Pianos recently is New York based "Planet Moon". As with The Bits, the stage presence is way more animated than what you'd imagine by listening to the web music. Here is "Cartoons" from their album "Dos", which was released on September 4.

Planet Moon doesn't show any upcoming concerts on their own page, but both Songkick and Sunnyvale show the band to be playing on Monday, November 14. Here is the click to the show at Sunnyvale ::: Planet Moon at Sunnyvale (CLICK HERE). To visit the band on Facebook, here is the click ::: Planet Moon on Facebook (CLICK HERE).

Oct 29 : "So Won Me Over" - The Bits (Brooklyn)

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released (July)

I recently did a stop at Pianos after work and heard Brooklyn band "The Bits" do a live show. I enjoyed it. My first time seeing them. The performance is much more animated than the impression the web music creates.

Here is "So Won Me Over", from a demo released by the band in July :::

The Bits will be doing another show this coming Saturday, November 5th, at The Biter End. If you would like to visit their Facebook page in the meantime, here is the click ::: The Bits on Facebook (CLICK HERE).

Oct 22 : "I Will Do (Anything)" - Dead Leaf Echo (Brooklyn)

New Music / Freshly Written & About to be Released

Today I'm featuring what is actually a "teaser" of a "teaser" by Brooklyn band, Dead Leaf Echo. Teaser of a Teaser? The full album looks like it's not going to come out for another couple months, but, in the meantime, there is a teaser cassette of the song "I Will Do (Anything)". But the cassette isn't actually going to come out until November 4. It will be a two-song cassette, and the other song is by Vancouver band "Did You Die". So here is a preview of the preview!

I've been listening to Dead Leaf Echo and going to their shows for a few years. The new song has a little more shoegaze in it than some of their previous work, but the sound including the vocals and some of the chords are unmistakably "Dead Leaf Echo". Here is "I Will Do (Anything)" :::

Dead Leaf Echo is embarking on an ambitious concert schedule. Here are a few shows close by: Berlin (Nov 6, tape release party), Pete's Candy Store (Nov 19), and Ortlieb's (Dec 3). Here is the click to their Facebook page ::: Dead Leaf Echo on Facebook (CLICK HERE).

Oct 21 : "100K" - Sun Hat (Philly)

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Posted (11 days ago)

Philly Music!

A few weeks ago I went to Kung Fu "Upstairs" and heard Philly band Sun Hat for the first time. They did a good show and have been working on an album, "Pet Shapes", which is due to be released on November 5! They've released one teaser, "100K", which is right here :::

Here is the click to their Bandcamp page, so you can hear the full album when it comes out in a couple weeks ::: Sun Hat on Bandcamp (click here). They'll be doing their album release show at Pharmacy on November 5. Here is the click to their Facebook page ::: Sun Hat on Facebook (CLICK HERE).

Oct 03 : "Better Rest" - Repelican (Philly - Baltimore)

Philly Music!

It's been a hectic month. I'm just catching up today writing about a great show I saw back on August 28. Yikes! It was my second time seeing Repelican, which is getting to be a favorite. Repelican did everything. And More!

Repelican is the solo effort of Philly (ex=Baltimore) artist, Jon Ehrens. His performances include a combination of live and pre=recorded elements. Some songs have vocals and guitar live with rhythm coming through as pre=recorded.

But don't believe the songs are too formulaic and set in their format. In reality, the music's styling as well as the show's format are all over the map. In fact, Jon said before the show started that a lot of it would be impromptu, he hadn't planned it out.

With Repelican shows, you absolutely don't know what to expect next. This dynamic was enhanced by the show's being at Ortlieb's, which has a low stage. About halfway through the show, Jon hopped off the stage while still singing and walked around, mingling with the audience as he sang. He did a couple songs mixed in with us and then returned back to the stage. Ortlieb's is a way better match for his shows than Johnny Brenda's where I saw him previously.

Repelican has several albums on its page, but I guess I'm obsessing over my favorite, the 2014 "Pall Mall Blues". From that album and towards the end, the ninth track, is "Better Rest". An interesting quality of this song is that the vocals are sort of half-spoken and half-sung :::

Repelican has been mounting a lot more music on line since the beginning of the year, including new work as well as albums previously released. Here is "I Don't Know What She Wants [And I Don't Wanna Care (But I Do)]" which is the last track on the 2008 album "Repelican Presents: Fuk You! It's The Revoltn Developments!" :::

The last track on "Pall Mall Blues" is "In the Mystery". I like the instrumentals on this :::

Repelican doesn't have any upcoming shows listed at the moment, but here is the click to the Facebook page where you can follow what's going on ::: Repelican on Facebook (CLICK HERE). And if you'd like to hear more music, here's the click to Bandcamp ::: Repelican on Bandcamp (CLICK HERE)