Jul 31 : "Floating Eyeballs" - Sam Seeger (New York)

New Video / Freshly Produced and Recently Released (last week)

NEWS! ::::::::: Sam Seeger came out with another new video just last week. It was on July 26, which also happens to be Sam's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAM! In this video he has his whole band playing with him. And More!

Family is important to Sam; he told me last year his goal was always to have a "band of siblings" Here's my writeup from the show at Pianos.. While his music last year at Pianos included a brother and sister, he's expanded the family participation to include all family available! He told me yesterday: The guy in the karate uniform fighting the eyeballs is my father, Dave, and the woman painting the eyeball is my mother, Holly. They actually have their own band: https://youtu.be/LJSZ1TwjcsQ Also got my brother Ben in this video too. Shot that bar scene when he and his girlfriend Paris were visiting from LA. You've gotta click here to see Sam's web page with his art and more music. Sam Seeger web page (CLICK HERE)

THE SURVEILLANCE STATE

The "floating eyeballs" are always watching, always watching. The message here is do what you want to do and don't let them intimidate you.

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To Hoom It May Concern: Thursdays are my most regular music nights. Hope Sam and some combination of his siblings do a show soon on a Thursday! :) :)

Jul 30 : "Y Control (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover) w Looper & Drum Machines" - Sam Seeger (New York)

New Music / Freshly Arranged and Published

NEWS! ::: Sam Seeger has just published a new video.

The song is "Y Control", and it's a Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover. Sam told me I love Yeah Yeah Yeahs. “Y Control” is super loopable and I just went for it.. On this particular recording he's playing solo, sort of, with the help of a drum machine.

I've seen Sam Seeger play with his full band twice, at both Goldsounds in Bushwick and Pianos in Manhattan. They always do a good live show.

And here's Sam's version of "Y Control" :::

To hear more of Sam's music, here is the click to his Soundcloud page ::: Sam Seeger on Soundcloud (CLICK HERE).

Jul 24 : "Swim to Me" - FLOTUS (Syracuse)

New Video / Freshly Created / Recently Published

NEWS! ::: FLOTUS has published their first video.

I saw Syracuse band FLOTUS a few months ago when they came to Pianos to do their first New York show. And now just a short time later they've published their first video, a video of "Swim to Me" one of the songs on their "Sundance" ep. The band told me The video was directed by a friend of ours at Syracuse University, Ben McLaughlin, who majors in television, radio, and film. He thought it was a fun song and offered to do the video for us so we just let him roll with his own creative vision.

If you'd like to find out more about them, here is a click to their web page (where they even have a quote from yours truly (wow) ) FLOTUS web page (CLICK HERE). Here's the click to their Facebook page ::: FLOTUS on Facebook (CLICK HERE). And to my original Writeup. They're going to be doing a show in DC this Thursday, July 26. On their summer touring hope they include a "Thursday" visit to Philly or NYC soon. :)

Jul 11 : "Rep. Maxine Waters" - Jelani Sei (Hartford + New York)

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released (March 2018)

Last week I went to Mercury Lounge and saw Jelani Sei for the first time. Their members are from both Hartford and New York, they're "electro-ebonix", and they're "future-soul". And they played to an absolutely packed house!

As I was exploring their website before the show, the song that really caught my attention was "Rep. Maxine Waters", which is a fairly new piece, having been released just this past March. Read the lyrics as you listen; they're written as if Rep. Waters might be voicing this herself.

If you'd like to read the lyrics while you listen, here is the click to the song's Bandcamp page ::: Listen and read lyrics REP. MAXINE WATERS

Jelani Sei does have another show coming up on September 7th at Trans Pecos. In the meantime, here is the click to their Facebook page where you can find out more about them: Jelani Sei on Facebook (CLICK HERE).

Jul 04 : "The Twilite" - Spritzer (Brooklyn)

A few weeks ago I saw Brooklyn band Spritzer for the second time, the first time being a couple years ago at Sunnyvale. I'm learning that the band's persona changes show to show or night to night. The first time I saw them, they were a fairly new effort with only a few samples of music on line. But when I went to see them for that first time, I saw and heard something completely different, as they had "guest brass" playing with them. A whole different feeling!

A few weeks ago I saw Spritzer do a show at Pianos, and, again, the feel of the music was unexpected, although this time not by design, as Matt Meade, mastermind of the band, had broken his hand and was unable to play the guitar. He wound up doing one-handed keys.

In spite of that change in instrumentation, the band still sounded great, as they played both new and earlier work as well.

So here's a sample of a song from last year. About The Twilight of a relationship? oh nooooo ((And this song does have some brass!))

Spritzer is a fairly new project by Matt Meade, who was one of the founders and principal songwriters of New York band "Friend Roulette". Stylistically, Matt wanted to veer off and experiment with some new sounds that were outside the sound territory of the other band.

I like Spritzer because of their complex instrumentals, and, of course, their surprise insertion of the horns every now and then. They've just come out with a new album, "Love, Lies, Decay", which takes the listener on an adventure through many different styles. Here is the click to their Soundcloud page where you can listen to the new album as well as some of the band's "originals". ::: Spritzer on Soundcloud (CLICK HERE).

Spritzer doesn't have any shows coming up soon, but here is the click to their Facebook page where you can keep watch::: Spritzer on Facebook (CLICK HERE).