Jul 27 : "365.25 Fire Betty's Barcade (Tallahassee, FL) 2018 preFX #" - 185668232 (Brooklyn)

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185668232 Releases New Video

PROCESS: Start off with the sound of change clinking in a cup, work with that, modify that, build it into a piece, and bring in some other background noises as part of the whole work.

While this work actually got its start in 2018, it was formally posted and released through YouTube last week on July 19.

Here's an artist comment from the video page: 185668232's 365.25 live noise glitch vapor activist music video at Fire Betty's bArcade in Tallahassee, Florida on December 27, 2018 encompasses live sampling of game machines, coins and incidental human background sounds, processed via a Zoom Q8 camera, H6 field recorder, Akai MPC Live, Shure BRH440m microphone with assistance credits to MaryCurranMedia.com.

Here is "365.25 Fire Betty's Barcade (Tallahassee, FL) 2018 preFX #" by noise artist, 185668232 :

Interested in seeing more? 185668232 will be doing a show tonight at Wonderville in Bushwick"

And here is the Facebook link to the artist page ::: 185668232 on Facebook (CLICK HERE).

Jul 24 : "Melancholy, MA" - The Sheila Divine (Boston)

BABY'S NOT ALRIGHT

... ... ... ... if Baby's stuck in a "baby prison" at the border. Baby prisons and the rigged system are two of the topics that Boston band "The Sheila Divine" takes a swing at in their 2018 song "Melancholy MA". "Enemies is like a new religion". This song was released right before the 2018 election, and it called for people to call for change. The song laments various bad trends occurring in our country and says the electorate is fed up. And the diagnosis that's behind all this dysfunction and that keeps appearing in the lyrics is that "We're out of love".

Unfortunately almost a year later in 2019 we've still got the baby prisons, and the band still has to sing this, and we're coming up on November 2020 sooner than we think. I did get a chance to hear the band do this live a couple weeks ago at their show at >>>>>>>>> (are you ready for this irony?) >>>>>>> "Baby's Alright" in Williamsburg. They were on tour and they actually did hit Philly also, but Thursday is my music night, so I saw them in Brooklyn. Good show at Baby's Alright!

As to the instrumentals there were some dramatic differences in the way guitars were used in the show. One song with a mellow feel had guitars as a steady smooth carpet underneath the melody; another had the guitars joining in with the drums to do a rapid-fire. Very versatile writing.

Here is "Melancholy MA", by The Sheila Divine, released on November 1, 2018.

The Sheila Divine doesn't have any more visits to us planned soon, but here is the click to their Facebook page where you can check them out ... The Sheila Divine on Facebook (CLICK HERE).

Hopefully this song that mentions baby prisons will one day be obsolete and the band won't have to sing it any more, but, until we get to that point, the current operative diagnosis is still: "We're out of love".

Jul 19 : "The Next Level Of Art" - Sam Seeger (New York)

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Sam Seeger Releases New Video

BE CAREFUL what you say in voicemails, because Sam Seeger takes voicemails and turns them into songs. Here is "The Next Level Of Art", based on a voicemail from his brother, Ben. :::

Sam doesn't have any shows coming up in the next few weeks, but here's a click to his Facebook page where you can watch what he's doing: Sam Seeger on Facebook.

p.s.... (Here's another voicemail-based video.)

Jul 07 : "LIme" - The Mary Veils (Philly)

Philly Music!

I think it was the spaced out fuzz that first drew me in. Only at the last minute did I find out about the Clark Park Music and Art Festival last Saturday. I had a little bit of free time that morning and early afternoon, so I checked out who would be playing, and then I saw on The Mary Veils' Soundcloud page The Mary Veils are a solo project created by Brian Von Uff. Hailing from Suburbs of Philadelphia, The Mary Veils are a surf rock, fuzz rock, and lo-fi psychedelic bathed in cool. That was good enough for me. With my limited amount of time, this was definitely the one band to see.

So I headed off to Clark Park.

As an outdoor show, there was room to walk around and to watch the band from different vantage points. And one thing I noticed at this show was an interesting effect with the speakers. At many shows you can hear most of the band through each of the speakers, but here it seemed almost like individual instruments were plugged into individual speakers.

This was my first time seeing the The Mary Veils, so I wanted to find out some more about them. I spoke with Brian Von Uff, mastermind of the band, for a few minutes after the show. He said that the outfit started out as a solo project, but it was only last year that it evolved into an actual multi-member band. The band has already played in a number of Philly's well-known venues, and they plan to release an album in the Fall, hopefully by Halloween.

The band played a lot of music that is also on their Soundcloud page. And they teased us with a few new songs that are going to be included on that new album coming this Fall. While the music on the Soundcloud page is spaced out fuzz, the instrumental stylings in the live show were slightly more clear-cut, and there was a little more force in the presentation. Great they did a long set. A rad show; want to hear them again.

It's interesting the way the band blends noise elements as part of the total mix. A lot of the songs have some noise at the intro, in varying degrees, and then the noise recedes back as the first verse of the song comes in, but, in many songs, still remains as an integral part of the background. So here's a good music sample from the band. This is the sixth track on their 2017 album, "Slacker Paint". The song is titled "Lime". :::

p.s... I've tweaked this writeup a few times. I think I've completed it now.

The Mary Veils doesn't have any shows coming up soon, but here is the click to their Facebook page where you can find out when they do! The Mary Veils on Facebook (CLICK HERE).