May 12 : "Newark" - Chimes

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released

Also playing with Jackie Paper at Hong Kong Garden a few weeks ago was New Jersey band "Chimes". The words that came to mind as I heard their live performance was "heavy sparkling". They did a good show that Saturday night, but they're a new band and don't yet have a large presence on the Internets.

Current song playing right here on my blog page is "Newark", by Chimes :::

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6/27/20 UPDATE! ::: OOPS! Looks like the song as well as the band website have both disappeared!

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Chimes has another concert coming up on June 1 at Lincoln Continental in Union City. To visit Chimes in the meantime, here is the click :::

May 05 : "Bag Full Of Junk" - Seismic Thrust (Philly)

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released (Nov 2012)

Philly Music!

The name says it all. "Seismic Thrust". That's exactly what the music was at their show at Hong Kong Garden. Exactly. The pulse, the force, the motion, it was all there. It was my first time hearing them and they caught my interest right away.

... But ? ! ..... (yes, there's a but) ... Similar to The Big Drops which I wrote about in my previous blog, Seismic Thrust seems to have two personalities. The wild music at the live show and the tamer, more mellow persona on line. So, as with The Big Drops, I can't find anything on line that closely resembles what I heard at the show, so I'm playing on my page a good track, a good sound, but it's different. ... The song is "Bag Full Of Junk" that was released just this past November by the band and is their lead track on the album "Py Thanksgi" :::

I had heard Seismic Thrust a few weeks ago when they played on the same bill as Jackie Paper at Hong Kong Garden. Seismic Thrust has another show coming up this Saturday at The Thriftstore here in Philly. If you would like to visit them in the meantime, here is the click to their Bandcamp page ::: Seismic Thrust

So it's good to be back here. I've been away from the online world for the last couple weeks. My laptop did a slow death for about a week and then it took me several more days to find a good and similar replacement. ... More posts to come soon.

Apr 16 : "Yea Weather" - The Big Drops (Haworth NJ)

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released (Oct 2012)

Also on the bill with Jackie Paper at Hong Kong Garden last week was The Big Drops. I liked their show; some very interesting arrangements. But it's almost like two bands. The live music had a lot more power than what the band has on their web pages. I can't seem to find any of their recorded music that meets the same intensity. But here's a sample of one of their songs, "Yea Weather".

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

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While the web pages indicate the band's home as "Haworth", I talked with the band members and found that they actually come from a few different towns in North Jersey. ... To visit The Big Drops' Bandcamp page, here is the click ::: The Big Drops (CLICK HERE)

Apr 11 : "Where've You Been?" - Jackie Paper (Philly)

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released (This Month)

Philly Music!

They get me every time; I love the chord progressions of Philly "Indie Dust-Trail/ Shoegazey Rock and Roll," band Jackie Paper. And those chords were out in full force when I went to see Jackie Paper headline at Hong Kong Garden on Saturday night.

Jackie Paper headlined an exciting evening of five bands, both local and regional. The band actually put together the whole evening. Jackie Paper's lead vocalist, Joshua Dowell, and flautist, Michelle Goodwin, did the planning.

The night was intense. When I see live music, I always like to stand in the front, but Hong Kong Garden was so packed that night that those of us standing up front were a mere six inches away from the band. Nice! Like I said, "intense". I had a good time.

The band played a variety of music including pieces from their new album "April 2012". A sample from that album is playing right here on my blog page. The song is "Where've You Been?", and is the lead track :::

jackie paper · Where You've Been

To visit Jackie Paper's web page, here is the click ::: Jackie Paper (CLICK HERE)

Apr 08 : "what we would do - featuring un.real" - Panophonic (Clifton Heights)

These were sure a couple busy weeks; had a lot on my plate especially with the community work. So I was happy to learn last week that Panophonic was going to be doing a show on the one night that I had free.

Panophonic is the solo project of area musician and promoter, Tom Lugo. Tom had put together one of his trademark "Popnoise Festivals", an evening of three bands featuring himself as Panophonic, UK shoegaze outfit Suzy Blu / Insect Guide, and NY / NC / LA outfit The Veldt / Apollo Heights. Was the theme of the lineup bands with multiple names? :)

That night I had an assignment. A photographic assignment. Tom handed me a camera and asked me to take pictures of him as he played. So that's what I tried to do. I tried to get him from different vantage points from the audience as well as sneaking around to the side of the stage to get a couple more shots from that perspective. ... ... I wasn't used to his camera and I'm pretty sure my results weren't that stellar. But luckily for Tom there were other friends taking pictures as well. ... Whew!

This was a first for Panophonic, playing at Voltage Lounge. I've seen Panophonic as well as Tom's band, Stellarscope, play at a variety of venues all around Philly, but this was the first trip to Voltage.

Here's a sample of Panophonic's music, "what we would do- featuring un.real", playing right here on my blog page :::

To visit Panophonic and hear more, here is the click ::: Panophonic (CLICK HERE)