Tag: indie music
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CLOSING TIME VIRTUAL CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS Matt Adams of The Blank Tapes
Matt Adams of The Blank Tapes performs an acoustic performance for Gré Closing Time Virtual Concert. Photography by Kelly Segré
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CLOSING TIME VIRTUAL CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS Henry SoLOMON and Logan Kane of Outside WOrld
Henry Solomon & Logan Kane of Outside World perform at Gré Closing Time concert in August 2020. Gré Closing Time Virtual Concert with Henry Solomon & Logan Kane. Photography by Kelly Segré Henry Solomon, a talented sax player with a bleached blonde fro and very cool pants is a musician originally from the bay area…
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Closing Time Virtual Concert Series presents Egg Drop Soup
Egg Drop Soup is a three piece, all female punk band based in Los Angeles, California. Although they aren’t originally from LA their music has the potential to take the Los Angeles music scene by storm with it’s burning intensity. Together their voices amplify resistance towards the patriarchy, giving that classic girl power spice to…
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Closing Time – Virtual Concert Series presents Rachel Oto
Interview by Holland Deschuymere Photographs & Video by Kelly Segré The first thing I thought when listening to Oto’s music was “Damn, this girl is fierce!” Upon her arrival I was met with someone who is kind hearted and perhaps a little timid at first, but once she started playing her whole demeanor changed, giving…
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Intimate Concerts in the Age of CoronaVirus
As we approach month three of social distancing in the wake of a global pandemic, many question the future of music festivals and large concerts. Is this the beginning of the radicalization of more intimate shows? I don’t exactly know the answer to this question, but personally, I would hope so. In the age…
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Songs of Isolation During Shelter In Place Order
Follow playlist at… Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtape – Shelter in Place 1. Yesterday – Beatles, Help Studio Album, (1965) “Yesterday” is one of the most recorded songs in the history of popular music. Its entry in Guinness World Records states that, by January 1986, 1,600 cover versions had already been made. The song took a while to…
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Guilty Pleasures – Part 2
Follow playlist at… Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtape – Guilty Pleasures Side B OUTLINE NOTES 1. Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up, Whenever You Need Somebody (1987) Time to get Rick Rolled. The internet craze originated in 2007 when various websites, including an online anti-Scientology group and a Radiohead site, posted links that resembled…
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Guilty Pleasures Part 1
Follow Playlist at Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Guilty Pleasures Outline / Notes Guilty Pleasures Mixtape Side A 1. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby, Hooked – To The Extreme, 1989 When it was originally released as a single it was actual the “B” side, but a DJ in Georgia played the wrong side and…
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New Music Discovery: Gong Gong Gong
By Dennis G. Keat Photo of Keat by Kelly Segré Music is subjective, but there exists this collective idea of what it’s supposed to be, or how it’s supposed to sound. Every so often, however, there’s an artist that comes along and challenges that perception. When you hear the term, “rock music,” what do you…
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Music Review of Gabriella Evaro, Jame Doe, & The Flusters – Palm Springs
By Dennis G. Keat Photograph of The Flusters By Kelly Segré For decades, Indie music has carried with it a reputation for being incredibly experimental, with an affinity for theatrics. And while the genre is an all encompassing term for musicians that are unsigned to a major label, oftentimes, it also refers to musicians that…