The Ghost Ease are a Portland-based indie rock trio with a
dreamy, slightly aggressive sound influenced by '90s alternative rock/grunge as
well as the riot grrrl movement. Their songs are often tense yet calmly paced,
but they also ramp up into a spirited punk fury, and are always propelled by
the unique vocals of lead singer/guitarist/songwriter Jem Marie.
The group started as a home-recording solo project of Marie
in 2010, and became a duo in 2012 when Nsayi Matingou joined on drums. The
Ghost Ease recorded their self-titled debut album during winter of 2012 through
spring of 2013, engineered and mixed by Joey Binhammer, who also contributed
bass to some of the album's songs. Following the album's release on Talking
Helps Records, Fabi Reyna became the group's bassist. Lawrence Vidal replaced
Reyna in 2014. The trio's 7" EP Quit Yer Job, which featured a brooding
cover of M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls," was released by Cabin Games in April of
2015. The Ghost Ease recorded “Raw”, their second album, in Seattle with
producer Steve Fisk, and it was co-released by Cabin Games and K Records in
September of 2015. ~ Paul Simpson
The Ghost Ease revel within the warm folds of a sort of soft
savagery, pin-pricking holes into the fabric of the astral veil, and creating
hypnotic, raw opuses by way of heavy guitars, frenzied drums and lilting vocal
timbres.
The Fixx are an English rock and new wave band formed in
London in 1979. The band's hits include "One Thing Leads to Another",
"Saved by Zero", "Are We Ourselves?", and "Secret
Separation", all of which made the U.S. Top 20, as well as early MTV Video
hits "Red Skies" and "Stand Or Fall" and Mainstream Rock
chart hits "Driven Out" and "Deeper and Deeper," the latter
of which was featured on the soundtrack of the 1984 film Streets of Fire.
Early Years as The Portraits & The Fix (1979 – 1981)
College friends Cy Curnin on vocals and Adam Woods on drums
formed the group in London in 1979, initially calling themselves Portraits. The
pair placed an ad for additional members, and recruited keyboardist Rupert
Greenall, guitarist Tony McGrail and bassist Russell Mckenzie later to be
replaced by Charlie Barrett. Portraits issued two singles for Ariola Records:
"Little Women" (1979), and "Hazards In The Home" (1980).
Later in 1980, McGrail left. At this point, the band added
guitarist Jamie West-Oram (formerly of Phillip Rambow's band) and changed their
name to The Fix. This version of the band recorded for 101 Records, releasing
their first single ("Lost Planes") in February 1981. This track,
along with several live tracks issued by 101 on various compilations, received
some radio exposure on the BBC. In these early days West-Oram was billed simply
as "Jamie West", and keyboardist Greenall occasionally used his full
name Rupert Peter Greenall.
The Fix's raised profile eventually led to the group being
offered a contract by MCA Records.[1] Worried about the potential drug-user
implication of the band's name, MCA insisted on a name change before signing
them to the label. A compromise was reached as the band altered the spelling of
their name to The Fixx, and a deal was duly inked.
The RCA & MCA Years (1982 – 1991)
Barrett left The Fixx just after the recording of their
first album, Shuttered Room, in 1982. This album featured the band's initial
hits, "Stand or Fall" and "Red Skies," both of which
charted in the US and the UK. The band found particular success in Canada,
where "Stand or Fall" reached the top 40. "Stand or Fall"
entered the charts in the U.S on October 30, 1982.
Barrett was replaced on bass by Alfie Agius for the
Shuttered Room tour. Agius' stay in the band was short-lived, though, as he
left during the 1983 recording of their next album Reach the Beach, after
having recorded four tracks. Agius is credited as co-writer on all the album's
tracks, but the group for this album was officially credited as a quartet
(Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram and Woods). Agius went on to briefly tour with the
hard rock/heavy metal band, Fastway that same year.
Reach the Beach became (and remains) the group's most
commercially successful album. Agius' bass work is featured on the album's
first two singles "Saved by Zero" and "One Thing Leads to
Another."[2] Both these singles cracked the US top 40, and "One Thing
Leads To Another" became the band's biggest-ever hit (No. 1 Canada, No. 4
US). It was during these sessions that bassist Dan K. Brown joined the band.
Brown played bass on the third top 40 single from the album, "The Sign Of
Fire" and continued with the band on its subsequent tour. Brown became a
full member of the band thereafter.
The 1984 album Phantoms contained the hits "Are We
Ourselves?" and "Sunshine In The Shade." Another song from the
period, "Deeper And Deeper," was released as the B-side of "Are
We Ourselves?" (and also appeared in an edited version on the soundtrack
for the film Streets of Fire). This track received substantial airplay on U.S.
and Canadian modern rock radio stations.
In 1985 The Fixx recorded the song "A Letter to Both
Sides" for the soundtrack of the film Fletch. In 1986 they released their
fourth album Walkabout, containing "Secret Separation" (No. 1 on
Billboard Magazine's "Album Rock" chart) and "Built for the
Future." The 1987 album React, containing both live and new studio
material, was the last for MCA Records.
1988 saw their return with a new album Calm Animals and a
new label RCA Records. This album contained another U.S. hit "Driven
Out" (another No. 1 on Billboard's "Album Rock" chart).
The band returned to MCA for their next album, 1991's Ink.
The album featured "How Much Is Enough?" (No. 27 Canada, No. 35 US).
Post Major Label Years – (1992 to Present)
Dan K. Brown left the band in 1994. He was not officially
replaced, and the band used session musicians on bass in his stead, with Chris
Tait playing bass on most recordings and live shows from 1995 through the early
2000s. The four man line-up (with contributions from Tait and other
sessioneers) recorded 1998's Elemental and the 1999 album 1011 Woodland on
which they re-recorded a selection of previous hits and album tracks.
In 2002, The Fixx performed Nancy Sinatra's 1960s classic
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for an album of cover versions of
songs from the 1960s to 1990s called When Pigs Fly.
In 2003, the band released their ninth studio album, Want
That Life. Gary Tibbs, formerly a member of Roxy Music, The Vibrators and Adam
and the Ants was installed as an official member on bass for this album.
Long-time bassist Dan K. Brown re-joined the band in 2008,
replacing Tibbs. They celebrated 25 years of making music together, with the
release of the 2-CD Twentyfifth Anniversary Anthology compilation.
With the classic lineup back intact, The Fixx released their
10th studio album Beautiful Friction on July 17, 2012. The Fixx regularly tour
the US.
Everything Fades is an alternative rock, dream pop,
progressive psychedelic shoegaze band out of Austin, TX. They’ve been described
as “Swervedriver meets The War On Drugs”.
The group released their debut EP on June 26th,
2015 and looks forward to touring soon.
“Clearly the band “Everything Fades” has produced a solid
effort with their debut 4 song EP “Here’s to a New Tomorrow” with the title
track heading for a top 40 position on World United Music. Here’s a band to
watch moving forward.” ~ Stewart Brennan, World United Music
(((S))) is an anonymous one man band from the cold fusty
streets of Copenhagen, Denmark.
This ungoogable project started out in 2009 with the
debutalbum ”GHOST” released by the German label AFMusic.
”GHOST” was announced worlds best album of 2009 by the
English goth guru/writer Mick Mercer.
In 2010 the second album ”PHANTOM” hit the streets also with
great success and airplay all over the globe. From BBC to Brisbane. From Halle
to Houston…..
In September 2012 the third album was released :
”THE MOON IS MY SUN”.
This time a change of genre to a more old-school electronic
style different from the previous more guitar driven post punk sound.
"WELCOME TO THE HEARTLAND" was released on December 05th, 2014 on
Poisonic, Germany. A 43 minute postpunk/psycedelic trip into the unknown.
(((S))) lives in the shadows and prefers it to stay that
way.
Screen Vinyl Image is formed by ex-members of DC shoegazer’s
Alcian Blue and are a part of the Virginia shoegaze scene (Ceremony, Skywave,
Alcian Blue, The Offering). Their music is a combination of Electronic
Psychedelic and Shoegaze, with influences that range from early electronic
artists like Tangerine Dream and John Carpenter to recent electronic artists
like Rude66 and Legowelt, to shoegaze/ psychedelic bands like Curve, The Jesus &
Mary Chain, Loop, Suicide, and My Bloody Valentine.
The band tours constantly and has shared the stage with
Ulrich Schnauss, Auburn Lull, The December Sound, A Place To Bury Strangers, A
Sunny Day in Glasgow, Adam Franklin and recently did a tour in Japan with their
label mates Ceremony. Their live show is often compared by many to Suicide and
My Bloody Valentine both in volume levels and intensity and their DIY visuals
combined with 2,100 watts of strobes take their audience into a trip of sensory
overdrive.
Screen Vinyl Image have released a 5-song EP (The Midnight
Sun), a single (Chaser), a split 12 inch (Ceremony/SVI), their debut full
length Interceptors, and are releasing in 2010 a 12 inch of remixes (May 2010),
the Siberian Eclipse 7 inch on Fan Death Records (June 2010) and the Too Much
Speed 7 Inch (summer 2010) on Custom Made Music.
Their albums present a full gamut of the band’s influences,
from atmospheric synths, dancy electronic beats, tripped out drones over
hypnotic samples, and of course layers of fuzz and guitar over slamming beats.
Since September 2012, drenched in full guitar feedback,
reverberating vocals, and fractured drums, Future is deafening noise pop that
has been described as a “sonic wall of sound.” The Parisian trio combines cold
melodies and atmospheric chords similar to the Jesus and Mary Chain and
Skywave. The band comes back with a new EP "Stay Behind EP" on
Anywave and a new formation.
Band Members:
Yann Canévet - Bass & Voice
Brice Delourmel - Guitar
Pauline La Chaceray - Keyboard
METЯOPOLIS, a rising steampunk
inspired Alternative Rock band from Bury St Edmunds are currently making waves
at rock venues across the country with their dynamic and original sound.
Seamlessly blending Sci-fi Nu-Wave and Prog Rock, they have really lit up the
growing Steampunk rock scene.
" We are trying to focus the
largely eclectic steampunk genre into a defined style that is both true to the
sub-genre, whilst still accessible to the public at large"
Managing to gain fans spanning
the world in a very short time, this tight 5 piece band of seasoned musicians
write original retro-futurist music with a dystopian slant, that really
captures the imagination, whilst also managing to knock out slick guitar, pounding
drums and catchy synth licks.
With plaudits coming in from
genre leaders Vernian Process, Abney Park and BB Blackdog, Metropolis could
well become the vehicle Steampunk needs to go mainstream.
Parisian Lead singer Nina Courson met
British guitarist Phil Honey-Jones in 2009 in the now defunct venue Punk in
Soho, both of them were in separate bands at the time. It wasn't long before
ideas were bouncing around and they began to write songs together, the shared
influences of the likes of Iggy Pop, Nirvana, Blondie, Killing Joke,Sonic
Youth, Bauhaus and Bowie playing a big part in the direction of the music.
Inspiration has come from far and wide and lyrically the lines between
autobiographical and fiction are blurred and merged. I suppose if there was a
specific aim it would be to capture and bottle the essence of certain music
from the past and release it kicking and screaming into the now.
They have played now with many different
drummers and bass players along the way, the line-up seems to be in a constant
state of flux but the spirit remains the same.. They played their first gig
together at an all day punk festival in Brighton in September 2010 where the
promoter ran off with the money and Healthy Junkies only got to play about 15
mins before the festival shut down.. Since then the band have played many gigs
all over the U.K. including a slot at the mighty Rebellion punk festival in August
2012 and 2013 and will be back there on Friday 8th August 2014. The band
continue to play at their self-hosted monthly night at The Unicorn, Camden
London as well as travelling all round the UK whenever possible. A 2 week tour
of Britanny, France is scheduled for November, so its busy busy busy on the
road.
On stage lead singer Nina Courson interacts
with the other band members and entices her audience in the theatre that has
become the trademark of their live shows. Its all in the songs really, make what
you will of any messages you may find either hidden or glaringly obvious,
Healthy Junkies are here to entertain, they play what they feel like playing
and don't feel the need to compromise or fit in, The world right now is not
necessarily a better place but this is where we find ourselves and so stay
Healthy if you can and if you're going to get addicted to something, make it
music that means something, not prossac/mind numbing pharmaceutical corporate
rip off pills intended to kill individuality off and turn us into lobotomized
robot slaves.
They self released their debut album
entitled Sick Note in 2011. The follow up 'The Lost Refuge' is now available on
STP Records and an E.P. entitled 'Hair of the dog' is now available only at
gigs or from the band themselves online.The third album is currently being
mixed and due for release later this year on STP Records.The current line-up
for the band now includes Dave Renegade on bass guitar and Tony Alda on drums
playing alongside Nina and Phil.
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