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Tilbury | Music Profile

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Icelandic band Tilbury was founded by drummer Thormodur Dagsson (Skakkamange, Jeff Who?, Hudson Wayne) back in the summer of 2010 and was originally intended as a solo project, named Formadur Dagsbrunar, but quickly evolved into the full blown monster of a band that is Tilbury. The band play a sort of folk-synth-pop sound, not dissimilar to Grandaddy. It’s led by the synthesizers of Kristinn Evertsson (ex Valdimar) and the lush guitar sound of Orn Eldjarn (ex Brother Grass). Gudmundur Oskar (Hjaltalin) decorates the sound with his French-ish baselines and drummer Magnus Trygvason Eliasen (Sin Fang, Amiina, Moses Hightower) binds it all together with his dynamic drumming.

The band half from ultra cool Reykjavík in Iceland. Everyone I met during a holiday there was in a band. I guess with up to 20 hours of darkness a day during winter it makes sense to play rock n roll to cure the boredom. The band’s Exorcise LP has been one of my favourite album’s this year. An absolute gem of a record.

Tilbury’s debut album, ‘Exorcise’, was released in May 2012 on Record Records. Check it out here. Also have a watch/listen to the opening track from the album, ‘Tenderloin’, below:

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Our Burgundy | Music Profile

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I must admit I don’t know a lot about Our Burgundy but what I do know is that they rock! They’re two kids from Pomfret, Conneticut, Seth David Christian (guitar/vocals) and Alex Herr (drums), who have created a sort of Bush meets White Stripes sound. Don’t take my word for it, have a watch of their ‘Bad Things’ video below:

Also head to the Our Burgundy bandcamp page for free downloads of their Through The Grapevine 1 and Through The Grapevine 2 EP’s

 

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Solace and Stable | Music Profile.

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Artist: Solace and Stable
Album: The Systematic Erosion Of Integrity
Country: USA (Kansas City, MO)
Format: MP3 320 44.1
Song titles “Satisfiction” “Culture Of Corruption” “Design and Deceit”
Bio: Founded in fall 2008, Solace and Stable are a 5 piece melodic progressive metal band from Kansas City, MO. S&S create a sound that is both unique, and progressively complimentary. One moment Solace will have you captured ain the beauty of a lead, and the next in the hospital with high blood pressure from chaotic breakdowns. “Kudos to Solace and Stable for producing brutal, extreme metal, with an unexpected edge of poetry and guitar work that sparkles against dark musical undertones and gutteral vocals.
-Leslie, Zimms Music and Entertainment

Sounds like: Between The Buried and Me, Misery Signals, The Red Chord, Necrophagist, Into The Moat

Monks of Mellonwah | Music Profile

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Band: Monks of Mellonwah
Location: Sydney, NSW
Members: Will Maher (vocals), Joe de la Hoyde (backing vocals/guitar), John de la Hoyde (bass), Josh Baissari (drums)
CD: “Neurogenesis” EP (Advance release May 24, 2012)
Production: Jeff Bova (Michael Jackson, Billy Joel), Ryan Miller (John Frusciante, Flea), Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, RHCP)
Websites: www.monksofmellonwah.com, www.facebook.com/monksofmellonwah, www.twitter.com/monksofmellonwah
Style: indie rock, alternative rock
Similar to: The Black Keys, Muse
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_8crOOSRu0

News release: Coming off their big win for “Best Indie Rock Artist” at the Artists in Music Awards 2012, and being nominated for best International Artist in the LA Music Awards, Sydney’s buzz act Monks of Mellonwah are now ready to release their new EP “Neurogenesis”. Contributing to the new EP were Grammy Award winning producer Jeff Bova (Michael Jackson, Billy Joel), Ryan Miller (John Frusciante, Flea, The Ruminators) and renowned engineer Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers).

Neurogenesis features 4 alternative rock tracks which explore a range of concepts from Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb in “Neurogenesis” to the longing for life in “Neverending Spirit”. Each track has something to offer and is demonstration of the Monks of Mellonwah’s evolution, both in terms of maturity of song writing and musical and vocal prowess.

Francis Bowie | Music Profile

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Artist: Francis Bowie
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
CD: Francis Bowie EP
Release date: Oct 17, 2011
Label: Interscope Digital
Production: Michelle Djarling & Kasper Larsen (Kay & Ndustry)
Websites: http://francisbowie.bandcamp.com/, http://francisbowie.com, http://soundcloud.com/francis-bowie, http://www.facebook.com/FrancisBowie
Style: Intelligent Pop Music
Streaming link: http://francisbowie.bandcamp.com
Secure Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?t3nlbx26o1nlbw9
Music video links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=260f6EIaQi4&feature=channel
“Sunny Day” music video: http://youtu.be/260f6EIaQi4

Bio: Francis Bowie is a metrosexual whirlwind of creativity within the Danish music and art scene; aside of his singing and songwriting, he is a painter, sculptor, designer, writer and gallery owner.

Along with a growing band of people worldwide who love pop music but are disenfranchised by the bland ‘Pop Idol style’ music that dominate the charts, Francis Bowie has decided to promote his new concept of Intelligent Pop Music, aka IPM.

The Francis Bowie EP is a beautifully crafted selection of his finest songs in a NuWave vein.  With soaring synthlines and orchestral backing, it’s light yet deep; sincere and thoughtful; catchy yet cool, it’s a superb example of the IPM genre.

In Copenhagen in 2007, he opened his first art gallery GalArtery, while also releasing the debut album “Too Much” with his indie art rock band “A LOVE YOU”. GalArtery soon became a place where young artists could gather and do their shows and performances. After touring constantly in 2010 with A LOVE YOU, Francis decided to leave the band for a while and do solo projects. In the spring of 2011 along with two designers, he opened a second art gallery called MATT 18 which also exhibits fashion, clothing and design.

Francis is frustrated by the scene today: “I’m disappointed by many contemporary pop musicians and producers because it seems like it’s just about going for the cash and a pretty young face. Anything else like the quality and content of the songs themselves rather than just the look often get overlooked in the race for the charts.

Francis Bowie does not think that pop music should deal with all these matters at once or necessarily be too complex. But neither should pop music should be as banal as it can so often be in his opinion. In his own words; “IPM is an attempt to put some quality, dignity and honour back into popular music”

View video ‘Sunny Day’ from the EP here:
http://youtu.be/260f6EIaQi4