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From Horse Feathers to Home: Peter Broderick

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2008-10-07 10:33:57 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...music has been a noticeable, if somewhat subtle, force over the past several years. For me, the first time I recalled an artist blatantly mentioning the mixture as an intentional component in his own work was when previously featured German composer Max Richter proudly used the tag post-classical to describe his music. It sounds simple enough...
 
 
 
 
 
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Obscure Sound: Best of September 2008

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2008-10-03 10:21:57 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
As October rolls around and the leaves start turning from green to brown, it has become a realization for me that my transition into a more urbanized environment has its own perks and disadvantages. I have been in DC for about a month and a half now, exploring the city in small doses as I see which venues and local acts are worth checking out. I...
 
 
 
 
 
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Vic Chesnutt Gains Some Elf Power

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2008-10-01 10:29:27 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...music as fulfilling as possible may involve bringing in a helping hand or two, even if a bit of individuality is sacrificed in the process. Perhaps it speaks to his level of experience, but Vic Chesnutt has been known throughout his prolific career as a songwriter and performer to show no reluctance in enlisting other talented individuals to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

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2008-09-30 10:25:19 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...musicians immediately felt comfort in their artistically similar dispositions and search for something new and industrious. I think I knew instantly upon meeting him [Wandscher] that my life would change forever, Sykes explains. Together, he and I have been lucky enough to spend our musical partnership with a group of really great, talented...
 
 
 
 
 
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I am Robot and Proud

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2008-09-26 10:27:23 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...music, there is one ideology that tends to occasionally go overlooked: the importance of melody. Atmospheric perception is a vital quality of all music that musicians value for all the right reasons, but I have found too many artists who overvalue the importance of such superficial leanings to an extent that the melodic substance of their...
 
 
 
 
 
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Neimo

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2008-09-24 10:27:38 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...music making its rounds everywhere from South America to Asia, there are certainly reasons why such a demanding focus is put in place on a language that is considered a countrys own. If anything, it almost seems like they are encouraging French artists to write songs in their native tongue, rather than capitalizing on the widespread appeal of...
 
 
 
 
 
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Those Dancing Days

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2008-09-23 14:35:33 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...music has been invading US shores for decades in the most complementary form possible, and to have yet another band break through from the musically fruitful country seems more imminent these days than being even a slight surprise. The only surprising aspect of Those Dancing Days , though, is not their highly infectious melodic capabilities...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Gentle Guest Is Bound to Save Some Souls

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2008-09-19 10:28:09 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...music, many of us have come across a plethora of artists who classify themselves under the genre of Americana in shameful fashion, opting to use the tag to cloak several forms of stylistic indecisiveness. The Gentle Guest, though, are true surveyors of the genre, choosing to take advantage of the style rather than to disgrace it While Gentle...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Happy Hollows

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2008-09-17 15:06:03 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...music career for Negahdari. They had all been yearning for a career in music though, causing their reunion of sorts in California to be prompted by such aspiring intentions. Since Mahoney and Meanie had still kept in touch regularly after their move to LA, they had already begun to form what would later become The Happy Hollows. After...
 
 
 
 
 
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Land of Talk

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2008-09-16 10:33:29 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...music, his reputation continues to grow at a rapid pace due to highly ardent fusion of folk and indie-rock. Then again though, it would take at least a considerable amount of potential for a newly prominent solo songwriter like Vernon to dedicate his time and efforts toward another band that is not affiliated with his own. After all, it would...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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