starmaker /// dance turlington

It's shameless plug friday, once again. Ma band, Starmaker has a song for you from the upcoming circle or triangle ep. We play britpop style rawkers with a spacey polish. bedroom hi-fi stuff.

plastic plastic /// k eyes

Hey everybody, it's shameless plug Friday. My band, Plastic Plastic, just completed the finishing touches on a new song that we recorded called "K Eyes". It's a bit dreamy, a bit poppy, a bit noisy, and gritty. We'll be hooking it up with the White Moon Singles Club in the near future.

Plastic Plastic @ bandcamp

_GP

no joy ///

No Joy is a RIGHTEOUS shoegaze band. They have two fantastic songs up on their Bandcamp. The song "No Summer", my favorite of the two, is 4 minutes and 11 seconds of pure summer fun despite the title. It starts off with a nice guitar groove, sparse piano, and My Blood Valentinesque vocal melodies. In that time span, a few time changes are thrown in and the outro will melt your face off (in the totally cool Indiana Jones way). This song is an epic journey. If your summer has been a bummer so far, check this song out to uplift your spirit.

No Joy @ bandcamp

buy a 7" @ Mexican Summer

_GP

hello cleveland ///

Dear Bands,

I know you want to create an air of mystery and atmosphere when you play live... but would it kill you to tell us who you are. I like you, but i just don't know who you are and won't be able to find your shit on face-face or myspizz.

...and while we are at it, not talking to the audience (who paid money and are willing to stand for 30 something minutes while you sound check) doesn't make you cool, it makes you aloof. I believe in the power of connecting with your fans. humans like humans, not robots who play instruments. so i say tell a joke, a short story, or just say hi. perhaps i am only scratching the surface of some "are we artists or entertainers" debate, but we can save that for another day.

...and by the way, i am still not advocating the whole "let me introduce the band members" thing where you tell us each person's name and they play a short noodling solo. that shit is gay.

-JW