Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Nanny nanny nanny nanny boo boo

Partially brought on by friend-chats, partially by chick music, and by my own personal "empowerment"...I'm going back to doing MY thing everyday.

It's so much easier when you just don't give a damn...











even if it is mostly a front.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

"Carlon is the beer drinker's indie band."-Freeindie.com

So, I am presenting another band to you from Ropeadope--yes that's two in a row, I'm soliciting my awesome job.
And it's NOT garbage either. So don't be a hater!

Anyway, here's Carlon (I'm personally doing "in-house" for the band):
They released their full-length LPJohari Window mid-last month, and it's a really great and underrated album (thus far).

To me it sounds like it has influences of Fleet Foxes and Tom Waits, Kings of Leon, and Radiohead--And you can definitely hear The Beatles references throughout. And even that's a long shot. They don't really sound like anyone in particular and different all the time, but the album flows so nicely. They're super original, not your basic indie rock band.
Carlon is a quartet of dude friends haling from New Jersey who made the whole album in they're own 20,000 square-foot warehouse studio. This apparently helped them with the writing process of Johari Window, giving it a personal feel. I think it shows; the album can get kind of emotional at times--in a good way though. A way we can all relate to.

I'll probably talk about them on here quite a bit because I'm in charge of getting these guys the press they deserve. They're talented. Let me know whatcha think. Any suggestions on how I should promote them, too?

Hey and look--they're cute too:



Listen to their LAST.FM Page: CARLON

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Black Landlord

There is this pretty great band at Ropeadope where I recently started working (haven't done too much there yet but ya know). Everyone at Ropeadope is super psyched on them.

They're called Black Landlord and the album "Addicted to Distraction" just dropped yesterday, and it's f****** great music. Representin' the Illadelph! I was able to grab a free copy of it. You can compare them to the legendary Roots crew a bit (ya know, substance rap over a band with a soul/funk vibe). Only they're a little more big-band and just different. The main guys Maxx raps super clearly; you can understand everything he says. Actually, I think they're set to play at The Roots Picnic, as well (I'll be thurrr). My boss told me they were already, after I suggested we try and get them on that show. Apparently, really decently good and funny guys, too. Highly recommended by yours truly.
Black Landlord Myspace



...weird thing about the last video is that I was actually at this show when I happened upon Rittenhouse on a random summer night with friends. I hadn't realized who they were at the time.