7. “Afraid” / CERAMIC HOLIDAY (Arellano/Robinson) This five-piece from Los Angeles just survived a scary year. Lead vocalist (and co-writer) Jen Robinson was treating a painfully sore throat throughout most of 2002, until a doctor discovered a serious thyroid problem…
Embarcadero Track 5: Fantastic / The Dent
5. “Fantastic” / THE DENT (Linker/Norberg/Rauh/Cotton) These guys have been playing together (on and off) for fifteen years, and their experience shows — especially on this ironic ode to the work of Elton John. So little of the power pop…
Embarcadero Track 4: Billi & Patti / Let Me Love You
4. “Let Me Love You” / BILLI & PATTI (Billi Hall / Patti B.) These women LOVE rock music. Everything about them shows it. They have memorized hundreds of rock staples. And they’ve written original songs that would sound just…
Embarcadero Track 2: Diane Falcone / Maybe
2. “Maybe” / DIANE FALCONE (D. Falcone) Diane Falcone is a singer/songwriter who transcends the cliches of singer/songwriter-dom. Her debut full length CD, “Maybe” got a polish from producer David Henry, who’s worked with the likes of R.E.M. and Yo…
Embarcadero Track 3: Zach Ziskin / Falling To Pieces
3. “Falling to Pieces” / ZACH ZISKIN (Z. Ziskin) This was one of the first songs that leaped out of the submission pile and onto the compilation. And we’re not the only ones that think it’s great — while we…
Embarcadero Track 1: The Mirrors / Mirror Whore
1. “Mirror Whore” / THE MIRRORS (Martin Arthurs/Brian Maguire/Dave Lewty/Steve Harvey) This is one that Lori picked from the slush pile, and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head since. The band’s a group of UK…
RockReview (for our friends near Philly)
Lehigh Valley RockReview: Demo Critique Panel & Contest Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 6:00 – 10:00pm The Sterling Hotel 343 Hamilton St., Allentown PA The Philadelphia Chapter of the Recording Academy will present a Rock Demo Critique Panel and Contest geared…
Finally — Someone Gets It
Universal lowers wholesale/retail CD prices.
Tastemakers At Work
Mike Piazza is doing more for Guns N Roses than their label and publicist combined.
Tastemakers Where You Least Expect Them
…and now, your local forecast…
TicketMaster Changing The Rules
In the NYT today, an article outlining TicketMaster’s expansion into auctions and brokerage. We’ve already seen them restrict “pre-sales” this year, and it looks like the long term model is to move to a completely dynamic price structure for tickets.…
Five Rules of Post-SoBig Society
I think the author of this article might be taking things a little to the extreme. E-mail is not working so great this week, that’s for sure. But it’s always gonna be fine for one-to-one communication. Our spam filters did…