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October 16, 2009 |
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Magpie
In 1994, at Mike Cyr's Sorceror's Sound, Magpie evolves as a four-piece, and releases their best tracks yet on an untitled EP with four groundbreaking songs: the rousingly fatal Dread, the skimbleshanksian sound of the seattle-rific Bellyup, the paced deliberation of Steeplechase, and the yearning prayer of Sweet Reprisal (which happens to feature some of the best vocals ever recorded round these parts, thanks to Mark Quinn...) : Drums: Michael Davies
Bass: Ed Briones
Guitar/Vocals: Mark Quinn
Guitars/Vocals: CJ Stankewich
This eponymous EP also features the most beautiful cover art, assembled by Jen Wolcin, Michelle Gemma, and Rich Martin. to Magpie Home... |
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Last Updated ( December 22, 2009 )
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October 16, 2011 |
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The Mystic Music Archive Has Been Pillaged by PortFire Most of the bands from the Mystic Music Archive have now been re-allocated to PortFire. |
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Last Updated ( January 15, 2012 )
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February 15, 2011 |
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Sodium Lights 
Thank Rich Martin for another brilliant idea: each band in this year's CDT/Hozomeen Cosmo Single features not only an original composition, but also a cover of one of the classic New London/Mystic bands of the past 30 years. The Day's Rick Koster elucidates:
"Sodium Lights chose to use their cover arrangement - of Paisley Jungle's 'Riptorn' - on the actual compilation release instead of an original piece. Making the final touches on their second album, Sodium Lights thought Martin's idea of working up a cover tune could be a therapeutic break. They reached back to the days when two of the Lights, guitarist Alex Pellish and drummer Rich Freitas, were just starting out in the pop band 17 Relics - "
"At that time," Freitas recalls, "Paisley Jungle was the local band that really blew our minds when we were just beginning to write songs. Their rhythmic intensity and Paul Brockett's rock star front-man persona captured us. Paisley also gave the Relics their first big breaks, having us open shows in the summer of 1986 at Toad's Place and the old Agora Ballroom in Hartford."
After four nights at Silas Deane, Sodium Lights had a finished version of 'Riptorn,' and a crisp, minimal b-side named 'Tinsel.' "We had so much fun listening to Paisley Jungle every night - an inspired idea by Rich Martin." said Freitas.
The full two-disc compilation, entitled The Long Hundred, was released by CDT and can be found here.
Take a Listen To Sodium Lights Home |
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October 15, 2009 |
nedderkoppen
 Nobody Ever Does presents Luke Hunter, Hannah Utt, Nevin Nguyen-Tan, Bennett Quarles, Emily Quarles, and Zach Drake.
Converged upon Hatteras Island for six days, they worked out these four epic soundscapes, threaded geodetic through Vesuvial Pompeii, 1972 Pompeii, and a present day location, perhaps the fields of Chernobyl?
enjoy the ecstatic.
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Last Updated ( October 16, 2009 )
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March 24, 2010 |
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unearthing Highlighter 
Highlighter was fronted by Alex Pellish, who had anchored the majestic 1980s/90s bands 17 Relics, Portersville, and Vera from Alice, and who is now running Sodium Lights. The 12 songs on Highlighter were recorded in 2003 with Alex on vocals and guitar, with the Fake brothers ( Todd on guitar and Shawn on kit), and with Tim Grimes on bass. It was an amazing nexus of some of the finest local musicians. They played SE CT for several years, live on WCNI, and the last night of Station 58. Their track "Emerson" was featured on Towers of New London Volume 3. Then, in 2005, the band disbanded amicably, but had never released their songs in album form. Pellish says that the unreleased album kept returning to his thoughts, years after it was roughly recorded in Todd's basement, and so he dug out the original tapes and mixed these never-mixed tracks. It is compelling, an emotional music that rages through pop, yet delights with melody, and propels us through some of the best, most terse and polished song-crafting heard in a long time. Check it out! |
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Last Updated ( September 10, 2010 )
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