Trick or Treat? Colorado has a new Indie Rock radio station

Colorado has a new Indie Rock station! OpenAirCPR 1340 AM kicked off it’s broadcast life this morning at 6 AM with Paper Bird’s “Colorado”, followed by Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up”. While I haven’t had much of a chance to listen to it today, people are already raving – including the fine folks at the Underground Music Showcase headquarters who posted “We at UMS HQ are totally digging on OpenAirCPR!” as their Facebook status today.

Here is a list what they played over the last two hours:

1:46 PM	Little Scream	Cannons	The Golden Record	Secretly Canadian Sc236
1:41 PM	Crooked Fingers	Typhoon	Breaks in the Armor	Merge MRG428
1:37 PM	New York Dolls	Vietnamese Baby	New York Dolls	Mercury 832 752-2
1:34 PM	STRFKR	Boy Toy	Jupiter	Badman BRCD-930
1:32 PM	Thee Oh Sees	Pleasure Blimps	Castlemania	In The Red ITR208
1:28 PM	Belle and Sebastian	The Fox in the Snow	If You’re Feeling Sinister	Matador Ole 296-2
1:23 PM	Paleo	Holly Would	Fruit of the Spirit	Partisan
1:20 PM	John Vanderslice	Overcoat	White WIlderness With The Magik Magik Orchestra	Dead Oceans DOC052
1:16 PM	WU LYF	Cave	Go Tell Fire to The Mountain	LYF LYF 006
1:10 PM	Iron & Wine	Waitin’ for Superman	Around the Well	SPCD 808
1:07 PM	Bon Iver	Minnesota, WI	Bon Iver	Jagjaguwar 6 56605 21352 1
1:04 PM	Blitzen Trapper	Devil’s A-Go-Go	Wild Mountain Nation	LidKerCow 7 51937 30272 8
1:00 PM	Charles Bradley	The World (Is Going Up In Flames)	No Time For Dreaming	Daptone/Dunham DUN-1001
12:58 PM	Givers	Ceiling of Plankton	In Light	Glassnote GLS-0118-02
12:51 PM	The Blow with Richard Swift	S.O.S.	Norman: A Film By Jonathan Segel	Mom + Pop MP036
12:46 PM	Radiohead	The Tourist	Ok Computer	Captiol CDP 7243 8 5522
12:44 PM	Yellow Ostrich	Hate Me Soon	The Mistress	Barsuk Bark120
12:40 PM	Agent Ribbons	Oh, La La!	Chateau Crone	ANTENNA FARM
12:35 PM	Chromeo	Tenderoni	Fancy Footwork	Vice Vice 2-176252
12:31 PM	Beth Orton	How Far	Trailer Park	Dedicated 61702-44007-2
12:25 PM	Cymbals Eat Guitars	Definite Darkness	Lenses Alien	Barsuk digital Promo
12:20 PM	Andrew Bird	Tables and Chairs	The Mysterious Production of Eggs	Righteous Babe
12:18 PM	Jacuzzi Boys	Los Angeles	Jacuzzi Boys	HAR-037
12:13 PM	Wovenhand	Arrowhead	Woven Hand	Self
12:09 PM	M83	Midnight City	Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming	Mute 9510-2
12:07 PM	Best Coast	Crazy For You	Crazy For You	Mexican Summer MEX 052
12:02 PM	Thurston Moore	Circulation	Demolished Thoughts	Matador OLE-953-2
11:57 AM	Man Man	Van Helsing Boombox	Six Demon Bag	ACE FU ACE039
11:50 AM	Echo & the Bunnymen	The Killing Moon	Songs To Learn & Sing	Sire 9 25360-2
11:46 AM	Dawes	If I Wanted Someone	Nothing is Wrong	ATO digital Promo

The station’s morning-show host and assistant music director Alisha Sweeney was quoted in the Denver Post as saying “We’re Colorado Public Radio, and we support local music”, but this sampling doesn’t really back up that claim. I checked out the schedule, but it doesn’t list any “shows” – only DJ’s – so I am unable to determine whether there will be shows dedicated to local music. Make sure to make your feelings about local music known!

Not only can you tune in on a traditional radio (if you are within the station’s 1000-watt signal originating from Denver’s Ruby Hill neighborhood), but the station also provides streaming at http://openaircpr.org/. Ricardo Baca wrote a column about the station in yesterday’s Arts & Entertainment section of the Denver Post.  OpenAir is funded by Colorado Public Radio, so please donate if you like having another indie rock listening option!

Concert Review: Nightmare on Blake Street

Friday night’s Nightmare on Blake Street event at the Summit Music Hall featured a Haunted House, a costume contest, and great performances by My Body Sings Electric, The Pirate Signal, Eldren, Shoot to Please, and Valedictorian. The Haunted House was a little weak and I heard one of the actors got punched pretty hard. It also reeked of gas fumes from a prop chainsaws. UPDATE: I’ve seen some pretty cool pictures from inside the Haunted House lately showing stuff I never saw. I must have rushed through it…

As a hoodied victim hung from the rafters, the zombified My Body Sings Electric performed a high energy set featuring hits “Outside”, “Step Into The Light, their newly completed single “She Wants To Be A Doctor”, and a Thrice cover – who is playing the Summit on Sunday night while MBSE is in Fort Collins supporting Air Dubai/The Epilogues. At the end of the set, they were joined on stage by contest winner Brady Berryman sporting his Justin Timberlake “Dick in a Box” costume.

The members of Eldren dressed in a variety of costumes: Nasir and Tyler wore red and blue bodysuits, respectively, which left little to the imagination. Also onstage were a hot dog, an astronaut, Beetlejuice and Lydia, and Bill and Hillary Clinton. They also performed a cover – MGMT’s “Brian Eno”. Eldren is so prolific, their 45-minute set didn’t include a single song from their two EP releases.

The Pirate Signal put on a solid set, but seemed a bit out of place in the lineup and had a somewhat difficult time maintaining the crowd.

See the full photo album here.

Weekend Preview: October 27th – October 31st, 2011

OK, Kids! It’s Halloween weekend! And, since Halloween is on a Monday, here’s a special EXTENDED weekend preview!

Events I plan on attending are in RED. Come say “Hi”!

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

• Radiation City w/ Popcult and Medic @ Larimer Lounge – That’s a lot of dreamy pop rock for one night! 8:00 PM, 21+, $10.
• Portishead w/ Thought Forms @ 1st Bank Center – Can’t say I’m super familiar with Portishead – but I like everything I’ve heard and I’m sure I will regret not going to this. 8:00PM, All Ages, $40-50.
• Trevor Hall w/ Cas Haley and Rob Drabkin @ Ogden Theater – 8PM, 16+, $25.
• Tin Horn Prayer w/Jesse Manley Band, …and the black feathers, and Pinetree Refugees @ Walnut Room – 7PM, 21+, $10.

Friday, October 28th, 2011

• Nightmare on Blake Street featuring My Body Sings Electric w/ The Pirate Signal, Eldren and MORE! @ Summit Music Hall – Definitely the “go-to” gig of this Halloween season!!! 7PM, All Ages, $8.
• Air Dubai w/ The Epilogues and In The Whale @ Belly Up (Aspen) – Killer lineup (if you’re in Aspen or you’re not going to Nightmare on Blake Street). 10PM, All Ages, $15.
• Joe Mondragon and A-OK’s Halloween Zombie Apocalypse Party @ Moe’s Original BBQ and Bowl – 9PM, 16+, $5.
• Devotchka w/Churchill @ Ogden Theater – 9PM, 16+, $34.75.
• Skyfox w/ Crimson Red and MORE @ Gothic Theatre – 8PM, 16+, $10.
• Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe @ Boulder Theater – Denson and Tiny Universe featuring Anders Osborne will be performing the Rolling Stones’ classic Sticky Fingers in its entirety! 8PM, All Ages, $36.
• Cold War Kids w/ Young Man @ Fox Theater (Boulder) – The same lineup at the same time on Saturday night too! 9PM, All Ages, $25.

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

• Air Dubai w/ The Epilogues and The Photo Atlas @ Black Sheep (Colorado Springs) – 8PM, All Ages, $10.
• Denver Does CBGB’s @ Hi-Dive – Several of Denver’s elite bands pay tribute to the bands who got their start at the legendary NYC rock club CBGB’s – 9PM, 21+, $10.
• Reno Divorce w/ The Repercussions and MORE @ Marquis Theater – 4 out of 5 punk rockers agree: If you like Social Distortion – you’ll like Reno Divorce. 7:30 PM, All Ages, $12.
• Devotchka w/ Zombies vs Vampires @ Ogden Theater – 8PM, 21+, $42.
• MiMOSa @ Fillmore Auditorium – 7PM, 16+, $35.
• De La Soul w/ The Black Sheep @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom – 9PM, All Ages, $34.50

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

• Air Dubai w/ The Epilogues and My Body Sings Electric @ Aggie Theater (Fort Collins) – 8PM, All Ages, $10
• The Motet @ Bluebird Theater – Boulder’s best funk tribute band performs the music of The Grateful Dead. 9PM, 16+, $25
• Method Man @ Ogden Theater – 8PM, 16+, $30.

Monday, October 31st, 2011

• Air Dubai w/ The Epilogues, Monroe Monroe, and ManCub @ Bluebird Theatre – Are you fucking kidding me with this lineup?!?!?! 8PM, 16+, $15.
• Inca House Halloween Party – The official Air Dubai after party featuring performances by The Photo Atlas (as Def Leppard) and Cobraconda (as Dr Dre and Snoop Dog).
• Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe @ Fillmore Auditorium – Denson and Tiny Universe featuring Anders Osborne will be performing the Rolling Stones’ classic Sticky Fingers in its entirety! 7PM, 16+, $25.

TICKET GIVEAWAY: Nightmare on Blake Street

CLUE #1: Start your journey on the mall, North of where the zombies crawl.
CLUE #2: Watch for busses – don’t get splattered! Take cover in a place that’s tattered.
CLUE #3: Poetry is so eclectic. Ask My Body Sings Electric!
CLUE #3: This party’s going to be “the shit”, son! Maybe you should read Walt Whitman!

I’ll be hiding a pair of tickets to Friday night’s Nightmare on Blake Street featuring My Body Sings Electric, The Pirate Signal, Eldren, Shoot to Please, and Valedictorian somewhere in LoDo on Tuesday, October 25th! Head on over to the Everyday (In The Mile High) Facebook Page and click on the TICKET GIVEAWAY tab for info!

Weekend Preview: October 20th – October 23rd, 2011

Here’s what’s going on in Denver this weekend. Events I plan on attending are in RED. Come say “Hi”!

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

• Authority Zero w/ No Bueno, Trenchtown, Allout Helter @ Marquis Theater – 7 PM, All Ages, $15.
• Matt Nathanson w/ Scars on 45 @ Ogden Theater – 7PM, 16+, $28.

Friday, October 21st, 2011

• The Heyday w/ The Yawpers @ Larimer Lounge – 9PM, 21+, $8.
• All Capitals CD Release w/ Vices I Admire, Izcalli, and Ciela del Alma @ Hi-Dive – 8 PM, 21+, $6.
• Places @ Baker Street Pub (Boulder) – 8 PM, All Ages, FREEEEE!!!
• Gregory Alan Isakov w/ Fairchildren @ Fox Theater (Boulder) – SOLD OUT
• Rocky Votolato & Matt Pond PA w/ Caleb Slade @ Marquis Theater – 8 PM, All Ages, $15.
• Down & Derby Roller Disco featuring Cobraconda DJ Set @ EXDO Event Center – 9 PM, 18+, $5 w/ RSVP
• Trentmoller w/ Xylos @ Ogden Theater – 9PM, 16+, $25.
• Robert Randolph and The Family Band w/ The Sheepdogs @ Bluebird Theater – 8 PM, All Ages, $31.

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

Popcult (Photo by Luca Venter)

• Popcult w/ Sun Red @ Illegal Pete’s Downtown – 10 PM, All Ages, FREEEEEE!!!
• Wednesday 13 w/ Glass Delirium, Vampires Everywhere!, and Polkadot Cadaver @ Moe’s Original BBQ and Bowl – 8PM, 16+, $15.
• March Fourth Marching Band w/ A Tom Collins @ Gothic Theater – 8PM, 16+, $17.
• Robert Randolph and The Family Band w/ The Sheepdogs @ Bluebird Theater – 9 PM, 16+, $35.
• Five Finger Death Punch w/ All That Remains, Hatebreed, and Rains @ 1st Bank Center – 7PM, All Ages, $35.

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

• “The Shining” Movie @ Gothic Theater – 7PM, 16+, FREEEEE!!
• Eve 6 w/ Nine Days, and Places @ Glenn Miller Ballroom (Boulder) – 7:30 PM, All Ages, Free with advance ticket.
• Yngwie Malmsteen w/ Drug Under @ Bluebird Theater – 8PM, 16+, $35.

Concert Preview: Hawthorne Heights w/ ViFolly, Life in Electric, and Calibrate Me @ Hi Dive

I am really feeling the effects of back-to-back drunken nights with Places/Dirty Rotten Rhymers and In The Whale/Petals of Spain. But, that’s the way it goes sometimes and I must power through – particularly since the Hi Dive has such a strong lineup tonight.

Hawthorne Heights
Success has not been easy for Dayton, Ohio’s Hawthorne Heights. Since releasing their debut album in 2004 on the strength of their emo anthem “Ohio is for Lovers”, the band has been sued by two of its record companies, been in a high profile media feud with rapper Ne-Yo, and lost their lead guitarist/”screamer” vocalist Casey Calvert to an accidental prescription drug interaction. In August, they released the first in a trilogy of self-issued EP’s. “Hate” features more “aggressive songs” that are “a lot heavier than anything we’ve ever done”, according to the band’s lead singer JT Woodruff. Judging by the “Is This What You Wanted?”, that claim is hard to dispute.

ViFolly
Also from Ohio, ViFolly is making their first trip to Denver. ViFolly is the project of twin brothers Matt and James Prather. They write different styles of music both for themselves and others, and the tracks they’ve posted on ReverbNation are scattered. Their strongest track is the ambitious, A Perfect Circle inspired “Feathers”. Check out this fan-made video:

Life in Electric
As documented in my September interview with Ross Ryan, Denver’s Life in Electric has had an interesting last 12 months. After going on hiatus in the Fall of 2010, guitarist Ryan, Bassist Zach Newton, and drummer Ryan Ramirez hooked up with former Speakeasy Tiger vocalist Kyle Simmons to form the band Boys. But, Boys had internal problems of their own and went on hiatus in June of 2010. That gave new life for Life in Electric. As has been well documented, the band was preparing for tonight’s show when Boys got called up by Jane’s Addition to open up for them on three shows – the last of which is tomorrow (October 17th) in New York City. Whether the two bands can continue to coexist is yet to be determined. I certainly hope so, as both bands feature very songs with strong hooks, sludgy guitars, and unique vocalists.

Calibrate Me
Calibrate Me was chosen by 93.3 KTCL listeners to play the big stage at the 93.3 Big Gig earlier this year – sharing a stage with one of the band’s most obvious influcences: Blink-182. At the last minute, the stage manager at Comfort Dental Amphitheater booted them off the the main stage lineup because there wasn’t enough room for their equipment (it is typical for stage managers to stack equipment from the back to the front – headliners to openers – in order to facilitate faster changeovers. Still, that’s a pretty hard pill for a young band to swallow, as they were moved to the smaller “locals” stage.

See you at the Hi-Dive! It starts early, so make sure to arrive before 6:30 PM.

Weekend Preview: October 13th – October 16th, 2011

Here’s what’s going on in Denver this weekend. Events I plan on attending are in RED. Come say “Hi”!

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

• Dax Riggs w/ In The Whale, and guests @ Larimer Lounge – Riggs brings his band of Louisiana voodoo rock to the Larimer Lounge for two nights starting Thursday. Everyday (In The Mile High) friends In The Whale are opening! 8 PM, 21+, $15 ($20 for a 2-day pass).
• “FORTY FIVE with ALF” @ The Meadowlark – No, KTCL’s “Locals Only” DJ Alf is not turning 45 (but he’s not that far off). Wikipedia informs me that “45’s” are actually vinyl platters which are seven inches in diameter and have grooves that produce audio when a special needle is dragged along them. What will they think of next? He’ll mostly be playing instrumentals from the 50s, 60s and 70s.  Soul, funk, rock and jazz. 8 PM, 21+, cover unknown.
• Pete Stein w/ Statue of Liberty and Black Dots @ Lion’s Lair – 8 PM, 21+, $5
• Boulder Acoustic Society @ Illegal Pete’s Downtown – 7 PM, All Ages, FREEEEEE!
• The Photo Atlas begin their East Coast tour in Omaha, Nebraska. Knock ’em dead, boys!
• CSS @ Bluebird Theater – 7:30 PM, 16+, $20

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Dirty Rotten Rhymers

• Places w/ The Canopy, Dirty Rotten Rhymers, and CrOoKiD @ Rockstar Lounge – P is for Party! And S is for Sexy… and Shoes. Places rocks and Dirty Rotten Rhymers will debut their latest jam about footwear. 8 PM, 21+, $5
• Chris Daniels & The Kings @ Nissi’s (Lafayette) – The big news hear is “holy shit! There’s a live music club in Lafayette?!?”. 7:30 PM, 18+, $10
• Yellowcard @ Fox Theater (Boulder) – 9 PM, $25, All Ages

Saturday, October 15th, 2011 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY E.J. JOHNSON and ALEX HALVORSON (Popcult)!!!

Petals of Spain w/ In The Whale

• Petals of Spain w/ In The Whale @ Bar Bar – What’s black and white and has 14 arms and 18 eyes?  9 PM, 21+, FREEEEEE!
• Tankcsapda w/ Monroe Monroe @ Buffalo Rose (Golden) – Monroe Monroe has been pretty quiet while recording their new record. They’ll probably be playing lots of new stuff while opening for the Hungarian metal band. 8 PM, $15
• Rose Hill Drive w/ Dax Riggs and Mercuria and the Gem Stars @ Fox Theater – 9 PM, All Ages, $15
• Between Fate @ D-Note (Arvada) – Between Fate brings hard rock to Arvada! They’ll play some of their songs “unplugged” to make the ladies swoon. Sounds like a “target rich” environment! 9 PM, 21+, $5
• Howard Jones @ Summit Music Hall – The 80’s synth scientist will play his hit albums “Human’s Lib” and “Dream into Action”. I was totally gonna go until I realized that Jones and Thomas Dolby are not the same person – 7 PM, All Ages, $35
• Snake Rattle Rattle Snake begins their West Coast tour in San Diego, California. Knock ’em dead, boys (and Hayley)!

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

• Hawthorne Heights w/ Life in Electric, ViFolly, and Calibrate Me @ Hi Dive – The triumphant return of Life in Electric as they open for Ohio new-wave emo rock band Hawthorne Heights! Channel 93.3 Big Gig finalists Calibrate Me will also be on hand. Not to be missed! 6:00 PM, 16+, $10
• Roger Daltrey @ 1st Bank Center – The Who’s vocalist promises to perform the rock opera “Tommy” in its entirety plus Who hits and more! 6:30 PM, All Ages, $45 – $126

Single Preview: My Body Sings Electric “She Wants To Be A Doctor”

Since April, I’ve participated in a few Kickstarter projects to help musicians get some studio time. It’s usually a win-win situation: the band gets money, and the “backer” gets some cool rewards – usually in the form of band merchandise. For larger contributions, some bands offer rewards that are more personal – such as the “Thank You” video that Monroe Monroe made for me (found here) for backing their project. One of my rewards for backing My Body Sings Electric’s Kickstarter project was exclusive access to the single that my contribution helped to get recorded.

My Body Sings Electric (photographer unknown)

The song is called “She Wants To Be A Doctor”. It is 3:14 long and around 160 BPM. It begins (and ends) with dueling stereo guitars – Jeff Fedel in your right ear and Nick Crawford in your left ear – reminiscent of the intro to “Jealous Teeth” by their Inca House Collective brothers The Photo Atlas. The overall sound is similar to that of their previous album “Changing Color”. Crawford’s and Fedel’s guitars complement each other and stay distinct in the mix throughout the length of the song. The rhythm is about as straightforward as MBSE gets, but Jason Bower’s punchy bass and Ben Scarboro’s kick drum and hi-hat shine through (particularly in the chorus and the bridge). Brandon Whalen’s vocals are strong and clear and employ multi-tracked harmonies.

As for the lyrics, it is a boyfriend’s lament about how his girlfriends no longer have time for him. One wants to be a doctor and “bury herself inside of books that I can’t even read”. The other wants to be a model and “dance around in pretty clothes that she can’t afford to keep”. While one is trying to better herself internally through learning and the other externally through her appearance, the boy has stopped caring about both his brains and looks and can barely get motivated enough to leave the couch. Whether his malaise is borne out of his own laziness or in response to the decreased attention; whether to feel sorry for him or yell through the song at him to get up off his ass and make something of himself is for the listener to decide.

It’s a catchy song. Easy to dance to, easy to learn the lyrics. They’ve played it live a couple of times and will most likely play it again at the “Nightmare on Blake Street” event that they are headlining on October 28th at Summit Music Hall with The Pirate Signal, Eldren, and more. If you’ve never backed a Kickstarter project, it’s pretty exciting to be an “investor” in the bands you like. By the way, my contribution also made me eligible to have a song written about me by My Body Sings Electric. It will be very interesting to see if the band is able to capture my “essence”. Ha ha!

Concert Summary: Foo Fighters @ Pepsi Center

Dave Grohl warned the crowd at last night’s Foo Fighters performance that the band would play a lot of the songs they’ve amassed over their 16 year existence: two hours and 40 minutes worth over two dozen songs to be exact. Of course, there were a lot of arena rock gimmicks to stretch an extra hour out of the songs they did play – the most enjoyable being a negotiation with the crowd (via backstage night-vision video) concerning the length of the encore. The show featured almost five hours of entertainment in total when you include the solid performances by Cage the Elephant and the unexpected (but fun) pre-openers Mariachi el Bronx. The near-capacity crowd managed to stay pretty energized until the last note rang out at a quarter of midnight.

The Foo Fighters’ set list was a mix of new (7 songs from Wasting Light), old (2 classic rock covers), and hits (13 songs from their Greatest Hits collection). If you missed it or just want to relive it, check out my playlist of the set list on Rdio.

http://rd.io/e/QVjuwDNbx_s

Set list:

1. Bridge Burning
2. Rope
3. The Pretender
4. My Hero
5. Learn to Fly
6. White Limo
7. Arlandria
8. Breakout
9. Cold Day in the Sun
10. Stacked Actors
11. Walk
12. Monkey Wrench
13. Let it Die
14. These Days
15. Skin and Bones
16. This is a Call
17. In the Flesh? (Pink Floyd)
18. All My Life

Encore

19. Long Road to Ruin (Acoustic)
20. Best of You (Acoustic)
21. Times Like These
22. Dear Rosemary
23. Breakdown (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
24. Everlong

Album Review: Sun Red “Breathes Ages” EP

Not long ago, Denver band (die) Pilot was riding a wave of good press. Westword Magazine’s Dave Herrera listed their debut album Radiation, Weather, and Art as one of the best Colorado releases of 2005. Westword then honored the band in their Best of 2006 issue as the “Best Up-and-Coming Band”.  But, as is all too common with many promising young bands, (die) Pilot failed to stay airborne. Personnel changes and internal conflicts prevented (die) Pilot from ever really finding their voice and the project was grounded by it’s chief member Eugene Brown in early 2009. It didn’t take long for the singer/songwriter to re-emerge with a new project called Sun Red featuring former (die) Pilot members Dan Sullivan (guitar) and Chris Durant (drums). The band has just released it’s first EP “Breathes Ages”.

Musically, “Breathes Ages” is more focused than (die) Pilot’s last release. Brown’s vocals are more confident – spending more time in the falsetto range with a vibrato and tonal quality not unlike Jimmy Gnecco (but lacking Gnecco’s unsurpassed power and pitch). Sullivan’s guitar style favors arpeggios and hardly any distortion, inviting favorable comparisons to The Edge and Mark Knopfler. The rhythm section of Durant and bassist Trevor Noel Gagstetter rarely intrude. When Durant does ramp up the intensity with more tom toms, tambourine, and drum synth accents, Sullivan and Gagstetter rise to the challenge such as in the haunting “Terrorform” and the EP’s closing track “The Alchemy of Man”, which sounds like it was written specifically to be the Grand Finale.

All four of the songs are immediately accessible and enjoyable – so much so that you’d swear they were copying someone other band’s formula. But, while I occasionally hear bits and pieces of things that make me think of U2, Muse, Jeff Buckley, and Ours, the Johnny Cash rockabilly rhythms that are prevalent in Sun Red’s music really make them unique. Brown and company have found their groove, and it has resulted in a foot-stomper which was probably as much fun to make as it is to listen to.

You can sample two tracks from their label’s website, where you can also download the EP. It can also be found at Amazon’s MP3 store and iTunes. Also, follow them on Facebook.