Sunday, October 26, 2008

“The Way of the Door” by Chris Eberlein (Electronica/Pop Artist from Boston, Massachusetts (MA))

"The Way of the Door" is the impressive electronica pop debut from do-it-yourself artist Chris Eberlein. With this album, Eberlein lays down exciting, danceable beats with heavy synthesizers and combines them with great storytelling lyrics unique to the genre, marginally comparable to the approach of LCD Soundsystem. Eberlein's songs are meant to be taken seriously and convey emotions, while the arrangements are strictly upbeat and make you want to move. Eberlein's vocals are poppy and with a great range, similar to that of Justin Timberlake and Maroon 5, and the entire album features great vocal layering on Eberlein's behalf. "The Way of the Door" is self-recorded and self-produced by Eberlein, highlighting his do-it-yourself mentality, but it sounds great and ready for extended club play. "Love-Inflicted" is Eberlein's first single, a synth trance-pop tune with lots of ambience, a hot beat, great vocal layering, and lyrics about a one-sided relationship. "Love is a Game" is a great dance track with upbeat synthesizers and a danceable beat, as Eberlein sings about how "love is a game I'll play no more," and, instead, he'd prefer just going out and having a good time. Overall, "The Way of the Door" is a fantastic debut with a lot to offer for those who like to dance, those more lyrically minded, and those fortunate enough to highly enjoy both. Fans of electronica and upbeat vocals are going to want to pick up "The Way of the Door."
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Review Team
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Friday, October 24, 2008

Advance Reviews - 'Angel' and 'the greedy heart'


Advance Praise for

"Angel" and

"The Greedy Heart"

(November 1, 2008 release)


'Angel' reads like words of forgiveness from a god to his son. I know it is deeply personal, but it could have been written to express the hopes of this nation.

Exquisite...

Worldclass...

the way poetry should be read...

the new Edgar Allen Poe...

you write what I have no words for...

beautiful...

easy to forget that beneath your usual vocal effects and masks is a performer of extraordinary caliber...it feels like a gift to hear you read unadorned.

Baucis and Philemon will be my anthem of love, thank you.

I wish Angel was written for me.

The Map of your Heart is what it is all about!...

It took me days to recover from the greedy heart.



her reading of Monster is bone chilling,not until near the end, when she begins to reveal glimpses of the humanity that lives within the monster does the piece change from a horrific cant worthy of Poe, to an epic tale of infinite loss and caution...brilliant.
(Jackson Willet, DarkCorners)


The dreams of bees, there is power there, this will get lots of play.
(Most Vocal Poets Society, Canada)


"What's your Tribe? The one who speaks the words of longing you didn't even know existed inside you, or the one that scares the pants off you with the mirror that she holds up that reveals your dark potential. Just perfect..."(James Duckworth)


"Put your hand out, let Cassandra Tribe walk you though this journey. She will be your reflection on this trip to reality. "Angel," Tribe's new collection of poetry explores the human condition, from the painful ebb and flow of love to the uncertainty of living in a world where "Our poets are silent/Our singers drunk." Tribe, spoken word artist and philosopher, lends her audience a didactic and Humanistic view of the world, whether it is through her poetry, essays or her daily blog. One stand-out poem by Tribe, the epic-length "Monster," urges readers to face the harsh reality that comes with being irresponsible in life - the false gods and monsters created by blind acceptance." (Vagner Revol, Poet Tree Magazine)


"The book, "The Greedy Heart". contains all the pieces on the cd and twelve others, including the acerbic title piece. Yet it is her version of Ovid's morality tale, Baucis and Philemon, that takes center stage. Perhaps one of the best contemporary versions ever written, Tribe doesn't bother retelling the tale (except in an author's note) she plunges into the very last moment of their lives and reveals the inner secrets of their hearts. In her hands it becomes possible to have the kind of love that creates a story that will be told until the end of time. The ability she gives her audience to hold her words and listen to them is an experience that begins to allow the layers of her meaning to come to the fore." (A. Baumgarden, New World Review)

Friday, October 10, 2008

“Pluto’s Melancholy…Music From a Dismissed Planet – Volume 1” by The Lily Pond Orchestra (World Artist from Massachusetts(MA))

RadioIndy is pleased to present The Lily Pond Orchestra with a GrIndie Award for their CD "Pluto's Melancholy…Music From a Dismissed Planet – Volume 1"
 
"Pluto's Melancholy…Music From a Dismissed Planet – Volume 1" is an ambient new age instrumental EP from The Lily Pond Orchestra. The Lily Pond Orchestra is comprised of one man, Douglas J.P. Lee, who is the mind behind every aspect related to the making of this album. The album title should suggest a concept, and Lee embraces and well-achieves this concept by creating an interpretation of what Plutonian music sounds like. The result is a thoroughly haunting, drifting, meditative, contemplative, and peaceful ambient sound. Through the mediums of synthesizer and keyboard, Lee paints a picture that truly shows what it means to be a digital musical artist. The recording quality is also very good and succeeds in allowing the listener to drift off as carelessly and as happily as possible. "Of Myth and Mystery" has a very new age-y feel as Lee turns up the synthesizers for our listening pleasure and makes you feel as though you are drifting between stars. With "Silver Wind," Lee uses the synths to create a howling, fire engine-like wind that hovers and makes you wonder how Pluto got such a strong atmosphere. "Pluto's Melancholy…Music From a Dismissed Planet – Volume 1" is a unique, creative, and imaginative album that truly embraces music as an art form. If you enjoy ambient new age and electronic music and miss Pluto being the ninth planet of our solar system, check out The Lily Pond Orchestra.
-Chris and the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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