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June 8, 2006
Recap
The Local Music Scene section in the Daily Facts has been going strong since March. Now that it is June I think that it might be time for a recap.
Here are the bands that have been profiled thus far. I have listed here their sound, my favorite song and their upcoming shows. Here’s to many, many more!
Published: March 9 — Tornadoes
Sound: Surf band
Favorite Song: “The Cruncher� — the philosophy of the wave, in and of itself, makes the song worth listening to.
Upcoming Shows: TBA
Published: March 16 — The Black Light Soul
Sound — Funky rhythm with a strong horn section and a jazzy singer.
Favorite Song: “Traffic� — the beats are ever changing, the horns are powerful and the lyrics reek of passion... “traffic’s sticky, heavy...�
Upcoming Shows:
To be continued at the start of the academic year...
Published: March 23 — XDEATHSTARX
Sound: Indie screaming style
Favorite Song: “Suffocate Faster� — good title, good intro.
Upcoming Shows:
June 16 — 6 p.m. Unit J, Canyon Country, Calif.
June 23 — 6:30 p.m. Stronghold Youth Room, Chino
June 30 — 7 p.m. Oasis, Redlands
Published: March 30 — The Fourth of July Band
Sound — The name says all
Favorite Song: “America the Beautiful� — a traditional song in a traditional style.
Upcoming Shows:
June 30 — 8:15 p.m. Redlands Bowl
Published: April 6 — Jennie Wayne
Sound: Progressive folk
Favorite Song: “Creature� — strong imagery with a folksy sultry sound.
Current Location: Portland, Ore.
Published: April 13 — Sean Longstreet
Sound: Jazzy, funky sitar sounds.
Favorite Song: Anything on the sitar; meditations for the mind and spirit.
Upcoming shows: Summer tour with the 3Cjazzers
Published: April 27 — Jay Ray
Sound: Folk
Favorite Song: “Storm of the Century� — smooth folksy rhythm with lyrics that calm your senses and ease the mind.
Upcoming shows:
June 11 — 2 to 5 p.m. Singer/Songwriter Sunday, Wrightwood, Calif.
Published: May 4 — Jamie Salazar
Sound: A dose of teen spirit
Favorite Song: “Beautiful Silence� — a good Indie rock beat with passionate lyrics. By far the best on his CD “My Heavy Heart�
Upcoming Shows:
June 16 — 7 p.m. The White Rabbit, Yucaipa
Published: May 11 — The Deluge
Sound: A mix of jazz, classical and metal stylings in a guitar, viola and drum set format.
Favorite Song: “Time as a Maleable Medium� — A beautiful viola plays through variations in drum beat and guitar craziness. No way to follow it, just have to let it take you somewhere... Where? I am not sure. But wherever it is, it is dang good!
Upcoming Shows:
July 4 — 4 p.m. San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, Calif.
Sept. 29 — 8 p.m. University of Redlands Frederick Loewe Performance Hall
Published: May 18 — oso rey
Sound: soulgrassfolkrebellion — “the soul singers that I listen to; the grass is the green and the blue kind; the folk is the tradition; and the rebellion is in the lyrics.�
Favorite Song: “i am a ram� — it’s simplicity and variation in rhythm draws me, while the lyrics make me ponder... the year of the ram or the beast that the speaker wishes to associate himself with?
Upcoming Shows:
June 8 — 9 p.m. The Vault (Two hobos, an oso and a fiddle)
June 11 — 1 p.m. Village Grind Coffee House, Wrightwood
June 19 — 8 p.m. Room 5 Lounge, Los Angeles
Published: May 25 — Spiro
Sound: Folksy Funky Flava’
Favorite Song: All of his music with Hot Buttered Toast is incredible!
Upcoming Shows: TBA
Published: June 1 — Hobo Jazz
Sound — “A Louisiana juke joint on payday� OR “a Los Angeles strip club on ‘Dance like Grandma’ night.�
Favorite Song: “My Blue Heaven� — a simple melody with old fashioned twang and fun traditional lyrics... “Just Molly and me... and the baby makes three...�
Upcoming Shows:
June 8 — 9 p.m. The Vault (two hobos, an oso and a fiddle)
June 10 — 3:30 p.m. 2nd Annual CSUSB Juneteenth College Expo and Festival, San Bernardino
June 24 — 9 p.m. The Vault (with Uncle Vic)
And more...
Upcoming Profiles...
June 8 — Denny Breese
June 15 — All Marbles
June 22 — The Young Artists of the Bowl
Posted by Darcie Flansburg at June 8, 2006 12:42 PM