Category: Cool Of The Week

  • Last week, I mentioned the awesome daddycast, 101 Uses For Baby Wipes, hosted by the talented Dennis Gray.  Well, Dennis invited me and the fam to join him for an interview on his Episode 128.  Dennis played the world premier of the album version of Come On, featuring Kurt Hoffman on cello.  Dennis also played…

  • Some of my very best musician buddies, are playing this weekend for those of you in Central Illinois. Wiplot opens for vonFrickle at Paulies in Bloomington, IL, Saturday, Feb 25, 10:00.  Wiplot is a very original and organic wacky pop band.   I guess that’s how I would describe it.  They have a song called ‘Insignificant’…

  • Dennis is a Dad with a microphone on the California-based 101 Uses For Baby Wipes.  This is a very professional and well-produced internet show, and it was recently featured in USAToday.  In his popular daddycast, Dennis shares the latest parenting news, personal commentary and stories, and great independent music.  Listen in on his episode 127,…

  • If you are at all a fan of hip hop, rap, or r&b party music, you absolutely need to check out this new record produced by local Dexter O’Neal.  Many of you may know Dexter as the gifted entertainer and crooner of R&B and Jazz.  In this setting, Dex is at the controls, arranging, engineering,…

  • Check out Seuss and Addie on The Unharshed Mellow Podcast, bringing the world great indie grooves and mellow conversation all the way from West Philadelphia.  They so kindly picked up our song Take This Town, which is currently #7 on the Experimental Rock chart on garageband.com. 

  • In addition to receiving "Track of the Day" on January 24, I just learned tonight that we’ve been given several other garageband.com awards this week for "Take This Town": Best Male Vocals in Experimental Rock, week of January 23, 2006 Best Lyrics in Experimental Rock, week of January 23, 2006 Best Melody in Experimental Rock,…

  • We have some fun news to report.  As a result of some very enthusiastic reviews from GarageBand.com members, "Take This Town" will be Track of the Day at GarageBand.com. For 24 hours on Tuesday, the 24th of January, 2006 (PST) "Take This Town" will be featured on GarageBand.com’s Experimental Rock front page. Garageband.com is a…

  • I have thought for some time that indie music artists need to figure out a way to go where the people are rather than always trying to get the people to them.  So the trick: Find a crowd, go there and play your music.  Simple, right?  Well, technology is making this much easier to accomplish. …

  • Good news for Something Brothers fans everywhere.  The ultra-rare CDs released at their 1999 reunion show are now available as free MP3s on a new website put together by a fan in the St. Louis area: www.somethingbrothers.com.  So if your old sobro cassettes are beyond ratty, or if you don’t have a cassette player anymore… …

  • Looking for a way to fill some gaps in your music collection without forking over 15 bucks for a CD?  Give emusic.com a shot.  I think you get 50 songs free just for trying.  They have a great indie collection (yes, including 100 Year Picnic), they are higher quality mp3s, and you get 40 songs…