Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Tom Laramee

Tom Laramee is a singer-songrwiter from Seattle. His second album Woke Up Today is an acoustic affair, with a cello stealing much of the limelight. If you like albums like Nick Drake's Bryter Later, this one for you.

The album has a really nice flow Being an independent artist can be hassle - making ends meet is a challenging task, but Laramee pulled it off. . The album sounds bright and intimate and is very well prodcuced. In fact, it sounds a whole lot better than many multi-million dollar albums.

The strongest track is Tethered To The Ground with an instrumental backing that uses cello and acoustic guitar like a pair of non-identical twins.

Too bad that the art director dedided that his work is more important than the printed lyrics - it's always a bad idea to print black letters on a dark red background.

Woke Up Today will be available through CDBaby or you can contact Tom Laramee directly for purchase details.

Tom Laramee - Woke Up Today

Tracks:

  1. Slipstream
  2. Woke Up Today
  3. Razor Wire
  4. Never Before
  5. Hold Out My Hands
  6. Louder Than Words
  7. Tethered To The Ground
  8. Working It All Out
  9. Happier Then
  10. Perfect

Tom Laramee - Woke Up Today
Tom Laramee: songwriter, vocals, acoustic guitar
Dylan Fant: drums, bass
Walter Gray: cello

MP3: Slipstream
MP3: Woke Up Today
MP3: Tethered To The Ground

More about Tom Laramee:
» meatynubbins.com/tom/

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Kubrick

Summer is near and for those who will be watching the World Championships in Germany: relax. Yeah right, how? Well, at half time put on some chill-out music. Some Kubrick tunes might do the trick. An Adelaide based trio with a solid bass line, drum patterns with lots of brushes and the guitar gently floating on top. Their new album will be available on iTunes soon, but here are a two full length MP3's to get you in the mood. Now about that visually impaired referee who declined our team a penalty ...

Kubrick are:
James Brown: Guitars
Craig Lauritsen: Drums
CJ Rhodes: Basses

MP3: Dead Arm
MP3: Winton

» kubrickmusic.com

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James Hetfield

"Hi, my name is James Hetfield and I am working on the new Metallica album."
"Hi, James."

Metallica frontman James Hetfield says that he has been getting to the studio at nine in the morning to work on the band's next album. The singer and guitarist attributes that to being sober for nearly five years, saying that in the past, "I would have been going to bed at 9 a.m., not going to work." He added that making an album while sober is a different experience for him, explaining, "There is a lot more awareness of what we are doing and sometimes over-thinking it. Now we are very present for it all and I'm not afraid to do or try anything musically."

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Phish

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06/25/1997
L'Aeronef, Lille, France

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07/03/1997
Serenadenhof, Nurnberg, Germany

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