Memphis has a strangely disjointed music scene these days, or at least as it seems to me -- but I am a native Memphian and a relative outsider at times, even in my own town. But in spite of this, Memphis has seen me through, as John Roderick once told me, "many incarnations of my id". In this one, I've discovered Fast Planet, and I could not be more impressed.
From the fallout of a band I long-championed & at times begged to come back known as This Is Goodbye (they did come back briefly last year), the performers ...
I so loved "UpUpUp", the last video & single from The Mast, and I wasn't alone either: 250K plays on YouTube later, the video will be screened at this year's Bumbershoot Festival. Continue Reading...
Brand new from one of my long-time favorites, the uber-talented vocalist Mozella, "You Don't Love Anyone But Yourself" is an unrelenting slice of classic Northern soul that will have you singing this back to someone who probably deserves to hear it. Continue Reading...
The boys in Future Unlimited have been hard at work on new material. After several runs through the lab, they came out with this sweet, synth-flooded summer anthem last Friday called "Lightweight Eyes". Continue Reading...
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