Posts Tagged ‘Communipaw’

18.02.2010

Media: Communipaw

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(Click on album cover to download)

Here is the first album featured in SAL’s new Media section. Communipaw of course feature the uber-talented Brian Bond and the band plays a wonderful mixture of indie rock with brit-pop and alt-country influences. This album made my best of 2009 list but was re-released by the band in January. You can get a physical copy for just $5 directly from the band. Also check out the band’s debut EP, Moving Til The Morning. Click on the album cover above to download or hit the Media page.

Communipaw “Take Over”

Communipaw “2:23″

Tags: Brian Bond, Communipaw, Media

12.02.2010

New SAL Albums Section

posted by Will

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I mentioned this new feature earlier in the week in the Communipaw post. Basically, it will be for bands I dig who want to get their album/EP heard by more people. So we will oblige and put it up for free download here at SAL. It might be old. It might be brand new but it’s all going to be great stuff regardless. Beyond Communipaw I have got four or five lined up for this already. The goal is to have one per week or maybe one every other week so we don’t spread ourselves too thin. If any bands and/or labels are interested feel free to get in touch. We’re going to start this off next week with Communipaw’s Self-Titled debut.

Tags: Communipaw, Site Shite

10.02.2010

Best New Music: Communipaw

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Communipaw is another band I am working with for Beartrap PR. The band’s self-released Self-Titled album will be the first album featured in SAL’s brand new albums section where you will be able to download the album for free. Communipaw features the ridiculously talented Brian Bond and plays an intriguing brand of smooth indie rock with brit-pop and alt-country influences. This album made my best of 2009 list but was re-released by the band last month.

Communipaw “Take Over”

Communipaw “2:23″

Tags: Beartrap, Best New Music, Brian Bond, Communipaw

05.01.2010

Best Of 2009: Volume One

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I have decided to combine LPs and EPs together into one big end of the year lovefest. No rankings til I get to my Top Ten. Click on the album cover for any more coverage.

Cheap Girls “My Roaring 20’s” (Paper + Plastick)

While it might not live up to the charm of their debut, My Roaring 20’s eschews any real sophomore slump and cements Cheap Girls as one of the brightest young bands around today.

Witches “Self-Titled” 7″ (Salinas/Mandible)

Simply gorgeous and mesmerizing songs and I can’t wait for a full-length.

Wooden Birds “Magnolia” (Barsuk)

Not better than AmAnSet but equal to at least. Welcome back Andrew Kenny. We missed you.

Grown Ups “Songs” EP (Kid Sister)

So many great young bands springing up and Grown Ups are one of the best. Pop punk with noodles!

Sleep Bellum Sonno “Judge Us By How We Lived Our Lives, Not By How We Made A Living” (Self-Released)

I understand that a lot of people probably won’t get these guys but I swear if you give this concept album time it is a moving experience. Proggy, arty hardcore with balls and intelligence. If you miss how mewithoutYou once sounded you should listen to Sleep Bellum Sonno.

Certain People I Know “4 Songs” EP (Self-Released)

I don’t understand why more people don’t talk about this band. Hell, it’s members of Braid and it basically sounds like Hey Mercedes with the addition of female vocals.

Communipaw “Self-Titled” (Self-Released)

The supremely talented Brian Bond and his band play a smooth and confident brand of indie rock laced with alt country and brit pop influences. These kids sound wise beyond their youthful ages.

Teenage Cool Kids “Foreign Lands” (Protagonist)

Built to Spill – The Jammy Parts + More Hooks = Teenage Cool Kids

Latin For Truth “We Are Sick of Not Having The Courage To Be Absolute Nobodies” EP (Pitfall)

I listened to this EP non stop upon first receiving it. Fast paced pop punk with definite hardcore influences throughout.

Dude Japan “Self-Titled” Demo (Self-Released)

Husker Du-ish Lo-fi indie power pop. These songs just have a way of slowly finding traction and before you know it they are on repeat in your head for days.

28.12.2009

Rich’s Best of 2009

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Rich Duncan – SAL contributor

Albums
Rapid Cities “Machinery Saints”
Touch Committee “Winter Beard”
Native “Wrestling Moves”
Japandroids “Post-Nothing”
An Horse “Rearrange Beds”
Gray Young “Firmament”
Golden City “Self-titled”
Empire! Empire! (I was a lonely estate) “What It Takes To Move Forward”
Double Dagger “More”
Daitro “Y”
Communipaw “Self-Titled”
Caspian “Tertia”
Brian Bond “Fire & Gold”
Brainworms “Swear To Me”
Annabel “Each and Everyone”

EPs
Snowing “Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit”
No Age “Losing Feeling”
Certain People I Know “4 Songs”
Weed Hounds “Demo”
Dude Japan “Demo”
Victor! Fix The Sun “Person Place or Thing”

17.03.2009

Brian Bond: Fire & Gold

posted by Will

in Best New Music, Music Reviews

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[Best New Music]

I have been only a casual follower of Brian Bond before receiving his latest release, Fire & Gold, earlier this year. I downloaded his Ten Thousand Songs EP last year and admired his band, Communipaw (with brother PJ), from afar but that was the extent of it. Nothing could really prepare me for what I was about to hear on Fire & Gold though. Two years in the making, Brian Bond’s Fire & Gold is a stunning pop masterpiece by a relatively unknown from New Brunswick, New Jersey, a place more touted for its punk bands. Apparently, anonymity suits Brian Bond well.

Brian Bond is not your typical acoustic singer/songwriter. He moves freely never limiting himself from song to song. Bond’s expansive pop reach leaves no rock unturned on Fire & Gold. Yet there is a bold intimacy achieved throughout Fire & Gold’s extensive reach. Bond’s lyrics are incredibly touching and ripe with sentiment. Instrumentally there is a remarkable depth here as Bond adds almost psychedelic elements to his compositions. Bond even explores the orchestral, as he is backed by a string quintet for one song. His songwriting, while polished, possesses such innocence and warmth that washes over and envelopes the listener. Fire & Gold achieves a striking charm that is impossible to dismiss and only grows stronger with each listen.

Brian Bond is that rare artist that practically begs (and deserves) to be heard by a much wider audience. Fire & Gold is a magical listening experience and it seems to only scratch the surface of where Bond could be heading. The album marks the beginning for one of the most promising singer/songwriters I have come across in years. Brian Bond should be anonymous no more.

Genre: Singer/Songwriter/Pop

RIYL: Jeff Buckley, Ken Stringfellow, Jeremy Enigk, Mark Kozelek, Sufjan Stevens

Label: Self-Released

The North Country

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House For An Easy Heart

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Keep Your Eyes On Me

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www.myspace.com/brianbond

Tags: Best New Music, Brian Bond, Communipaw, Jeff Buckley, Jeremy Enigk, Ken Stringfellow, Mark Kozelek, Music Reviews, PJ Bond, Sufjan Stevens

16.03.2009

Spotlight: PJ Bond

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Who? PJ Bond

Where are they from? New Brunswick, NJ

What do they sound like? PJ Bond has been around the block playing in bands like Marigold, Outsmarting Simon and Communipaw with his brother, Brian Bond. Perhaps it is because of that back history that Bond’s proper solo debut, Fall, Tonight, displays such an impressive and dynamic range. Dipping back and forth between accessible and atmospheric, Bond shows a brilliant touch for the simpler nuances of a singer/songwriter. Fans of Rocky Votolato, Neutral Milk Hotel and even early Dashboard should find much to fall in love with here. I have no hesitation calling Fall, Tonight one of the finest unheard albums of 2008.

Say I, Say You

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Sick And Tired

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Tags: Band Spotlight, Brian Bond, Communipaw, Dashboard Confessional, Marigold, Neutral Milk Hotel, Outsmarting Simon, PJ Bond, Rocky Votolato

26.01.2009

Band Spotlight: Communipaw

posted by Will

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Who? Communipaw

Where are they from? New Brunswick, NJ

What do they sound like? Led by the brothers Bond (Brian and PJ) and two members of Know Think, Communipaw flex diverse influences ranging from indie folk to alt country to brit pop. I am always amazed and refreshed when I find a band like this oozing up from the underground. Communipaw’s Moving Til The Morning EP, which was released in early ‘08, is like a brilliant renewal and a breath of fresh air that stands out from most of the stuff I get in the mail these days. PJ Bond recently left the band but Communipaw soldier on and are in the process of putting the finishing touches on their debut LP.

Tags: Band Spotlight, Brian Bond, Communipaw, Know Think, PJ Bond

16.09.2008

Lindsay Minton: Past Is Prelude

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We first heard Lindsay Minton as she was fronting the extremely promising Tin Kitchen earlier this year. Unfortunately, the band went their separate ways. Luckily, Minton has forged on with a little help from some of her friends in Know Think, Communipaw, Each Other’s Mothers and of course, Tin Kitchen. What comes from Minton’s first solo effort seems more of a blueprint rather than a finished product. That is certainly not meant to diminish her efforts but just to state that Past is Prelude seems to showcase an artist in transition.

The instrumental “Snake Oil” opens up the album and is beautifully fragile in its spacious, yet rumbling approach. Minton’s aching vocals carry the weight of these songs. Lost is much of the angularity of Tin Kitchen’s off-kilter sound. Instead, Minton goes for a more measured, straight-to-the-heart approach. On songs like “Heart” the Rainer Maria comparisons that covered Tin Kitchen’s EP remain absolutely true here. Minton’s vocals, while not as polished, bare a striking resemblance to Rainer Maria front woman, Caithlin De Marrais. “Spills” is the crowning achievement as it showcases everything Minton’s songs can capture. There is a delicate simplicity to Minton’s songs that she is able to wrap into a familiar, yet powerful tone.

Past Is Prelude appropriately ends with another instrumental track cleverly entitled, “Interlude”. The song is laced with piano and other found sounds. For this listener, the title speaks to the transitioning style of Lindsay Minton’s current work. Much like her efforts with Tin Kitchen, Past Is Prelude brims with a raw potential that certainly deserves to be followed closely.

Genre: Indie/Emo

RIYL: Tin Kitchen, Rainer Maria, Jejune

Label: Self-Released

Spills

03%20Spills.mp3

www.myspace.com/lindsaymintonmusic

Tags: Communipaw, Each Other's Mothers, Know Think, Lindsay Minton, Music Reviews, Rainer Maria, Tin Kitchen

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