The Sunpilots (Australien)
Free album download: http://on.fb.me/kotst
http://www.thesunpilots.com
http://www.twitter.com/thesunpilots
http://www.youtube.com/thesunpilots
SOMINKA (Eutin)
http://www.myspace.com/sominka
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sominka/217685541580509
T.S. Brooks
Ask T.S. Brooks, and he'll say his music lies halfway between the city
and the country. But he admits to the casual listener it could come
across as none of that. Nevertheless he straddles two extremes - that
of the noise of anonymity, and the soothing flow of isolation.
As a practical matter, Brooks' music can be categorized as
singer/songwriter. Fair enough. But his songs, ostensibly innocuous,
become complex and paradoxical. His melodies attach, his voice soars
when it should not - and quickly thereafter one has been wrapped into
his idiosyncratic world - and it all makes sense.
Admittedly influenced by artists such as Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young, and Lou Reed, Brooks paints pictures that allow the listener to bask
in the light of detachment; in a place where you can hear yourself
listening.
Earlier
For some ten years, T.S. Brooks cut his teeth in the American
indie-psych band, Minmae. When that was over, Brooks moved to Europe
to pursue folk music full time, free of the joys and follies that come
with the former. In Berlin he found a thriving acoustic scene, and the
city's many basement venues and house shows suited the intimacy of his
music, as well as providing a platform for its urgency.
Upon arrival, Brooks had just released his first album, 'Tertiary
Allotment Is A Delightfulness' on San Francisco, California's
Snowstorm Music. In the two years since he has gone on to release 'The
Spanish Years', recorded during a month in the outskirts of Barcelona,
Spain, and the epic 'Alles Gute', recorded in old Friedrichshain
factory in Berlin. Between these two albums, Brooks also recorded a
limited edition 12" ep and digital-only ep release, available on
Bandcamp.com.
To be sure, a new album is in the works. If you ask Brooks, it will
remain somewhere between the country and the city. Don't be surprised
if that distance incorporates many people, places, and stories along the way.
Discography:
2009:
'Tertiary Allotment Is A Delightfulness' CD (Snowstorm Music)
2010:
'S/T 12" EP' (House of Plenty)
2011:
'Alles Gute' CD-r (Self Released)
2011:
'The Spanish Years' CD (Strange Recordings)
2011:
'Reacclimator (Digital Only EP)
Bandcamp
http://tsbrooks.bandcamp.com/
Twitter
http://twitter.com/TS_Brooks
Webseite http://ts-brooks.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/TS-Brooks/135421646472
Gillian Grassie (USA)
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