Posts Tagged ‘pop rock’

The Icarus Account

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

The Icarus Account

myspace.com/theicarusaccount

What’s better than a cute guy that can sing?  A cute guy that can sing with a twin!  WIN.

Trey and Ty are twin brothers from Florida.  If you like acoustic, pop rock, singer/songwriter type of stuff – you’re about to fall head over heels my friend!  On top of all this, there’s an uncanny vocal resemblance to John Mayer.  Yes, John Mayer.  Just listen to “Invincible”:

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Told you, I wasn’t lying.  Now, if that’s not enough, you have to check out their covers.  I love when rock bands cover r&b/hip-hop so when I came upon their youtube page, I was happy.  But!  I can’t figure out which cover is better, Drake’s “Find Your Love” or Usher’s “Burn”, so here’s both:

Have I convinced you to check them out for yourself and buy their latest record, Love Is The Answer?  Well, here’s one last attempt, a beautiful love song by The Icarus Account, “Tidal Waves & Hurricanes”:

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Go buy Love Is The Answer, on iTunes, now.

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Farewell Fighter

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Farewell Fighter

myspace.com/farewellfighter
The Song: “It’s All in The Hips”

I always love to see a band working hard to get their name out there.  Some bands put out some demos or an EP and expect the world to come crawling to them.  This band got creative and took on a growing social media outlet: Tumblr!  (For those of you out of the loop, tumblr is like twitter but for blogs)  Anyway, their songs are catchy and they’re nice guys.  Check out their myspace for their video and their tumblr to download their free EP: farewellfighter.tumblr.com

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Go Radio, Do Overs & Second Chances

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Go Radio - Do Overs & Second Chances

myspace.com/goradio

I was a huge Mayday Parade fan during the Summer of 2009, so when I found out Go Radio’s singer was Mayday Parade’s ex-singer, I had to give them a listen.

Now, somehow I was lost in the loop.  When I first heard “Do Overs & Second Chances,” the only thing I was thinking was “Wow!  This sounds exactly like Mayday Parade” and I didn’t realize Jason Lancaster (ex-mayday, now- go radio) sang vocals on my favorite record, “A Lesson in Romantics” and had left soon after that.  Don’t ask how this happened, I have no clue.  BUT!  Now that I know this information and after listening to the record, I’ve fallen in love with Go Radio.

Summer of 2009 I had “If You Wanted A Song Written About You, All You Had To Do Was Ask (Album)” and “Miserable at Best” on constant repeat.  (Yes, I was two years late – There are just some bands you keep meaning to listen to but somehow you don’t get to it).

“Goodnight Moon” is a classic power ballad.  Jason Lancaster can do no wrong.  His vocals have a huge powerful range and I love the reference to a classic childhood story.  “Thanks For Nothing” picks up the beat and takes a strong jab at Mayday Parade and whoever it was who stole his girl?  I like to visit songmeanings.net for my lyrics and I couldn’t help but to laugh out loud to this comment “Also agree this song is about derek and mayday. Whatever Jason definitely got the last laugh. New mayday sucks, and go radio is amazzzzzzzing.”  AGREED.  These songs and “It’s Not A Trap, I Promise” are my top three favorites.

Basically, I don’t have to go song by song to tell you that this record is definitely one to pick up.  I could listen to Jason’s voice all day.

Get it, buy it, download it

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