Sunday, October 26, 2014

Rambling Around Town: El Torreon

I'm going to start with a disclaimer: I haven't been to El Torreon yet; however, I want to tell you about the place because they need some support. Currently, they have a Kickstarter running that only has about a week left. Meeting their goal can help them add a music venue in Kansas City that, so far, has offered great names at great prices. I have high hopes for this place.

I have pledged my support and hope you will too. If you like live music, I urge you to support a venue that is looking to provide a chance to have intimate shows with great bands.


Recently Unearthed: Lost Ark Studio

I've told you many times about how much awesome music I find on Noisetrade. Lately, anywhere I go, my favorite thing is label samplers. So, the other day when I was digging around on Noisetrade I found 8 volumes of music from Lost Ark Studio in California.

I did a quick glance of the "sounds like section" and decided to go for it and download all 8 volumes. Because of this decision, this has been a great week! It's exciting to find some new, interesting music. I don't get a lot of time for stuff like this anymore, so it's a real treat when I find something special.

I thought the best way to share with you about these volumes, was to do a little mix tape of some of the songs I liked the best. I haven't even done any searching to see what kind of web content these bands have before sitting down to write this so, I'm not sure what this will look like when it's done, but if nothing else, you can (at least for now) download the music from Noisetrade.

Here we go. Please note this is not necessarily and all-inclusive list of music I liked out of the many volumes:

The Paragraphs - Turns to Dust



Republic of Letters - Help Me



Strange Vine - Kitchen Floor



Tan Sister Radio - Leap Year



The Absolute - I Had it Coming



That's a few to get you started. Jump in and take a look around.