The New Limb - Free Acoustic version of "Cycle Mother Earth Cycle" and Interview

I got a tweet sent to us via our twitter account @PopRockIndie to check out a band called The New Limb. And after listening to a couple tracks on their MySpace, got in touch with them to post about them on this blog!

Spotlight: THE NEW LIMB

"Costa Mesa based indie rock band The New Limb will be releasing their FIRST full-length album in late March. This past year has been insane for the band. They came out of hiding early last year and surprised everyone at the OC Music Awards Best Live Band Showcase and were chosen as one of five bands to play in the finals. Though they did not win, OC Weekly named them Best Live Band of 2009. And The New Limb are in it again this year with new music that everyone is pumped up about. They will be playing in the OC Music Awards Best Live Band showcase on Feb. 16 at The Gypsy Lounge in Lake Forest, where the band just finished up a December residency and toy drive for Orangewood Children's Foundation. The New Limb are a fun, corky bunch of musicians who live in a house together in Costa Mesa. The band is Joey Chavez (lead vocals and guitar), Adam Chavez (drums and vocals), Lauren Salamone (keys and vocals and Dan Perez (lead guitar and vocals)."

The song was recorded live for 88.9 FM KUCI @ University of California, Irvine




DOWNLOAD via Entertonement [link]


Links:  
www.myspace.com/thenewlimb
www.thenewlimb.com

Below is an article written in the OC Music Awards newsletter that includes a transcribed interview from when they were on KUCI 88.9 FM.

You guys always make cookies for your shows. Do you guys make cakes too?

L: No, that's too much of a commitment.

J: Yellow cake with chocolate frosting is my favorite but it has to be out of the box and made by my mom.

Well that's good to know for all you ladies out there who want to win Joey's heart. That's the cake he likes.

J: I think that's most mens hearts.

D: I prefer steak. Breakfast sausage would be the alternative.

Lets address the whole living together. Isn't there a rule that you shouldn't live with your bandmates? Do you guys fight a lot?

TNL: YES we do.

L: It's actually wise to not live with your band but I love it. There are a lot of great things that come from it but it makes things really difficult. You really have to love each other.

A: That's it, you guys don't have to talk more.

J: It's like the people that you love the most, you treat the crappiest. You know what I mean?

L: especially since there are two brothers and Dan grew up with them so he's basically their adopted brother.

A: We're going on like 12 years.

You guys are like a family.

J: Yeah, we're a family band.

A: We've been to Europe together. We've gone cross country to Florida together in the little Corolla. 

J: We went swimming the other day together. We went on a big fan boat on the everglades. 

A: We went to a coffee shop together. We came here together...

L: And next week we are playing a show together.

D: I think we swam in three oceans together.

You guys have done a lot together. I don't really want to know what else you guys have done together just in case it's a little too private. 

Do you guys have nicknames for each other?

D: Mainly just Lauren.

J: They're awesome though.

D: Scotch tape

Is there a nice once?

L: The first one.

D: The first one is the best one. We were tracking her in the studio for the first time, and we were doing one of her keyboards first where she plays the right hand. So we called the track right hand. Then the track where she plays left hand, we called right hand too. So she's right hand.

J: Right hand Salomony

L: Yep!

D: Simple bird is a good one too.

How did The New Limb name come about? 

L: There's a different story every time they (Joey and Adam) tell it.

D: You're not supposed to say that.

A: There is one story and it's true and Joey will tell it.

J: My cousin Josh Edgar, it's ironic because we went to Joshua Tree. We went camping one time and we were hanging out, climbing on the rocks and doing whatever. He was stoked because he had just got this newthe tip of his pinky off of his hand. Like litterally. So we all freaked out and it was crazy because we were in Joshua Tree and we don't know where the nearest hospital is. I didn't know what to do. It was just us. I was the oldest guy there and I don't know what is going on with fingers or pinkies, whatever. So I was like ughhhhh put it in some milk. So we threw it in a cup of milk and we went to the nearest emergency room. and they sewed it back on. It looks good now. It does whatever it's supposed to do. machetti or whatever and he's in boys scouts so that's a badge. If you get enough badges, you get a machetti or something. He ends up playing with it and falls off of this rock. He fell in a way that he cut

So that's the real story?

L: Yeah, that's the real story.

J: Yeah, that's it.

Alcoholic Faith Mission - “We All Have Our Shortcomings” MP3 [soft electronic/pop]

“…beautiful alloys of muted electronica and pop” – RCRD LBL

Alcoholic Faith Mission - We All Have Our Shortcomings sound bite  Free MP3 Downloads sound bites

www.myspace.com/alcoholicfaithmission 

Drew Danburry - "Religion of Me" [soft, indie acoustic rock]

Sorry from the posting break - back on track and coming close to the end of our contest! New music time!

From his site: "Drew Danburry is a singer-songwriter who has toured and released records independently for approximately eight years now. It is debated whether this itinerantly musical lifestyle began in high school under the small but groundbreaking rap career he supposedly chartered or if it really started when a band was formed in college with some friends in the summer of 2002."

www.drewdanburry.com
http://drewdanburry.blogspot.com/

The first single is called "Religion of Me"and is available to download via his blog (linked above). Take a listen to it below!

Swedish indie pop group SAMBASSADEUR to release new album

Sambassadeur is a Swedish quartet that just released their third album European (Due out Feb 23^rd on Labrador Records). I've been listening to their songs on MySpace, and they've got a lot of potential! Check out the description from their press release and their MySpace and see if you are enjoying it as much as I am.

“Sambassadeur's Anna Persson sings softly and fluidly, favoring held notes that sound like they might dissipate into the music around her. Her voice often seems more typical of shoegaze or introverted folk than 1980s-cribbing pop, but she strikes the right note of dreaminess and cool drama in Sambassadeur's songs.”

-Pictchfork

“The Swedes have birthed yet another unique and lovely pop music child."

-Pop Matters

"Sambassadeur’s sound has evolved with each release, while their older recordings had a more aggressive sound, reminiscent of Jesus and Mary Chain, their music now conjures reminders of bands like Camera Obscura and Belle & Sebastian.  European is the album that demonstrates the true talent of Sambassadeur. The foursome, along with the addition of a string quartet, three drummers, a saxophone player, clarinetist, and more, has created a unique style that will be sure to gain fans of all music tastes across the world."

Take a listen to the band at Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/sambassadeurtheband

Official Page - http://www.sambassadeur.com/

Lanterns - Midnight Psalms (Alright!)

Rising triumphantly from the hollowed indie rock grounds of San Diego comes LANTERNS. This four-piece group began under the premise that there is no premise, and has forged ahead since with tuneful and unpretentious yet extremely noisy pop songs. They've taken their DIY attitude across the country twice, making stops with Matt and Kim and ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead among others, and galvanizing audiences everywhere. Their self-released Apocalypse Youth EP is available now and has garnered glowing reviews from the top punk sites and been named one of Alternative Press's "Best Unsigned Bands" of the year. "Midnight Psalms (Alright!)" packs in provocative lyrics with visceral guitars and epic arrangements. Listen now and check out Apocalypse Youth EP.
LANTERNS.

MySpace: http://myspace.com/wearelanterns

Lanterns - Midnight Psalms

[Spotlight artist] Motorflower - SIX40THREE (6:43)

Sometimes you just hear a band that you've never heard of before, and then wonder why you haven't. This video/music track from Motorflower is one of those bands.

This track was recommended to me, and now I'm recommending all of you to check out the video below and the band's other music. Motorflower was conceived and born in May 1997, and the band makes its home in Boise, Idaho.

The bio from their site better explains the influences on the band's style:

"A band that spans a spectrum of influences that range from Led Zeppelin to The Foo Fighters to Stevie Ray Vaughn, Motorflower is a deliberate hard playing four piece combo with pop sensibility."

Members:
Thom Keithly: Voice / Guitar
Adam Schroeder: Guitar
Stephen Hall: Drums / Voice



Visit their Site: http://www.motorflower.com/

or Listen to More tunes at their 
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/motorflower
Recommended tune for further listening: "How It Goes"

Dios - I Feel Finite

Dios has released a free 2 track single. Their sound is pretty mellow, so if you're into that click the track below to preview, and follow the link to download the single.








Dios - I Feel Finite



Download: http://www.buddyhead.com/dios-2009-4thquartersingle/

Michael Gross and The Statuettes - "Keep Driving"

Michael Gross and The Statuettes are an American Indie Rock/Pop band from Salt Lake City, Utah that formed in the summer of 2008. They released their debut EP “Dust & Daylight” in June of 2009. With their follow up six-song EP entitled “Impulse & Exports” (to be released in January of 2010), the band replaced the alt-twang sound found on their previous EP with reverb soaked guitars, and sweeping synthesizers that fit nicely into a moody pop/rock package.

Check out a stream of the first track from their EP, and visit their website for more info!



http://www.michaelgrossmusic.com/

The Octagon - Suicide Kings

“SUICIDE KINGS” is the first single from WARM LOVE AND COOL DREAMS FOREVER by THE OCTAGON. "Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever is an album full of Mexico’s warm Fender Mustang, Bunny’s full bass tones, and the clean and crisp jazz-inflected drumming of Glass."

http://www.myspace.com/theoctagon

The Laughing - "Runner", "Help Me"

"Borrowing from some of the production tactics of classic dub recordings, with a small dose of noise rock, Austin, Texas-based THE LAUGHING has constructed an album of songs that bears only slight resemblance to its broad spectrum of influences, in turn creating something special and unique. Of the album title, band leader Logan Middleton explains, “’Fever’ was the title of a book I discovered as a child that had extensive accounts of my now deceased grandfather’s work as a missionary doctor in West Africa and his discovery and treatment of highly fatal disease known as Lassa Fever.” "

"THE LAUGHING also utilizes a vast array of percussion, bells, dulcimers, ukuleles, synths, clarinets, flutes, blankets of noise and lush harmonies.  Varied instrumentation and ornamental arrangements adorn core song structures and melodies that take cues from the likes of Harry Nilsson, Os Mutantes, Jorge Bem, Silver Apples, Love, Roxy Music, Sonic Youth, 13th Floor Elevators and more."




The Laughing - Runner



The Laughing - Help Me