Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Upcoming Local Shows

These are some upcoming local (columbus, lagrange, etc) shows that i'm looking forward to in the near future. i highly suggest that you go to any of these shows. :)

Man Made Sea
Photo by: Trey Wood
Mar 24 2010 7:00P
8th and Rail-Drinking and Drawing Opelika, Alabama
Apr 10 2010 6:30P
Gallery 13 Columbus, Georgia
Apr 17 2010 8:00P
Acoustic Cafe-LaGrange College LaGrange, Georgia


Motion Sickness of Time Travel
NOTE: April 17th show is a Quiet Evenings show.
Apr 15 2010 7:30P
Lewis Library Auditorium LaGrange, Georgia
Apr 17 2010 8:00P
the Pit as Quiet Evenings LaGrange, Georgia
Apr 30 2010 7:00P
Lamar Dodd Art Gallery LaGrange, Georgia

Oodles of Noodles
Photo by: Shannon Hagan
Apr 10 2010 7:00P
Gallery 13 columbus, Georgia
Note: Oodles of Noodles' Starcandy has a show march 26th at gallery13

Triads
Photo by: Shannon Hagan
Apr 10 2010 7:45P
gallery31 CoLuMbUs
Apr 17 2010 7:30P
The Pit/ LaGrange College LaGrange, Georgia
Apr 20 2010 8:00P
Major Tom’s Outer Space

thanks. i'll update this if any new shows are added. -Michael

Monday, March 22, 2010

Home Recording: "What Are The Odds?"


this is something i wrote and recorded in the middle of the night in January. it's a short reverby tune. enjoy.


Triads -"what are the odds?"
http://www.mediafire.com/?zziey43g2gn
-michael

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Elliott Mchugh Show in LaGrange Tomorrow


here i am. home late. The Ghosts of Birds. Yes. Needed to post that it's The Ghosts of Birds first show tomorrow. March 20th at The Pit in LaGrange, GA. i hope i can make it.

Look at his blog. http://theghostsofbirds.blogspot.com/

DOWNLOAD: "What Once Ate Must Eventually Be Eaten"
http://www.mediafire.com/?war4zmcdwgn

-Michael

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Local Musicians: Starcandy


Columbus's own Jacob Michael Davis AKA Butters AKA Starcandy is perhaps one of the few modest musicians you'll come across nowadays. you may recognize him from the band Oodles of Noodles, but he also has his own solo project by the name of Starcandy (www.myspace.com/starcanddy). you'll notice that he has very experimental approach to his music. At the age of 18, he is an accomplished artist and is well acquainted with many instruments. just in Oodles of Noodles, i've seen him play keyboard, work with live sampling, play bass, and now drums. Starcandy is dreamy electronic music that blows minds. his instrumentation makes you unknowingly focus on individual parts of his music. it's like a soundscape of gameboy noises backed up by a string orchestra with a constant driving beat. Jacob is really quiet and nonchalant about his music, so i'm going to tell the world about his novel work. just until recently, i had no clue he composed an album, entitled "Licorice." Licorice is made up of 13 hypnotic instrumental songs that all have their own identity. the production is flawless. i don't understand how he does it. you can dance to his music, you can mindlessly go into a meditative trance to his music, but no matter the circumstances, you can't be bored with his music. people like Jacob Davis make the columbus music scene not only alive, but good as hell. i want to see some live shows from him soon. i strongly encourage anyone to give Starcandy a listen.


Download and listen to Starcandy - "Winter Sweaters" here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?amkyqhyratk

DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM "LICORICE" HERE:
http://www.mediafire.com/?yzgjmie2imv
-Michael

Local Musicians: Jared Long


i'd like to take the time to recognize local underrated musicians of Columbus, GA with this blog. This time in particular, i'd like to acknowledge my friend Jared Long(in the picture shown). he has a style that is extremely hard to come by. it is easy to see that he plays music strictly for himself, which i greatly appreciate. he is the kind of guitarist that understands the guitar in and out. he isn't a technical shredding machine, but he rather is an expert with perfecting guitar tones. commonly, his tone color is made up of a thick fuzz with distortion that overrides his vocals, but at a perfect level. On March 12th, at gallery13, he and johnathan shroyer (on drums) did a ridiculous cover of nirvana's "son of a gun." this is where he completely won me over. the vocals were raspy and had this crazy cry to them. the overdrive coated the drums in a sort of live lo-fi way. Jared and I have a strong obsession with Times New Viking , so it was no surprise to me to see him cover "teen drama." Seeing him play that song in columbus was really a gift. i really could go on and on about his style and playing. i wish he had recordings or a website for his music. if he does decide one day to put out some music via internet i will make sure to make note of it on this blog. expect me to post more about local musicians on here. thanks. i know i sound really dumb on this blog, but like i said, these are just streaming thoughts from my brain. -Michael

Monday, March 15, 2010

Show Last Friday


Last Friday was amazing. We got to play with Athens very own, Misfortune 500 (http://www.myspace.com/misfortune500). they are all super cool people that are really knowledgeable about music. the set they put on was incredible. my favorite part was when Chisolm sang through a megaphone. it reminded a lot of Big Black. the distorted vocals contrasted with the cleaner sustained guitars. very amazing music people. It was also a lot of fun eating with them afterwards at ihop. mmm MMM! Oodles of Noodles (www.myspace.com/oodlesofnoodles249) also put on a very psychedelic set. it doesn't take much for guitarist, Panda, to shred with his Memory Man. the drummer, Butters, is new at playing drums, but he looks so natural behind a set. he really is becoming an impressive drummer. he used to play bass and keys for the band. Triads (myspace.com/youstillarethelight) played a few new songs and covered The xx's intro song. it felt pretty solid. i think the show went very well. we've been listening to them a lot lately. i don't know, i just really dig that minimal catchy reverboverload break-up-song black hoodie music. i was so happy to see my friends spenser, zack, and jason at the show. i know they are pretty busy people. the photo seen is a poster that conner's girlfriend made. i thought it was pretty rad. i never got to compliment it to her, so here is my interweb shout out to Sarah. my friends jared and johnathan played that night as well. which was so freakin' cool. i love you guys. -Michael

The Groundbreaking First Triads Blog Post


hi there. if you're reading this i would like to thank you. i doubt this blog will get popular, but this is just for anyone who wants updates or information about Triads. i would like to say that i'm a terrible speller and i really don't care about capitalizing. Triads is Conner Kees, Cameron Kelly, and Michael Andrews. We're based out of columbus, ga. Cameron currently lives in athens ga though. please be prepared for slap-stick typing. everything i say on this blog is basically derived through my stream of consciousness. spring break '10 just ended and we spent most of that time recording our first full length album. yes babycakes, you heard correctly. i'll post more on that later. along with recording, we came across one of the funniest cartoons i've seen in a long time. FREAKNIK. It's about a party that turned into a ghost. cameron and i seriously believe that T-Pain is a genius for creating freaknik. the picture is a screenshot i captured.
-michael