On the topic of blues our next band in question is a fresh one.. Forming in the winter of 2009. They’re a six piece band from the California’s Central Valley..

Lead singer and guitarist Gilbert C has moved away from his solo project under the name Gilbert C and moved into a more structured arrangements with the The Good Souls.. Band member Victor Bravo (Bass) has been offering his Folksy Walk and Shuffling Bass Lines that drive the sound of The Good Souls.

With technical drum lines by (Tony Montenez) the band focuses on original compositions all the while covering songs from there favourite artist. That’s Alright Momma (Elvis) Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) Every Thing Is Broken (Bob Dylan).  Members also include Luke the Stomper (guitar 1) and Hector The Mack (Slide / Lead Guitar) and Nick Lillis (Harmonica)…

Listen to Song:

The Good Souls – Break Down.mp3

The Good Souls – Pay Through Life.mp3

visit here: www.thegoodsouls.com

Heat is a presence: the rapid vibrating of molecules. Cold is an absence:
the damping of the vibrations.

At absolute zero, minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit, molecular motion ceases altogether. It is this slowing
that converts gases to liquids, liquids
to solids, and renders solids harder.
It slows bacterial growth and chemical reactions.

In the human body, cold shuts down metabolism. The lungs take in less oxygen, the heart pumps less blood.

Under normal temperatures, this would produce brain damage. But the chilled brain, having slowed its own metabolism, needs far less oxygen-rich blood and can, under the right circumstances, survive intact.

Check em out!!

The Good Souls – Paint Me A House.mp3

The Good Souls – Folsom Prison Blues (Cover)

Myspace.com/thegoodsouls

We’ll enough said.  On the 3rd of July, The Music and Lies Team had the great pleasure of attending a concert from Rhode Island’s own Deer Tick, with opening bands, Dawes and QuickSand.   One of our team members was assigned to report back the set-list, but got wasted out of sheer excitement and completely forgot (apology’s).

Although we were able to take some pics and obtain two videos for your viewing pleasure! One of “Streets of Bakersfield” ( A Buck Owen’s Original ) and Dirty Dishes which was mostly done in a in a boozy A Capella style.  Hope you enjoy!!!

- Gilbert C

The Music And Lies Team

Deer Tick Live @ The Celler – Visalia, CA Dirty Dishes

Deer Tick Live @ The Celler – Visalia, CA – Streets Of Bakersfield Cover

The moon on the one hand, the dawn on the other:
The moon is my sister, the dawn is my brother.
The moon on my left and the dawn on my right.
My brother, good morning: my sister, good night.

Hilaire Belloc

I walk in a field without a gun.
Fallen. Crawling through mist

With a mouth that reeks of a graveyard.
I look for the ladder of water.

Midnight brings the gift of trembling.
I want a passport for hell.

From the east, a horse with a saddle of sea-weed
Returns me to the land of sand and blindess.

I begin and end, fixed
On hoods, on rows, on rainbows
And coral.

Check out Michael Runion’s brand new track ‘Maxine’, taken from his super
limited tour EP. Only 500 copies have been made and will be sold exclusively
on his upcoming tour with Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band as well as
his own shows in America.

The EP was produced by Alex Greenwald from Phantom Planet and Jason Boesel
from Rilo Kiley in Los Angeles and is a taster of the new direction Michael
Runion has taken his music. It also features a very special version of the
song “Daylight” from his debut album, now feat. Z Berg from The Like.

View Video Here: The Daylight vs Z Berg

MySpace: myspace.com/michaelrunion

Sample Music Here: Josh Likes Me.mp3
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Much like a handmade quilt, Sleep Whale’s music is filled with collected scraps of material, beautiful patterns and meticulous crafting. Though the possibilities for both quilts and music are many, the ultimate purpose is to keep one warm. For guitarist/cellist Joel North and violinist/sequence programmer Bruce Blay, the melding of traditional live acoustic sounds of violin, cello, and guitar with vanguard electronic processing is the most natural thing in the world. Woven throughout the infectious melodies of violin, cello, and guitar you’ll find music boxes, shortwave radios, tape machines, field recordings, and much more. The six songs on Little Brite conjure a universe whose ancient forbears include Steve Reich, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Eno’s looping ambiences, Brit-folk guitarist Bert Jansch, gamelan ensembles and Hindustani hand percussion, however, the wall-to-wall beauty of the proceedings is anything but reverential ear candy. Engaging, melodically rewarding, and sophisto-whimsical, Sleep Whale’s cerebrally atmospheric marriage of the luddite and techno worlds makes for essential listening

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PRESS
“We’ve been impressed by everything we’ve heard from them.”
– Gorilla vs. Bear

“so stirringly beautiful you almost drop your jaw the first time you hear it….You’ve gotta hear them. See them too.”
– Dallas Observer

“Every track on this record is full of surprises, textures and effective broad strokes, but it’s the intangible quality of the songcraft that takes these “electro-acoustic” pieces beyond merely interesting and thrusts them into the realm of celebratory emotional resonance.”
– We Shot JR

“Taking a page from the Books, Denton’s [Sleep Whale] weaves mesmerizing audio collages.”
– Austin Chronicle

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FOR MORE INFO
SLEEP WHALE’S WV ARTIST PAGE
SLEEP WHALE’S MYSPACE
US/EU PRESS: press@westernvinyl.com
US/EU RADIO: radio@westernvinyl.com

Formed in the summer of 2004, the rock/pop quintet of Otenki (now consisting of Enoma Asowata (rhythm guitar/vocals), German Hernandez( lead vocals), Fausto Padilla(lead guitar/vocals/programming), Josh Tenorio(bass/vocals) and new comer Kris Hiatt(drums)) had a start that most bands would envy. Formed through exchanging emails through mutual friends, within six months of being a band, they headed to California to record their first EP. Also during those formative months, they were selected by MySpace users to play with My Chemical Romance and The Used during the inaugural year of the Taste of Chaos Tour. Shortly after that they performed at the 2005 Vans Warped Tour and the 2006 Taste of Chaos tour.

The band opted to hit the road for a 2 month self booked/promoted full US tour. They continued to hone their skills while being on the road and enduring the hardships of the DIY lifestyle. While continuing the writing process the band knew they would have to look beyond themselves to bring out all the potential the new material had. At the end of the band’s summer tour, the decision was made to work with record producer Paul Leavitt. Leavitt’s work includes pop punk heavy weights All Time Low, and Over It, as well as The Bled, Senses Fail, Circa Survive, Conditions, Mercy Mercedes, and newly signed Gwen Stacy. In November of 2007 the band headed to Valencia Recording Studio in Baltimore to work on the collection of songs that would become “Making Sense of Static”.

“As the title of the record suggests, the songs are about finding your place in the world. This record is the summation of us trying to figure ourselves out. And hopefully people can take hold of something to relate to in it,” states Asowata. Starting out with the lead single “The Tie That Binds” and following it with darkest and heaviest song “Empty Words”, a song about the falling out of friends or lovers, to the ending track “The Impossible”, a power-pop anthem of chasing dreams but being thankful for what you have, Otenki has redefined themselves with this effort. With thousands of miles clocked, over one hundred of shows played, and a ever growing fan base, Otenki has risen from the ashes a transformed group of wiser, more focused individuals that share one goal…to never slow down.

Listen Here: www.myspace.com/otenki