Sunday, July 22, 2007
Meet Walter Alias: The Next Coldplay? Hello K.C.!
It's gotta tick off any talented band to have some bloggin' butthole say their music reminds them of Coldplay. ... Mr. "Walter Alias" I do apologize, but remember, taste is nothing more than our mind's ability to recognize and categorize the senses.
Who is Walter Alias? A little know band from Kansas City worth discussing on this blog with the utmost snobbery.
They recently dropped their first CD ... "Examples of the Cataclysmic". Otherwise, you can catch them from time to time in Kansas City and the Midwest.
Walter Alias is another example of a local act delivered from the womb of myspace. http://www.myspace.com/walteralias
Blah, Blah Arctic Monkeys -- myspace's poster child for its "lil band that could ... makes good" -- Read about Arctic Monkeys here. That's not the story here.
Walter Alias are mere toddlers in comparison ... but they have a great sound if you like any U2. Exxplosive, etc.
First, I suggest you play W.A. loud. The beginning 30 seconds of Walter Alias' "Examples of the Cataclysmic" and "Touch and Go" will have you saying either "What I HAVE TO HEAR MORE!" or "THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST SHT I'VE HEARD IN A LONG TIME."
The Coldplay-Walter Alias comparison might be sophomoric on this writer's part, but theses ducks are ducks, all quacking with epic, glorious (dare I day angelic) keyboard sound scapes painted with tools from a professional mixing pallet. The vocals have a brash, British sensibility that's an easy target for Coldplay comparisons. You can almost smell the fish-n-chips in their voice, but the thing is, theses boys are from the Midwest as far as I can tell. Their songs have all the qualities to be commercial radio masterpieces. The hooks are catchy both on piano and vocals, but easy to forget and enjoy again. The tunes are well structured with potent drums. Some call it My Chemical Romance meets the killers but without the Drag Queen undertones or depressed emo sound.
MuzicSnob will be keeping a close eye on Mr. "Walter Alias," if that is your REAL name.
These guys are from branson MISSOURI by the way! wow. Leave that OUT of the press release!
Here's a cute u-tube vid of a kid rocking out to Walter Alias.
-ms
Friday, July 20, 2007
Meet Maps: This Band Will Rock Your World
This band fell from the sky about a year and a half ago ... I was up late reading a UK music blog and played their video. "Don't Fear." Today, they are about five seconds from becoming the next big thing. Really. Their tipping point can't be stopped. Watch and bookmark my words. This I could have told you a year and a half ago, Maps is friggin' gooood and they have a shot. When i first started playing this song over and over, then it really got to me.
I played the song over and over for weeks. It was pathetic. So, eventually, I got over it. Christmas and New Years came. Now, Maps is back on my screen again with "We Can Create."
I promise you will wanna give this song two good listens and then tell a friend about it.. Don't Fear the Sun ... its mellow mood reminds you of Moby, maybe RJD2 heck Pink Floyd. There, I said it. This band could be the next pink floyd. Coldplay piano riffs on the rest of the CD, repetitive riffs, the ones we all like so much, I'll let that slide. But these guys got Pink Floyd Potential and that's all I got to say about that.
So I give you Maps.
Enjoy. Godspeed.
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