Caves. One band. One EP. One word: invigorating.

Tracklist: 01. Oh Amy - 02. Swim - 03. Newark

                                     

There is this one question most bands and musicians have trouble to answer, even though it's an essential one, one that defines and outlines their music, that puts their being as musicians in concrete terms. What music do you embrace? Simple as that. Yet to narrow down one's genre, or to give an insight in what music, which artists have influenced the forming and progress of bands is difficult, tricky. Most musicians don't claim only one genre to be theirs, they have come up with a more or less clever combination of some, draw inspiration of many, interpret music at times more, at times less inspiringly. You need to be content with an evasive, not exactly satisfying answer as plenty bands won't specify their sound in greater detail to you, unless you follow up on it. Dare to ask, to dig deeper and you might eventually be 'enlightened'. You might eventually be given an answer, but will you be more in the know of a band's sound afterwards? That's another the question. Especially since 'indie' as reply is fast at hand. Indie rock. Indie pop. Indie (sub)genre xy. However, indie is no genre. Neither is this attempt to label one's sound claryfying at all. As much as indie suits to qualify an ethos, an attitude, a situation musicians embody and find themselves in, being their own producers, managers and promoters, it doesn't to determine one's colour of sound, one's musical direction. You see deciding on one's sound, may it be its tendency, disposition, may it be its 'definition', is not that easy, as pronouncing it might 'bind' to a specific genre, a specific arrangement of songs, might raise certain expectations both the musicians and the listeners develop. In the end it's a fine line between defining and confining.

CAVES [f.l.t.r.:] Jon Huntley (bass guitar), Andy Pink (vocals/rhythm guitar),
Dan Carney (vocals/lead guitar), Daniel Walsh (percussion) 

Song Review: Caution! It's a trap - Forever Cult's single 'Suntrap' mesmerizes and captivates with an original, feisty and bold genre mix

What makes me want to review albums, EPs, songs of certain music makers?

The Cornerstones - Stand In Line... an aligned yet eclectic compositional cornerstone of vibrant sound and heavy resonance

Good music is worth the wait. The Cornerstones has been one of the first bands who ever reached out to me on twitter (the blessed land of vast music aptitude and extensive indulgence) and their songs made a lasting impression on me. With vibrant, tense and incisive melodies, with subtle, brisk and ardent vocals of raucous resonance, moreover with a promising debut album already released back in the day, the london based rock foursome left me eager for more. Their second album was in the making, they said, and so the wait began. I was lured in, held on patiently, knowing that the days, the months that passed, time spent by the band with composing, rehearsing and recording, would eventually pay off for the eager audience, would eventually be endorsed by me. As good music is worth the wait, music also takes time come into being, to evolve, to be elaborated to both the musicians' and the listeners' approval and satifaction.

Interview with the one of a kind acoustic rock band Joe Symes and the Loving Kind (.. or: the story of how I made my first interview experiences)

DrBones' music show (canadian music podcasts via spreaker.com)

I still can recall my first interview 'experience'. All too well in fact. The tingling excitement, the pleasant anticipation, the touch of nervousness of which I now - as almost one year has passed since then - like to believe vanished once I started to ask the questions I prepared. But I can tell, it hasn't, my voice, slightly trembling, told so, I knew, probably the band knew too and all the listeners did certaintly notice it as well. 

Album Review: Wullae Wright - The Orange Line. A mesmerizing, melodically challenging musical maze

Myth. Enthralling and eclectic stories unfold and cast a spell on their audience. Swift and surprising events pass by, vague details gleam, concrete and form a ponderous and defining narrative frame. Tension grows, is strained and temporary resolved, only to be picked up once more, this time though to last until the very end. The aftermath is stirring, evocative and most likely satisfies.