Some stuff orbiting my brain recently...
Kyle Stevens (current Explone guitarist and Kirby Krackle alphageek) has released two digital singles on iTunes, "Matches In The Walls" and "Vouch For Me".
Seattle band Born Anchors are trying to raise funds for a vinyl pressing of their new record. They're using a Kickstarter campaign and only have a few weeks to reach their goal.
Longtime me-supporter and Demo Clubber Joel Canfield composed a wandering Arabic-trance track and is aiming for 1000 downloads. Get it here. Also, he and his wife are selling the car and home and living like a nomads for awhile. Gutsy.
Did NO ONE record or video the Jonathan Coulton + Brad Sucks performance in Ottawa last month? Really, NO ONE?
Save You From Yourself alumni Laurie Katherine Carlsson and Jerin Falkner have founded a group with some other local performers called the Sintonia Collective. They sent in an audition tape and won an opportunity to perform with Imogen Heap here in Seattle a few weeks back.
This is pretty great right here: Sintonia with Imogen Heap, performing Heap's song "Earth" a cappella:
And here's the group performing Jerin's song "Charade" during the opening slot:
And in case you missed it in my last post, the new Explone album Dreamers/Lovers is now available on iTunes.