 It's
2008! That means that StreetBlast.com has improved our website
with cool new features for Indie bands and their fans! We are
STILL playing the best of Independent music from across the world, and
are feverishly working to add over 400 new artists to our profile
database!
Are we reviewing/streaming your band?
Check out our new website with lots of features, including our new
searchable database for Indie artists, music reviews, and register
your account FREE so that you can chat in our
forums, and promote your band on our
site!
Give our Station Manager a call, and have your next gig added to our
show calendar, or submit your EPK to us so that we can add you to our
database, stream your music, do
LIVE podcast interviews, and more!
If your band is ready to get out there and be heard, then
StreetBlast.com is the new place to be in 2008! We have been
around since 2002 working to promote indie music, but never like this!
Our new website is AWESOME - and we want your band to be a part of it!
Check us out, and then jump on the site and promote your music!
We are so excited about this new year!
Ok, I have rambled enough! Here are the links:
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| ... er, this list is huge, just check out StreetBlast.com and get
our desktops, screensavers, listen to some cool tunes, check out our
podcast interviews, and remain hopelessly entertained!
After all, it's 100% Hardcore Certified - and we are thrilled for you
to be a part of it!
Well, we send these newsletters out once a month, so watch for the
next edition - and if you would like us to FEATURE your band to our
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e-mail us!
Sincerely,
Jake A. Wheat
Station Manager
www.StreetBlast.com |
Welcome to the hardest
music review I have ever had to write. I don’t want to come across as
overly excited, and I don’t want to start bringing out the same old
cliché terms for something awesome. I have been trying desperately to
figure out how to get my thoughts onto this computer screen for what
seems like weeks now, and alas I am going to pull a "Drew Barrymore"
movie scene, and just break down into honesty hoping that it will move
you into some sort of compassionate happiness.
Introducing Paul Epic, who mildly resembles our
Mack Hardcore mascot, and is ultimately why I checked out his
MySpace profile
online. This strange twist of fate had me discover what I consider to
be one of the best musicians hands down. I was more intrigued at
first by how photogenic and artistic his overall image was marketed,
but once I discovered his
album on iTunes
I quickly jumped on the
BUY button and
hit the road with my iPod. His music is equally stunning, toned, and
- beautiful.
Traveling down I-65 South is a
nightmare to begin with during the holidays, and raging through
traffic with one foot on the gas and the other on my play list button
(I created a Paul Epic play list for easy access) and started from the
beginning. Paul’s album is called "South of Heaven, North of Hell"
and is proudly stamped with Paul’s name, instead of a generic band
title or some form of insignia. In other words, Paul has signed his
name to an entire album, and has taken the step off of the Indie music
plank into that abyss of confidence vs. ego.
Ego? Did we say ego? Paul
Epic is far from egotistical, which can be found in other "self
titled" albums on the Indie circuit. If one has their name on an
album, we believe it represents the artist on so many levels that it’s
a huge risk. Once you put your name out there, if you don’t live up
to it - anything you do afterward will be represented in the same
manner. Redemption is difficult in the Indie circuit, with all the
throat-cutting competition and opinionated fart squatters. Paul Epic
has nothing to worry about. Epic carries an image, brand, and musical
quality that dominates into what I consider to be "mainstream" ready
and very refreshing.
Paul Epic’s comes with a "100% Hardcore
Certified" seal of approval, and I personally have not let the tracks
quit playing on my iPod since I got the album. Epic’s "South
of Heaven, North of Hell" has stylish
genre differences which I love. Elements of my road rage were
exacerbated in the song "Faster," which literally got me pulled over
for speeding near Bardstown, Kentucky doing 80 in a 65 mph zone. Who
cares? I had Paul Epic jamming in the car, it was worth the piglet
interruption. Not only that, but his music is like nitro injected
gasoline and once you get started, it’s almost a crime to slow it
down. "Speed it up and make it go faster," Paul sings. I couldn’t
argue, he could kick my ass!
"Proud," which has
autobiographical tones (most of the album seems to have Paul’s life
represented in one form or fashion) has a heartfelt poetic score,
which hits with stark contrast to the hard outer shell which at first
glance may have you underestimate the complexity and emotional outpour
of Epic’s lyrical styling. In other words, Paul Epic has a hard outer
shell, but opens up his heart and soul in his music where the soft
underbelly is exposed and vulnerable. This contrast is unmistakably
art, without a doubt one of the greatest Indie releases we have heard
to date.
This album has no tracks that
you will not immediately want to hear over and over, it’s a platinum
album laying in wait - trust me. "Say You’ll Stay Tonight," is one of
my favorite tracks, which allows for Epic to slow things down a bit,
and pay homage to a rock ballad which has layered melodies and vocal
techniques that exceed mainstream artist standards. That doesn’t last
long though, because mosh pit crunching vocals (Epic’s vocal range is
amazing) comes back to give you additional reasons to break the law.
Ok, so we don’t actually support illegal
activities, but we do support Paul Epic and his album "South of
Heaven, North of Hell." If you don’t have a copy of his album, you
can get it on
iTunes,
CDBaby.com, and
other online outlets. This is a MUST HAVE purchase, and is one of the
BEST of 2007/2008. Paul Epic will be moving to the mainstream, and
it’s only a matter of time before he leaves the Indie circuit, and
moves on to be the man he wants to be. It’s the man we are proud of,
and support 100% of the way.
Check the links below
for
Paul’s MySpace,
and "Buy Links." (… and watch the speed limit….) |
You
may remember back in 2002 when "Psycho Josh" was on UnderGroundLou.com,
one of our first Internet Radio stations that played local Indie
music. Since we changed to a GLOBAL Indie resource, we
eliminated our shows and streamed music 24/7.