The New Honey Shade Cassette Release
Check out The New Honey Shade’s new tape. Available at thenewhoneyshade.com, thenewhoneyshade.bandcamp.com and scissortailrecords.com, Mark Kuykendall has outdone himself!
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The Panda Resistance Self Titled Debut Album For Sale!
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Urban Tulsa Weekly
New Tunes: Album Review of The Panda Resistance
Organum Release
The Panda Resistance’s self-titled debut EP is an EP in name only. The seven-track disc approaches proper album status as it flourishes for more than 40 minutes, crammed airtight with melody, rhythm and texture.
The trio of musicians is obviously well versed in their craft from even a casual listen. The super-imposition of jazz, funk and minimalism over a canvas of instrumental indie rock is both tasteful and well calculated. On the album, homage is paid to a diverse cast of unusual suspects such as Philip Glass, Tortoise and Mogwai, while retaining the sense of identity that the band has accumulated in their short time together.
The largely instrumental collection of music seems to be exercises in musical ideas; dreamscapes painted under varying emotional influences that pivot and shift in unexpected ways. The material teeters back and forth between dreamy and dark, between furious and gentle, from the melodic to the abstract–often in the same song.
The compositions begin to feel like their own little journeys, starting with one concrete musical or melodic theme and ending much farther down the road.
CM Rodriguez, UTW
the album is for sale on itunes, digstation.com, a lot of other great online stores like cdbaby.com etc. , you can also buy one at shades of brown coffee in tulsa, Ida red in tulsa, and Guestroom Records in Norman, OK
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Paul Benjaman Band’s “Something” Special
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The band’s debut disc is currently in the mixing stages, with a goal of having it finished and packaged in time to distribute at SXSW. Writing continues, however, and Benjaman said they already have nearly half of the material for the group’s next disc, even before the debut has been mastered and released.
Although some bands might resent a strong comparison to the classic Tulsa Sound, Benjaman welcomes it, acknowledging the very thing that was attractive about the old scene is exactly what he’s thriving in and enjoying about the current music climate. The high level of musicianship, paired with a camaraderie that pushed each player without becoming competitive.
“When I’ve got writers block, those are the sources I go back to (J.J. Cale and Bob Wills),” he said. “Usually it reminds me to simplify and find the groove…”
While Tulsa audiences have certainly taken notice and started praising the band (the group recently won the “Rock the 918″ battle of the bands), it has also gained attention regionally with appearances at Wakarusa, Backwoods Bash and a few other festivals. As of late, though, the attention hasn’t only been coming from jam-oriented festivals, as Paul Benjaman Band has added to the lineup of the North by 35 Festival in Denton in early March, followed by an Urban Tulsa-sponsored appearance at SXSW the following week.
With a new disc in the pipeline and the group’s regional following starting to build (recent trips have taken the band to Colorado and St Louis), you can certainly expect to hear more about the band in the near future. With a focus on networking and making strategic connections at SXSW and appearances at other festivals, Benjaman’s goal is to make playing (and specifically, touring) a full-time, paying gig.
From what we’ve witnessed so far, that doesn’t seem like an unreasonable goal by any means. You can be sure that Urban Tulsa will be keeping a close eye (and ear) on the band, and we’ll certainly be reporting back on the band’s appearance at SXSW.” – G. Hizer, Urban Tulsa Weekly
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Organum Records / Fresh Produce Art Show @ Shades Of Brown – June 2009
Organum Records has partnered with Fresh Produce artist collective out of Lawrence, Kansas to bring you an art show at Shades of Brown for the entire month of June, 2009. Come check it out all month!
Artist featured include (but not limited to): Andrew Bones, Whit Bones, Dylan Aycock, Mark Kuykendall, Erin Turner, Christopher Mantle, Brian Rawson, David Council, Hannah Phillips
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