Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Bandcamp Round-Up: Ri¢hie, Across Tundras, Connie Smith, The Joiners and More [Fresh Tracks]

Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 4:44 PM

Richie (of Ri¢hie) pictured with the Liberty Bell
  • Richie (of Ri¢hie) pictured with the Liberty Bell
* A couple weeks ago, Richie "Ghostfinger" Kirkpatrick — of Ghostfinger and Jessica Lea Mayfield fame — hosted a house show at his abode. He showcased his brand-new project, Ri¢hie, and fellow locals Denney and the Jets and Bird Cloud also played in rotating sets of three. It was a fun show, and while the Ri¢hie material is definitely of the same ilk as Ghostfinger, Kirkpatrick has let himself off the leash, adopting a good-times-referee persona of sorts, singing his own backing vocals and punctuating practically every other measure with a blast from a whistle that now hangs around his neck pretty much constantly. Anyway, hear a rough mix of "Animal Print," a song about "basketball and women of the night," below or at Ri¢hie's Bandcamp page.

* Local stoner-metal/hard-rock/desert-rock outfit Across Tundras stay prolific and frequently defy classification. They recently uploaded a whole flock of releases to their Bandcamp page, and while they aren't all brand-new, many of them are new to me. Hear tunes from their Tumbleweeds below.

* Did you guys read Edd Hurt's feature on Connie Smith in this week's dead-tree edition? Good stuff. You may also know that she's playing an in-store at Grimey's this very afternoon. Hear the titular track from Smith's brand-new Long Line of Heartaches below, and hear two other preview numbers at her Bandcamp page.

* Apparently, The Joiners' Knee Deep has been out since way back in '01. But if you haven't heard it, it's on Bandcamp now. Hear "Drunk" below. It's a nice, urgent, alt-country tune about ... well, I think you can guess what it's about.

Hear also: Trad-country joker Jonny Corndawg's "Chevy Beretta" and a whole bunch of tunes from piano-popsters Parachute Musical.

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Some great bands posted here...Richie (well, Ghostfinger) was my first show ever here in middle tennessee, many years ago at Grand Palace. And I saw Across Tundras kill it at their album release show at Little Hamilton.

Allow me to pimp out my own band. Check it out if you like bands that are in what-ever-the-hell-it-is-genre that The Mars Volta started. This is our debut full length, recorded all analog at Fry's Pharmacy.


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