Check out our new experimental radio station on last.fm* by clicking this sentence. I’m pretty excited by how it has turned out. For my trial run tonight, these were the first ten tracks:
Interview – Brandon Kitterman of Fictionist
Linescratchers contributor Joseph Mecham recently interviewed Brandon Kitterman (guitar aficionado of Utah’s indie rock band Fictionist) for GuitarJunkie.net. Linescratchers gets to join in on the fun.
Brace yourself, dear reader, for a lesson in being awesome. Brandon Kitterman is what I would call a sonic knitting artist. You know those really ugly knitted blankets you always try to warm up with at your Grandparents house, and they’re so riddled with holes they have a 10% heat retention rating? Then you end up freezing to death on their couch while developing terminal asthma because they have 40 years of dust collected in the couch cushions? Well yeah… that sucks, and I share your pain. However, if Brandon were to knit for you a blanket with his sonic textures and tones, it would be made of silk, be your favorite color, smell like vanilla, have a 99% heat retention rating, and it would wrap you like an Egyptian mummy. Yep… he’s that good. Read on for everything you wanted to know about Brandon Kitterman’s guitar set-up and technique.
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Fictionist and Atlantic Records?
In a recent YouTube video released by the Provo-based band Fictionst, members of the band browse a record store. After picking up albums by various artists and mentioning each by name, the camera zooms and focuses on the Atlantic logo. At the end of the video, Fictionist frontman Stuart Maxfield finds a Fictionist album in the Local Music section. He picks it up and looks at the camera…
… proving you can say much more without saying anything at all.
Fictionist plans to make their big announcement at the Velour Live Music Gallery in Provo, Utah on September 21st. Until then, we would like to congratulate them on signing with Atlantic Records. Congratulations, Fictionist.
Linescratching Post for the week of May 30, 2011
Vol. 1 No. 14, Week of May 30, 2011
This week: Low get raw, Donny Osmond impromptu guest-vocals with Fictionist, The JaneDear girls up for an award, Colby Miller’s new album out NOW, the 5 Browns and Yo Gabba Gabba touring (separately), New Roxy Rawson song, Neon Trees, American Hollow, and Donny and Marie!
Linescratching Post for the week of May 23, 2011
Vol. 1 No. 13, Week of May 23, 2011
This week: Brandon Flowers goes Gene Simmons, Nothing good ever comes of disobedience except international fame and glory, Gladys Knight on making a living in a casino, Neon Trees buy-in while Fictionist eschew corporate label, festival, and magazine, plus updates on the JaneDear girls, Maroon 5, and much (a little) more!
Linescratching Post for the week of May 16, 2011
Vol. 1 No. 12, Week of May 16, 2011
This week: The Neon Trees meet David Letterman, We sneak some Mormons into the National Jukebox, Fictionist nearly punches Paramore’s producer in the face, Colby Miller gears up with a new band, a new show, and a new album, and more!
Linescratching Post for the week of May 9, 2011
Vol. 1 No. 11, Week of May 9, 2011
Roxy Rawson sings that “God’s Got Bones;” Marie Osmond and the Prodigal Husband; Fictionist on a roof, on a magazine, in a box, with a fox; Shaun Barrowes sells a song to Coke and offers you money to let him perform your song, and more!
Linescratching Post for the week of May 2, 2011
Vol 1 No. 10, Week of May 2, 2011
In this issue: Ian Fowles gets spiritual in the desert, Fictionist can’t stop winning, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir gets manly, The Killers reunite, The Barefoot Movement lose us, a great gift for yo momma, all this PLUS Is Oskama Bin Laden going to have to break up now? and MORE!
Fictionist and the Rolling Stone Experience
Editor’s note: to vote for Fictionist in the contest, please click HERE!
As you may have recently heard or witnessed, Fictionist has reached the Elite Eight of a contest that will put an unsigned band on the cover of Rolling Stone for the first time in the iconic rock magazine’s history. Whether they move on to the next round will be determined by you, the music listener.
As part of their efforts to garner more votes, Fictionist has launched their own contest, which allows voters to win prizes including autographed memorabilia, CDs, and a trip to Bonaroo Music Festival. Additionally, they have been playing shows and telling fans to get out and vote. We were able to catch up with the guys after a recent show in Provo and ask them about their experience thus far. What follows is an account of Aaron’s door-knocking, Robbie’s hair care tips, and Brandon’s foray into the legal field. Continue Reading →
Linescratching Post for the week of April 11, 2011
Vol 1 No. 7, Week of April 11, 2011
In this issue: Colby Miller requests to entertain you, Sugar Ray meets Provo, John Hunstman turns out to be a “Prog”ressive, Mayan Fox heals the world and makes it a better place, mean (but true!) rumors about David Archuleta, Ken Jennings on the Book of Mormon musical, Jennifer Thomas, Idiot Glee, Alan Sparhawk, and more!
Linescratching Post for the week of April 4, 2011
Vol 1 No. 6, Week of April 4, 2011
In this issue: Full House meets Low, a hot new music video director on the scene, Fictionist full of win, Idiot Glee gets his limey on, Yo Gabba Gabba get Spiritualized, David Archuleta, Pearl and the Beard, Donny and Marie, Neon Trees and more more more!
Fictionist Signs
First of all, we hope everyone’s enjoying General Conference weekend. Glad you could fit in a little Linescratchers time between sessions.
In addition to creating sheer volume of votes to place Fictionist in the Rolling Stone Cover, one of the goals of the contest is to come up with the most creative ways of getting the word out. To that end, and in honor of General Conference this weekend, we put our thinking caps on to come up with some signs that enterprising Fictionist Fans could display this weekend while marching down South Temple.
Longtime readers will note that we here at Linescratchers love David Archuleta, and still can’t believe he lost to David Cook.
Obey the sign. Vote for Fictionist at http://www.fictionist.com/rollingstone/ZWO.
Please help Linescratchers AND Fictionist!
Here’s your chance to help Linescratchers and one of our featured artists, Fictionist.
Fictionist has advanced in the Rolling Stone cover contest, and they’re having their own contest to help get them votes. The winner of the Fictionist contest (the person or people who generate the most votes) will win $1000 and two tickets to Bonnaroo. Linescratchers has asked the boys’ permission and is allowed to enter.
What can Linescratchers do with the winnings? We could possibly…
- Help pay for the web hosting for our site
- Put on an awesome concert
- Have a sweet awards ceremony with awards for the 2011 Linescratchers Awards
- Something else
- And we could still do something with the tickets, we’re open to ideas from you guys
That’s why we’re asking YOU to help Linescratchers generate votes, and those votes will help one of our very own featured artists get on the cover of Rolling Stone AND play at Bonnaroo. This is a win-win-win situation.
So, if you want to help us out by voting CLICK HERE and follow the instructions!
And if you want to help us out even more, copy and paste the following link on your Facebook, Twitter, or in an email to your friends:
http://www.fictionist.com/rollingstone/ZWO
Linescratching Post for the week of March 28, 2011
Vol 1 No. 5, Week of March 28, 2011
In this issue: Some linescratchers break up! The Pearl and the Beard make the rest of us feel like worthless lumps! Gladys Knight takes on Vegas and Amtrak! The Aquabats! make the rest of us feel like real go-getters! Low does some stuff! I include a bowdlerized Jawbreaker reference! and more!
The Linescratching Post for the week of March 7, 2011
Vol 1 No. 3, Week of March 7, 2011
In this issue: SCANDAL EDITION! Ken Jennings defies electoral consensus in a forbidden fantasy! Mayan Fox gets me stonkered! Colby Miller gives away the milk AND the cow for free! Alan Sparhawk unleashes his retribution! The Neon Trees meet Glee! The Steelwells win an award (uh, a scandalous award?) All this, plus Yo Gabba Gabba might get canceled, Fictionist compete with food delivery for attention from BYUTV, and an obligatory Archuleta Army update!