Jake, Wednesday, 7 July, 2010
As a musician that has played at all in the last 10 or so years, I have had to create an interesting Myspace page. (http://www.myspace.com/thesweaterfriends). Well, at least I have felt the need to. Myspace has been the go to site for years when you like a band. Aside from creepsters, artists seem to use the site more than anyone else. Though my html knowledge is quite limited (as you can probably see, ha), I still go thru our source code every now and then and try to spruce it up, or at least speed up the loading time.
My question to you all, as music lovers and creators, is if Myspace is still the go to music site when you are interested in a new band? Read the rest of this entry »
Interview with multi-talented composer, singer, performer, pianist, American Idol finalist, philanthropist, and Live for Music creator, Shaun “Hammer Hands” Barrowes! Shaun talks about his dance competition, his passion for music in schools, songwriting, his faith, and his sweet ride.
For more information about Shaun’s high school band tour, and his international dance competition with So You Think You Can Dance choreographer Mandy Moore, check out the websites at www.liveformusictour.com and www.liveformusicdance.com. The dance competition will be accepting submissions until August 1st, 2010.
If This Is To Be Goodbye – Jeff Zentner
Empty Beds – Good Morning Passenger
Live or Die – Shaun “Hammer Hands” Barrowes
Interview with Shaun “Hammer Hands” Barrowes
You Came Along – Shaun “Hammer Hands” Barrowes
This Time – The Sweater Friends
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Jake, Wednesday, 23 June, 2010
Hello!
My name is Jake and this my first official post as a member of the Linescratchers team and I could not be more thrilled about it. To start off I would like to pose a simple question: what is poetry? Is it flowery words? Or fourteen lines about love with a specific rhyme scheme? Maybe even deep thought smashed into a simple text?
Well, if you ask Roman Jakobson, a Russian linguist born in 1896, it is none of these. Poetry, or the poetic function, is simply communicating in a form different then the standard norm or language. For example, if we spoke in rhyme all the time then rhyming sentences would become the norm or standard. Any deviation from this norm, or not rhyming, would be using the poetic function. Poetry is noticed and memorable because it stands out among the background of everyday speaking. I bring this up to point out that poetry is made simply by being different, pushing your way outside the box in order to be seen, and if applied to music, to be heard. Read the rest of this entry »
Jim, Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
Linescratchers welcomes Jim, a new writer/reviewer from Kentucky. Long-time Linescratchers fan, with experience as a radio host and pretentious new music reviewer, Jim brings a non-Mormon whistle-blower perspective to our elite circle. – Syphax
The Sweater Friends – Dear Abbey EP and Everyone We Know album
Recommended if you like: great boy-girl harmonies, coffee shoppe acoustic guitar pop, sweaters, friends
Recommended Tracks: Dear Abbey EP: “Dear Abbey”, “Sinners in the Repentance Club”, Everyone We Know: “Filo Sophia”, “The Last Pirate Song”, “Breaking the Azeotrope”
Upon first listen, The Sweater Friends’ music sounds deceptively simple. A boy and a girl, each equipped with an acoustic guitar, and nothing else. However, underneath that plain appearance first impression are songs about the difficulties of love and life, featuring music with beautiful lyrics and gorgeous melodies and harmonies.
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Syphax, Saturday, 27 June, 2009
Cary Judd – Huang Shan (The Ah-ha Song)
All Things – Last Response
Us and Them – The Sweater Friends
Interview with Jake Workman from The Sweater Friends
The Last Pirate Song – The Sweater Friends
I Lost My Horses to the Moon – Douglas Stambler
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SWEATER ROCK
In the sometimes gloomy world of rock and roll it’s refreshing now and then to hear a band like The Sweater Friends. This isn’t your average happy folk-rock duo. Their songs are sweet, fun, and catchy. Jake and Allyson met as children in the same neighborhood, and their friendship grew long before their music did. Their lyrics are interesting and insightful, but are not bogged down musically like lots of insightful lyrics can be. They will be playing soon with Mindy Gledhill on April 24th at Kilby Court. More on that later.
To find The Sweater Friends at iTunes, click here.
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