Word: demos
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Grizzly Bear began as a post-college hobby for Droste, until his friends talked him into shopping a demo to independent labels. Now Horn of Plenty is building buzz, and simplistic though they may be, all those pesky comparisons to indie flavors of the month can't hurt when it comes to getting signed somewhere bigger. In the meantime, the band (enlarged to four members) just embarked on a 27-date tour, featuring some rather caffeinated modifications to their style...
...winning the Buzzplay.com contest, the States were flown out to Los Angeles, and recorded The BAD EP, a three song demo, in the same studio used by Earth, Wind and Fire. Stroll enjoyed his taste of the bigtime, citing the benefits of their hotel on Sunset Strip and certain R-rated television channels...
...force." Hundreds of British, American, Belgian, Dutch and Lebanese nationals, as well as more than 3,000 French residents were evacuated. "We are ready to fight for our freedom, to fight for our rights and liberty of Ivorians," vowed local evangelical preacher Cissé Abdou at an anti-French demo last week. French President Jacques Chirac - with the U.N.'s blessing - sent 4,600 troops to Ivory Coast in late 2002; they are trying to enforce a fragile 2003 peace agreement between government forces in the south and insurgents controlling the north. Combatants will be given until mid-December...
...soon found themselves booked for a gig at the famed Middle East club in Cambridge, a venue for indie up-and-comers from across the country. Klein also contacted the Ladyfest festival, a non-profit annual event dedicated to supporting women artists. Incredibly, Plan B’s simple demo won the five sophomores a spot on the bill this weekend in New York City, where they will be playing alongside musical idols like the Butchies, the Gossip and Le Tigre...
...memorably, by the Pixies during Mr. Black Francis/Frank Black’s original tenure with the group, none of the songs on the new double-album—which bookends the Pixies’ career Phase I—is destined to be a revelation. Disc One contains fifteen demos recorded by Mr. Francis (perhaps apocryphally) the day before the Pixies went into the studio to record their debut Come On Pilgrim; Disc Two offers almost as many remakes of Pixies songs recorded by Mr. Black just before the since-much-talked-about reunion. Disc One is, at most levels...