Word: grouping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Good question. With many answers. They are the latest British import, replete with echoes of music from blues and swamp to rock and alternative. They are the winners of Britain's prestigious Mercury Music Prize for "Album of the Year" for their debut, Bring It On. They are a group of young musicians desperately attempting to avoid real world jobs (take note, seniors). And, ultimately, they are five chill guys--Ian Ball, Paul Blackburn, Tom Gray, Ben Ottewell and Olly Peacock--trying to play the music they want to hear...
Gomez won't be playing the small-venue circuit much longer. Barring injury or break up (risks to all new bands), this group is headed for greater things. Limited exposure in America has been an issue, but the music of Floyd, the Dead and other such bands enjoyed the same sort of beginning--word of mouth, not heavy ad campaigns--just the way they like...
Gomez has already completed a second album, though the release date is undetermined. The band has found a groove, according to their manager. In talking to Blackburn, the group's main bassist, one can see why. Asked where the band sees itself in two years, he replied that the band tends to "not really look that far"-- this allows Gomez to stay fixed in the moment, allowing for their own energy and spontaneity to come through and for them to continue enjoying every minute of the experience...
...They have a rigorous grant application process, a limited but relatively large budget and a committee made up of distinguished faculty and various alumni. Their support is essential to the continued success of the BGLTSA, especially on a campus that offers little in the way of student funding. The group exists in order to assure that queer students will not be silenced, as we have been in the past...
Long live concept albums! The Olivia Tremor Control, a loose group of musical misfits based in Athens, Georgia, manage to start off with everything that's wrong with concept albums and end up with everything that's right. First, begin with the pretentious, overly intellectual premise: the OTC set out to create an audible representation of dreams within music that pulses "with the rhythms of modern life." Next, toss in some unnecessarily complex musical tampering: a bass line from one original song is altered for various other songs whose remaining components are then manipulated and layered on top of other...