June 22, 2009 • 8:40 am 0
This past weekend the band I play with performed our second-ever gig. The small and cozy Lilly’s Bar was our venue, and it was great fun. Here are some photos:
Thanks to everyone who came out to hear us play… we had an absolute blast!
Filed under: Originals, music , absinthe, Chicago, Lilly's, live, performance, the dirty floors
June 16, 2009 • 8:29 pm 0
An all new episode of Downcast is up on our podcast page. This one features three unreleased tracks from Waveplant, and they are damn good. You have to check them out.
And hey, are you subscribed to the podcast? If not, you’d better get on that. You can do it through iTunes, or by plugging the following URL into whatever it is you use to listen to podcasts.
feed://www.sidedown.org/downcast/downcast.xml
And hey… you do listen to podcasts, right? If not… you’d better get on that.
June 2, 2009 • 8:42 am 1
This just in! We have launched two new EPs under the Bite Size project. Digitally distributed audio snackage can be yours at ridiculously low prices.
Each EP on Bite Size is three tracks for two bucks. Each one comes with some form of extra content too, from bonus tracks to pdf art booklets, to posters, videos, and more. It’s like a Kinder Egg, only it’s music instead of weird chocolate.
This month we’ve got EPs from Room 34 and Raymond May Jr. I’ve been listening to their music over the last few days, designing the album covers and deciding what songs to use as samples, and I’m very very very glad to have them on Bite Size. I love musical diversity, and what these two have brought to the label has definitely added to the variety being built on Sidedown Audio.
So, please, I implore you to go check out Bite Size right now and be sure to pick up and EP or two (or three). The price is certainly right, and you’ll be helping independent artists get their work out, and maybe make a few bucks too!
I put a lot of effort into coming up with album art for each EP… I let the music guide me as much as possible, and try to take inspiration from what’s around me, what I’m feeling, and what the music is trying to say. For these albums, both were vibrant and edgy, but thematically they were quite different. I hope I’ve captured a bit of the spirit of this music… find out for yourself at Bite Size EPs!
Filed under: Originals, music , album art, bite size, ep, independent, raymond may jr, room 34
June 1, 2009 • 8:41 am 0
I’m happy to announce that the website for Absinthe & The Dirty Floors, a band I play keyboards for, is now live. Go take a look!
The site, like the band, is a new born, so there’s not a ton of content yet, but we’ll be getting all of that going with more regularity very soon. As it is now, there are pictures from our first gig, some sample tracks, and information our our next performance, plus a few more odds and ends.
I’m loving playing in The Dirty Floors, so I hope you check the site out and check the BAND out, live and in person.
Filed under: music , absinthe, the dirty floors
