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Raven Quinn A New Voice Of Rock
Things have been a little crazy and I haven't been blogging much the last couple of months. Upon my return I want to introduce you to Raven Quinn, a 26 year old singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, CA. Raven has a killer voice that can easily move from all out rock to soft and dreamy like ballads without ever sounding forced. I do find it hard to believe I have not written about this talented artist yet. Last year she put out her self titled album. Musically it is an interesting, diverse and cohesive piece of work. The tracks range from all out goth inspired rockers like Stella Jane and the leading track of the disk Decadence to introspective softer songs like The Window to the full on ballad of Lotus. Each track has it own depth and sound with a distenctive mood. Listening to the album feels like walking through the good, bad, tough, happy, light and darkness of Quinn's mind and emotions. Being able to put that much emotional impact in each song...
Clap Your Hands Twice - Unplugged Hometown Rock
Clap Your Hands Twice is a punk band out of Germany that has released an acoustic EP in June of 2010. I discovered this a few months ago and I have to say this was a very good find. The music on this release definitely has a punk rock feel it and mixes elements of blues, country and folk here and there. The songs are catchy, heartfelt and have an edge to them. There are a couple that are almost blues-rock and others that are straight rockers and they flow very well together. The songs are well crafted and musically interesting. The band plays them with urgency and this keeps things sounding like they could fall off the edge at any moment but are still kept in a ring of control. I believe this is due to the band being a punk outfit, they can keep an edge and a bit of chaos in the mix. I don't really know much about this band and could not find much info on the interwebs but I really dig this EP. You can find Clap Your Hands Twice on Facebook . Listen below...