Akeem McLennon
Horrible Band Name, Good Indie Music
Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of indie music on the radio. If you don’t know what Indie music is, it refers to songs by artists who haven’t been signed to major labels and are therefore less mainstream. Sometimes I wonder why some of these people aren’t more popular, but in other cases it’s painfully obvious why their success will always be limited. For example, the song Must Be the Moon has a nice funky and techno sound to it. However, it’s made by a band called “!!!” (pronounced chk,chk,chk). Don’t get me wrong, I like some of their music, but this is probably the most retarded name I’ve ever heard for a band. Try searching for “!!!” on Google or any search engine for that matter. It won’t work. When musicians make decisions like this they’re essentially shooting themselves in the foot because nobody can ever find them. However, you should check them out never the less and maybe buy the song if you like it. This was also annoying slightly annoying since it wasn’t on AmazonMp3.com, my music store of choice, but at least they have digitial downloads.
April 13th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Hey, Akeem. I’ve got an alt/indie rock CD coming out in the next few weeks. Would love to get your take. Got some stuff posted on MySpace, imeem, etc. Would love to get your take. I’ll definitely check out the exclamation point fellas. Oh and which stations do you listen to? Thanks for supporting the indie music scene!
Chris Blake
http://www.myspace.com/chrisblakemusic
April 13th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I’ll be sure to check that out. Just send me an email when it gets released. Based on what I heard on your MySpace though it sounds pretty good. I removed your “other” link because it’s from a site similar to AudioBiblio.com. A site which you should check out