Front and center, thousands starring while holding a mic and a guitar. Adrenaline running through numerous veins to only hope to rock as hard as anyone has ever before. Almost Famous represents music and the people who need and follow the adrenaline of music. William Miller (played by Patrick Fugit) dreams to become a good writer. Be able to write about things that matter to him, music. As, William sends his underground paper to Lester Bangs he is directed to follow his outstanding writing abilities and to not fall shallowly into misleading and unwanted writing by the evil honkey dory Rolling Stones. Through the film William follows the band Stillwater in 1973 to critic the concert for Creem magazine. William ignited their attention by knowing the band members by their first names and why he personally was reached out by the music. When William finds out that he gets to write a full front cover issue of Rolling Stones for Stillwater they utterly repeat to William, "just make us look cool," William learning to write through his experiences faces turbulent swings as to write what he knows and see then what Rolling Stones just wants to hear. William frequently called Lester Bangs for advice in communicating with band members and Rolling Stones. As being put on the tight rope William tries to balance what the band will approve of and what he is actually reviewing, the music. As, relationships built William found himself having a harder time being critical. When the band didn't confirm that the story was true for Rolling Stones they had a tuff time knowing if William was telling the truth. The criticizing that William had to portray shows the constant struggle that writers and journalist have to go through to get things straight.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Just Make Us Look Cool...
Front and center, thousands starring while holding a mic and a guitar. Adrenaline running through numerous veins to only hope to rock as hard as anyone has ever before. Almost Famous represents music and the people who need and follow the adrenaline of music. William Miller (played by Patrick Fugit) dreams to become a good writer. Be able to write about things that matter to him, music. As, William sends his underground paper to Lester Bangs he is directed to follow his outstanding writing abilities and to not fall shallowly into misleading and unwanted writing by the evil honkey dory Rolling Stones. Through the film William follows the band Stillwater in 1973 to critic the concert for Creem magazine. William ignited their attention by knowing the band members by their first names and why he personally was reached out by the music. When William finds out that he gets to write a full front cover issue of Rolling Stones for Stillwater they utterly repeat to William, "just make us look cool," William learning to write through his experiences faces turbulent swings as to write what he knows and see then what Rolling Stones just wants to hear. William frequently called Lester Bangs for advice in communicating with band members and Rolling Stones. As being put on the tight rope William tries to balance what the band will approve of and what he is actually reviewing, the music. As, relationships built William found himself having a harder time being critical. When the band didn't confirm that the story was true for Rolling Stones they had a tuff time knowing if William was telling the truth. The criticizing that William had to portray shows the constant struggle that writers and journalist have to go through to get things straight.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Jupiter One
Jupiter One, Sunshower
With wide range of influences, Jupiter One is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York combining a futuristic style sound and a poppy up beat. K Ishbashi, Zac Colwell, Mocha, David Heilman, and Pat Dougherty formed in 2003 with three albums under their belts, Sunshower released September 18, 2009.
Listeners can understand why Jupiter One first started as just an instrumental band because it joins the beats together as one and not choppy.
Jupiter One’s debut is well produced making this third one, one of the most intreguing to listen to. And, with a rare, synth-tactic, crazed sounds, unfused with an array of influences, they breathe new life into the indie genre
This album can follow any kind of mood, and is an accomplishment for an artist. It’s their sway of many correlated genres that help them to impede these emotions especially through electronic, pop, punk and indie/folk. Jupiter one can be compared with the band Mute Math, sharing the same passion for in depth thought out beats with a strange twist to each one.
The ups and downs of ageless melodies stomping carelessly through each second of the song are nothing more than pure harmonic obsession. This song’s strong suit is located in its catchy chorus surrounded by hand-claps and grind up riffs. A drop in movement can be heard especially a little later in the album.
Favoring “High Plains Drifter Finds the Oracle At Delphi” attracts light drops, basic strung of cords repeated, with a harp and a joining chorus brings your ears forward like a cat. Each line of lyric is like a piece to the puzzle to figure it out but that doesn’t distract you away from the sound. With their added harp to the beat it cleverly combines a balanced melody that is unusual but comprehended.
Placing and comparing this album from genre to different bands, one song in particular “Anna” has a familiar sound, like an 80’s cover band of Naked Eyes playing, “Always Something There to Remind me.” For Jupiter One to have this bounce back, shows possibly the time period they were influenced in and a nice change up for the listener to still enjoy.
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