My 4th show! Fuck yeah! (Warning, that last sentence was NSFW. )
Anyway, this is my first show as an AMP member, so expect the quality to plummet under the immense pressure.

So here are the show notes. Enjoy the shit out of them…

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Alexis Cone
The Marianne Pillsburys
From Bubblegum to sky
The Frame Up
Jet by Day
Bitter Little Cider Apples

Shout Outs:

So…I skimped on the shout-outs. I was too busy bitching about the lack of contest entries that I forgot. So here are the usual suspects…

AMP
Insomnia Radio
Illumination Audio
DeFi Radio
SMTV

As always, thanks to my kickass wife. Without her, there’d be no show.

It’s hard to write a review of an album that doesn’t exist yet. But I think I’m man enough to handle it.
Clouds of Confusion is the upcoming album from Swedish band Jeremy. When’s it coming out, you ask? Good question. I don’t know, and I don’t think the band themselves know. But if there’s any justice in the world, it will be soon. Because this band rocks harder than most bands with three or four albums under their belt.

The three songs from the album that are available for download reveal a band that should be poised for success worldwide. But, unfortunately, it’s not the case. It’s yet another case of a truly amazing band that just hasn’t caught the right person’s attention. Their music is hard, but not too hard, with some truly outstanding guitar and catchy choruses.

If these three songs are any indication of things to come, Jeremy will one day be a name known to all fans of great rock and roll. I know I’ll be watching and waiting for that day, if only to say “I told you so.”

You can grab their songs and get some information about the band at their website.

Rai’s music is so good that you’ll find it hard to believe that it’s just a girl and her guitar. Not to mention that she’s entirely self-taught. Like the featured artist last week, Leesun, Rai has yet to find a record deal. But that’s not stopping her from making some of the best acoustic music I’ve heard in a while. Though her site likens her to the Cardigan’s Nina Persson, she actually reminds me more of early Juliana Hatfield at her best. Which is definitely a good thing, in my opinion. She makes music that can be both heart-breaking and upbeat at the same time, with catchy hooks that, once they get in your head, won’t leave easily. But I can’t see how you’d want them to.

I’d highly recommend the following tracks (but they’re all good):
Date in December (Save to desktop)
Down on a mountain(Save to desktop)

You can find more music to download here, or you can visit her homepage and buy her self-released album.

LeeSun, a brilliant singer-songwriter from Leeds (U.K.) has yet to snag a record deal. This boggles my mind. Before I go any further, why don’t you go to her spot on Download.com and listen to a couple of her songs. I’ll be here when you get back.

All done? Cool. See what I mean? Brilliant, right?

LeeSun isn’t afraid to experiment. That’s what I like about her music the most, I think. Her offerings on Download.com range from quiet and mournful to jazzy to trippy. I can’t decide which style of hers I like the best, which has to be saying something about her talent. And her voice! There’s just something about it that really makes you sit up and pay attention.

LeeSun is hoping to find a record deal in the next 12 months, and is recording out of a studio in her home, when she’s not busy working on a series of Children’s bedtime stories for a local radio station.

LeeSun told me (via e-mail) that she had actually decided to buckle-down and pursue her music full-time only a month ago. That led her to drop her tunes on Download.com, mainly as a place to refer folks to from her site. But, luckily for her, an editor wrote a glowing review of her music (below), which led to her getting a good deal of attention. I can only hope it helps this amazing singer get that contract she wants. Lord knows she deserves it.

If you crossed the most enchanting aspects of Erin McKeown, Ani DiFranco, Norah Jones, and Bjork, you’d be left with one tripped-out chanteuse. You’d be left with Leesun. The UK singer-songwriter combines the cadence and confessional pitch of McKeown and DiFranco with the intimacy of Jones and Bjork’s frozen waifishness.