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  • Green River Ordinance: Come On Review

    Green River Ordinance

    It seems lately that everywhere you look artists are not giving, almost throwing their music at you for free. While we all know that illegal downloading is on rise and with money being tight worldwide, people are more conscious about what they so with their hard earned cash so using a FREE track from an album to promote a band is a good idea.. as long as its a decent song!!

    But when ex American Idol contestant, Chris Daughtry, suggests on Twitter that you download the free new single from Green River Ordinance, its enough of a recommendation for a curious mind to seek it out.

    ‘Come On’ is the free download single from Texas based, Green River Ordinance who are signed to Virgin Records.

    Describing the genre of the song, it’s probably Rock a la Nickelback with a dash of country. Its not a million miles away from Daughtry, or from David Cook who the band have been touring with. The vocals kick in at a nice tight three seconds. Its a mid to uptempo track and for a free download this is one of the better promotional tools I’ve seen.

    I’ve listened to the track a few times now and it’s definitely a grower! It’s enough for me to want to check out their album ‘Out Of My Hands’.

    Go to www.greenriverordinance.com and sign up to the band’s mailing list to get your free mp3..

    You could do a hell of a lot worse!

    Here’s the video for the track:
    Direct Link to YouTube:

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUDhqvPvJig&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]

    …nessy out!

  • Mark Conway: Steal The First Light Review

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    I did this for MusicReviewUnsigned when I get a direct link I will update.

    Mark Conway’s debut EP ‘Steal The First Light’ has just been released. Quite a nice little package it is too!

    What starts like it could be just another guy singing with a guitar turns into something quite sparkling, once the chorus starts on ‘Nothing Left To Do’, the fantastic layered harmonies take over.

    Conway’s vocal style is quite similar to John Mayer, not a bad thing, the upbeat ‘What I’ve been living for’ shows it off nicely.

    ‘Untold’ is a track, in the modern Americana/folk vein, not unlike something from the Dawson’s Creek soundtrack. Truthfully this song is good enough to have been on that soundtrack.

    Title track ‘Steal the First Light’, sees Conway back with his guitar. Vocals and Guitar let each other breathe in this track, allowing truthful lyrics to come to the fore.

    The uptempo ‘Gypsy Girl’ closes the EP. You can’t really ask for more from a debut. It’s well recorded and produced and the balance of where each track is, is just perfect.

    www.myspace.com/markconwaymusic

    5.5 out of 6

  • MG: One More Day Review

    MG

    I wrote this for MusicReviewUnsigned, Direct link here.

    Irish Hip hop has come on in leaps and bounds in the past couple of years and has been consistently getting better all the time, acts like Nucentz and Rawsoul leading the pack.

    ‘One More Day’ is the new single from Irish artist MG (Mark Gaughran) and is heavily Eminem influenced. This is an artist trying not to sound Irish but because he’s not trying to sound Irish, he does. The guy can rap, there’s no question about that. The production of the track is throwing this reviewer off a bit, even to the reverb/delay used on MG’s vocals. Maybe the tracks producer should look outside the ‘E’ category in his local record store.

    It’s quite a laid back track, I don’t know if there’s enough impact in the chorus / ‘One More Day’ refrain. This might have been a better second or third single.

    In ‘Haunt Me’, Gaughran lets his rhymes slip off his tongue at breakneck speed, impressive. This track has a rockier approach but has a more melodical chorus, I prefer this one.

    Gaughran’s talent is not in question.. just get a good Hip Hop producer or perhaps look at a collaboration with some of the genre’s crew here. It will be interesting to see how Gaughran develops.

    4 out of 6

    Photo taken from here

    Edit: After looking for a direct website or information and finding it exceedingly difficult to get any information, I’m taking a point off..

    3 out of 6

  • Rob Smith: Throwing It All Away Review

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    When artist asks if you would like to review their album for your blog, it’s a bit of a kick but you also wonder if they are slightly cocky?

    Rob Smith has every right to be cocky. ‘Throwing It All Away’ is Rob’s debut and was released in 2008. He wears his influences on his sleeve, The Stone Roses, Oasis, the heros of 90’s Britpop and for a change its nice to see an artist more popular abroad than in his own native land.

    The album kicks off with an instrumental track called ‘The Jam’, nice introduction. Recorded and Produced by Colin Whelan, Conor O’Brien and Smith himself, its well recorded and mixed but occasionally the vocal levels could have been higher in the mix.

    Smith fits right into the Britpop genre, his voice is actually a nice surprise. ‘Soul Shaker’ seems to melt all Smith’s influences into his own perfect four minutes of swagger. Smith is consistent in his songwriting, with a nice variety of song structures throughout this debut.

    Standout tracks would be, along with ‘Soul Shaker’, ‘When Your Feet Were Dancing’. Honourable mention must also go to ‘Lasagne’, a hidden track at the end of the album where Smith shows off his sense of humour. Good ending!

    www.myspace.com/robsmithireland

    5 out of 6

    This also appeared on MusicReviewUnsigned Direct link HERE