31 Mar 09 Nicholas Markos: Holiday Pop - The Christmas album
A tour-de-force of original Christmas music! Holiday Pop delivers the goods with rocking pop songs for the holidays. Includes the James Brown-style hit “Santa Don’t Take No Mess,” the U2-ish “Gimme Some Christmas,” and the old-school soul of “Come On Home for Christmas.”
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31 Mar 09 Nicholas Markos: The Usual Tactics album
Terrific pop songwriting sets this record apart from other indie pop music–the hooks are deep and giant. Grooves like “Cool Water” and “Computerman” combine rock with modern beats and production.
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31 Mar 09 Nicholas Markos: Piñata Mondatta album
The second studio recording from Nicholas Markos, Piñata Mondatta is wild melange of pop songs–catchy hooks in seemingly diverse styles, but all full of pop sensibility.
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31 Mar 09 Nicholas Markos: Whatever album
Whatever, the first full-length studio album from Nicholas Markos, is an eclectic mix of pop-rock songs in the vein of Paul Weller, or the Beatles’ Revolver. Contains the popular tracks “I Get the Feeling,” “Building Up,” and “4th of July.”
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31 Mar 09 Nicholas Markos: Live at the Vic album
The debut album from Nicholas Markos is a 100% live recording of his solo-acoustic set at the Vic Theatre in Chicago, opening for Concrete Blonde back in their heyday. He’s got the crowd from the get-go.
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30 Mar 09 BA: My Gay Estranged Father
BA is a rhinestone cowboy with monster hooks and a supremely entertaining Weblog.
We’ve reissued his debut album, a postmodern masterpiece called My Gay Estranged Father. Though not for little kids or the faint of heart, it’s highly recommended. “You and Whose Army” is a modern classic:
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26 Mar 09 The Hitmaker releases “Strange Animal” remix featuring Gowan
The Hitmaker has released his new remix, “(You’re A) Strange Animal featuring Gowan.”
This kickin’ remix of Canadian rock star Gowan’s 1985 hit is a monster, and it’s available now from iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon MP3, and more.
Lawrence Gowan is currently the keyboardist for Styx, but he’s also had a successful solo career, particularly in Europe and Canada, where his Strange Animal album was a big smash. The album (and this remix) feature Jerry Marotta and Tony Levin of Peter Gabriel’s band, and the remix features additional drum tracks from Todd Sucherman (Styx, Brian Wilson).
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