Another cool thing about this period of time is that a lot of bands that my friends are in are doing things. Let’s talk about the first one, since this person is probably the least of my friends(but I act like they’re the most of it). VersaEmerge just came out with a music video for their song “Whisperer”. I know I’m always acting like Sierra’s my girl and shit, and she is, she will get me into her shows for free and stuff, but we’ve really only ever seen each other twice. So if I can in a way admit defeat, this is it. Don’t think I’m giving up though. I’m just waiting on E.V.A. to get signed so that she can feel like we’re in similar places in life….or something.

Up next! This band from Charleston called “Barriers”. Let me preface anything I say by saying that I really like the name of the band. One word band names always get me. My friend Tyler, from my fave band Ophira decided to ‘prank’ call me and ask me if I wanted to do vocals for this band and I was very confused. The fact of the matter is that the vocalist that they have now….is not very good. They are super duper heavy and the songwriting is amazing. I love everything….except the vocals. They sound so forced, like he’s trying to push something out that isn’t actually there. Take that phrase how you want, but it just seems like a lot of work for something that should come out super seamlessly. Whenever these guys start to play shows, I’m moshing. See you there.
www.myspace.com/barriersband to check it out for yourself.

Next up! Fucking Rawhide. Another Charleston band. The actual “friend” of mine is Alex, the vocalist. Super cool dude. Anyway, they ALSO just got out of the studio and have some tracks up on their MySpace. My initial response was that they weren’t going to be very good. The thing about Rawhide is that they need a second guitarist…really fucking bad, so I was expecting it to sound empty. It actually all turned out pretty good. It’s all pretty well put together. Just loud and fast and pretty good. They call themselves “blashcore”, which means: blackened, thrashy, hardcore. That’s a pretty good description of the band. Hope you guys enjoy it like I did. I also hope they get a second guitarist.
Peep: www.myspace.com/rawhiderawhide

Back in the days of this electronic hardcore thing I was doing called “Robo Reptar”, I made friends with this kid Jonny who was doing vocals and making beats for this other heavy electronic thing called “The Browning”. The Browning is fucking….fantastic. He’s still doing tracks, and it’s so fucking good. Take a quick second and listen to this shit: www.myspace.com/thebrowningproject. So fucking good. ANYWAY! He’s now the vocalist for As Blood Runs Black. They just posted an instrumental version of the song he made the band to. Here’s a video of him on tour with them last month:

How sick is that?

Also, Ophira is looking for a vocalist again. Who’s it gonna be?

Last one! This band is looking for a vocalist too! My friends here in Chucktown have a powerpop band they’re looking for a vocalist. It’s not bad at all. Slightly boring, but also very powerpoppy. Not bad though. They’re called “Averylane”. One word. Anyway, just listen. Powerpop isn’t my forte. www.myspace.com/averylaneband

Anyway, go praise Jesus and wait on presents and we’ll speak later.