“I remember way back in February watching the Kalob Griffin Band perform at our very own Tri-State Indie Awards show at the World Café in Philadelphia. I remember getting out of my seat in order to dance when those upbeat songs graced my soul. I remember running home and immediately purchasing their self-titled EP. They won the “Best Philadelphia Artist” category that night and I remember thinking that they really, REALLY deserved it.”… Read more here….
http://www.tristateindie.com/feature/album-review-kalob-griffin-band-june-found-a-gun/
Karina says:
A lot of music we refer to as emo nowadays tcalniechly isn’t emo. People tend to assume emo is short for emotional punk, but it’s actually emotive punk. Indie music is basically stuff like The Killers, The Bravery, Silversun Pickups, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and their drummers usually have very limited drumkits, usually 4 peice sets, and the guitars usually have a more clean tone. Indie tends to be very simple musically, which is why critics often consider it as not a musician’s genre. Synth is also common in Indie. Personally, I can’t stand how popular both emo and indie have become, but there are a few exceptions: The Used is a good live band and their singer is one of the few, if not the only, real modern rock n roll personas in the emo genre; I liked some stuff from The Killers, and their attitude seems to be refreshingly less humble than their fellow indie counterparts. I know that if I looked really hard I might find a few others that I’d like, but I’m very dissatisfied with most popular rock in general now.