Raven Quinn

One disadvantage to discovering an indie artist with a following is that I feel like I showed up late to a party. I just discovered Raven a few weeks ago, and found out that her self-titled debut album has been out since March 2010 and she's already started work on her follow up album. Oh well, learning about her hasn't exactly been a chore :)
Let's get the obvious out of the way, Raven is simply gorgeous, and she's got a amazingly versatile voice, she sounds at home with full on rockers (Giving Up The Ghost, Decadence, The Window) and beautiful ballads (Angel, Ballerina In A Music Box, Lotus)

She can stand her ground with any female rock vocalist I've heard and she deserves more attention than she's gotten. If you love strong songwriting and powerful vocals then you need to give Raven a listen.

If you're into Rock Band, she currently has three songs up on Rock Band Network (Decadence, Catalyst and The Window) so if you like the tunes, be sure to grab them.

She's also an amazing artist and there are some examples on her Facebook page, she's hinted that she might be offering some of her works for sale in the future.

Raven's official site is RavenQuin.com and she can also be found on MySpace Twitter and Facebook

I'm still alive

My apologies to the few readers I have. Honestly, I think I'm overwhelmed with how many bands that I have on my list. Part of me is thinking I'm not doing them justice. I'm considering re-doing how I handle band profiles. Going to try to do one a week and learn as much as possible about them before posting. Quality over quantity.

The Nearly Deads

I know a lot of people automatically think of country music when Nashville is mentioned, but I've seen so many amazing pop and rock bands come out out of there, it's becoming at least as important as Los Angeles or New York City for bands wanting to get heard.

The Nearly Deads is one of those amazing bands. As is becoming increasingly common, I found them because they started following me on Twitter, probably because I was following friends of theirs - Darling Parade (note to bands, Twitter is becoming an excellent way to find new fans, I've almost lost count of how many singers/band I've discovered due to a follow - more on this and the use of other social media in a future blog post)


The Nearly Deads are:
Theresa Jeanne (Vocals/keyboard)
Steve Tobi (Guitar)
Cory Walen (Drums)
Keith Lee (Bass)

Their self-titled EP in March 2011, and it's a solid alt-rock album, thoughtful lyrics, great musicianship and Theresa Jeanne's vocals are captivating.  She's got an extremely strong vocal presence and has just enough of a bite to her voice to keep things interesting. Stand-out tracks are "Thanks For Nothing" (which I can see featuring on someone's ugly break-up playlist) and the Paramore-esque "Never Look Back" the entire EP is impressive though, and well worth the listen.

Their EP is available on iTunes and check out the band on Facebook and Twitter.