http://www.froglix.com indie music news, reviews and general meanderings Sun, 06 May 2012 17:24:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.froglix.com/artist/good-news-for-goodbyemotel http://www.froglix.com/artist/good-news-for-goodbyemotel#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:57:29 +0000 Drago http://www.froglix.com/?p=10484 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }2011 was indeed a good year for Australia’s up and coming indie rockers Goodbyemotel.  Not only were they nominated as finalists in this year’s Music Oz Awards…but so was their video (above) for the title track of their 2011 EP .  Naturally, this comes as no surprise to your friends here at Froglix as we [...]]]> http://www.froglix.com/artist/good-news-for-goodbyemotel/feed 0 http://www.froglix.com/reviews/sick-of-it-all-try-going-to-venus http://www.froglix.com/reviews/sick-of-it-all-try-going-to-venus#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:42:45 +0000 DMitch http://www.froglix.com/?p=10458 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }“Sick Of It All”, the title track from Leaving Venus’s most recent EP made me smile right from the get go. You know the moment in the movies when a fledgling band in the late 1950′s excitedly listens to their song on the radio for the first time… and then it quickly cuts mid-stream to [...]]]> http://www.froglix.com/reviews/sick-of-it-all-try-going-to-venus/feed 0 http://www.froglix.com/videos/take-your-moon-shoes-to-boogie-land http://www.froglix.com/videos/take-your-moon-shoes-to-boogie-land#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:18:55 +0000 DMitch http://www.froglix.com/?p=10441 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I love watching the legendary Soul Train dance line. Those guys were avant-garde trendsetting pre-hipster hipsters and utter fashion freak show train wrecks all at the same time. And now the line has a new soundtrack thanks to MoonShoes (aka Gilles Paulet). Frenchman Gilles Paulet truly is the author and finisher [...]]]> http://www.froglix.com/videos/take-your-moon-shoes-to-boogie-land/feed 0 http://www.froglix.com/artist/froglix-adds-something-from-low-fi http://www.froglix.com/artist/froglix-adds-something-from-low-fi#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:31:25 +0000 DMitch http://www.froglix.com/?p=10422 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }Froglix adds to rotation a track from the most recent album by Low-Fi. “Something”, the first track off of What We Are Is Secret, is best defined as rock in the distinct European style…lot’s of synth and an electro beat. Grab the album off iTunes… - DMitch  ]]> http://www.froglix.com/artist/froglix-adds-something-from-low-fi/feed 0 http://www.froglix.com/artist/smooth-like-butter http://www.froglix.com/artist/smooth-like-butter#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:00:05 +0000 Drago http://www.froglix.com/?p=10404 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }A good friend of mine from Sharpsburg, MD (which is not at the end of the world but you can, in fact, see it from there) turned me on to these cats recently and all I can say is…wow.  The Golden Butter Band’s ability to flow effortlessly between rock and reggae is truly jamalicious.  As [...]]]> http://www.froglix.com/artist/smooth-like-butter/feed 1 http://www.froglix.com/reviews/meet-the-wheel-workers http://www.froglix.com/reviews/meet-the-wheel-workers#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:45:55 +0000 DMitch http://www.froglix.com/?p=10365 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }I have a penchant for socially conscious bands. Somehow the music and lyrics let us all experience just a bit more of the human condition. From the plight of 20th Century Ireland voiced by U2′s War album and Black 47′s “James Connolly”. To The Housemartins’ “Caravan of Love” becoming an anthem for the striking coal [...]]]> http://www.froglix.com/reviews/meet-the-wheel-workers/feed 0