A bevy of fresh faces open the new year at the WOW.Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard The WOW Hall's first show of the new year is a chance to catch some young, rising indie rock Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with underground music as a whole, though more specifically implicates that the music meets the criterion of being rock, as bands from around the country that, as is becoming more and more the norm, have launched their careers with help from the Web. The Draper, Utah Draper is a city in Salt Lake County and Utah County, Utah, United States, located about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Between 1990 and 2000 Draper was Utah's fastest-growing city over 5,000 people (as of 2000). , sister act of Meg & Dia - which launched a monthlong national tour with Daphne Loves Derby Daphne Loves Derby is an American Indie-pop rock band that formed in Kent, Washington. They are a celebrated band on PureVolume, and they now have over 5,000,000 plays. For a time, they held the number one spot on PureVolume's Unsigned Artists page, but in 2005 signed onto Outlook , Ronnie Day and House of Fools on Thursday in Seattle - is among three "new artists you should know about," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Rolling Stone's year-end double issue. "Something Real," Meg and Dia Frampton's second album. hit record stores in August. It "features close, pristine harmonies on heavy-hearted emo tunes like the `East of Eden'-inspired `Monster,' which draws on 21-year-old guitarist Meg's fascination with (John) Steinbeck, (J.D.) Salinger and George Sand," the Rolling Stone rolling stone Noun a restless or wandering person blurb blurb n. A brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket. [Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist.] blurb v. says. "When we sit down to write," says singer Dia, 19, "Meg can spit out Verb 1. spit out - spit up in an explosive manner splutter, sputter cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out - discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth 2. the next thing I want to say." They also have voices you should know about, and pay attention to. Just listen to "Something Real" and that "Monster" track, which has somewhat of a revved up Cranberries-style thing going on: "Monster? How should I feel?/ Creatures lie here/ Looking through the window .../ That night he caged her/ Bruised and broke her/ He struggled closer/ Then he stole her." The Korean-American sisters - who are not related to the guy who sang, "Do you, you, feel like I do," in case you were wondering - formed their first band in their hometown of Draper when Meg Frampton, the duo's main songwriter, was in the eighth grade, she says. "After I experienced my first heartbreak and I thought the world was going to end, the natural way to console my tattered heart was to write a song," Meg Frampton says in a press release. In addition to the Rolling Stone kudos, the sisters also were included last year in the Alternative Press magazine's "100 bands you need to know." You can find out more about Meg & Dia at www.myspace /megdia. Fans like sound of Ronnie Day And speaking of MySpace, that's where it all began for Ronnie Guglielmone who, being no marketing slouch slouch v. slouched, slouch·ing, slouch·es v.intr. 1. To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping, excessively relaxed posture. 2. To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat. v. , asked his modest fan base to give him a new surname. Ta-da! Ronnie Day was born. The up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif., will play here six days shy of his 19th birthday. He released his second album, simply called "The Album," in Novem- ber. Day's music is raw. Much of this new album is based on his breakup breakup The division of a company into separate parts. The most famous breakup to date was the 1984 division of AT&T (formerly, American Telephone & Telegraph Company). This breakup was intended to increase competition in the communications industry. with the hometown girlfriend, Jamie, who cheated on him and broke his heart. And it's likely to make some local teenage girls weak in the knees. "When I started recording, the sessions were naturally love songs about Jamie," Day says. "Then I went home to visit her one night and was sitting outside of her house in the freezing cold when she pulled up with this guy. `I wasn't angry, I was just insane, and the rest of the story unrolled into this album." Daphne Loves Derby is getting ready to release its second album in March, "Good Night, Witness Light." The Kent, Wash., band gained momentum via the Internet when it got nearly a million downloads before even releasing a record. The six-member House of Fools from Greensboro, N.C., has a sound that's been compared to the Beatles, the Beatles, The, English rock music group formed in the late 1950s and disbanded in 1970. The members were John Lennon, 1940–80, guitar and harmonica; (James) Paul McCartney, 1942–, guitar and piano; George Harrison, Eagles and Elliott Smith, according to a review at upbeatmusic.com. "Josh King's slick voice and thoughtful lyrics force a feeling of leaving something behind and moving onto something new," the review said. Ah, forced feelings. Nice. Ronnie Day probably could relate. CONCERT PREVIEW Daphne Loves Derby, Meg & Dia, Ronnie Day, House of Fools What: Emerging indie rock bands kick off first WOW Hall show of the new year When: 7 p.m. today Where: WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. Tickets: $12; $10 advance Reach Mark Baker at 338-2374 or mbaker@guardnet.com. |
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