Indie Sounds NY & Austin

Kalu, Nakia Could Use Some Help

Two well known - and very talented - Austin artists are looking to raise money to fund their next recording project.  Help them out if you can and keep the great music coming.

Kalu James:

Kickstarter Project

Nakia:

PledgeMusic Project

Five Minutes with David Pulkingham

Alejandro Escovedo used to call him the Sensitive Boy - more than the lead guitarist in his band, but his right hand man in many ways.  Now, David Pulkingham is branching out on his own, singing his own songs, and of course playing the guitar, better than just about anyone.  Indie Sounds got the scoop on the solo move and what's next.



Indie Sounds: After quite a few years playing with Alejandro Escovedo, you've decided to do your own thing.  That's a pretty big move, so why did you make it?

David Pulkingham: I first played with Alejandro in 2000.  My first gig with him was a taping of Austin City Limits.  For the last seven years, I have been on just about every gig he has played ... up until last month.

IAMEVE Video for "Throw Me A Line"

Tiff Randol's IAMEVE project today released a music video for its first single Throw Me A Line.

Download the song and donate to complete the album - The Everything Nothing - here.

Lex Land Debuts on The Voice

Austin's Lex Land did the double last night.  At the same time as she was performing live at The Sessions' Living Room Live bash at the W Hotel, she was also being broadcast on TV, as a contestant on NBC's The Voice.  She is now a part of Team Blake Shelton, whatever that means, but it's probably good.

Five Minutes with Susan Enan

I last saw Susan Enan at the end of last year when she stopped off in Austin on her global house concert tour - 18 countries so far.  I'm pleased she made it, and brought with her the wonderful music that made me a fan when I first saw her back in NYC a few years back.  She's just moved to a new city, and is planning more houses to go play in, so Indie Sounds caught up with her as she was unpacking the van ...



Indie Sounds: So you just moved from Brooklyn to Nashville!  Gone country?

Susan Enan: Not Yet!  I've been visiting Nashville for the last 10 years and almost moved here instead of going to NYC when I arrived in the States.  Although I'm grateful for the last seven years in the Big Apple, the hustle and bustle became exhausting, not inspiring.  I find it hard to create in that environment.  I need the peace and quiet.

Congrats to Savannah!

Savannah Welch of The Trishas - she's also daughter of Kevin and sister of Dustin - had a baby boy today.  7lb, 9oz.

Fellow Trisha Jamie Wilson had a baby in 2010.

Next up will be often Trishas violinist Trisha Keefer, due early May.

Five Minutes with Casey Shea

I still remember Casey Shea fondly as the crazy frontman of The Undisputed Heavyweights, one of the great live bands that I associate with nights in NYC at the Rockwood, back in the day.  But he's done a few solo releases too, and just delivered his third album, a more rocking effort than I've heard from him before.  Indie Sounds caught up for the scoop ...



Indie Sounds: So you recently released a new album - In Your Head.  Tell us about making it?

Casey Shea: We went into the studio with Mr. Chris Cubeta at Galuminum Foil as I was finishing up the Love Is Here To Stay album around the Summer of 2010.  From a live standpoint, things were headed in a rockier direction than my previous work, and I had a group of songs that I thought could work well together.

Five More Minutes with Lauren Burton

When we last caught up with Austin's Lauren Burton - you can read it here - she was emerging as a solo singer/songwriter with some plans to form a band and release an EP.  So, she's now done both, and the proof of it will be tonight when Lauren and The Black List release their debut into the wild.  Time for Indie Sounds to get a progress update ...



Indie Sounds: So, what's happening at Frank tonight?

Lauren Burton: Lauren and the Black List is releasing our self-titled EP tonight at Frank!  We're playing with Dead Black Hearts, the History Department and The Greatcoats.  We take the stage at 11.30pm.

Help Alex Berger Make a Record

Alex Berger has started a RocketHub campaign to raise money to make his next album.

You can help him out here.

One of the songs will be A Kiss is as Sweet as it Gets, co-written with Adam Levy.  Here's a video of the live debut ...

A GRAMMY Nomination for Seth Glier

Congrats to Seth Glier - and all at MPress Records - on the GRAMMY nomination for his album The Next Right Thing - for 'Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical'.



The album was recorded at The Carriage House studio in Stamford, CT, with additional overdubs completed in Glier's basement in Shelburne Falls, MA. It was co-produced with Glier's long-time collaborator, Ryan Hommel, recorded by Brendan Muldowney, and mixed by GRAMMY winner Kevin Killen (U2, Elvis Costello) as well as by John Shyloski (Beyoncé, Johnny Winter), who also mastered the album.

The 54th GRAMMYs take place on February 12th, 2012.