artist The Sound Technicians

Album Review: 'Reset'—The Sound Technicians Punk Minimalism from North of the Border

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Heading back to Hollywood Nov12 to accept their LA Music Award, for Rock Artist of the Year. Thanks to those who packed the Whisky a GoGo Oct 8th, especially the Producers in the house. Red Carpet 5pm, Awards Show 7pm, at the historic Avalon Theatre: http://avalonhollywood.com/specialevents/events/

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CD Review of The Sound Technicians

by Jade Sperry (Vancouver)

Sounds like: power pop with a bit of grunge/glam in the mix

Power pop songs with catchy riffs are what this Ottawa ON band have in this 7-song self titled EP. Kicking it all off is "Reset", which is a fun song with catchy guitar riffs and easy sounding lyrics, followed by "Looking At You" that made me laugh the first time I heard it. It's a solid song musically with melodic guitar riffs, strange noises that compliment the guitar riffs, solid drumming and interesting lyrics that really mimic being at a concert. "Po Boy" is a song that slows it down somewhat and is interesting in the sense that it's more of an observation song. I can see the front man and bassist, Pete Ling, watching someone like the poor boy in the song. It's also an interesting song musically with frequent stops and starts but it works. "Aldo Nova" is a much slower tempo song about the 1980's singer/songwriter Aldo Nova, who Pete admires quite a bit, and it's a tribute to him. Quirky lyrics and noises make this song a memorable one. "Not Coming Home" is a song that is power pop at its best. This is a song that is for dancing and grooving to, with drums that are solid and bass lines that jump with the guitar. "The Sun" is an interesting song that feels very mellow although it's up tempo with a bit of hip-hop lines thrown into the mix. It's an original song that gets crazy towards the end and is a lot of fun. "Make A Million" is the final song in this line up and I feel that this song is one of the better ones. It's a song that makes you want to get up and dance. It also gives you some kind of inspiration that maybe one day you could also make your mark on the world, not so much in a financial sense, but in an original one of a kind way. All in all, this is a fun, energetic and crazy EP that shows this band is going on to bigger things. There's no need to run out to your local CD store to buy it... as the album is exclusively available electronically on iTunes, Amazon, Napster, Rhapsody and eMusic. You can find the band's website here and their My Space page here.

We've had a lot of people ask about our underwater photoshoot.

The pics are real, the equipment was real, and the budget was (painfully) eal... It took weeks pf preparation, and we hired one of Canada's finest photographers (Mitch Lenet www.spyglassphoto.com) , to spend the day with us.

For more pic viewing from our shoot: www.thesoundtechnicians.com