Tag: NoVo Arts

CD Review: Dead On TV “Creeper”

Post author By Matheson Kamin
Post date May 26, 2015

Dead on TV is a Rock and Roll band from Chicago. The band features Daniel Evans on Vox/Guitar, Vince McAley on Drums, Mike TeeVee on Bass and Synths and Corey Devlin on Guitar. Each of these musicians helps to give the band its sound that includes several different genres of Rock and Roll music. Along with the usual Rock sound, the band also includes some New Wave influences as well as a generous amount of Punk feel. The band created quite a stir when they released their first EP called Fuck You, I’m Famous back in 2012. Recently, the band returned with a six-song EP entitled Creeper.

Tags Creeper, Dead on TV, Glam Rock, new wave, NoVo Arts, NoVo Management and Publicity, pop punk, punk rock, rock and roll, Simple Plan

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CD Review: Micah Olsan and the Many “All Around”

Post author By Matheson Kamin
Post date March 21, 2015

Micah Olsan is a Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter who creates music that has many different musical influences to it. And while that may be the case, those influences help to create a sound that is very solid and very listener-friendly. To bring his music to life, Micah Olsan is joined by four other musicians that seem to have the same creative drive to their playing ability. The resulting band creates a sound that is equal parts Folk, Blues, Soul and Rock. The band of Micah Olsan and the Many consists of: Micah Olsan- Vocals, Guitar; Cody Calderon- Drums; Adam Dosemagen- Bass; Dan Alexander- Keyboard; Eric Lemieux- Guitar. Together, this band has created a five-song EP called All Around.

Tags All Around, blues, Micah Olsan, Micah Olsan and the Many, Milwaukee, NoVo Arts, NoVo Management and Publicity, rock, singer-songwriter, soul

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CD Review: The Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club “Veva, Hold On!”

Post author By Matheson Kamin
Post date March 9, 2015

The Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club is a band that makes their home in Chicago, Illinois. Made up of: Billy Giricz – vocals, guitar, keyboards; Paulette Bertrand – vocals, keyboards, guitar; Dan Passarelli – bass, vocals; Luke Smith – drums and Darin Gregg – guitar, trumpet, the band creates music that is equal parts rock and roll and pop-rock. That combination helps to create a sound that is very infectious and very radio-friendly at the same time. The style of the band’s songs alternates between modern-day rock and roll and rock and roll from years gone by. The band calls upon influences such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Norah Jones and Wilco and those influences creates a nice mixture of styles to draw from, making the band’s music very different from one track to the next. Having already adding to their musical library by releasing an 11-song self-titled release in August 2014, the band returned the very next month with another EP, the 7-track release entitled Veva, Hold On!

Tags Chicago-based, norah jones, NoVo Arts, the beatles, The Bishop's Daredevil Stunt Club, The Rolling Stones, weezer, wilco

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CD Review: Martin Van Ruin “Every Man a King”

Post author By Matheson Kamin
Post date April 17, 2014
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Martin Van Ruin is a Chicago-based Rock band that came together from different bands from that area to create something new and different. Consisting of Pete Falknor: drums; Sarah Jane Goldstein: vocals, percussion, melodica; Derek Nelson: vocals, guitars; Brian Sharpe: lead guitars, piano; Cathy Starr: violin; Philip Vickers: lap steel, guitars, trumpet; Alex Winter: bass, the various members of the band add several different musical influences into the band’s sound. Within the band’s sound you’ll find Rock, Folk, Country and other sounds that all blends together to make a style that is as much about Rock and Roll as it is about Folk and Country music. That style can be found on Martin Van Ruin’s current release called Every Man a King.

Tags alt country, Chicago-based, Every Man a King, folk, Indie Rock, Martin Van Ruin, NoVo Arts, NoVo Management and Publicity, rock

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CD Review: Safe Haven “Sermon for No One”

Post author By Matheson Kamin
Post date May 11, 2013
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Chicago-based Safe Haven started when lead guitarist Patrick Lyons got together with drummer Tony Tabor. And while the two musicians created yet another drum and guitar duo to add to the number of musical duos that have formed since the success of The Black Keys, Safe Haven is so much more as they draw upon the talents of other musicians to help flesh out their sound. When other two-member bands have a hollow sound to their music because of the lack of other musicians, Safe Haven is a musical outfit that has plenty of body to their music.

Tags Chicago-based, Dr. John, NoVo Arts, NoVo Management and Publicity, Safe Haven, Sermon for No One, The Black Keys, The Eagles, wilco

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CD Review: Son of the Sun “Almost Not There”

Post author By Matheson Kamin
Post date December 3, 2011
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Having just listened to the newest CD from the band Son of the Sun entitled Almost Not There, I cannot believe that I’ve never heard of this band earlier. As it stands, I have become a fan of both the band and their music. With how strong this release is, I just wish that the Almost Not There CD had more than just six songs.

Son of the Sun is a band that contains five talented musicians, each of which help to create the band’s original and creative garage rock music. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Zak Ward, guitarist/keyboardist Joseph Stocker, guitarist Jeremy Franklin, Steve Matthews on bass and drummer Brandon Delmont. It is this groups of musicians that make the album of Almost Not There sound as good as it does.

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Tags Almost Not There, garage rock, Joseph Stocker, NoVo Arts, rock, Son of the Sun, Zak Ward