Sniper Rifle Music

Alright guys we are starting to pick up some great interviews and decided to create a podcast in iTunes. The podcast will cover our interviews over the coming years as well as music discussions with the writers. We will be talking about new and old music with guys with a wide range of musical tastes. Some of the topics we have already started talking about in a feature podcast are off the wall. Check us out by clicking on this link and subscribing to the podcast.

Sniper Rifle Music Review Podcast

We had the opportunity to talk with David Labrel the lead singer of Olin and The Moon recently and had a great interview. The band will be performing at SXSW and other venues across the US. Check the bands website or SXSW site for details. David was amazingly easy to talk with and we hope you enjoy our interview.

Every so often a band comes along that you just know will be big and The Envy is one of those bands. I recently saw them in concert as an opening band for KISS and was blown away. I was so impressed that while I was watching I posted a review of their concert. The Envy performs as if they are the headlining band which is what they truly are. The band just started a new tour so check their site for details. Their three track EP is available on iTunes only in Canada and US currently but will be available for other countries soon. The album is amazingly well written, produced and performed. The band has been signed to Gene Simmons’ label, Simmonsrecords, and are working hard on their first full length album. The album is due out fall of 2011 but could be as early as summer. I guess until then we will have to hold on to this small piece of gold. The album is only $1.49 in iTunes and after you hear it you’ll understand why I can’t get enough of this band.

If you get the album please leave us a comment about what you thought.

About every 10 years the next wave of boy bands start to surface from local fairs, small opening acts and of course the Disney factor. It looks like it’s that time again so get ready for the next wave. The boy band has been around for a long time most notable with the Jackson 5 and The Beatles. The two groups would set the standard for what a boy band could do and the frenzy they could build. Then the wildly funny boy band The Monkeys. You would later see groups like New Edition and Menudo, who is still going today. Menudo has the right idea by keeping the name and just changing the members when the wave hits. Then we move up into most peoples current memory of boy bands with New Kids on The Block, Backstreet Boys and of course NYSNC.

There are new groups that are popping up like Far East Movement and Big Time Rush or BTR have the same formula but try newer approach on the boy band. What will these new boy bands bring to the table? Far East Movement will bring a little Asian flare with a dance hip-hop feel. BTR is your typical boy band with the pop look and sound. If history holds true we will see at least 2 to 3 more surface before the end of 2011.

What do you think about Boy Bands? Are you looking forward to a new group of guys or do you want to hit fast forward?

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