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Oct 24, 2014 New Music, New Songs, Purchase Music, Review, Take Note, Video Leave a comment
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The fifth installment of the Take Note! review series is of a CD called Hungry Ghosts by Ok Go. ‘The Writing’s on the Wall’ off Ok Go’s new album ‘Hungry Ghosts’ is one of the saddest songs I have heard in a long time. I hear in it missed connections and longing. It is a song of little hope mixed with a gigantic serving of despair. And yet the words are catchy and the music is upbeat! It feels wrong to have such a sad song be ~that~ upbeat. My brain has been full of this song for weeks. This song has taken up residence there and shows no signs of moving out. This is a shame because the rest of the album is interesting and fun and filled with songs you want to bob your head along with. If only you can get past song #2.
I really enjoy reading about the process different band use to write music and lyrics. What inspires them? Damian Kulash from Ok Go shared the band’s process and inspiration for ‘Hungry Ghosts’ in this article. He explains the origin and process song by song off the Hungry Ghosts album.
The music of Ok Go is so excellent and goes well with their TOTALLY AWESOME videos. Here is the video for The Writing’s on the Wall.
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Feb 15, 2014 New Music, New Songs, Purchase Music, Review, Take Note Leave a comment
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The fourth installment of the Take Note! review series is of a CD called Nighty Nite by 8in8. The year 2013 conspired to make me aware, in a big way, of both Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer. This summer a friend invited me to a reading by Neil at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR […]
Jan 8, 2014 Appearances, New Music Comments Off on Upcoming Shows
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Ruby Calling has two shows coming up! The first is a private function this Friday, January 10, 2014 in Seattle, WA. But fear not! We are also playing a public show on January 27, 2014 in Portland, OR at the White Eagle Saloon. The show is a benefit for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for […]
Dec 14, 2013 New Music, Purchase Music, Review, Take Note Leave a comment
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The third installment of the Take Note! review series is of a CD called Ripe by Piefight! The women in Piefight! banded together via Portland Ladies Rock Camp and have created a great blend of distorted punk, funk and pop with sweet harmonies. The sound really works. I bought this CD a while ago […]
Dec 11, 2013 Review, Ruby Calling Leave a comment
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Ruby Calling now has a band page on Amazon.com which can be found here. The page allows us to have all our music in a single place. Reviews can be helpful to bands trying to share their music with the world. We’d love if you took the time to write one for us. It doesn’t […]
Dec 11, 2013 New Music, Review, Take Note Leave a comment
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The second installment of the Take Note! review series is of a CD called Comfort Quest by Brian Hudson. Here is the backstory: my bff and I were in New Orleans wandering the streets and drinking mango daiquiris. As we walked from restaurant to daiquiri place to restaurant, we kept passing a particular street […]
Nov 4, 2013 New Music, Review, Take Note Leave a comment
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I heard the song “Royals” right around the time that royal baby Prince George was born and I couldn’t get it out of my head. (It is kind of still stuck in there!) The song is from the debut studio album Pure Heroine by Lorde. But in the spirit of actually doing what I said I […]
Nov 2, 2013 New Music, Review, Take Note Leave a comment
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“Take Note” is a new series of music reviews on rubycalling.com. The idea is that I will to listen to new music from start to finish and report back which song really stood out for me. I will also explain how I found the music in the first place. Of course, the reviews are totally […]
Oct 21, 2013 Crow Girl, Debut EP, Ignite, Level Up, Purchase Music, Ruby Calling, Some Days, The Patio Leave a comment
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If you like to manage your music through Amazon.com, you are in luck. Our debut EP, Ignite is available at Amazon.com. Just click on this link. Currently, our album doesn’t have any reviews. Would you click the link and post a review if you like our music? It will help other people find our music […]
May 22, 2013 Airtime, Crow Girl, Purchase Music, Ruby Calling, The Patio Leave a comment
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Well, it happened! We are on iTunes now. The thing I like about iTunes is the potential for getting ratings. CALL TO ACTION: Can you go on iTunes and rate our EP?