As the old song goes, let the music do the talkin’. Covers first, originals later from a few great Delmarva bands. Yes, once again it’s an all-tunage edition of FNV.
We begin with the sultry vocals of Petting Hendrix. I’m not sure where this was recorded but it’s their take on a familiar Cranberries song.
Live Lixx at Six has given many a local band (and a few national acts as well) some valuable airtime on a worldwide scale, as Ocean 98 streams over the internet with both audio and video. My friends Jim and Michele from Semiblind did an acoustic version of an old Cyndi Lauper tune in this instance from last September.
Going a bit heavier, local cover rockers Vivid Season check in with a version of Alter Bridge’s ‘Rise Today.’
Back in December down Chincoteague way, the band Lime Green held sway and did an original called ‘Pemberton Park.’
This video of Not My Own came as they were trying to earn a spot in last year’s Unicity Festival. Obviously it worked, and I think I’ve featured this song before but not this version. They call it ‘Bleed/Believer.’
A band I haven’t featured before, Deep Sea Research featured a guest musician on this cut recorded last October at Marina’s in Blades, Delaware. Derek White is the guest and this lengthy jam is called ‘Penny.’
I’m going to wrap this up in Philly, where 13:1 rocked the Trocadero with this slickly produced version of ‘I Am Omega.’
So that’s about it for this week. And although I have some reservations about it, I’m going to remove a bunch of the local band links from my site because they’re pointing to Myspace sites which aren’t being kept up. I guess many bands are abandoning Myspace for Facebook or opting to go back to self-hosting. If I get down to just a few I may end up dropping the category entirely.
That’s not to say I won’t support local music, but perhaps there are more productive ways of doing it. And let me know about new videos, local music fans – I don’t get out to as many shows as I used to and I like to have a better quality video than my equipment can provide if possible.
Until next time, that’s a wrap for this edition on FNV.
