Category: Music Reviews

The Fog Lights Interview: St. Louis musicians rock Blueberry Hill

Fog LightsThere’s something about great music hitting your ears for the first time. Like a drop of rain hitting your forehead. Emotions instantly stir and a memory creeps in that has been unleashed due to that tune.

When I listened to Justin Johnson and Jim Peters’ new two piece band, The Fog Lights, harmonize on the new single, “Lead the Way”, I instantly got swept up with the song. A bad day became a distant memory and I was happy. It didn’t hurt that the three of us went to the same high school(Brentwood High School in St. Louis county) or that the album title, Manhassett, references an apartment complex where this album came together and all three of us lived in at one time or another. I didn’t care what genre it belonged to because the feeling was enough.

Justin and Jim are real authentic musicians and when I say that I mean the second you hear their music, the connection is established and you understand they do this because they need to. They do this for a living or in Justin’s case, it’s a calling you mix with a regular job because a world without music is a scary place. It’s a part of who they are and that isn’t always the case in today’s commercially driven digital music world.

This Saturday at St. Louis’ famous Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room, The Fog Lights will have their album release show along with two other bands and they promise a night of great music. This past weekend, I had the chance to ask them each a few questions. Justin was on the road in Texas and Jim was in Kansas City with one of his other bands, Javier Mendoza. The Q&A quickly became a journey of some sorts. (more…)

B.B. King 1925-2015: The Thrill is Gone Away

The thrill is gone
It’s gone away from me
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away from me
Although, I’ll still live on
But so lonely I’ll be

bb-king-4f29a930893b7B.B. King died on May 14th in Las Vegas, but he will live on. The lonely crowd will be us, his fans who wrapped our ears around his world whenever we felt the force of life beating us down to our knees. King redefined the blues and departs this world as the king. Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters may hold a few of the keys to the castle, but it’s King’s face on the front of the building.

Maybe it was the way he played the guitar, sitting in a chair, at the center of the stage, well into his 80’s. He played it so well and so honestly that one would think he was born with a guitar strumming around the crib. Maybe it was the way he sung the blues and made us feel the impact in our souls that he seem to be feeling deep in his bones as he belted out the tunes.

I remember seeing King play live in the late 1990’s at the Fox Theater with my friend Josh Brown. He got two tickets to a Blues festival, and all the greats came out to play so we went. Guy, Susan Tedeschi and B.B. King. The ones that took the stage before him were honorable and dynamic, but what they did paled in comparison to the show King put on. He only played for 45 minutes, but he sunk his soul into those songs. King was a musician who truly connected with his audience. He didn’t need a seven piece orchestra, a skin tight outfit, a trio of singers to help him out either. King could blow you away all by himself. He was old school. A relic from the past that wouldn’t die. One that kept getting stronger. (more…)

Take A Ride With 1917 Soundtrack

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A year or so ago, I got to know an old high school friend Mario Mathon. He was an ambitious young man and fellow Italian. As young wise guys, we shoot for the stars and wait for permission later. Mario and I were admirers of the sweet science of boxing and slaves to a good cup of coffee, and he asked me to write something up about a band he was starting up. Along with Amonte Henry on drums and Jordan Mays on guitar, Mathon wanted to take the world by storm by plunging listeners into a world of soul, R&B and storytelling. The kind of music where you forget that your feet have to touch the ground and you literally take flight. It’s hard to find a single genre for Mathon’s band, 1917 Soundtrack. His band doesn’t settle for one sound. They take a road trip through the different floors of music and don’t need an elevator. If you have the chance to be in a studio recording room with Henry’s mad drums and Mays’ electric guitar streaks, you don’t need to worry about stopping. On December 26th on Channel 11 in St. Louis, Missouri, 1917 Soundtrack gets a spotlight. What the hell am I talking about? Let the man behind the idea, Mario himself, sell it to you. (more…)

1917 Soundtrack Hits The Live Stage

1888470_985903310420_585129979_nOn Thursday night at The Coliseum in downtown St. Louis, a couple miles from Scottrade Center where playoff hockey was getting fired up, a local band 1917 Soundtrack was starting their live stage experience. The Coliseum is a showcase for a number of artists, featuring painters, models and musicians. In a special event hosted by RAW, an enterprise designed to give indie bands and artists a shot at stardom, 1917 Soundtrack didn’t waste their opportunity. Mario Mathon, Jordan Mays and Amonte Henry hit the stage with precision and verve and had the crowd engaged for their full 30 minute set.  This is the land of the free and home of the independent artists who strive every day to make their next day the moment they take off. All three men work regular everyday jobs and get their feet dirty. That’s the game. Work your way by day and reach towards the future by night. They came to the stage dressed as hardcore blues brother gangsters Thursday, with stylish button up collared shirts and vests to go with shiny slacks. In order to impress, you have to look the part as well. While their sound is still coming together and there were some technical difficulties regarding the vocals, Mathon and company didn’t waste a second Thursday night.
photo (10)Mathon is the true character of the group, a man who uses every inch of the stage to let his body express the words that are flowing from his mouth. He will talk to the audience in between songs, promoting the bands social media pages while he catches his breath before the next song.  Henry is the beast behind the drums, setting up the pace and raising the roof. Off the stage, he is the rock of the group. He holds the three body tripod of musical synergy together.  Mays is the silver lining, playing the guitar like the room and life of the song depended on it. He is a man of few words, a gunslinger with an electric lady in his hands.  With additional help from local musicians, 1917 Soundtrack were playing the first of hopefully many live shows at The Coliseum with many family and friends in tow. The longer they were on stage, the harder it was for faces to keep their eyes off the stage. That’s a true band for you trying to make it big. They draw you in slowly with the performance and lock you in before they exit the stage. With a million different things happening in the room and with competing artists awaiting their chance right off the stage, 1917 Soundtrack played like they didn’t want to leave.

Tonight, they take the stage as the headliner artist at Cicero’s.  1917 Soundtrack will be touring extensively this summer and hopeimage (8)
to hit Las Vegas before they stop. Everything with a local band like this carries the audacity and allure of a dreamer. Mathon, Henry and Mays are making their play to be full time musicians. I can relate to that because I work a 40 hour gig every week while pushing my writing. Without dreams in this life, you may as well lock yourself in a room and throw away the key. You can find love in this life but you need to have something to chase. 1917 Soundtracks chases the dream every time they step on stage, whether it’s The Coliseum, Cicero’s or the Las Vegas strip.

This is the time you want to get in on the act. Follow this band now. Don’t wait until they explode. There isn’t a more special feeling than finding good music. Get out to Cicero’s tonight at 7 p.m. and see what I am talking about.

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Spending A Night With 1917 Soundtrack

“The live set is like stepping into a time machine portal into the 1950’s when R&B, Rock and Roll and Soul were being created.”-Mario Mathon

As a lifelong lover of music, I didn’t hesitate at the chance to watch my good friend and fellow artist Mathon record a session at Utopia Studios in downtown St. Louis1938012_987544336790_1249102921_n with his bandmates Jordan Mays and Amonte Henry. Together, they form 1917 Soundtrack, a group that defies distinction by a single genre and instead lives on the edges of multiple sounds. R&B, soul, blues, and a little rock mixed in there.  Give it a name but know this.  Hearing it makes your body come alive when Henry is pounding the drums, Mays working the guitar and Mathon strutting around the room with a microphone in his hand singing the blues.  Radio and news footage accompany the opening of their tracks and as they play, it’s nearly as if the band is driving a vehicle into a storm cloud of musicianship and taking you along for the ride.   It’s quite the experience.  Confidence flows through anyone’s veins while they watch music unfold. There’s a detailed rhythm to the recording of an album and that night I got to see the steps and work put forth by three men who want to make it big. What other damn reason would you be expressing yourself with so much passion for?

1926142_987498698250_12140651_oEach guy has a story that’s rooted in artistic drive and flawed grace.   As a friend and fan alike, I wanted to get the back story behind the need for this trio to use their free time to create something special. I write in my free time and do so because I feel I have something to offer people and it energizes my soul.  When I talked to Mathon about describing his music, the man was as blunt as a solo at Madison Square Garden.  “Saint Louis old school, birthplace, rhythm & blues, rock and roll, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Muddy Waters influence on the whole sonic and physical vibe of the music.”  Wrap your head around that.

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Mathon, vocalist and pianist,  hasn’t been easy on himself.  He is one of those artists who will sit there and tell you every day is a struggle.  This is the same guy who signed to a local hip-hop soul development deal as a teenager, eventually selling an urban-radio ad jingle to McDonald’s through local 3rd party producers.  He moved to St. Louis from Chicago at the age of 14, and met Mays based on their shared love of music in Brentwood High School.  Total opposites in personality while Mays was off pursuing his musical ambitions and education, Mathon would dedicate his time to the streets.  Mathon became enclosed in the deadly web of the sale and use of narcotics, eventually doing a two year prison sentence, spending the majority of his incarceration sharpening his musical sword.  Upon release he bounced around from local bands and production teams before hooking back up with Mays to write and record the “I Cant Believe How Much Of An Asshole Im Not Being” EP.

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The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Music Spotlight

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“We’re not the righteous/We’re not the innocent/We’re just the sign it’s all gone wrong.”-Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on “Rival”

The first time I heard The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club(or a more easier name to remember them by, B.R.M.C.), I was watching HBO’s sports series 24/7 three years ago.    The special was about the Winter Classic between The Pittsburgh Penguins and The Washington Capitals.   The annual event is a special occasion, as is the music selection of the premium cable network.

As the shaky job status of then head coach of the Capitals Bruce Boudreau was talked about, a certain slow building rock song with an addictive chant was played. Slowly, the chant turned into lyrics about needing a drug to move and a lot to live and then the guitars and drums turned a regular track into a killer beat.   A song by the name of “Beat The Devil’s Tattoo” was the tune and it is one of those songs that sticks inside your head for a while.

There is no peace here
War is never cheap dear
Love will never meet here
It just gets sold for parts
You cannot fight it
All the world denies it
Open up your eyelids
Let your demons run-“Beat The Devil’s Tattoo”

A few episodes later, “Weapon of Choice” was used and that sent me on a mad search for this band’s history, albums and music.  This is typical for me.  I find a fair portion of my music through movies, TV shows and other random bits of entertainment business outlets.    Once I do, I slowly make my way through that band’s entire catalog before leaving with a few songs to remember.  Today, The B.R.M.C.  has me slowly collecting their entire arsenal of music and finding the ability to be stunned repeatedly by their versatile performances.

The B.R.M.C. is all I listen to.  You know you love a band when you constantly throw 2-3 of their songs on a single mix instead of the mandatory single track.  Once you seriously plug into their music, you will find yourself in the world of a different kind of rock n’ roll band.   A band that isn’t defined by large blasting waves of guitar or overzealous lyrics but a group of musicians who create tunes that give you all the pleasures of hard rock but also offer the mellow tracks and poignant ballads.  Singer/songwriter tunes feel like personal stories being told to you through a one way voice track through the microphones stuck in your ear, gathering noisy wax as the enjoyment level goes through the roof.  The B.R.M.C. are a rock n’ roll band in blood and bone but don’t confine themselves to one kind of sound.  They are toughness personified but allow their innocence to be shown in various slower ballads and melodies.

I’ve seen the battle and I’ve seen the war
And the life out here is the life I’ve been sold
Yah I’ve seen the battle and I’ve seen the war
And the life in here is the life I’ve been told-“The Devil’s Waitin”

The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club originated in 1998 and originally went by the name, The Elements.  After recognizing another band had that name, they switched to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, taken from a 1953 Marlon Brando film called The Wild One.  In the film it was what Brando’s character called his gang.  The main members were guitarists Robert Been and Peter Hayes.  Been’s father, Michael, later  joined the band as the sound tech and producer and helped them produce their first album, B.R.M.C., in 2001.  A rough Led Zeppelin sound mixed with a Sonic Youth restraint and it continued on Take Them On, On Their Own in 2003.   For me, their music took off with 2005’s Howl, where the bluesy guitar and poignant rock took over their sound.   Songs like “Devil’s Waitin”, “Ain’t It Easy”, “Restless Sinner” and “Fault Line” were crafted on that album and it made for an experience that didn’t include any skips.

Drummer Nick Jaggo contributed to earlier album work on Baby 81 and toured with the band live for stretches of time.  On Beat the Devil’s Tattoo and Specter At The Feast, the band has welcomed in drummer Leah Shapiro.  She adds a required consistency to the various electric and acoustic guitar work provided the male leads.   Peter Hayes contributes a very well used harmonica as well as vocals and guitar work while the younger Been contributes vocals and guitar work as well.  The two bring different singing styles to the band.   Hayes has more of a soulful grace while Been can howl at the moon like few other musicians.

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I never thought I’d see it coming
I never thought I’d ever know
Nothing seems to take me over
Nothing seems to let me go.-“Shuffle Your Feet”

The success continued on 2007’s Baby 81, which holds their two best songs in my opinion and two tracks that sound completely different.   “All You Do Is Talk” is a slow building rocker sung by Hayes with the format of a ballad that relies heavily on the band’s electric grace.  “Weapon of Choice” is a 2 minute 43 second rocker that picks you up and slams you down with a closing electric guitar rumble that will ask for repeated listens and could help finish any run or workout.

2010’s Beat the Devil’s Tattoo is another stellar album with the title track being the best on there and another quieter song, “The Toll”, bringing to our ears one of their most personal songs to date.  While on tour in 2010, Been’s father, Michael, suffered a fatal heart attack backstage during a show in Belgium.  In my eyes, that song is a fateful reminder of the toll we take in life and the weight of our decision making and losses following us around daily.

“Everything’s taken its toll
It’s a moment we carry alone
With a cause there’s a cure for the soul”-The Toll

After a three year hiatus, the band came back in 2013 with Specter At The Feast, an album that took a few rounds to fully appreciate because the band stretched its sound a bit into different realms of rock.   With slower tales like “Lose Yourself” and “Angel Baby” mixed with faster moving tracks like “Rival” and “Hate The Taste”, the latest album was another classic B.R.M.C. album.   Rockers laced with slower ballads and instrumental sessions.

I got a fatal heart, I’m tried to living 
Got a tortured soul, I can’t give it away 
Gonna find a line, to get me through to reason 
Gonna bury it all just to give it a name-“Hate The Taste”

Listening to the band work, you get that cool vibe that always comes up when a rock song is playing.    These guys can play just about anything and can deliver a versatile set of songs.  This is the kind of band that puts it all on the line every time they play a live venue.   They are who they say they are and what their album promises.  While other bands pigeon holes themselves with adjusting their sound album to album, B.R.M.C. can do so on one album.   Provide 2-3 different sounds with an overlying tempo of acoustic and electric guitars.

This past September, I had the privilege to watch the band live at St. Louis’ concert venue, The Pageant, and they didn’t disappoint.    A lot of bands can sound great in a studio with the equipment blocking out the rougher edges of their musicianship.   On a live stage, with your ability and voice carrying the load, is where safe bands with no true skill are separated from the groups who can play great ANYWHERE.   The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club delivered a solid 2 hour show that had me begging for more by the end.

Help yourself don’t think
Help yourself don’t speak
Help yourself don’t say a thing at all
You’re lucky words don’t bleed-“All You Do Is Talk”

For a guy who keeps discovering great music every day, I can tell you this.   The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club always have me coming back to revisit their work.    I have been a confessed Dave Matthews Band fanatic for most of my life and while that still holds true, the B.R.M.C. are quickly making their way up my daily must listen to band list.  Right now, I can listen to a couple of their albums without skipping a single track.    That is the true mark of great music for fans.   Putting their disc in and not feeling the need to find a particular song.  I can’t say that with any other band right now, and that’s right,  not even D.M.B..

It can’t be known
What lies in wait
For those of us in crippled states
A broken mind is no escape
When there’s no one left to reason with
There’s no one left to call your name-“Restless Sinner”

Being a newly addicted follower of The B.R.M.C., I will be checking out their completely instrumental album, The Effects of 333, which is a collections of tunes best saved for a dark night and few cups of coffee and could drape a movie in suspenseful wonder.   Being a fan of Texas instrumental band Explosions In the Sky, anytime a band puts out a vocal less piece of work, I think of a long run through an early dawn morning with some fog.

The band has stayed under the radar for around 15 years and it’s the right method.   This group doesn’t need worldwide attention or acclaim.  They are perfectly independent in their sound and can make music whenever they want.   They will get together soon, after a brief winter tour, and start writing the next album.    When will it come out?  No idea but let me tell you this.   I will wait for a great album instead of getting a rushed album that doesn’t sound cohesive or as strong as their previous work.  Music takes time and patience and isn’t for the clingy or needy.

The B.R.M.C works on their own schedule and that’s a good thing.  Do me a favor and listen to this band.   Below is a small taste of their music.   A tune from just about each album.

Devil’s Waitin(HOWL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAik76-yHEg

Heart+Soul(Take Them On, On Their Own)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nldmCQjADFI

Spread Your Love(B.R.M.C.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nldmCQjADFI

All You Do Is Talk-(Baby 81)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8v7w46WHa0

Beat The Devils Tattoo(Title track)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn9C1vKd7Gc

Rival(Specter At The Feast)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfnszUQrobQ

Listen.  Digest.  Listen again.  This band can appeal to rock n’ roll addicts and music fans in general.  My wife digs it.  My 2 year old song bobs his head to it when it plays as well.   Try it out and let me know what you think.   With music, there are no guarantees but a thorough investigation here is required.  Have fun!

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I won’t be denied 
I’m coming in this time, babe 
I’ve fallen in love with your creatures soul 
And I’ve been a witness to your sickest obsession 
And I feel alive as long as I keep hold 
Of what I think I thought I heard you loved me 
I think you thought you heard I loved-“Took Out A Loan”

*With additional help and insight from Paula K.

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Dan Buffa is the co-creator, administrator and writer for the movie website, film-addict.com. He also writes for the local blog United Cardinal Bloggers in addition to Arch City Sports and also writes for his personal blog, http://www.doseofbuffa.com.   He is a STL born and raised writer with a need to inform and the ability to pound out 1,000-1,500 word pieces with ease.  When he isn’t writing or drinking coffee, he is spending time with his wife and son in South City.  Follow him at @buffa82 on Twitter and reach him for thoughts, comments and general feedback at buffa82@gmail.com.

Music Spotlight: PAINT ME LUCID

imageedit_1_8852415356When it comes to good old fashioned music that involves a heartfelt dose of storytelling soul, it is best to keep things simple.   Three guys take the stage, pour their heart out on it and leave it there for the fans to soak up and lift their own evening up.   In a day and age where excess can bog down good music and Miley Cyrus is busy licking poles or Lady Gaga is transforming into her 15th alter ego, simple songwriting and guitar play wrapped around lead vocals is a much needed dose for the music loving crowd.

Enter Paint Me Lucid, a Boston, Massachusetts group that was originally comprised of two men, Thomas Moore and Joe Jones.   On their Facebook page, the description of their music is quite simple and defines their intentions.   “Two guitars, two sweet voices, making music, I think we are a band.”  You might notice you didn’t hear any complications or advanced stage work in that description.  Just rust, bone and old school tunes.

In a style that mixes elements of MGMT, Alt-J, and Dr. Dog, Moore and Jones deliver acoustic gems that slowly inhabit your mind and stick around for a while.   Checking out their home page on Reverb, where album covers, pictures and singles exist for your pleasure, you get the sense that this is a independent production financed completely on raw ambition and not due to instruction.  These two guys decided to be musicians and didn’t just enlist for it.  That’s the great thing about music.  You don’t just play it.  You have to create it first.

Clicking on the track, To The Moon, and the first 35 seconds of the song basically covers a slow building acoustic guitar followed by a melody that brings to mind Blind Melon or early Pearl Jam Unplugged.  Whatever the opposite of phony and fake is, Moore and company are chasing it here.  “Down In The Valley”, “Sounds” and “Good month’s sleep” follow the same method of tipping your attention just enough to hook you in with the comfortable melodies of their music.

Check it out for yourself at http://www.reverbnation.com/paintmelucid

Find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PaintMeLucid

Hear their music right here at https://www.youtube.com/paintmelucid

They are prepping the release of their second album for 2014, and have tracks “Death” available to listen to from the EP they released in June, named Water Color.  They have since added a third member to the band by the name of Malcolm Samuel.   Moore and Jones each handle guitar/vocals depending on the song and Samuel will be bringing something new to their sound on 2014’s album.  New singles like “100th time today” are on the album and  will be released in the coming weeks.

This is a band with big time intentions in the world of music and a group that will depend on its following and new listeners to give them that proper push to the promised land.

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Dan Buffa is the co-creator, administrator and writer for the movie website, film-addict.com. He also writes for the local blog United Cardinal Bloggers in addition to Arch City Sports and also writes for his personal blog, http://www.doseofbuffa.com.   He is a STL born and raised writer with a need to inform and the ability to pound out 1,000-1,500 word pieces with ease.  When he isn’t writing or drinking coffee, he is spending time with his wife and son in South City.  Follow him at @buffa82 on Twitter and reach him for thoughts, comments and general feedback at buffa82@gmail.com.

Music Spotlight: 1917 Soundtrack

Some people don’t get to do what they love for a living.  They have to do it on the side, in the shadows, after hours and when no one is looking.   I know this situation. Being an ambitious writer looking for outlets, there are plenty of bright flashing lights telling me to keep going but others telling me to get real and pocket the obsession. For me, though, above all else, writing is therapeutic.  A way for me to unleash my own demons and clear my head.  For Mario Mathon, a long time friend and creative ally, his music sets him free.   This is his story.

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Today I take a step away from the usual topics to spotlight a friend and fellow creative force’s new band.   Call the music what you want but one thing you won’t call it is unoriginal.  Sometimes you make mistake in life that push your dreams further than you can reach, but Mario keeps on reaching.   He is a flawed man but one holding a plan and that is to make music for a living and spread it around the world.  From his words to your eyes, here is his story.

“Few times in the history of American popular music has an artist or group of artists come along with a trademark sound so groundbreaking, original and influential that they shape the landscape of the sounds of not only the radio, charts and pop culture but they also influence and touch the styles and sounds of the fringe, underground, musical hipsters and local purists’ scenes as well. St. Louisans Jordan Mays (Lead Guitar, Synth, Drum Programming, Production) and Mario Mathon (Vocal, Rhythm Guitar) of ‘1917 soundtrack’ give a casual listener the impression that they could eventually become one of those historical music acts. Their re-done, re-issue of 2011’s “I Can’t Believe How Much Of An Asshole I’m Not Being” EP takes the listener through four decades of music all in one song. From reverb soaked 60’s surf pop and modern EDM synth on the lead single “Lindsay Lohan” to 70’s disco funk bass and mid 90’s new jack swing drum loops on “Bath Salt, Adderall, Espresso.” Vocally, Mario Mathon (who spent the last decade writing a McDonald’s jingle, ruining an independent hip-hop/r&b record deal through incarceration and drug rehab and fronting different indie and nu/rap metal bands before joining Mays to record the EP) can both effortlessly break your heart and give you  a jolt of serotonin with lyrical content about an almost cliché assortment of drugs, sex and heartbreak, reminding you soulfully of Amy Winehouse or D’Angelo with the explosive grit of Kurt Cobain. Meanwhile, Mays puts his four years studying music theory and audio engineering at the Art Institute of Atlanta to use while crafting art-punk soundscapes that are both equally urban with complex dirty south rap rhythm sections, electronic dance from dub-step, digital synth, and indie because of the throwback reverb and distortion soaked guitars.  Just imagine what putting Prince in the studio with David Guetta and Kings Of Leon for a month would sound like and you’re getting warm. If the lead vocalist can keep his star from burning itself out too soon with the same edge-of-your-seat, thrilling excess that make this such riveting music, 1917 soundtrack should be a musical force for years to come.”-Mario Mathon

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Mathon is a powerfully confident individual and someone I have shared quite a few epic conversations with on topics varying from musical tastes to boxing greats.  Don’t think of him as a problem child but as a man battling himself in order to approach his dreams.   Sometimes you have to ride on top of the train to get the highest rush.  Dance with the devil to find the right tune.  Remember this.  Some of the greatest artists of all time had to come within a few steps of hell in order to achieve greatness later on.  I can’t tell you that the rawness of 1917 Soundtrack will turn into gold records but I can tell you this guy and his crew are FOR REAL.  They will get busy or die reaching.  Here are some samples.

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“There is something in the soul of us artists that wont rest…its why writers, thespians, poets, musicians, painters, etc. all come off odd or disturbed or as some other heightened emotional being than everyone else…. the truly passionate will chase this shit to the end of the earth.”-Mathon

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-DLB

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