sessions at wampus singer-songwriters play live in studio

Wampus Multimedia has recorded an album, Like a Mirror, with Massachusetts-based songwriter Casey Abrams. Scheduled for late January release, it features Abrams performing some of his most compelling originals, some for the first time on record.

Also on board for sessions are Pennsylvania-based Johnny J Blair, who visits the studio in December, and Washington, D.C.'s Alice Despard, who hits Wampus this February.

 

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Doyon Song Catalog Now Live Online

Mark Doyon's song catalog is now live online. A batch of 95 songs written and released since 1987, it features lyrics as well as links to CDs and iTunes downloads. Wrapping up with the soon-to-be released songs from Cutting Room Rug, it spans the recent Arms of Kismet material as well as all seven Wampeters albums.

Doyon's performance rights are administered by ASCAP. For information, contact Wampus Multimedia.

Visit...

http://wampus.com/doyon/catalog

 

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J.T. Bowman & Lerlene Stackwood: "The Music of No Fixed Address" Available Today!

Rocketing out of the backwoods with a smile as large as the chip on the universe's shoulder, outsider songsmith J.T. Bowman presents J.T. Bowman & Lerlene Stackwood, six would-be country hits tracing the demise of a romantic relationship.

It's real country music that could be created and played only in a place where the fun is superseded by... more fun. Growing up in music's "hill country" and later schooled in its "lower valleys," J.T. came to rest between those verdant highs and lows, writing and playing what he calls "the music of no fixed address."

Produced by Mitch Renault, the disc features spirited performances from Bowman and Stackwood, with Horace Teeter on drums and Renault on bass and piano.

Buy...

http://cdbaby.com/jtlerlene

Visit..

http://jtbowman.com

 

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Cafebar 401: Guitar Candy Is Good for You

Brimming with darkly sweet pop hooks, Cafebar 401 weaves Bowie-esque vocals into danceable, Euro-rock grooves. Their relentlessly contemporary sound calls to mind Coldplay, Masters of Reality, Muse, Beck, Soulwax, Radiohead, and Queens of the Stone Age, but they bring something of their own to the party.

With the release of their Wampus Multimedia debut CD, Cafebar 401 is reaching beyond The Netherlands to greater Europe and the United States. Armed with a disc that rocks hard and sticks like candy, Cafebar 401 could stick with you.

Buy...

http://cdbaby.com/cafebar401

Visit...

http://wampus.com/artists/cafebar401

 

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Get the Holiday Stuff: Releases from Wampus

http://wampus.com/store

Prefer downloads to CDs? Wampus titles are now available from Buy.com, iTunes, MusicMatch, and many others!

Cafebar 401

Brimming with darkly sweet pop hooks, Cafebar 401 calls to mind Coldplay, Masters of Reality, Muse, Beck, Soulwax, Radiohead, and Queens of the Stone Age.

Arms of Kismet / Eponymous

Literate and insidiously catchy, Arms of Kismet is postmodern pop for the savvy, ironic streetcrawler.

Various Artists / After Hours: a Tribute to the Music of Lou Reed

From the optimism of Johnny J Blair's "Sunday Morning" to the ambivalence of Brook Pridemore's title track, After Hours tells the story of an artist unencumbered by popular expectations, yet... popular.

Various Artists / If I Were a Richman: a Tribute to the Music of Jonathan Richman

A wildly entertaining ride through the repertoire of one of rock's most original and eclectic songwriters. From his early days with the original Modern Lovers, through numerous iterations of the Lovers, to his latter-day solo career, Richman's work has mixed an arresting sense of innocence with a deep sensitivity to human emotion.

tvfordogs / Heavy Denver

Definitive modern rock from London-based trio.

Kowtow Popof / Kowtow Drops the Pop Off

Powerfully nuanced postmodern rave-ups that set the car radio ablaze. "Preternaturally surrealist post-pop." --Eve Zibart, The Washington Post

Amateur God / Near Life Experience

Dark gothic-semi-vocal-ambient music in the tradition of Mylene Farmer, All About Eve, Celtic Frost, Type O Negative, Sisters of Mercy, The Gathering, Jean Michel Jarre, Orbital, Front 242, Rammstein, Art of Noise, and Voivod.

J.T. Bowman / J.T. Bowman & Lerlene Stackwood

A rollicking tour de force of canny Nashville twang. Earnest plea or scathing parody?

Mitch Renault & Arms of Kismet / Ted's 12: Original Soundtrack

Snappy songs and snippets from the forthcoming film.

Various Artists / Glass Flesh 2: a Tribute to Robyn Hitchcock

Twenty-one great ways to skin Robyn Hitchcock's cat.

Wampeters / Murder Your Darlings

Smoldering chamber rock descended from the Band, the Beatles, and the Beach Boys. "A great narrative album. The last great mainstream release that exemplifies this method of development of style and sound is Wilco's Summer Teeth." --Heidi Drockelman, IndieMusic.com

Wampeters / Bloodline (remastered)

The connections between people are indecipherable and everlasting.

Mark Doyon / Bonneville Stories

Crisp fiction from Arms of Kismet's Mark Doyon that's as dark as optimism gets. "A brilliant collection of beautifully written stories that made me cringe, grimace, and laugh, while sometimes moving me to great pity.... There just aren't any flaws here, and I can't possibly do this book justice in a review. No one could, really...." --Laurie Edwards, CultureDose.net

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1929763093/qid=1034199246/sr=8-7/ref=sr_8_7/102-8551637-2399362?v=glance&n=507846

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Coming in 2004-06

Dedicated to the support and promotion of independent music, Wampus is home to growing roster of indie artists. Interested in becoming a Wampus artist? Read all about it.

http://wampus.com/programs.html

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