VIDEO: Indiana Native Opens Recording Studio in Nashville
I was excited to learn that a college friend recently opened Reel Recording in Nashville, TN. Indiana native Mark Galup serves as the studio’s owner and chief engineer. Galup was a Recording Arts major from IU Bloomington. A talented musician in his own right, Galup could often be found around BTown playing with the likes of IU professor Andy Hollinden.
The studio’s “goal is to venture away from the typical and help to reenergize and reinvent the Nashville sound and the recording community at large.” One way they hope to do just that is through their Live & Reel web series. If the first two segments from Evan P. Donohue and Natalie Prass are any indication, Reel Recording is a studio worth keeping your eyes on.
Live & Reel :: Evan P. Donohue – “My Odds” from Live & Reel @ Reel Recording on Vimeo.
Live & Reel :: Natalie Prass – “Bird of Prey” from Live & Reel @ Reel Recording on Vimeo.
Written by Rob Peoni
Album Review: Little Tybee ‘Humorous to Bees’ & LaundroMatinee Session
Little Tybee’s Humorous to Bees dropped back in April via Brooklyn’s Paper Garden Records. I recently became acquainted with this label after they gave some love to our friends The Coasts who we featured in an August interview.
The soaring vocals from bookish lead singer Brock Scott serve as the centerpiece to a talented cast of musicians. He sounds like a silkier Trevor Garrod from Tea Leaf Green. The band, however sounds nothing like TLG.
Little Tybee varies in size from as few as five to as many as 10 members. Scott’s vocals and guitar playing are effortless but would likely prove too clean without the rich backdrop that the strings lay beneath them. The band recently stopped by Big Car Gallery to record a LaundroMatinee Session for MOKB.
Humorous to Bees is a heart warmer. I plan to spin this one during the long Indiana winter, when I am searching for some semblance of summer. The album has the feel of a long cruise with the windows down. The percussion, though subtle, mimics the rhythm of a train engine at times, driving the listener down the tracks. Scott’s lyrics dance along optimistically above it all.
I hope Little Tybee makes a return visit to Indy. Next time, it had better be for a full audience and not just a film crew. For now, this will have to do. See the entirety their LaundroMatinee session, HERE. Stream “Passion Seekers” and “Nero” below.
Written by Rob Peoni
Band to Watch: Typhoon
One of my favorite emerging acts of 2011 has proven to be Typhoon. My infatuation began after NPR featured the band in a breathtaking Tiny Desk Concert from South by Southwest (SXSW) in January. How the NPR staff managed to refrain from belting out a bellowing yell when they pick up the pace in “The Honest Truth” is completely beyond me.
Typhoon is unique for several reasons. Their performances often include over a dozen musicians. The format harkens back to late 19th century parlor music, when neighbors would gather around the living room sharing in song. It reminds me of grade school music class. Only, this group never dissolves into an incoherent, cluster fuck of noise.
Their 2011 EP A New Kind of House represents the first breakthrough for Portland, OR label Tender Loving Empire. Fronted by lead singer and guitarist Kyle Morton, Typhoon proves that several whispers combine into a collective roar. Though the individual parts are rather simple, the group’s timing and delivery is complex and sophisticated.
I was blown away when I saw Typhoon’s Lollapalooza after show at Subterranean in Chicago. A big thanks is owed to whoever is financing this project. In the age of stolen music, it seems unfathomable that a band of this size can exist. I look forward to following them in the years ahead. Chances are, they will never be short on ideas with that many minds in the room.
Stream or download Typhoon’s performance from this year’s Sasquatch Music Festival via NPR, HERE.
Written by Rob Peoni.
Thought on Tracks 