Believe it or not, it's been over five months, almost half a year since I last dipped into my treasure chest, to bring to your attention some unsigned/unknown bands and/or artistes, so probably about time we got back there. This time out I'm going to feature twice as many artistes, to make up for the large space of time that has passed. As ever, you can check out these artistes, and many more, yourself by going to
SoundClick - Free MP3 music download and much, much more., where they're all waiting to be discovered.
Incidentally, if anyone really is that anal and is wondering why so many of the below artiste's tracks all feature under the “Gold” banner, it's just that they are really that good. I only push things into Silver that are good, but not as good as gold (sorry!), and Copper is the lowest level that I award. So if an artiste has ten songs that I think are all great, they'll all go in the Gold level. Where they end up is just a true measure of how good, in my opinion, the songs actually are, in relation to one another.
A Reflection of You
Very little again about this band or artiste, other than that he comes from Beverly Hills. Seems to be the project of a guy called Dominick Joseph, who's 27 years old. I don't know if he does everything, but he seems to have a passion for music, as related on his page:
”I make music all day, everyday, because it's my true love”. Can't argue with that! Kind of feel of REM and Travis about the sound, with perhaps a bit of Coldplay chucked in. And no, I guess that's
not him in the picture!
SoundClick artist: A Reflection Of You - page with MP3 music downloads
Nationality American (California)
Genre Rock
Gold Here, Laying next to you 1, Clarity
A Shade of Difference
Another American band, these guys hail from somewhere called Shirley, Massachussets, and describe their music as “a unique blend of melodic heartfelt guitar work, complemented by driving grooves and ear catching vocals”. According to their page, they have a debut album due out “soon”, but how up-to-date their page is and therefore how soon soon is, I don't know. Among their influences they list Coldplay, Zep, James Taylor and Radiohead.
SoundClick artist: a shade of difference - Melodic Rock- CLICK HERE!!!!!!!
Nationality American (Mass.)
Genre Rock
Gold Counting scars, Forgiveness, Saving grace.
A Strange Wednesday
This appears to be a one-man project, as the word “I” is used a lot. Progressive rock with elements of Floyd, God Speed You Black Emperor and Radiohead, A Strange Wednesday flag an official website (
http://www.astrangewednesday.net) but unfortunately it does not seem to be active. Whether this means the site is dead, moved or indeed the artiste is no longer playing is a question I can't answer, but he describes his music as “fusing organic rock with electronic beats”, and it all seems to be instrumental. At the time of writing the intro for his soundclick page, ASW as he prefers to be known apparently, said that he was not playing live, as he was, quote, “still perfecting my record” unquote. From the sound of what's on offer here, I don't think he has too far to go to achieve that goal.
SoundClick artist: A Strange Wednesday - page with MP3 music downloads
Nationality American
Genre Progressive/ Ambient Rock
Gold Future rains, Rebirth, Vanishing, Goodbye
Silver Singularity, The chillsong chamber
A Theory of Everything
The first Irish band we've featured here, I believe, even if they are from north of the border! Having played in various other bands previously, the guys got together as a five-piece and are now gigging around Northern Ireland, having originated in Newry. They descibe their sound as “straight ahead rock with big riffs and some smooth melodies”. Another band who list an official website but which does not come up when clicked, sadly. Sadly, too, their recording technique leaves something to be desired: the volume on their only song here is very low and makes it a little hard to hear them properly. However, as there's only the one song it goes into the Gold level anyway, as when there's only the one, unless the song is totally rubbish, it automatically gets a Gold rating.
SoundClick artist: a theory of everything (uk) - Rock with a grunge edge. 5 piece rock band from newry, n ireland. Influences are Alice in Chains,
Nationality Irish (Newry)
Genre Rock
Gold Actions to define
A Thousand Daze
A simple description, perhaps worth more in a few lines than a number of paragraphs of self-promotion and explanation: “Four friends, love, hate, fear, anguish, despair, hope, music … art.” Indeed. Al-though... there appear to be five of them in the picture...?
SoundClick artist: a thousand daze - Melodic, progressive, emotional rock and roll
Nationality South African (Johannesburg)
Genre Rock
Gold Now is memory
A Torn Mind
With the unfortunate acronym of ATM, these guys come from the UK and claim to play “a melodic mix of metal and progressive music”, with influences including Genesis, Floyd and Dream Theater. They HAVE a website (
ATORNMIND.COM | Official Website of Prog Rock band A Torn Mind), so I can tell you that they have a lineup that consists of the following:
Grant Kilpatrick: Vocals and Guitar
Chris Hartles: Guitars, Keyboards, Sax
Ryan Anderson: Bass, Vocals
Euan Sked: Drums, Vocals
They have an EP out (how long, I don't know) entitled “Barriers”, and definitely seem to have evolved past their rather limited and basic page on Soundclick. Unfortunately, again, the volume level of their only song here leaves a lot to be desired.
SoundClick artist: A Torn Mind - Melodic Prog
Nationality Scottish
Genre Progressive rock/metal
Gold My mistake
So that's our latest look at the unsigned bands out there, or at least just a tiny section of them. I'll try to make sure I don't leave as long between editions in future. In the meantime, don't forget you can always contact me if you have a band or are an artiste who needs exposure: you don't have to be affiliated with Soundclick or any other site. Just drop me an email or comment on the journal and we can talk.
And now, I go back to whatever it is I do!