Metal, funk, jam, grunge, classical, philosophy

"'Music makes the people come together. Yeah.' -Madonna" 
-Joe Froeber

Patrick Aprea is the new generation of blues & soul musicians. Aiding in the preservation of music with a message of the story and struggle, Aprea has continued the long-lived journey to understanding how sounds can penetrate the deepest caverns of human emotion & stimulate action. Heavy influences from funk, pop, R&B, hip-hop, rock and blues; he will continue to forge his own style.

Debut album LATEST HITS coming in March 2015!

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A collection of pieces, field recordings, and works in progress.

Ian Battenfield Headley works with field recordings and electroacoustic music. His music has been described as, exploring the, ”beautiful dichotomies between organic recordings and processed sounds that imitate each other,” (Weird Ear Records), and “strikingly visceral, three-dimensional” (New Music Box).

Osaka Street Cutter is a fundamentalist Christian rock band from Scottsdale, Arizona. 

…just kidding, nobody really knows what they are. Their music is like if the Keebler elves went to IHOP and ordered tapas, or if Billy Corgan sat on Rupert Murdoch’s lap and told him what he wanted for Christmas (Rosetta Stone – the Tagalog version).

The truth is that Osaka doesn’t have one specific way to describe their sound. Combining musical vocabularies that include piano pop, boisterous New Orleans parade jazz, fiery salsa and 90’s emo (Osaka cries a lot), their songs are etched from memorable melodies and infectious rhythm.

They match serious lyrics to hooks that are poppy to the point of elation, conveying a degree of snarkiness that results from being twenty-somethings living in Boston. Osaka takes the arrogant disaffection everyone has but doesn’t want to admit and hurls it back in your face. Their high energy performances compel you to stomp-clap stomp-stomp-clap and shout along to songs like “Noisy Stabber” such that first-timers think it’s a cover of a song they’ve never heard.

Osaka has kicked off sets with “The Star-Spangled Banner” played on a melodica, with straight faces, hands over their hearts and showing such seriousness that the room was pretty much forced to sing-along. It’s about inviting 60 friends to their show at a house they don’t even live in. The residents, unaware of what’s going on, come home from work and think “what the hell?” but can’t help but go along with it. Osaka is that compelling.

John Godfrey: keys, bass and vocals 
Adrian Aiello: guitar and vocals
Dan Garrity: guitar, bass, keys, saxophone, vocals 
Adam Salameh: drums and percussion
Evan Spetrini: trombone and vocals

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