Published by
Sam C. on
June 29, 2009 in
Artist Feature and Download of the Week.
Tags: Brooklyn, fugitive souls, Interpol, Mark Allen, Matt Bellamy, Muse, New York City, Paste Magazine, save Paste magazine, the cure, Webster Hall.
Brooklyn’s
Fugitive Souls are here to serenade you with the dark, romantic melodies on this week’s free download, “Hang On”, off their debut EP,
Strangers. Singer, Mark Allen, formerly of the
The Shapes, delivers an intimate, yet powerful performance akin to
Muse’s Matt Bellamy. Beautiful piano chords punctuate Allen’s vocals while disco rhythms beat across the drummer’s hi-hat. Fans of
The Cure and
Interpol will feel right at home with this band’s approach to melodramtic, yet danceable love songs . If you happen to be in New York City on July 25th you can try catching the band live at the
The Studio at Webster Hall while supporting our friends at
Paste Magazine. Fugitive Souls along with
Mixel Pixel,
Anthem In, and a DJ set from
Brazilian Girls‘ Didi are sure to make for an excellant line up at the upcomming Paste Magazine Benefit Concert.
Published by
admin on
February 22, 2009 in
Artist News.
Tags: another cynthia, Artist, free download, fugitive souls, iphone, Noise Pop 2009, ourstage radio, petrina foley, plushgun, the hush sound.
There is always something new and exciting going on at OurStage and we know it can be hard to stay on top of the best indie music on the web, so we put together an easy 5-step plan to help you brush up on all the latest and greatest:
1) Get your weekly free download:
Every Thursday, we post a new mp3 download from one of the many artists on OurStage. This week, we featured Infiltration (Creeper Mix) by Trifonic. Get the free download here and check back this Thursday for more fresh music.
2) Discover new bands:
We’re always featuring great new artists from the OurStage charts. This week we shared updates, reviews and little-known facts about The Hush Sound, Plushgun, Petrina Foley, Fugitive Souls, and Another Cynthia. Check them out and feel free to comment here with your requests for more artists to feature.
3) Get the OurStage Radio iPhone application
We hope you are one of those lucky people who own an iPhone or and iPod Touch. If you do, we have a new application for you! OurStage Radio is a great way to discover new music on the go, but don’t take my word for it. Mashable recently named it one of the top music applications!
4) Meet your bloggers:
Ever wonder who’s behind the scenes at the OurStage blog? Well, we decided to host a blogger’s version of an open house. Stop on by and say hi, we’d love to know who’s reading all this, too!
5) Get ready for Noise Pop
If you’re living in San Francisco, this is a must read for you! If not, read this anyway, you’re going to learn about some really good bands. The Noise Pop Festival starts this Tuesday and we’ve put together a guide to help you navigate the many venues and schedules as well as a great playlist to sample the Noise Pop sound!
Bands are coming and going all the time, but sometimes we forget that the musicians in them stick around and keep working. The Yardbirds gave birth to Led Zeppelin. Nirvana gave way to The Foo Fighters. The list goes on. The pace of this is just as rapid with independent bands on OurStage. Two bands in particular have been shaken up recently but their musicians are getting ahead in the world anyway: The Shapes and Oddway.
Oddway was OurStage’s first Grand Prize Winner, back in March of 2007. They also won one other channel and had four Top 10 finishes. As an early OurStage celebrity, they got a lot of attention after doing so well on the site right out of the gates. After July 2007 though, the band had had enough and frontwoman Petrina Foley backed out-but she’s definitely better for it. She is now running a very successful solo career as an Americana singer/songwriter. She’s #1 in the Americana channel as of publishing time, and she also won the September 2008 Americana channel. She played in the Boston Showcase Night at The Paradise Rock Club in November after that, and is continuing to rise on her great merits as a singer/songwriter.
One of the other early runaway successes on OurStage was
Brooklyn-based dance rock band The Shapes. Already established in New York City,
The Shapes joined OurStage and quickly took off, with three Channel wins in 2007 and six top 10 placements in 2007, and more in 2008. Unfortunately, The Shapes would break up at the end of 2008.
Singer Mark Allen would quickly form a new band with some friends, called Fugitive Souls. As a clear testament to musical talent, early versions of some of their songs on OurStage immediately charted in the Top 50 in their channel – Including two Top 50 tracks in their first month alone. To have so much immediate success so quickly is a sure sign that big things are coming to the new Fugitive Souls.
Know any other success stories of reborn bands? Share them in the comments.
