Local Music Alert!!!!! -Downright Music and Art: Community Unity Festival

If you have no plans this afternoon/evening I would highly recommend heading over to Collinsville to Downright Music and Art. They are holding their Community Unity Day downtown and there is going to be great music, friendly people, and beautiful art. Music starts right at 1 with Vortex featuring Jeff of The Mclovins(one of the first bands blogged about here) and there will be a lot more music all day! Artists will have work up for show and The Flatbread Company will be providing yummy organic pizza! So do yourself a favor and get to Downright today, it's free so whaddya waitin for?!

LOCAL MUSIC ALERT!!!! - The Mclovins

Connecticut's favorite teen band 'The Mclovins' have put out a new song and video on youtube. OA previously wrote about this group(Here). These 15 and 16 year olds are simply amazing. The lead guitarist has the ability to play like Trey Anastasio and he can't even drive a car. I was able to catch them in Collinsville a few months ago, and they are 100% legit. They have already been featured in such magazines as Rolling Stone, Relix, and Jamtopia and are really making a name of themselves.

The new song out from these youngsters is called 'Tokyo Tea'. It's an 8 minute funktastic jam. The only thing I would change is the lead singer drummer. I don't hate his voice, I just think its more natural when the drummer is not singing. It also allows the drummer to focus on drumming, which is a hard enough task. However, he does a great job of balancing both vocals and keeping the beat. This band will be huge, if not, at least the members will all move on to be successful in the music business. Next show I will be checking out will be at good 'ol Infinity Hall in Norfolk. You can buy tix for that show in Feb--> Here The show is in may!

Enjoy the vid!

LOCAL MUSIC ALERT!!!!

The Mclovins are a group made of three teenage rock prodigies from Connecticut that made it famous on YouTube. They posted a popular cover of Phish's 'You Enjoy Myself' here that was circulated on Phish message boards. These kids can jam! Phish phans claimed the guitarist looks like Mclovin from Superbad. He really does...and so the name was born.

Last night 'The Mclovins' dropped their 'Virtual Circle' EP featuring two new tracks and clocking in at almost 15 minutes. These songs are bound for a full length album planned for Summer 2010, a quick follow-up to their August '09 debut 'Conundrum' which you can buy here.
If you are in the Hartford area, be sure to check them out at Sully's Pub this Saturday