Soup of the Day #23: Rain Over St. Ambrose- Chemtrails of Happiness

A week after Curtis LeBlanc told his son Cory he’d rather see him be the frontman in a band than stuck behind the drums for the rest of his life, he suffered a massive heart attack and died. The next day, Cory LeBlanc (once the drummer for Jon McKiel, Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees, and others) packed up his kit and picked up his guitar.

Assembling a band with his brother, Curt, and some of Yarmouth’s best up-and-coming musicians, Cory christened Rain Over St. Ambrose – a testament to the weather on the day of their father’s funeral – and began churning out pop-rock anthems.

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Chemtrails of Happiness is the intro track on their new Overton Window EP. Airy yet pleasantly eerie, the track will paint murals of crisply executed indie-pop throughout the cities between your ears.

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Free Album: Spanish Prisoners- Gold Fools

Ever since "chillwave" crashed onto the internet shoreline, there has been a flood of bands fronted by midi controller pounding posers that are in love with layered vocals. Despite their strength in numbers, a lot of these bands lack the chops and charisma to pull of engaging music like their predecessors, but I did recently find a shiny golden nugget of sound blossoming out of the bricks of Bushwick.


Spanish Prisoners are a rising indie rock quartet from Brooklyn, New York that mix hazy, ethereal electronic sounds with psychedelic vocals and dreamy instrumentation. Leo Maymind fronts their floaty faction and sometimes is accompanied by Amberly Hungerfor's delicate back up lungs to add body to their clouds of noise. Their debut album, Gold Fools, released last month for free on their bandcamp site, holds nine tracks of a trend captured and cultivated rather than mirrored and mauled. Instead of sounding like yet another New York dream-psych band, Spanish Prisoners shuffled through the shackles and emerged a free band with hands and mouths full of authentic gold.

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Gold Fools is one of those albums that is better understood and consumed by listening to it all the way through, but you can listen to two singles on BandSoup by clicking the link above. You can also download the album in full by visiting the link below.

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Video: LaTina Webb- Betcha

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LaTina is a seasoned professional singer and songwriter who first got her big break touring the world with the legendary El Debarge. LaTina is currently singing on stages across the globe with the one and only Maxwell, who adores her special mixture of style and grace, with a touch of spice. LaTina’s up-tempo pop sound has also harmonized easily with everyone from Barry White, Brandy, Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake, Macy Gray, Eric Benet, and Jodi Watley.

Her first single from Toes in the Sand is called “Betcha” from which she has created a very alluring music video with a sweet, heartfelt story line. LaTina is fun lovingly “hands on” with her solo career as she takes part in every aspect from PR, to styling, to the production of her own music video “Betcha.”

LaTina Webb is one to watch, and also learn from, as she will soon be releasing a bi-weekly web series on her YouTube Channel in which she demonstrates personal tips on everything from singing, to song writing, to cooking in her own cozy little kitchen at home. LaTina is also a philanthropist at heart and plans to eventually open her own foundation that uses music as a vehicle to heal people and raise money for children. As LaTina puts it - “Life Hurts, Music Heals.” Her solo debut album “Toes In The Sand” is an escape from the every day. LaTina’s music is filled with fun pop jams that make you move, and sexy sultry sounds that make you groove.

Video: Face of Man- Future Half

Here is the first video from New York based experimental pop outfit, Face of Man. Directed by Christian Kamongi, Music by Face of Man (Alex Silva, Doug Berns, Jesse Chevan, Coleman Moore), Starring Cosima Travis and Alex Silva.

Formed at Columbia University in 2010, Face of Man performs an odd brand of bastard pop, one that blends shifting meters, layered, active guitar lines, jazzed falsetto vocals, electronic elements, and heavy percussive energy. Lyrically the songs tend to veer between a fixation on passionate love on the one hand, and mystical love on the other, often blurring distinctions with surrealist flair. Face of Man strives to make music that bridges the gap between pubescent girls and aging musicophiles.

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60 Second Review: A Record of Hate

When people think about the state of New Hampshire, what do they picture? Cows? Farms? Country folk? Certainly not the most brutal band their ears will ever hear. That’s exactly what A Record of Hate is. Hailing from Manchester, New Hampshire, this Death/Thrash Metal band are pumping out a sound that would force the most seasoned vets in the metal world to do a double take. If there were ever a soundtrack to the zombie apocalypse, “This Is War” would be it. Vocalist Tyler Smith spews out the most gut wrenching growls that sound like they come straight from the depths of hell. “Evil” is the second of three tracks released so far and the drum work alone is enough to make your head explode. “Evil” also displays brilliantly fast guitars with an unexpected solo that breaks up the song nicely.

To put it bluntly, AROH scares the shit out of me and I love it.

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Video: Intuition- Old Enough

Here is Intuition's new song and video "Old Enough". This is a J6Ahn music video brought to you by Knocksteady. Song produced by Equalibrum.

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Wines That Rock

No, we did not get paid to advertise this. I just thought it was a cool idea for music fans for the upcoming holiday season. The Police, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, and Woodstock? Awesome.

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Welcome to a new revolution in wine or as we like to call it - The Official Wine of Rock n' Roll

This is not your typical wine experience. Not your typical wine labels. These are tapestries from the rock vaults. Classic, iconic album art that’s part of your musical DNA. And we're just gettin started. In the upcoming months keep your eyes out for more classic pairings of great tasting wines and your all time favorite Rock 'n Roll artwork.

As passionate wine lovers and die-hard music fans, we've created the ultimate blending of two worlds. Our mission is to produce a new category of wine:

"Great Tasting Wines Inspired by Music"

With classic tracks from The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and The Woodstock Festival blasting in the cellar, our winemaker crafted custom wines for each of these legendary brands - blending one-of-a-kind wines with Rock ‘n Roll mythology. 

Our catalog of wines starts with The Rolling Stones Forty Licks Merlot, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon Cabernet Sauvignon,Woodstock Chardonnay and The Police Synchronicity Red Blend.

New Rock Videos

Today we have three new videos from three different exciting BandSoup bands: Wheeler Brothers, Drgn King, and The Nico Blues. 

Wheeler Brothers- Home for the Holidays

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The first video is from the Austin, Texas based quintet, Wheeler Brothers, from their latest album, Portraits. Now until December 8th, head over to their facebook page to enter our "Home For the Holidays" video contest.

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Drgn King- Paragraph Nights

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This is the title track from DRGN KING's upcoming record, Paragraph Nights, out December 2011. Directed by Dan King.

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The Nico Blues- Same Old Song (Live)

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The Nico Blues get invited to a Village Basement Session.

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