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Released: Jul 9, 2011

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stitch by stitch.mp3
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Genre: Indie / Rock
Location STATE COLLEGE, Un
Profile Views: 165014
Last Login: 8/22/2011
Member Since 6/29/2005
Website www.tedmccloskey.com
Record Label Voodoo Cat Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. ..almost sentimental ..Raunch and roll brawlers, acoustic bawlers, and post punk underground all find a home on this seemingly packed away memory box labeled "Almost Sentimental". McCloskey's magnifying glass approach to songwriting begs you to look closer while his knack for sucking a listener into a song within the first ten seconds has never been more refined. ..On it, he explores characters lost and not-likely-found anytime soon; if at all. The songs develop in a series of rapid-fire, pulsating, exposed nerve-endings that hit with focused power, using previously unearthed, glam-influenced, loud, electric guitars, and a stony glare aimed squarely at the target; day-to-day malaise. ..It is also rock n' roll. Nasty, loud, sinewy rock n' roll that makes your ears burn and your legs jittery. ..McCloskey doesn't have the big pocket resources to promote the record properly. You'll probably not stumble across his music on any left-of-the-dial radio stations. Hell, you'd never even know he existed without this little prompting device. All he has is his music, a web place (www.tedmccloskey.com), a couple of very cool self-produced videos, and this MySpace thing. ..If you have been lucky enough to catch him and his crackin' band, the Hi-Fi's, you get the feeling you have seen something special. It's pure energy; it's a "raunch and roll" show that has opened shows for notables such as Alejandro Escovedo and Ryan Adams. If you are not one of the lucky ones, you'll have to settle for the CD's and you won't be sorry. ..Discography: ..One Man Misery Parade (2003)..Sixty Cycle Hum (2004) ..Who's Gonna Listen Anyway (2006) ..Technicolor Thieves (2007) ..One Night Bland (2009) ..Almost Sentimental (2011) ....the last independent record store .. .. .. .. .. ..zombie for rent .. .. .. .. .. ..looking good in the coffin-live january 07 .. .. .. .. .. ..a little mystery-live january 07 .. .. .. .. ..
Members
TED MCCLOSKEY--- vocals, guitars, and other bits of other noise... DARYL BRANFORD--- drums, percussion... RENE WITZKE--- bass, vocals... ..swimming again .. .. .. .. .. ..tilt a whirl .. .. .. .. ..
Influences
dylan, beatles, stones, faces, smiths, replacements, kinks, chuck berry, sly stone, stax, motown, sun records, two-tone records, chess records, factory records, james brown, lucinda williams, television, elmore james, the clash, gram parsons, the jam, xtc, uncle tupelo, hank williams, hoagy carmichael, the ramones, little richard, david milch, charles bukowski, blah, etc, blah...a list of usual and unusual suspects...
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