You Heard it First: New Music Spotlight on…. THE NOD!
Since The Z Report has gone online, we’ve been flooded with emails from bands all over the world requesting us to review their material. As former recording artists ourselves, we know how hard it is to get a any kind of foothold in the biz… and these days, it’s even harder than ever to get your voice heard!! So we at the Z have decided to make it one our missions to support these artists and provide a venue for all the dreamers who, despite the great odds, decide to pick up an instrument and scream into the void.
So without any further ado, we introduce our new feature… You Heard it First!
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Artist: The Nod
Album: Easy, Maverick
Website: http://thenodmusic.bandcamp.com/
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Out of the wiles of Wisconsin, The Nod’s sound crackles with a refreshing energy that’s both contagiously melodic and intellectual. Driven by the fuzzerific guitar work and laconic vocal stylings of lead singer Brett Newski (he also took on drum duties as well) and underpinned by the rubbery groove of bassist and co-writer, Eric Maloney, they are a compelling combination of Pavement, Jonathan Richman and the Minutemen. Their slice of life songs are filled to the brim with the kind of humor, unconventional syncopated rhythms and chord progressions of the early post-punk era. Tunes like the jittery, “Lie in all Honesty” and ragged melancholy of “News” will make you think you’re listening to an album released on IRS Records in 1981.
In his email to us, Brett Newski, somewhat cheekily declared The Nod to be the “purest rock and roll out there”, and after listening to it with more than a fair amount of incredulity, we officially declare his hyperbolic decree to be not so far off the mark!
Be sure to check out their website, and show them some much deserved support.
Sounds pretty nice. Happy hooks. Will catch em’ July 16 in Chicago. Elbo Room.