The Soda Shop Needs Help
As Jake posted on Facebook a few days ago, we’re looking for help. Him and I focus a lot on the rock side of things and we tend to neglegt the doom and sludge portion. Because of that we’re looking for a contributor or two to help add give those two other genres a little bit more exposure. Here is what we’re looking for:
Some writing experience preferred but not required. Please submit a few samples of your work. Samples may be cut and paste into an email, a URL or any other form.
We’re looking for people passionate about the doom and sludge genres of music. If you don’t absolutley love doom and sludge then still feel free to submit but keep in mind that doom and sludge is out top priority.
Must have both a Facebook and WordPress account. Knowledge of both also required. No HTML experience required but it certainly doesn’t hurt.
Contributors will be required to review doom and sludge albums and post the reviews on The Soda Shop blog and post links on The Soda Shop Facebook page. Whenever possible, post about doom and sludge related news onto the blog and Facebook page. Keep in mind, this is more or less done in your spare time. You put in what time you can and contribute as much as you can. We aren’t looking for someone that’s going to post something once every few months, please don’t bother if you’re that type.
Now this doesn’t pay money. We’re all as broke as the next person. We can pay you by giving you our thanks and from time to time, free music. Look at it as more of a way to unleash some of your creative side. We’re not as big as Rolling Stone so we don’t see they type of traffic and submissions they do. Perhaps with your help though we can get there.
After all that your still interested, well send an email to bill.goodman@thesodashop.us with your name and samples.
Swedish Sunday – Blowback
Welcome back to Swedish Sunday, a new feature here at The Soda Shop. We hope you enjoyed last week’s introduction of the feature with the impressive Graveyard, a great band to start off with, I must admit. This week, we are featuring a band out of Örebro, Blowback.
Blowback’s story begins long before their formation in 2004. According to their website, Seb and Stefan played together in several bands over the course of 10-13 years, and then they started jamming with Chris around 8 years ago. In 2004, the band officially formed when they added on drummer, Henke.
With a background in rock music, the band started off true to classic rock with a release of a 5 song EP in 2005. It wasn’t until 2006 and the split release with Asteroid on Fuzzorama Records that they mixed their classic rock sound with stoner rock that we continue to hear in their music today. In 2008, we saw the band’s first full-length release, MorningWood, that allowed them to tour in Europe and grow as musicians. All of this culminated into their latest album, 2009’s Eight Hundred Miles. With their latest album, they are well on their way to reaching their goal of making a mark across the world.
They’ve certainly caught our attention.
Stefan – vocals
Seb – guitar
Chris – bass
Henke – drums
EP (2005)
- Screaming My Name
- Lady in Black
- Troll
- I Lost My Mind
- Insanity
Split (w/Asteroid) (2006)
Fuzzorama Records
- Holy Skies
- Autumn Leaf
- Fairys Dance
- Cosmic Dust
- The Arquitect
- Invisible Touch
Morning Wood (2008)
- Kamasutra
- Sleeping Widow
- Eclipse of the Antropoid
- Insanity
- Yesterday is Gone
- Living
- Lazy
- Phase One and Two
- After the Sun
- Holy Skies (Live)
- Eclipse of the Antropoid (Live)
- Living (Live)
Eight Hundred Miles (2009)
Transubstans Records
- The Only Thing I Have
- The Big Black Hole
- No Soul
- Butterfly
- Dead Mans Blues
- Fool
- Crossroad
- Away from the Planet
- Water in My Wine
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