Underground Bands and Indie Music Reviews

The Lowdown:

• Genre: Alternative, Rock
• Sound Description: Indie electronica
• Band member(s): Ryan Marshall Lawhon – Electronica, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Vocals and
  Taylor Lawhon-Bass Player
• Website: http://www.whiteappletree.com
• Formed: San Diego

Here is one of his songs, Snow Flakes, plus the lyrics.  Let me know what you think!

Feeling like I know the words
Of a song I haven’t wrote
A song of love, A song of Hope
A song that guides me down this road

A snowflake falls onto my cheek
As I wake up from a distant sleep
I stand up dazed as I look around
What is this place that I have found?

The wind it chills as it fills the sky
The neighbors smile as I walk by
It is all so calm in this cold night air
Where the people sing without care

Though I know not where I step
I follow You untïl the death

Though I know not where I step
I follow You..

Ellen DeGeneres will be announcing, on her show this afternoon, that she is the new full-time judge on American Idol.

I guess I’m confused why they chose Ellen to replace Paula Abdul. Granted, I would take anybody over Paula, but Ellen? Really? I think it’s just a publicity stunt to revamp the image of American Idol, which seems to have been dwindling the past few seasons. The judges get old after awhile. Randy says ‘dawg’ fifteen times, Paula smiles and finds something to compliment, and Simon just throws out something negative to counter-balance Paula’s nauseating peppiness.

So besides the fact that nothing really makes Ellen qualified for judging the voices of the AI contestants,  she’ll probably make the show more entertaining.

In the Venue is a small venue in SLC, located just off I-15. Check out some of their shows coming up:

Sep 13 – “Yeah Yeah Yeahs” at 7:00pm

Sep 25 – “Flogging Molly”at 6:45pm

Oct. 2 – Colbie Caillat at 7:00pm

Oct. 3 – “Thursday” at 8:00pm

Oct. 6 – The AP Tour (Mayday Parade, the Academy Is…, Set Your Goals, the Secret Handshake, and You Me at Six) at 6:00pm

Oct. 21 – “Mae” at 6:30pm

Oct. 28 – Mat Kearney at 7:30pm

I’m stoked for a few of these. And no worries kids,  if you don’t live in SLC I know the AP Tour, among others, will be all over the country in the next few months.

Click Here if you want tickets to any of these shows! Most of them won’t be over $15.