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Tin Can Telephone cd release on Saturday
The final four bands are set to battle this week in the 2008 Canal Street Tavern Dayton Band Playoffs. (Go to www.canalstreettavern.com)
This got me thinking about some of my favorite bands that I first discovered while covering past Dayton Band Playoffs.
One of those bands was heavy rockers and former playoff runner-ups Side Show.
As is often the story of good Dayton bands, Side Show is no longer playing.
However, I recently discovered that Side Show’s former front man and guitarist Parris Graves has a new project.
He is now fronting the dark, heavy, and extremely experimental 5-piece Tin Can Telephone.
“Tin Can Telephone is very patient and open ended,” said Graves. “Very few of the songs even have definite arrangements.”
Sounding like a heavier version of Pink Floyd or the Stooges, Tin Can Telephone incorporates ambient keyboards, a violin, and even a clarinet into a rock format.
“You could call us a jam-band except much darker and a lot heavier than any other jam-band I have seen around here,” said Graves.
Tin Can came together nine months ago when Graves joined up with ex-members from the Dayton rock band Freezerburn.
“When we began jamming we recorded all our practices,” said Graves. “We would go back and listen to the tapes and write songs out of our jam sessions.”
Tin Can Telephone will release a new live recording this Saturday, August 30th, when the band plays at Canal Street Tavern.
The album is titled Super Ultra Mega Live at the Chron-barn and is 45 minutes of edit-free music.
“The only editing that was done to our live cd was volume adjustments,” said Graves. “Everything else is the way it is.”
Also catch Tin Can Telephone at WO Wrights on September 5th and at Urban Nights on September 12.
Visit the band at www.myspace.com/tincantelephone321 for more show info and to hear tracks from the new album.
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