Here’s a step-by-step guide to downloading and enjoying 3Sides…
1. Un-zip* the download package. A folder with the name of the 3Side
should appear on your desktop (or other designated download folder)
2. Drop the uncompressed folder onto your iTunes application icon
Colonial Vipers Attack are one of my favorite Minneapolis guitar bands-powerful, noisy, melodic, but light on their feet when the song calls for it. This 3Side marks the premiere of the new model CVA featuring bassist Jeremy Bergo, along with founding members Chris Pavlich, Shawn Grider, and Kris Johnson.
As individuals these guys are all very well known here in Minneapolis- Pavlich for his City Sound rehearsal complex, Shawn for his work with Faux Jean and other bands, Kris J. for his KJaudio amplifiers and Twin Town Guitars, Jeremy for playing with Attention, the Stereo and others. I think it’s time for them to become BEST known for their damned fine rock group!
The Mood Swings - Electrical Beauty 3Sided Single
“Electrical Beauty” is the latest evolutionary step for Minneapolis garage/space/pop band The Mood Swings. The three songs are larger, freakier, tighter and catchier than anything the band has done before. Ashley’s ever-expanding noisemaking chops are very much to the fore, as are her and Sallie’s vocals. Recorded at Flowers Studio, with some odds and ends at Flowers Lab.
Track 1: Nothing New
Slide guitars echo and beams of theremin arch across the skies. Lead vocal by Ashley.
Track 2: No Place to Hide
Storming, proto-punk riff rocker with attitude. Sallie takes the lead.
Track 3: It’s So Easy
The band pays tribute to a core influence, the misunderstood and magnificent Hawkwind. Sallie handles the verses, joined on the choruses by Ashley and the Susstones Community Choir.
“Advance Promotional Cassette” is a 3Side of recordings I’ve made at home recently. I had quite a bit of help from Ed Ackerson, my wife and Astronaut Wife bandmate Janey Winterbauer, and others. Some notes on the songs themselves:
Welcome to 3sidedsingles.com. This project is the result of a series of conversations between me, Ed Ackerson and Paul Kolderie over the past year or so. Between the 3 of us we’ve been fortunate to be involved in music from almost every angle: as fans, collectors, musicians, songwriters, producers. As owners of recording studios, labels and digital agencies.
So this website, this whole idea is meant to do something for everyone: give listeners great music, delivered simply while also giving artists a way to show more than just one side of themselves. Give producers a forum for showcasing projects they love in a low risk way. Create a concept that can be used and extended by others.
The main “product” of this site is the 3Side. Some 3Sides may be free, others may be for sale, but any profit from these releases will go directly to the artists. We’re not creating yet another label or distribution mechanism. This site is about an idea. And it’s one we hope everyone likes and wants to participate in.