Myspace Act of the Week's from January - Portrait Magazine, February 2010 Issue

Myspace Act of the Week's from January 2010

If you missed them the first time around you can catch up on the various awesome Musicians featured in our weekly updated 'Myspace Act of the Week' Column in January, below.



Slim Twig
Max Turnbull created the persona of Slim Twig to be able to perform in a different way, an original way. Here’s the thing you need to know about Slim Twig: most of the time, people either love his originality or hate his “noise” because he is hard to define. His sound is undeniably unique. While he has his music classified as “rockabilly” on his MySpace, I would say it leans more toward the electonica end of the spectrum, without ever going the way of having a thumping club sound or techno whirl...
Article by: Moriah
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Kill hannah
Chicago natives Mat Devine, Greg Corner, Dan Wiese, and more recently Elias Malin make up the underground supergroup known as Kill Hannah. Although the band was formed over ten years ago, their music has remained fairly underground. That is, until now...

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The Sequel
The Sequel is Matthew Bair, and I find it a miracle that he still isn‘t signed to a major record label, at least not according to his MySpace page. His music even appeared in a 2008 episode of One Tree Hill, which is usually the ticket to a singer’s success these days. Of course, according to his blog entries, a CD and tour are coming up, and he has been playing shows this year with the same band, so it is possible that he’s just been keeping all the behind the scenes info relatively quiet...
Article by: Amanda
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Every Avenue
Loads of great musicians have come from Michigan- Madonna, Alice Cooper, Eminem, and Diana Ross are among them. The newest addition to the list comes from Marysville, and goes by the name of Every Avenue. Although they've only been a band for a few years, they have already been making waves in the music business...
Article by: Amanda
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