TWISTED APPLE RECORDS SAMPLER
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Radio Underground - Palace of Tears
From the forthcoming album, Dark and Getting Darker. Radio Underground is Arty LaVigne (guitar and lead vocals), Mark Christensen (lead guitar and vocals), Chris Simard (bass) and Andrew Bedard (drums). RU has been a part of the Northern Vermont music landscape for years with lots of gigs and even more miles under their belt.
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Bardela - The Crow
From their recent EP “Sky”. Jeff Barrows (“BAR” – bass), Cooie DeFrancesco (“DE” – rhythm guitar and vocals), Arty LaVigne (“LA” – rhythm guitar and vocals), Dave Simpson (drums) and Mark Christensen (lead guitar). Recorded before Dave was officially drafted into the ranks, the tracks on Sky feature Zack LaVigne on drums.
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Stone Document - GaneshaDotGod
From their second album (and last as a trio), Too Red For The Room. Dennis Tirch (guitar and realtime looping), Mike Roze (acoustic drums and V-Drums) and Mark Christensen (Chapman Stick and realtime looping). The entire album was improvised and recorded in an afternoon not long after Dennis and Mark performed (and sharpened their listening skills) in Italy with Robert Fripp and The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists.
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LaVigne and Christensen - Save Me
From the album Tomorrowland, a collection of songs they were working on as their band the John Tower Group was dissolving (some of which went on to become Radio Underground staples). Rediscovered, reconsidered, remastered and finally released in 2017.
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Ghost Ghost - Hey Princess
Ghost Ghost were Brooklyn’s indie freak-folk/rock band that displayed a flair for literary references (their album No Clothes On Ragged Island was entirely about the life of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay) and proudly included a painter (Charlie Kemmerer) and video/projection artist (Tim Bartlett) as part of their gigging team. The band was the brainchild of Kevin Peckham (bass, synths and vocals) and Karl Ward (guitar, drums, looping and vocals) with Mark Christensen (lead guitar and looping) rounding out the team.
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Stone Document - Cinema Colliseo
Re-invented as a duo, Dennis and Mark experimented with using improvisation as a compositional diving board. I Was Here is the result (and their most recent release).
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John Tower Group - Trace
The John Tower Group was at one time Vermont’s other jam band and the birthplace of Mark and Arty’s 20+ year musical partnership. This is from their second album Good Sad Story and features the last official line up of Mike Colbourn (lead guitar and vocals), Arty LaVigne (rhythm guitar and vocals), Mark Christensen (bass and Chapman Stick) and Zack LaVigne (drums).
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