The Mercy Lounge filled up on Thursday night as three bands from three different cities came together to provide an impeccable night of music.The first of 3 is one of the best local artists in town, Madi Diaz (pictured above). With her extremely talented and well rehearsed band, Madi Diaz has developed a sound that is full, yet allows her beautiful vocals to sit perfectly within her highly emotive pop songs. In addition to performing many of my favorite songs off of her latest record, Ten Gun Salute, Diaz also featured several new songs off of her upcoming full length release, which she is currently tracking at Smoakstack Studios here in Nashville. If you live in Nashville and haven't been out to see Madi Diaz, make it the number one item on your list of things to do, and once you see her, you will be so happy that you did.
Once Madi Diaz and her band finished up their set, Wild Sweet Orange took the stage. Wild
Sweet Orange is a five piece band from Birmingham which consists of bass, drums, 3 guitars, and 5 band members that can sing. The fact that there were 3 guitar players, and at least 3 people singing for the majority of the set, provided the band the opportunity to create some deep and intricate textures within their folk-rock sound. As Wild Sweet Orange brought their set to a close, I walked backstage to hang out with Madi and her band for a moment as we waited for the final act to take the stage, Roman Candle.Roman Candle, based out of my hometown Chapel Hill, NC, brought new meaning to the word "rock" with lead
singer Skip taking the stage by force with his high energy stage maneuvers which consisted of some pretty impressive jumps and spins, as well as man-handling of the mic stand; all of which only served to add to the band's catchy indie rock and roll sound. While the band is based out of my hometown, this was actually my first encounter with their live show. As I stated above I was very impressed with their level of energy, but what I was also impressed with was the band's control over their dynamics and the accessibility of their songs. Being one of several hundred that were in attendance at the show on Thursday, it was fun to watch dedicated fans singing along with most every word out of Skip's mouth. Also, another point of note is that this band has been extremely busy recording, when not on the road, releasing 3 EPs and 1 full length album in the past year. While the band is done touring for 2009, you can find out about tour announcements from their website or myspace.Links:
www.myspace.com/madidiaz
www.myspace.com/wildsweetorange
www.myspace.com/romancandle
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