Our video for “Used to Be” is being was featured at the Milwaukee Film Festival during an evening dedicated to music and film partnerships.
Here’s a video feature on the directors Jessica and Quinn, who did such an amazing job and made us feel like family.
http://musemke.com/blog/2016/9/23/not-just-for-la-mke-film-w-jessica-farrell-quinn-hester
We did one of these last year in Milwaukee and it was fun but not nearly as epic as the Indianapolis version. A flash flood rolled through Broadripple about 2 hours before the show. Power was out and it seemed like we’d have to cancel but thankfully everything sorted itself out in time for a great show. Plus, I got to see some family which was a bonus. I’m that Uncle who is also a rock star, haha!
(Edit: 23-10-16. The video is up! https://youtu.be/zmtSG4c6SPQ)
DMC is packing up the van, grabbing some snacks and heading out for a quick 10 days around the Midwest.
Don’t worry about preseason football or the impending end of this gorgeous Summer, just come out and see us and have some fun!
For a purpose yet unknown
But the bullets they were thrown
Starting up a fire in Milwaukee
Gasoline is burning bright
Silhouettes run in the light
And your heart breaks in two for another
Another mother sits at home
She is waiting all alone
Cause her boys not coming home tonight
They say “he had a gun”
They ask “why did he run?”
Driving with a stolen gun Milwaukee
But its really not the case
When the law gives to the chase
Is it Judge, Jury, and Execution in Milwaukee?
Gasoline is burning bright
Silhouettes run in the light
And your heart breaks in two for another
Another mother sits at home
She is waiting all alone
Cause her boys not coming home tonight
Gasoline is burning bright
Silhouettes run in the light
And your heart breaks in two for another
Another mother sits at home
She is waiting all alone
Cause her boys not coming home tonight
Cause her boys not coming home tonight
Why’s her boy not coming home tonight?
It’s Alive! haha
Stream and Download Fuel The Lights, the new album by Devil Met Contention today!
https://devilmetcontention.bandcamp.com/alb…/fuel-the-lights
Or you can find them on Spotify, Itunes, Youtube and everywhere digital music is sold.
Also, a HUGE thank you to Milwaukee Record for the exclusive early stream and kind words about the new music. We love our local press!
http://milwaukeerecord.com/music/exclusive-suit-devil-met-contentions-debut-full-length-fuel-lights/
After about a year of various sessions and a single release last year of “Summertime”, this release is ready for the world. It was an honor to join Victor DeLorenzo, Janet Schiff, Rob Wasserman, Monia and more special guests by contributing drum set and percussion to this release. If time and venues permit, I may even get to join V & J onstage in the future to play some of these tunes live!.
We shot this beauty last year on a warm Summer day and it’s only fitting that we release it today and give Spring a little boost. This is the lead track off of our new release entitled ” Fuel the Lights” which will be out in June.
You can view the video and download the digital single via our Bandcamp page.
It’s that time of year and we’re off to Anaheim. I’ll be in SoCal from Wednesday through Sunday so I hope to see some old friends and make some new ones. If you see me, say hi!
Back in November of 2015 DMC was invited to take part in a live loft recording series called Hear Here Presents. It was a blast and you can hear folks from the crew and other bands that took part in the evening’s sessions. I played this show all hopped up on flu medicine but at least my hair looked good!
From a gear perspective, I was trying out some new Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple drums (snare and floor tom) along with a Taye Studio Birch kick with the Woodshed Percussion logo head. Those sick 16″ hihats are Impression Dark series. So slinky good! And don’t forget the cool Big Fat Snare drum snare-bourine to get that fat 70s thump on the third track.
Watch and Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXwPKM0VrXs
Found out recently that Host Ben Keefer and the good people at IPR posted audio of our November visit to the Java Blend program. They record the show live in the back room of a very small coffee house on a very small stage (as you can see by the pic.)
I played the whole show using VF Tala Wands but my Yamaha Tour Series drums and Impression cymbals sounded pretty darn good. It was tough to get a feel for how loud the loops were since the show goes direct to hard disk but I balanced it the best I could. That’s showbiz!
Listen Here: Dickie combines dark content with light pop
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