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All City Affairs

New COVERS blog - acawriteoff.wordpress.com

About Me

ALL CITY AFFAIRSPeter Andreadis’ work as All City Affairs begs a distinction between contemporary and modern music. Modern music explores what it means to be alive Here and Now, whenever that Now might be, and wherever the hell Here is. Contemporary music just happens to exist in the moment, content to rely on whatever’s popular at the time: melisma, cynicism, bling, without asking too many questions or prompting them either (basically, everything described in ACA’s "Fake Soul Singer").All City Affairs is as fun, catchy, and urban as anything contemporary, while remaining thoroughly modern in scope. Andreadis’ extensive knowledge of samples and programming, as well as a wide variety of popular music, makes for a vibrant mash of rock, funk, reggae, post-rock, jazz, and hip-hop influences. The live recorded instrumentation of drums, horns, strings, guitars, also keeps the sound rooted, as tangible and honest as dance-floor sweat.And you will dance. All City Affairs reclaims the word "entertainment", washing it clean of the dirty connotations it has accrued from years of soulless abuse. Onstage, Andreadis performs solo, accompanied by his pre-recorded works. He spins, dances, leaps, bows, kneels, and commands a swinging microphone like a brown-locked Roger Daltrey. Best of all, the gimmick/kitsch level is nil. Though the songs are full of tongue-in-cheekiness, they are also possessed of an earnestness and humanity that are irrefutable, especially when witnessed in the flesh. Contemplating consumerism, media saturation, self-identity, and the accidental death of a high school football player has never been this much fun."Bees" on Pop Matters best "singer/songwriter" albums of 2006! "Bees" on Looking At Them’s best of 2006! Read a review of Bees at PopMatters.com Read a review of Bees at Decapolis.comRead the interview at MundaneSounds.com Read the interview at Looking At Them

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/6/2005
Band Website: allcityaffairsmusic.com
Band Members: I also play drums in Baby Teeth. Check us out at www.myspace.com/babyteethmusic.

Influences: Paul McCartney, Radiohead, and Dr. Dre.
Sounds Like: Identity Theft

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Record Label: Lujo Records (www.lujorecords.com)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ACA "Write Off" blog!

Hey there!There is a new All City Affairs mp3 blog at this address: http://acawriteoff.wordpress.com.The blog is called "Write Off" and is focused on posting cover songs performed and arranged by All ...
Posted by All City Affairs on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:02:00 PST

Muffin Man

I don't know how many hours I logged into this song, but it's probably around 40 or 50! This is a version from about a year or so ago. I've worked on a handful of other versions since then and decided...
Posted by All City Affairs on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:31:00 PST

Audio quality

So are you like me and have been listening to your iPod or mp3 player in the car or out of a stereo or with headphones on a lot lately? Have you not listened to CDs or vinyl in a while?Well, I have a ...
Posted by All City Affairs on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:09:00 PST

Lujo Halloween comp

Lujo records has released another special compilation in honor of another one of our favorite holidays, Halloween--and it's their best yet! Included on the comp are 19 exclusive tracks of Lujo bands c...
Posted by All City Affairs on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:13:00 PST

Lyrics

I've always thought that the hardest part of writing songs is the lyrics. Melodies come really easy to me, structures too. But putting lyrics on songs seems to make them permanent and therefore hold s...
Posted by All City Affairs on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:02:00 PST

New cover songs

So I've kept on working up cover songs in the midst of trying to work on a new album of originals and here's 4 more that I've finished. Let me know what you think. I had a good time doing them and it'...
Posted by All City Affairs on Thu, 24 May 2007 12:06:00 PST

Cover songs and writer's block

If you're reading this post I hope you've listened to the new cover songs I have on this page. A couple of months ago I was stuck in a period of writer's block and didn't know what to do with myself. ...
Posted by All City Affairs on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:14:00 PST

Insound and Lujo Records contest!

Lujo Records and Insound want you to get loaded.That's right, loaded. But we're not talking money or (illegal)substances, we're talking MUSIC in the formof a brand spankin' new iPOD SHUFFLEpreloaded w...
Posted by All City Affairs on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:12:00 PST

Lujo Records needs you!!!

Here's a message from the nice folks at Lujo Records who put out my newest CD and will be releasing the next Baby Teeth record in 2007:Hello, we are putting a street team together and need all of you ...
Posted by All City Affairs on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:08:00 PST

Happy birthday to me (I'm sick)

Well, I turned 30 this past Monday and I feel great! Actually, I know I will feel great when I get past this bug that is trying to get a hold of me right now. It's clogging my chest and giving me a wi...
Posted by All City Affairs on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 06:16:00 PST