Music:
Member Since: 10/21/2005
Band Website: palodinemusic.com
Band Members: Michael Aryn, Katrina Whitney, Christopher Hydinger, Christopher Howe
Influences: (Also could be filed under shoegaze, folk, americana/appalachian, rock, and blues) Inspiration has come by way of Nick Cave, P.J. Harvey, Swans, Low, Woven Hand, HBO's "Carnivale" series, murder ballads,victorian hymns, folklore and fairytales, fables, parables, animals, The timeless voices of Emmylou Harris and Johnny Cash, failure, discouragment, hope, the edgy grit of Patti Smith, The Kills, and Sons and Daughters, slow-burning, heavy and dynamic rock bands such as Sigur Ros, Mogwai, and Godspeed You Black Emporer!, the despair and emptiness of Joy Division, the melancholy of The Smiths, courage, commitment, closure, films such as Fargo, Raise The Red Lantern, Black Snake Moan, Pans Labrynth, Life Is Beautiful, The Piano, The Pianist ,The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and Wings Of Desire, directors like David Lynch, Sophia Copella, and The Brothers Quay, The Louvin Brothers, The Brothers Grimm, hand-made treasures, cabinets of curiosities, antique oddities, the open, orchestral songs of A Silver Mt. Zion and Friends of Dean Martinez, numbing grief, true joy, the writings of Flannery O'Connor, Anne Frank and Laura Ingalls Wilder, the poetry of Franz Wright, Sylvia Plath and Eliza R. Snow,harrowing non-fiction such as "The Glass Castle" and "Liars Club", the creation, destruction, martyrdom, prophets, prophecies, premonitions, oaths, trust, betrayal, lust, birds, gardens, the Garden of Eden, the fall of man, serpent handlers, Sacred Harp/shape-note singers, restraint and negative space, the more obscure records of Talk Talk, in-your-face, uncensored intensity, quiet understatment, smokey bars, the clean you smell in the mountains, fire, water, swimming, drowning, sinking, regret, remorse, deep-rooted fears, superstitons, the number seven, the seven deadly sins,the seven seals, winter storms, the comforts of home, a long hot bath, childhood memories, A tree-lined drive, autumn, waiting, getting old, the passing of time, the passing of a loved one, past mistakes, atmospheric, layered music such as My Bloody Valentine, Serena Maneesh, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, and early Pale Saints, unique interiors, dirty cities, dirty secrets, the dirty post-punk bluesabilly of The Black-eyed Snakes, The Black Keys, The Black Angels, disappointment, miracles, overcoming, sincerity, irony, monster truck shows and nude mudwrestling, the swirling psychedelic sounds of The Doors, Spacemen 3, and Spiritualized, the retro low-fi sounds of The Velvet Underground, Galaxy 500 and The Pink Mountaintops, self-indulgence, self-sacrifice, self-depreciation, revolution, revelation, intuition, epiphanies, effigies, serendipidy, jazz and blues from the early 1920's through the late 1940's, old-time folk and country, song-catchers like Harry Smith and Alan Lomax, Indie-Americana acts including Lone Justice, The Knitters, Sixteen Horsepwer, Gillian Welch, Will Oldham, Tarnation, Jessie Sykes, and The Handsome Family, the ten o'clock news, the ten commandments,the television series "Saving Grace", sultry, smokey, female voices such as Marianne Faithful, Hope Sandoval, Beth Gibbons, Stevie Nicks and Chan Marshall, the angelic and otherworldly voice of Elizabeth Frasier, moody, male-fronted bands such as The Tindersticks, The Devestations, The Black Swans, and Angels of Light, gaurdian angels, spirits, hauntings, holy rituals, signs, symbols, Freemasons, temples, judaism, the dead, baptism, burials, mourning, the defeated, the poor, the pure in heart, the sad and shocking foreign expose's of Lisa Ling, Rod Serling, the unexplainable, the unimaginable, the supernatural, out of body experiences, nightmares, fortelling dreams, people who write moving and interesting lyrics such as Tim Buckly, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Nick Drake and Leonard Coen, inadaquacy, anxiety, fugues, phobias, insomnia, schitzophrenia, depression, the depression era, manic-depression, nervous breakdowns, genetic inheritance, bad luck, blessings, infliction, restoraion, the loss of honor, integrity, progression, stagnation, damnation, the experimentalism of Coco Rosie and early His Name Is Alive, tribal drumming, Japanese "Taiko" drumming, middle eastern music, cinematic soundtracks from India, mideaval compositions, Dead Can Dance, dirdges, drones, hurdy-gurdys, organs, unions, divisions and reunions, faith, endurance, questions, being o.k. with not having all the answers, peace, mayhem, natural disasters, the apocalypse, the apocolyptic folk-noir of Current 93 and Death In June, The Bible, The second coming, accidental death, murderous plots, suicide notes, greek tradgedy, vigilantes, coalminers, cabarets, pirates, silent film starlets, eastern-european folk and gypsy music, Tom Waits, Kletzmer music, street preachers, street-merchants, street-performers, circus tents, tent revivals, freak-folk, freaks of nature, the nature of man, the photography of Joel Peter-Witkin and Olivia Parker, the avant-classical music of Arvo Part and Gorecki, chamber-pop, organic goth, bluegrass, blackgrass, a car crash, the ethereal, the ephemeral, traditional Japanese folk, Chinese opera, character studies, singer-storytellers such as Damien Jurado and Bruce Springsteen (Nebraska era), history, innovation, missed opportunities, virtues, vices, temptation, the devil, demons, inccubus, succubus, drugs, addiction, medication, salvation, God's will, the veil between heaven and earth, eternal love, family bonds, family violence, disfunctional families, vicious cycles, maternal instinct, the protection of children, childrens folksongs, nursery rhymes and lullabyes, innocence, discernment, dismemberment, the depths of hell, the light of Christ, desperate prayers, goodwill, evil deeds, dark holes, torture, abuse, neglect, war, work, the mundane, the exquisite, the macabre, the horrific, funeral homes, ghost-towns, thrift-stores, old books, prints and photographs, artists like Joseph Cornell, Frida Khalo, The Starn Twins, and Henry Darger, minimalism, outsider art, The DaDa movement, American Primitive furniture and art, Latino sacred art(retablos and ex-votos paintings,milagros, santos figures,and day of the dead rituals), cathedrals, solitide and places devoid of crowds, intimate conversations, intimacy, sexuality, companionship, loners, lonliness, widows, decisions, accountability, consequences, criminals, guns, prisons, freedom, human rights, the political commentary of "South Park", Government theft and control, deception, misconceptions, outcasts and underdogs, misfits and mocked minorites, the misunderstood, the amish, pilgrims, pioneers, hardships, horse-shoes, the old west, the deep south, the northwest, endless grey days, rain, grace with works, transgression, redemption, worldliness, the pious, mercy, justice, failing health, the frailties of the human condition, and the yearning for home.
Sounds Like: Palodine
Record Label: Tarnished Records
Type of Label: Indie
