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The Chad Sipes Stereo

Straight-up pop. Not hipster pop. -Manny Theiner

About Me

The Chad Sipes Stereo is pleased to announce the release of The Soft Center of the City, the group’s second album and a follow up to 2006’s A Working Life. For The Soft Center of the City, the band decided to honor a new raw sound by recording the album in their personal studio/rehearsal space in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The Soft Center of the City combines Chad Sipes’ distinctive vocal style with Erik Cirelli’s soaring guitar and Paul Smith’s explosive rhythms. Sipes, Cirelli and Smith put on their producing hats, and hired Barak Shpiez of Spearhead Audio to engineer the record. The band recorded twelve tracks over four days in January 2007. Thematically, The Soft Center of the City is a departure from A Working Life. The new album examines troubled relationships between men and women through aptly titled songs such as “The Crooked Strait,” “The Crutch,” and “Beautiful Divide.” Sipes also uses humor to reflect on character struggles, as in “The Sound of the Suburbs,” a raucous, jazz-tinged examination of suburban America’s search for individuality and uniqueness. With thoughtful, poetically practical lyrics and sharp, white-hot instrumentation, The Soft Center of the City captures The Chad Sipes Stereo at their eclectic best. -Jeffrey Martin
Also Available: THE CHAD SIPES STEREO: A Working Life
Video for "Sound of the Suburbs" live at The Birmingham Bridge Tavern courtesy of Lockerman Studios

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/22/2005
Band Website: chadsipes.com
Band Members: Erik Cirelli - Guitar

Paul Smith- Drums, backing vocals, sweatshirts

Chad Sipes- Lead vocals, bass, hammer
Influences: Conspiracy theories and the fear of failure.
Sounds Like: A Bad Pipes Scenario.
Record Label: Booking: Red Management([email protected])
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Answers to the Disease Match-up!

ok, here are the answers to last weeks trivia-1. Androgenic Alopecia - Frank Black (E)Androgenic Alopecia is male-pattern baldness. I tried to be a little too tricky there, b/c a lot of the others ar...
Posted by The Chad Sipes Stereo on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:49:00 PST

Match the musician with the illness!

Super Disease Match-up! Match the musician with the disease/illness. 1.  Androgenic Alopecia 2. Lyme Disease 3.Vitiligo 4. Bipolar Disorder 5. Paralysis 6. Tinnitus 7. Amblomyopia 8. Esophageal c...
Posted by The Chad Sipes Stereo on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:30:00 PST

Where have all the blogs gone?

I'm pretty sick of myspace right now. I've been spending more time with chadsipes.com, posting my thoughts and updates on there. Eric and I still check myspace, but I would like to encourage everyon...
Posted by The Chad Sipes Stereo on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:53:00 PST

USA vs. England

Let's see where you all stand in the ol' US of A vs. England music game.Choose your favorite from each category1. Bruce Springsteen vs. Joe Strummer2. Ted Leo vs. Billy Bragg3. Tori Amos vs. Kate Bus...
Posted by The Chad Sipes Stereo on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:23:00 PST

Vote for us - Clear Channel thingie

Hi Yinzas,Our song, 'The Crutch' got accepted onto some Clear Channel-sponsored web chart. I gott be honest, I have no idea what the hell it is, but here is part of the e-mail I got:"Spread the word ...
Posted by The Chad Sipes Stereo on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:23:00 PST

9-5 Trivia Returns!

This is a tough one!Let's name some bands that have a song that is the same as the band name.I'll start with "Talk Talk" by Talk TalkChad
Posted by The Chad Sipes Stereo on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:44:00 PST

Scott Mervis interviews Chad in the Post Gazette

Don't care about image?  If only he knew how long I worked on that fauxhawk. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07242/813099-42.stm...
Posted by The Chad Sipes Stereo on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:50:00 PST

Rege Behe interviews Chad in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review

That's right, we liked the alliteration. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/music/ s_524785.html...
Posted by The Chad Sipes Stereo on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:44:00 PST

City Paper review of The Soft Center of the City

Manny Theiner's review of our new record in this week's City Paper.  Thanks, Manny. http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3 A34968...
Posted by The Chad Sipes Stereo on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:50:00 PST

4/4: Best performance on someone else's album

This week's topic comes to us via Erik. the catergory of discussion will be "Best guest performance on somebody else's song/ album. Erik mentioned Eddie Van Halen on "Beat it". That was a good star...
Posted by The Chad Sipes Stereo on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:01:00 PST