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Michael Burgin

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About Me

This is how my label pitches my music.Michael Burgin(the icarus construct) is a singer songwriter like you have never heard. Strong hooks and melody carry a highly politicized message and his bold experimental sound. Burgin's debut 'the gadfly' is not for the casual rock fan, at times its sound is a tasteful brand of country for the rebellious and disenfranchised, other times it's punk rock for the intellectual and politically motivated, and occasionally it's even nostalgic, introspective and reflective.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/25/2006
Band Website: 1underrecords.com
Band Members: Michael Burgin, an acoustic guitar and an assortment of pedals and amps.
Influences: Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Kimya Dawson, Jenny Lewis, Early Rilo Kiley, Leonard Cohen, Pavement, Polvo, This Bike is A Pipe Bomb, Fugazi, Cursive, Archers of Loaf, The White OctaveSee my blog called: Art May Immitate Life, But life Immitates TV for a more detailed list.
Sounds Like: D.C.'s post-hardcore meets Nashville's outlaw country
Record Label: 1under Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

If my new album is played in the woods where no one is around to hear it, does it still rock???

I am recording an album right now. It will be out in the late spring/early summer. It will be called 'Death Will Tremble to Take Us' I have already recorded a double single/EP that will be out in abou...
Posted by Michael Burgin on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:36:00 PST

art may imitate life, but life imitates TV

I don’t know why I am posting this. I thought maybe someone might care to know what music has influenced mine. Here is a list of every album I currently own: Adam Greene - Garfield, Friends of ...
Posted by Michael Burgin on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:38:00 PST

the gate city

i am moving to greensboro soon. i am looking foreward to spending more time with my son, who lives there with his mother. i am also looking foreward to becoming involved with the music scene there. ...
Posted by Michael Burgin on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:04:00 PST

We must, we must, we must keep our eyes open

I'm using myspace, obviously, but make no mistake about it. I wish NEWSCORP never took over. I hate Newscorp. I hate Time Warner. Fuck em all.I'm frustrated because big business is taking over the cou...
Posted by Michael Burgin on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:26:00 PST

6 tracks up!!

i now have the maximum number of tracks legal for myspace! 6! 5 of them are from the gadfly. 1 is not. i am also trying to book showsearly next year to promote the gadfly. peace, michaelb...
Posted by Michael Burgin on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:27:00 PST

GET A FREE COPY OF MY NEW ALBUM

1under records is doing a new promotion. they have my album 'the gadfly', along with their entire catalog available for free to anyone who fills out a survey.  so if you would like to Click Her...
Posted by Michael Burgin on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:40:00 PST

Everybody knows the game was rigged

this shit overwhelms me. whesley clark was just on the colbert report promoting some shitty book, trying to convince the nation that the war in iraq was a bad idea. no shit. where the fuck was your ...
Posted by Michael Burgin on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:14:00 PST

michael burgin 1986 - 2007 R.I.P.

i have had this problem with my credit check that has taken forever to get straightened out. my credit report says that i am dead. and for 90 seconds on thursday, it was right. i had to have surgery t...
Posted by Michael Burgin on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:09:00 PST

i burn a fire to stay cool, i burn myself i am the fuel

so i am staying with my mother for the first time since high school. she was being treated like shit at her job so she just quit suddenly, and now she needs me to stay with her and help out with bills...
Posted by Michael Burgin on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:48:00 PST

new songs posted

i just posted another song from the gadfly, its called muse sick. i hope you enjoy, i also posted a new song called standards and practices that will probably be on a split i am probably doing with io...
Posted by Michael Burgin on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:13:00 PST