10 Twitter Tips for Musicians and Bands

An Interview with Vandaveer
Vandaveer came to our attention just a few weeks ago. We wish it were sooner. Vandaveer is Mark Charles Heidinger and Rose Guerin and, technically, you can call it Folk. But listen to just a song or two and you’ll quickly realize you’re dealing with much more. The duo’s perfectly complimentary melodies disguise Heidinger’s purposeful message in his songs. It’s direct. And the music can very easily stir something inside. It’s powerful and deliberate – there’s no holding back. You’re going to hear a lot about this band in the coming years. If I sound impressed, that’s because I am. And I haven’t even seen them

Attention Bands: We’re Podcasting, Featuring YOU!
Want your band heard by the Sound Citizen community? So do we. We’re getting ready to launch Sound Citizen Radio – a weekly podcast featuring kick-ass bands. It’s pretty simple. Each week we will introduce a couple bands. We’ll play your music, tell listeners where to buy it and where they can go see you perform live. Each episode will be featured on SoundCitizen.com and iTunes, available to download. Here’s what to do: Email

Weezer’s Ratitude: Review and Listen for Free
Weezer just released their latest album, Ratitude. An awesome name for sure, but like so many of Weezer’s latest efforts – it’s just another Weezer album. It’s going to make for some big radio hits, no doubt. Especially I Can’t Stop Partying, featuring Lil’ Wayne. The Lil’ twist is a good one, but the song also features one of the albums’ downsides – 80’s synth. Weezer seems to have followed the disturbing re-invention of the 80’s trend that seems so popular these days. Listen, the 80’s were fun, but can we please enjoy them from a distance? It took me a long time to get that synthesizer out of my hea

FREE Music from Lost Highway Records
Yep, Lost Highway Records is giving away a sampler of T for Texas, T From Tennessee available as a download from Amazon.com. What you’ll get is six tunes, from Ryan Bingham, Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Hayes Carll and a Sound Citizen favorite, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears. Read our review, watch our interview with Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears. You can download the free music right here. Thanks to Lost Highway Record

13 Halloween Songs, Just for You
Halloween is just days away. That means parties, booze and costumes, candy, games and general debauchery. But Halloween also has a music tradition and history. Perhaps the most famous early “creepy” music work is “Toccata and Fugue in D minor,” attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach sometime between 1703 and 1707. No doubt you’ve heard it countless times – you might have even played it for the kids as they trick-or-treat at your door. Should you need a little reminder, click here. Halloween music really took off in the 20th century. From early songs such as “Monster Mash” to “I Put a Spell on You,” artists have continually t