New Music Reminder | The Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon

New Music Reminder

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  • One of 2012's best

A couple of months ago I posted the debut album from Bay Area rockers Tumbleweed Wanderers. Those who took notice are among the lucky ones.

Since I really love these guys, I thought I'd remind everyone that they should check out their music. Last time I posted their album So Long, this time I'm posting a sweet music video for their song "Roll With the Times." It has a lot of messages, the biggest of which is that we as a race/society have been shackled to the same way of doing things for a long time. Though the faces and places may change, and protest movements come and go, we repeat a lot of the same behaviors. It's basically an indictment of our failure to evolve or make our voices heard beyond the short term. (at least that's my opinion).

Either way... it's one of the most polished music videos from a group who is literally just starting out.

By the way— their live shows totally rock and they will be back in Portland December 29 at Crystal Ballroom.

Ethan Maffey

Both a writer and a fan of vinyl records since age 5, it wasn't until nearly three decades later that Oregon Native Ethan Maffey derived a plan to marry the two passions by writing about music. From blogging on MySpace in 2007 and then Blogspot, to launching his own website, 83Music, and eventually freelancing...
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