Maszer Seattle, WA
Hello Glitterati, it’s been too long…I’ve missed you!
Due to life, and a well-paying contract job, I had to step away for a bit—but,
that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been searching out the music that you, the
fans and listeners of Miss Brody crave! (Many thanks Miss B for letting me take
a minor hiatus, by the way.)
For those familiar with my articles, you know my tastes
tend to wander all over the musical landscape. However, full disclosure at the
gut level; I am generally an alternative hard guitar-fueled rock junkie. Oh, I
love anything that catches my ear, but to me, there is nothing better than an
in-your-face, soul-searing, volume to eleven, effects-laden, master guitar
slinger that pours out his or her heart and soul via an amplified
six-string.
Tomer-David Rapaport (aka STITCX) arrived in the U.S.
ten years ago, and cut his teeth in America as he toured relentlessly with his
bands MOTHER’S ANGER (Dionysus Records) and REIGNWOLF. As a matter of
fact, my attendance at a REIGNWOLF (AKA Jordan Cook, Rapaport, and Joseph
Braley) show at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin started me on this writing
journey.
Rapaport and Braley have added another notch in their
belts with today’s featured band. The pair joined forces with longtime friend
and captivating Seattle-based singer Kate Blackstock to form alternative genre
bending band, MASZER. “I met the boys a few years ago through mutual friends
in the Seattle music scene,” says Blackstock. “I was quickly a big fan of them
as musicians and as people. After only knowing me a few months, Mother’s Anger
agreed to play a benefit show I was having for my sick father. They've had a
big space in my heart ever since.” The trio added Emilio "Milo"
Muñiz on percussion, which lent nuance and fullness to their sound.
Dreamsz
mesmerizes on so many levels; floating vocals and guitar intertwine on opening
track “Pandora’s Box”, as Middle Eastern-tinged tuning and melodies abound on
second track “Fata Mirage” which features building, anxious drums and
Blackstone’s ethereal soaring vocals. “California Sees You” is a harmoniously
layered, beautifully delicate, and spectral tune. In “Passers By”, Blackstock’s
ethereal voice magnificently captures a tender and loving moment, while
the last song, “Roar”, does just that as it rages forcefully through the
speakers.
The band’s name means 'tithing' in Hebrew (מְעַשֵּׂר), a principle the group follows in their operation as a creative entity. MASZER is committed to donating at least 10% of its profits to an organization that has helped many musicians (Rapaport included), MusiCares. With a new full album in the works for 2017, MASZER is yet another Seattle standout to keep on your radar.
The band’s name means 'tithing' in Hebrew (מְעַשֵּׂר), a principle the group follows in their operation as a creative entity. MASZER is committed to donating at least 10% of its profits to an organization that has helped many musicians (Rapaport included), MusiCares. With a new full album in the works for 2017, MASZER is yet another Seattle standout to keep on your radar.
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About Hunter: Hunter is a freelance music writer that concentrates on finding outstanding, unsigned, unknown and under appreciated bands from around the world and unabashedly wields them onto the unsuspecting and the great unwashed. His work has appeared on music sites kilScene (NYC/Brooklyn), Mother Church Pew (NYC), and East of Eighth (Nashville). One of his writings has even been shared and press quoted by a Grammy Nominated artist (Do the Grammy's even matter anymore?!) After a particularly difficult and surreal week of work about five years ago Hunter decided to search the dark, dusty corners and obscure underbelly of the Internet. It was after hearing one of the same 30 songs that a so called "New Rock" radio station played yet again on his way home. That is what started him n his quixotic quest. Since then through many seasons of bleeding ears, anguish, and many neurotic episodes, he has learned well how to hone the power of the Internet in his search. Along with that, he has a vast array of concerts and music rouges throughout the US and around the world, and his goal is to find some of the most unique, fresh, and kick you in the ear hole artists and bands. You can follow him on Twitter or Facebook (if you can find him!) About Hunter: Hunter is a freelance music writer that concentrates on finding outstanding, unsigned, unknown and under appreciated bands from around the world and unabashedly wields them onto the unsuspecting and the great unwashed. His work has appeared on music sites kilScene (NYC/Brooklyn), Mother Church Pew (NYC), and East of Eighth (Nashville). One of his writings has even been shared and press quoted by a Grammy Nominated artist (Do the Grammy's even matter anymore?!) After a particularly difficult and surreal week of work about five years ago Hunter decided to search the dark, dusty corners and obscure underbelly of the Internet. It was after hearing one of the same 30 songs that a so called "New Rock" radio station played yet again on his way home. That is what started him n his quixotic quest. Since then through many seasons of bleeding ears, anguish, and many neurotic episodes, he has learned well how to hone the power of the Internet in his search. Along with that, he has a vast array of concerts and music rouges throughout the US and around the world, and his goal is to find some of the most unique, fresh, and kick you in the ear hole artists and bands. You can follow him on Twitter or Facebook (if you can find him!)
About Hunter: Hunter is a freelance music writer that concentrates on finding outstanding, unsigned, unknown and under appreciated bands from around the world and unabashedly wields them onto the unsuspecting and the great unwashed. His work has appeared on music sites kilScene (NYC/Brooklyn), Mother Church Pew (NYC), and East of Eighth (Nashville). One of his writings has even been shared and press quoted by a Grammy Nominated artist (Do the Grammy's even matter anymore?!) After a particularly difficult and surreal week of work about five years ago Hunter decided to search the dark, dusty corners and obscure underbelly of the Internet. It was after hearing one of the same 30 songs that a so called "New Rock" radio station played yet again on his way home. That is what started him n his quixotic quest. Since then through many seasons of bleeding ears, anguish, and many neurotic episodes, he has learned well how to hone the power of the Internet in his search. Along with that, he has a vast array of concerts and music rouges throughout the US and around the world, and his goal is to find some of the most unique, fresh, and kick you in the ear hole artists and bands. You can follow him on Twitter or Facebook (if you can find him!) About Hunter: Hunter is a freelance music writer that concentrates on finding outstanding, unsigned, unknown and under appreciated bands from around the world and unabashedly wields them onto the unsuspecting and the great unwashed. His work has appeared on music sites kilScene (NYC/Brooklyn), Mother Church Pew (NYC), and East of Eighth (Nashville). One of his writings has even been shared and press quoted by a Grammy Nominated artist (Do the Grammy's even matter anymore?!) After a particularly difficult and surreal week of work about five years ago Hunter decided to search the dark, dusty corners and obscure underbelly of the Internet. It was after hearing one of the same 30 songs that a so called "New Rock" radio station played yet again on his way home. That is what started him n his quixotic quest. Since then through many seasons of bleeding ears, anguish, and many neurotic episodes, he has learned well how to hone the power of the Internet in his search. Along with that, he has a vast array of concerts and music rouges throughout the US and around the world, and his goal is to find some of the most unique, fresh, and kick you in the ear hole artists and bands. You can follow him on Twitter or Facebook (if you can find him!)
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