Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Seattle Post-Intelligencer reviews "The Mess That Money Could Buy"
"A rough and tumble garage-y sound blasts from the first strains of the opening track, "Small Town Royal Family," with singer-songwriter Brian Lisik's hoarse, heartland-rocking voice soaked deep in an ocean of chunky guitars." - Jon Sobel
LATEST LISIK NEWS: "Five Other Rooms" video released 12/7/12
JUST RELEASED!!
"Five Other Rooms" - the first official video from Brian Lisik's new CD The Mess That Money Could Buy. Available now at brianlisik.com, Amazon, iTune, and Spotify.
Meanwhile, the Messy Tour 2012-2013 rolls on, with scheduled stops in Akron, Oh.; Canton, Oh.; Cleveland, Oh.; Kent, Oh.; Youngstown, Oh,; Cincinnati, Oh,; Newport, Ky.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Williamsport, Pa.; Plattsburgh, Ny.; and New York City.
Enjoy kiddies!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Latest Lisik News:
First official video from the new album, "The Mess That Money Could Buy" drops Dec. 7.
"catchy phrasing, jangly guitar riffs and great pop hooks" - No Depression
"drives hard and dirty with great lyrical punch" - Maverick Magazine (UK)
"a rough and tumble garage-y sound...soaked deep in an ocean of chunky guitars" - Seattle Post-IntelligencerSaturday, October 27, 2012
Latest Lisik News: The Mess and all the rest...
Excess Baggage Vol.
9 Issue 5
Hey kids,
Very long time no talk
to – but as you will soon see, it’s been a very eventful month or two. And things are cranking up to get even busier
in the coming months.
Of
course, the big news is that the long-awaited new cd The Mess That Money Could Buy was released
by Cherokee Queen Records Sept. 18. We
have had a wonderful outpouring in response to the disc, both in person and in
the press – special thanks to our amazing publicist Mike Farley from Michael J.
Media http://www.michaeljmedia.com/.
Be on the lookout for upcoming reviews in Pure
Grain Audio, the Philadelphia Inquirer,
Youngstown Vindicator, and the Kent Record Courier. In the meantime, here are a couple recent
reviews ya mighta missed.
Special
thanks to all our fans who have come out to the shows
– please keep that up! The Mess Tour continues with upcoming shows in New York
City at ZirZamin http://zirzaminnyc.com/ Nov.
8 with Scott Stein http://scottsteinmusic.com/
, The Barrel Room in North Canton Nov. 9 http://www.barrelroomwinebar.com/
, and Uncorked Wine Bar in Akron Nov. 10 http://www.uncorkedwinegallery.com/rental.html.
Shows are currently being booked in Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Columbus,
and Youngstown, Oh.; Altoona and Williamsport, Pa.; and Madison, Wi., as well
as shows back home in Canton, Akron, Cleveland, and Kent. Stay tuned to
brianlisik.com for updates.
Speaking
of the tour (in a sense) the band and I shot some raw footage for a music video
to the song “Five Other Rooms” on our way to and from
a show at Howler’s in Pittsburgh Oct. 5, where we played with the incredible
Chet Vincent and the Big Bend and Grand Piano – to an even more incredible
crowd in a claustrophobically jam-packed club.
Most of the “road footage” (it’s a song about the road, so we are going
all “Wanted Dead or Alive” on it..) was shot by the mighty Mr. Joe Waller…except
for the upside down shots when I was manning the iPhone. And Steve Norgrove curses a lot on it, but
you probably won’t hear that above the music when the video is done. We’ll be working
on the more controlled “studio” footage (i.e., I can stop the filming and fix
my hair more often) with the wonderful Mr. Henry J. soon and we are hoping to
have the video out by mid-November.
Along with that, we are also hoping to release a live-show video shot by
Henry back in July at Buzzbin Art & Music Shop in Canton, tentatively titled
Save Me From My Life. All goes as planned, that will be out by the end of the year as well.
You
might have caught part of part one of Eddie Tomecko’s stunning Brian Lisik
documentary On the Wrong Side of the Canal
when
it went up on YouTube last month (check it out here if not http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-_1BcZQUkg)A
great film, in spite of its sometimes boring subject, that still has lots more
footage that never made it into “Part one” (which, incidentally, was screened
at First Night Akron in 2010, but never released to the public). We are hoping to get at least the completed
parts – and perhaps the entire film - on the street by early next year. So stay tuned.
I
am also continuing to work on my seemingly endless writing projects
including my co-write of My Town Let Me
Down, the uproarious – and utterly irreverent – memoir from former
Northfield Village, Ohio mayor and sports and entertainment photographer Victor
Milani; and a collection of my previously published Sun News columns that I am trying to somehow merge together with
some of my weirder on-the-road-playing-music recollections from over the
years. I’m calling it Don’t Shoot Me Till Deadline, or Cool Rockin’ Daddy, or This Book Sucks But You Should Buy It Anyway…or
something. At any rate, both these titillating
tomes are due out next year as well.
That
oughtta do it for now.
See ya at the shows kiddies!
Lisik
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Relate Magazine reviews "The Mess That Money Could Buy"
Another (very thoughtful, in fact) review of "The Mess That Money Could Buy" in the current issue of Relate Magazine. Be sure to pick up your own copy today online and in fine stores everywhere!
http://www.relatemag.com/2012/10/brian-lisik-the-mess-that-money-could-buy/
Thursday, September 27, 2012
MESSY HOUSE CONCERT WINNER(S) ANNOUNCED
AND THE WINNER(S) IS...
Due to the ovewhelming response to the "Mess That Money Could Buy - Messy House Concert" contest, we've decided to sort of break our own rules and award a special house concert to the top three contestants drawn from the official "Messy House Concert" baseball cap. You know, just like they do for Miss America.
So here goes. The official first place winner is, Ed DeStephen, of Canal Fulton!!
Ed's first runner up (and winner of her own house concert, whether or not Ed is able to fulfill his duties as Queen...) is Diana Davis-Loy of Massillon!!
Third runner up (and winner of the you-too-can-be-part-of-the-house-concert-band-because-you-play-kick-ass-guitar special bonus prize) is Robb Myers of Cuyahoga Falls!!
Congratulations to the winners - our attorneys will be in contact to work out all the detais. And thanks so much for all who participated. Truth be told, we can probably work something out for each of you if ya REALLY wanted me to come over to your house and play guitar for a couple hours.
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Due to the ovewhelming response to the "Mess That Money Could Buy - Messy House Concert" contest, we've decided to sort of break our own rules and award a special house concert to the top three contestants drawn from the official "Messy House Concert" baseball cap. You know, just like they do for Miss America.
So here goes. The official first place winner is, Ed DeStephen, of Canal Fulton!!
Ed's first runner up (and winner of her own house concert, whether or not Ed is able to fulfill his duties as Queen...) is Diana Davis-Loy of Massillon!!
Third runner up (and winner of the you-too-can-be-part-of-the-house-concert-band-because-you-play-kick-ass-guitar special bonus prize) is Robb Myers of Cuyahoga Falls!!
Congratulations to the winners - our attorneys will be in contact to work out all the detais. And thanks so much for all who participated. Truth be told, we can probably work something out for each of you if ya REALLY wanted me to come over to your house and play guitar for a couple hours.
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