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I’ve learned something over the past few months. It’s hard work searching for new quality bands on your own. You can spend hours upon hours poking through various websites or music services and not find a single thing worth stealing. Of course, I’ve had a few success stories starting out just like that. But doesn’t feel great when your friends do the work for you? Hopefully that’s us in your case… but Nirav and I have friends too you know.

Let’s turn back the clock a little - do you remember Obnoxious Listener’s first interview? Pilot’s Wish dropped a really good recommendation during our conversation. At the time I was a little overwhelmed with the large number of new bands I had already found, but I’ve since had enough time for Dredg to set in. They’ve got a peculiar mix of alternative and art rock. Their MySpace page didn’t really sway me towards any album in particular, however I was enticed by the purchase of a live album that included 20 tracks. First of all, I don’t have nearly enough live music. Secondly, Live at the Fillmore (2006) seemed as though it would have a good selection from all their studio releases. In retrospect… this was clearly the right decision.

It’s a little difficult to describe Dredg, but I do hear similarities with bands like Pilot’s Wish and Shipping News. Of course, said description can’t replace giving Dredg a good listen. They have this unique attribute of being disconnected and coherent at the same time. I really mean that as a compliment, and I don’t really know how to explain it. It really seems like a different approach than I typically see in the bands I help promote. Regardless, Dredg has a strong and unique singer coupled with some very good composition. As far as finding a deeper reason behind me liking them, maybe that time spent trying to figure that out is simply better suited with putting Live at the Fillmore on repeat. Nirav always says thinking is bad anyways.