This week's artist review is on another one-man band - Brad Sucks. Great name, eh? The man in question is, of course, called Brad. In this instance, Brad Turcotte. Brad started his career in 2003, when he released his debut album, I Don't Know What I'm Doing. Since then, he has released albums in 2008 (Out of It) and 2012(Guess Who's a Mess).
One of the most interesting aspects of Brad Sucks is that every song is released under the Copyleft license. This - more or less, anyways - means you can do whatever you want with the songs for free, so long as you credit the original artist. All of his releases have been financed by crowd funding - the best and most well-known example of which is Kickstarter.
Anyways. Copyleft and all that is very great, but is Brad Sucks a band worth listening to? In my opinion, absolutely. Falling on the border between punk, pop, and techno, you can think of Brad Sucks as a mild version of the three without the traditionally whiny singing voices of punk - not that there's anything wrong with whiny singing, as showcased by AC/DC or Guns 'N Roses.
As a demonstration, here's the usual set of links: Making Me Nervous, Dirtbag, Fixing My Brain.
Hope you enjoyed the read and the music. Let me know if you have anything to say in the comments section, and I hope you come back to read in the future.
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