Dear friends and listeners,
Christopher here. Hope you’ll forgive us, but this week Dave and I need to take a break. I have had the time of my life this past two weeks working feverishly on the final two live episodes of NBC’s The Sing-Off. But I promise not just any ol’ thing would take me away from my Mouth Off duties- the special Christmas episode that I’ve been working is going to be incredible, with 14 groups from across the 3 seasons convening to deliver quite literally some of the best performances of the series. I hope you’ll watch tomorrow night (Monday, Dec. 5) at 8pm EST!
In the meantime, we’re sorry for this one week Mouth Off hiatus. We’ll be back on schedule next week with a review of Boston-based CAL group’s new record Inbound, along with some other spiffy new content. Talk to you then? Great!
Meantime, thanks for tuning in and smelling so good. Lots of aca-love,
-Christopher (& Dave)
Around the Horn
Loads of news from around the acaverse.
Music from the Future
The JMU Bluestones’ forthcoming album is going to be delightful.
5 Minutes with…
EXCLUSIVE: Christopher spends a few minutes backstage with Urban Method, Pentatonix, and the Dartmouth Aires, who share their last thoughts before tomorrow’s winner is announced!
Album Review
The Backbeats’ debut record proves they’re what everyone else is trying to be.
Report: SoJam 2011
Christopher and Dave share their first-hand experiences at SoJam 2011, including interviews with Pitch Slapped and the AcaBelles, plus loads of stories and audio clips. Enjoy!
And… Happy Thanksgiving!
Stay tuned… This week’s episode of Mouth Off will run Monday night, including a recap of SoJam and Monday night’s final taped episode of The Sing-Off.
Sounds of SoJam
SoJam was a blast! So great to meet so many of you, and see old friends too! While we try to recover our sanity after a weekend of amazing-ness-ocity, please enjoy this fine selection of face-melting songs from groups that performed at SoJam, both this year and in years past. We hope you dig it.
“Jericho (Break These Walls)”
Naturally 7
Vocal Play
“Ghosts ‘n Stuff”
NCSU Acappology
Aftershock
“I Am Woman”
Musae
“Breakeven”
Berklee Pitch Slapped
Pitch Slapped – EP
“No More Running Away”
Duke Pitchforks
All In
“Monster”
FSU AcaBelles
Just Got Real
“Eleanor Rigby”
Overboard
Help!
“Say (All I Need)”
UNCG Sapphires
Tempest
“Say My Name”
Univ. South Carolina Cocktails
Happy Hour
“Mamahouse”
Duwende
Collective
“Owner of a Lonely Heart”
Eclipse
Think Twice
“Hattie”
The Boxettes
the boxettes
“My Sin”
Fork
Helsinki
“Light of Stars”
The House Jacks
Fitchy & Grikko
Around the Horn
Jake Moulton and Roopak Ahuja have joined MO5AIC, The Backbeats debut album out next week, DU Idiosingcrasies win Mile High Vocal Jam competition, new resource @SingAcaOhio, Straight No Chaser announces Six Pack: Volume 2, The Sing-Off judge Shawn Stockman on the power of a cappella, Whiffs perform on The Daily Show, UNH raising funds for ACAllective Sound, get the latest Pitch Perfect movie updates at pitchperfectfan.wordpress.com, SoJam is on Friday, Yellowjackets went home, new holiday record The Sing-Off: Songs of the Season, LsArrangements open for business, Oxygen Network’s GLEE Project now casting for season 2, new single from Perpetuum Jazzile, Florian Städtler making 1001 acafriends, Postyr Project has new free track coming out, track list announced for Sing 8: Too Cubed.
I Just Gotta Say
An email from a listener reminds us of the true impact of a cappella festivals.
acaTube
Erato’s tabletop take on “Call Your Girlfriend” is simple yet beautiful.
Album Review
Eclipse’s new record It’s Christmas Time ushers in the holiday season.
This Is Not An Instrument
Listener Jeston Lewis highlights the vocal trumpet skills of the Mills Brothers on “Georgia On My Mind.”
Music From The Future
Christopher shares a couple tracks from Boston-based Contemporary A cappella League group Redline’s forthcoming album, Inbound, expected out 11/11/11.
Listener Mailbag
An email from listener Adam Topper invites further discussion of Mind the Gap’s album and the whole of college a cappella.
Album Review
Dave and Christopher agree that The Idea Of North’s newest record Extraordinary Tale is a breath of fresh air.
In Your Earbuds
Lately Christopher has been loving music by Pentatonix, Sonos, St Vincent, and Little Green.
AcaTube
Thanks to some listener tips, Dave is enjoying a funny “Halo” parody video by Australian female quartet Ginger and Tonic, and some videos by Danny Fong (“Hit That Jive, Jack” and “Poison Tree”).
Listener Mailbag
Sing-Off chatter from the U.S., France, and Holland.
Album Review
BATTLE, the latest record from the Tufts University Beelzebubs, may not break a lot of new ground, but Christopher and Dave agree it’s a standout record from a legendary group.
Around the Horn
Loads of news from around the a cappella universe.
Spit Loud… Revisited
m-pact co-founder Matt Selby is even cooler than you thought.
Good Ol’ Days
Christopher is in love with the (now since graduated) ladies of Terpsichore.
Album Review
Dave and Christopher review Strugglebus, the latest record from University of Oregon mixed group Mind the Gap.
More corrections: Tony Huerta was in the 17th Avenue All-stars, not the Fifth Avenue All-Stars. But we think he’d look slick in a suit from Saks. fwiw.
In Your Earbuds
Dave shares some clips from recent favorites The Climbing, Perpetuum Jazzile, Committed, and Street Corner Symphony.
acaTube
Christopher shares rarely heard recordings from erstwhile Sing-Off competitors The Fannin Family and Kinfolk 9.
Young and Original
Marissa Bargman’s original song “* * *” (a bonus track on Duke Out of the Blue’s album Still Point) proves both lovely and expressive.
Album Review
Christopher and Dave agree that what Swedish sextet Vocado’s debut record Northern Lights lacks in ambition, it certainly makes up for in listenability and heart.
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