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Local music has the unfortunate stereotypes of consisting solely of loud guitars, repetitive drumbeats and overplayed punk rock garage band theme
Motiv, a band emerging from Edwardsville, blows away the garage band feel with their new CD, “The World Turns.”
Formed last fall, Motiv has gelled to form one of the most solid sounds to come out of Edwardsville.
One problem found with some local music is the monotony of style in the music. More often than not, songs can easily be confused for the same song over an entire CD. Motiv, on the other hand, demonstrates an experimental tone without going overboard on originality.
Listing bands like Bloc Party, The Strokes and Goo Goo Dolls as influences, Motiv’s sound comes across as a combination of The Cure and Coldplay with a hint of Celtic overtones.
The CD leads off with maybe their best song, “Fight the Night.” Not only are the lyrics poetic, but [...]

I hate when people ask me what kind of music I like. I’ve gone through so many wonderful music phases in my life, that it’s hard to articulate what I like specifically. I like it all! And I definitely - at the very least - respect anyone who is out there sweating their ass off to make it for us.
When I was little, I remember my Dad playing his records loudly on the weekends. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Yes, and Eric Clapton were like the sweetest sugared cereal to me. I couldn’t get enough. When I was 8, my favorite song was Africa by Toto. I used to make my Dad play it for me all the time. My sister and I were also obsessed with The Monkeys. We watched reruns on Nickelodeon and pined after Micky and Peter, not knowing they were likely in their 40s at the time.
At [...]