Basic Information
Members: Todd Carlstrom--Guitar/Vocals Brian Elmquist--Guitar/Vocals Eric Shaw--Drums/Vocals
Todd Carlstrom and the Clamour
Brooklyn, NY
Alternative / Indie / Rock
Bio
After years of working the clubs in and around NYC with various bands, I contacted my friend Major Matt Mason USA, the mind behind NYC's Olive Juice distro, about some off-the-cuff recording sessions. I wanted to go into OJ studios without any pre-planned material, and come out each day having written, arranged, and done most of the major tracking for a song. Not only did it work, it became my most fulfilling work to date, giving me a chance to explore many sides of my songwriting persona. ...
Press
"Todd has a really compelling voice. Kind of like Ted Leo, if Ted had a couple of shots."
"The songs capture a bunch of different lo- mid- and semi-fi rock styles."
"There’s lots of good songs on ["Gold on the Map"], but ["Hey! Rabbit Ears!" and "3:10 A.M."] are two solid ones."
[of "Hey! Rabbit Ears!"] "...creative enough to not sound exactly like music you’ve heard it before, but not too noise-filled and bizarre like some music I am often told is “good” by certain blogs."
Artist Stats
Fans: 1,804
Song Plays: 398
Visits: 730
Video Plays: 28
Widget Hits: 2,162
Status
Status:
Phoebe sees a statue of Mary outside a church. "Who's the lady in the angel suit?"
Blog
Clamour's new digs
Jun 12, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Hey peeps. Watching Swingtown. A very grown up show. Basically it's playing like The Ice Storm, at series-length pacing. But it seems good and it has Molly Parker in it, who was so fantastic on Six Feet Under and Deadwood. The music's dead-on '70's corpse-frottage, but it dresses the scenes deftly, so it's okay. If you're gonna do it, do it ri...
