News: OneUps' final concert

May 19, 2006, 03:51 PM

by brandon, via oneupstudios -
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You might not have heard of the OneUps - I sure hadn't til I got an email yesterday - but they're another videogame cover band, and quite a decent one. You'll find their confusing website here, but will get more use out of this page, where you can download some of their music. They are quite good, but quite confused about their place in the world, I'd say (do you really need a slogan that says "It's Okay to Listen to Game Music" followed by a trademark symbol? Must you profess to have 'studios', when you're just a group of people?). They claim to run the gamut from death metal to funk, but you'll find they're pretty squarely in between jazz and classical. There's nothing wrong with that, so they should just out and admit it! Regardless, give a few of those songs a listen.

So, you may not have heard of them til now, but if you live in the Arkansas area (and bless you if you do, poor soul), you might want to check out their last-ever show. That was the subject of the email I received. If you can stomach the mid-80s design of their website, and have $20 to plunk down on a ticket, it might be worth it, frankly.

You'll note a number of mixed messages in this post - that's because the existance of this band confounds me. Clearly they've got musical talent, and an ability to arrange game music in an appealing manner. So why is everything else about the band so bizarrely backwards and "band camp"? I suppose it's not for me to reason why. Go check them out and be confounded yourself. Thanks to Cody Melbourn for the heads up.