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MP3: The Word Play - Long Winded
MP3: The Word Play - Instructor/Bring the Boys
Canton, Michigan's The Word Play have somehow missed my radar. I live not too far from Canton, and go to a lot of shows when the Michigan bands head down to my part of Ohio, but have never seen The Word Play play. I can make an educated guess though and say I'd probably enjoy their live show. A lot of the bands they seem to associate with are great live bands worth checking out. Maybe I'll post mp3s from them later. Until then, check out Detroit's Javelins, the somewhat-recently hugely-blown-up Thunderbirds Are Now, Livonia, MI's El Boxeo, and Ann Arbor's amazing seven-piece musical collective, Canada.
There's very little in common musically between these bands, but for some reason they fit together. I don't know what it is, but here's to hoping that some of Southern Michagan's talent bleeds across the border and livens up Northwest Ohio. So close, but so far away.
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