Sasha Zand: News

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Also Weds March 26 Sasha Zand plays the dreaded 169 Bar in Chinatown, 8 PM. Eastern bloc expatriate with an uncommonly tuneful songwriting style, the rare tunesmith who actually merits a comparison with Elvis Costello. Lyrically, he’s still learning English but otherwise the songs are there.

[note: sasha is born in queens, new york, raised on long island, primary language is english.]

Sasha Zand
by Michael Giacalone

According to this site, Sasha Zand is a native Long Islander back in Glen Cove after stints in California and London (where he was in a band called Feather). The three tracks available online are unified by a jangling, strumming mid-tempo guitar style that forms the meat of his sound.
This inverse ex-patriot has definitely brought back some of the Brit's crisp approach to pop in addition to a laid back West Coast breeziness. The Long Island influence? I presume it's the angst.

On his favorites list, Zand names The Smiths and R.E.M, whose influence can be heard on the subtle melodic lines crawling across the song "Wrong." This is a moody bit of guitar pop with a nice, plaintive Bob Mould quality that is hampered only by a pretty unimaginative beat. The highlight is a sparkling guitar break that adds a nice layer of melody to the track's constant strums.

"Talk About It" changes gears ever so slightly, bringing a sort of shoegaze Beatles feel to the proceedings. Zand's deadpan declarations even have, dare I say, a Ringo-esque quality, leaving "Talk About It" feeling like a post-Nirvana "Octopus's Garden." There is a dreamy wall of chorus-drenched guitars on this track, but the overall sound quality suffers in comparison to "Wrong." Still, I would take it over the most recent Oasis.

Zand says the track "Diamond in the Rough" is about homeless teenagers he encountered in San Francisco. His cautionary tale is put to a mod-ish, early Who-type arrangement that is a nice break from the straight-ahead rhythms of the previous two.

The strength of these songs, their consistent strong guitar work and disciplined pop craftiness also leaves me somewhat wanting for an unexpected vocal harmony or flourish of synth. Still, Zand has a classicist's approach to guitar pop that is refreshing after an afternoon car ride full of embarrassing rap/metal fusion acts. All he needs to do is stick around on the Island, go a little out of his mind like the rest of us and add that touch of madness to what he already has.

Sasha Zand performs on syndicated cable television show NY Rocks. Performs 2 songs in front of small live audience.

Sasha Zand with Matt Johnson (drums) and Jeff Hill (bass) travel to Kingston, New York to start follow up to SPOKE TO THE MOMENT. In last minute scheduling, Brad Albetta who was scheduled to play bass was unavailable and Jeff Hill fills in within a week of the recording date. This makes it the Rufus Wainwright rythm section of 2005 since Matt and Jeff have been on the road for a year.

WBAB in West Babylon spins two songs "A Casual Mistake" and "Riptide". This is one of the big rock stations on Long Island.

Shooting begins for the music video "The Velvet Trace" Austin Schmidt is the DP and Kate Sharp directs. Location is the South Bronx.

MacAddict Magazine has selected, "A Casual Mistake" for the September issue. Circulation is 250,000. On sale now all around the world and at a magazine stand near you. Every issue contains a CD-Rom magazine with music, software demos, and a movie.

www.MacAddict.com

Article appears in New Music Weekly about success of New York modern rock singer/songwritter Sasha Zand and radio airplay. Radio and Music Industry trade magazine based in Los Angeles.

www.newmusicweekly.com

Shooting begins with Todd Bellanca directing (Zooma Zooma). DP is handled by Valentina Caniglia (The Roots, Stained). 4 actors in support including Nicole Snelson (Desperate Housewives).

Request Sasha Zand at any of the Radio Stations listed below.

New adds for January/February

These are commercial FM: Hot AC/CHR/top 40 Format MAJOR LEAGUE radio stations:

KIXY San Angelo, TX
KLBQ El Dorado, AR
WSPT Wausau, WI
KNDE College Station, TX
KCDY Carlsbad, NM
KATW Lewiston, ID
KSCQ Silver City, NM
WJKC, Gallows Bay, Virgin Islands
WVIQ St. Croix, Virgin Islands
KDAO, Marshall Town, IA
WMVA Martinsville, VA
KGLI Sioux City, IA
WIFX Jenkins, KY

Also:

Test on:
KKCK Marshall, MN
WNDV S. Bend, IN
KLBQ El Dorado, AR
WXTQ Athens, Ohio

Spike on:
KJCK Junction City, KS
VOA Wash. DC (The Voice of America reaches people with more than 1,000 hours of weekly programming in 55 languages at their convenience, anytime, anywhere through RealAudio on the Internet, along with shortwave, AM, FM and satellite broadcasts. VOA is developing exclusive 24-hour FM outlets in capital cities throughout our target regions where affiliates are not already in place, including Nairobi, Kigali, Brazzaville, Ulaanbaatar, and Amman just in the last year.!)

Summer 2003 follows below:

News: 106 College stations playing Spoke To The Moment

FLASH: Debut and charted to No.24 on WKNH - Keene, NH. Broke into the Top 30 Chart on College Radio!

Flash: Debut and charted to No. 30 on WLFM - Appleton, WI.

Sasha Zand has been featured on the Out of the Box program ,with Jonathan Clarke ,on Q104.3 FM ("Easy"), and the Live from Munchaba show on WLIR 92.7 FM ("Under the Skin"). These are the biggest commercial classic and modern rock stations anywhere.

Howard Rosen Promotions in Los Angeles is promoting the CD, Spoke To The Moment, and the CMJ add date is July 8. Contact Rex, the head of College Promotion at: rex@howiewood.com

Stations now playing Spoke to the Moment:

U.S./Canada

Alaska

KRUA - Anchorage, AK
KSUA - Fairbanks, AK
KHNS - Haines, AK
KBBI - Homer, AK
KMXT - Kodiak, AK

Arkansas

KXUA - Fayetteville, AR

California

KISL - Avalon, CA
KFSR - Fresno, CA
KCRH - Hayward, CA
KIDE - Hoopa, CA
KUCI - Irvine, CA
KLA - Los Angeles, CA
KSMC - Norage, CA
KVMR - Nevada City, CA
KWMR - Pt. Reyes, CA
KMUD - Redway, CA
KSSB - San Bernadino, CA
KSCU - Santa Clara, CA
KCSS - Turlock, CA

Colorado

KRZA - Alamosa, CO
KCSU - Fort Collins, CO
KURA - Ouray, CO

Connecticut

WHUS - Storrs, CT
WWUH - West Hartford, CT
WNHU - West Haven, CT

Delaware

WVUD - Newark, DE

Florida

WNSU - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
WRGP - Miami, FL

Iowa

KWLC - Decorah, IA

Illinois

WRDP - Chicago, IL

Indiana

WCRD - Muncie, IN

Kentucky

WLCV - Louisville, KY

Louisiana

KRVS - Lafayette, LA

Massachusetts

WMBR - Cambridge, MA
WJUL - Lowell, MA
WSMU - North Dartmouth, MA
WTCC - Springfield, MA
WBRS - Waltham, MA

Maryland

WFWM - Frostburg, MD

Maine

WHSN - Bangor, ME
WMPG - Portland, ME
WMHB - Waterville, ME

Michigan

WLSO - Sault Ste. Marie, MI

Minnesota

KUMD - Duluth, MN
KFAI - Minneapolis, MN

Missouri

KDHX - St. Louis, MO

Mississippi

WUSM - Hattiesburg, MS

Montana

KDWG - Dillon, MT

New Hampshire

WKNH - Keene, NH

New Jersey

WPSC-Wayne, NJ

New York

WRUB - Amherst, NY
WHRW - Binghamton, NY
WEOS - Geneva, NY
WRCU - Hamilton, NY
WSJU - Jamaica, NY
WBER - Penfield, NY
WUSB - Stony Brook, NY

Ohio

WOUB - Athens, OH
Bearcast.uc.edu - Cincinnati, OH
WOBC - Oberlin, OH
WYSO - Yellow Springs, OH

Oregon

KBVR - Corvallis, OR
KPUR - Forest Grove, OR,br> KEOL - La Grande, OR

Pennsylvania

WRFM - Blue Bell, PA
WVBU - Lewisburg, PA
WARC - Meadville, PA
WVMW - Scranton, PA

Rhode Island

WJMF - Smithville, RI

South Dakota

KSDJ - Brookings, SD

Texas

KNON - Dallas, TX
KSAU - Nacodoches, TX
KTSW - San Marcos, TX

Utah

KZMU - Moab, UT
KRCL - Salt Lake City, UT

Vermont

WGDR - Plainfield, VT

Washington

KUGS - Bellingham, WA
KSVR - Mt. Vernon, WA
KCCR - Tacoma, WA

Wisconsin

WLFM - Appleton, WI
WSUM - Madison, WI
WSUP - Platteville, WI

Canada

Alberta

CJSR - Edmonton, AB

British Columbia

CFUV - Victoria, BC

Manitoba

CKUW - Winnipeg, MB

Newfoundland

CHMR - St. Johns, NF

Nova Scotia

CKDU - Halifax, NS

Ontario

CFRU - Guelph, ONT
CFMU - Hamilton, ONT
CHRW - London, ONT
CFRE - Ontario, CAN
CHUO - Ottawa, ONT

Quebec

CIBL - Montreal, QC
CKUT - Montreal, QC
CHYZ - Quebec City, QC

Saskatoon

CFCR - Saskatoon, SK

Out of the Box Show with Jonathan Clarke spins "Easy" Biggest rock station in the world. New York City.