| "While some ears only accustomed to cookie cutter choruses and verses may not appreciate Briggs' audacity, this young indie pop rocker is clearly poised to gain wide appreciation for her clever craftsmanship." - Kathleen O'Keefe-Braun
"Music is what this is all about."
It's the summation of Stephanie Briggs. Go to a live show and you will see it is apparent from start to finish. Not heavy on cover songs or drinking songs, Stephanie fronts an original band with original ideas. Her writing has been described as "dripping with imagery" and "courageous". It's true that Stephanie has not stayed in the box when exploring her musical world, but it is also true that the music is relatable and beautiful. "I'm obsessed with writing music," she says of her craft. With songs about relationships from every point of view, scenes from movies, and self sabotage, Stephanie is at the battlefront staving off the conformity we find in artists too often these days.
Her latest release, Spark, arrived with wide acclaim from critics all over. An album full of bikes, jacuzis, cameras, birds, and skeletons, Stephanie takes your ordinary, everyday things and makes them into the giants they deserve to be. In Photo Chemicals, a song about capturing a moment, she says intricately over waltzing music, "The camera catches the film inside the holes. You were looking at me, and the rest is history." What makes the delivery so much more than words, are the careful arrangements. Take a good listen in a set of headphones. It's a circus marching into town. While the elephants may stand out at once, upon closer inspection you take notice of sequins on costumes, finger cymbals, and goat hooves. The album is just that. A meticulous circus of indie-rock, folk, and pop.
Stephanie claims New Braunfels, TX as her homebase. There, she and Matthew Briggs, her husband/drummer, center their mission of taking the music scene by the horns. They are currently working on their second album and touring with their two piece project called Stephanie Briggs and The Oso, an electric extravaganza of rock and the quirky writing style which Stephanie has made her own.
Stephanie has currently worked with artists such as Bob Schneider, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Wade Bowen, Guy Forsyth, Adam Hood, The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Blake and Fallon, and so many more. |
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| Team Chat Oct. 27 Monday - The one where you made MAJOR points for being there and the ADD chat | stephaniebriggs (Team Leader) | October 28, 2008 2:01 am | | 9/30 chat - so neal can see what he missed... | guitarsam81 (Corporal) | September 30, 2008 9:37 pm | | aaaaand.... we're back | stephaniebriggs (Team Leader) | September 9, 2008 8:31 pm | | Re: what's happening here | guitarsam81 (Corporal) | September 9, 2008 6:05 am | | Re: what's happening here | stephaniebriggs (Team Leader) | September 8, 2008 10:11 pm | | Re: what's happening here | shocka (Private) | September 2, 2008 3:35 pm | | what's happening here | nealkunkel (Private) | August 27, 2008 9:39 pm | | Re: Team Chat July 29 - The one where we talk about new release dates. OH, yea and sam doesn't show up. | stephaniebriggs (Team Leader) | August 5, 2008 7:54 pm | | Re: Team Chat July 29 - The one where we talk about new release dates. OH, yea and sam doesn't show up. | shocka (Private) | August 5, 2008 12:51 am | | Re: Team Chat July 29 - The one where we talk about new release dates. OH, yea and sam doesn't show up. | guitarsam81 (Corporal) | August 4, 2008 9:46 pm | | Re: Team Chat July 29 - The one where we talk about new release dates. OH, yea and sam doesn't show up. | nealkunkel (Private) | August 4, 2008 12:54 pm | | Re: Team Chat July 29 - The one where we talk about new release dates. OH, yea and sam doesn't show up. | nealkunkel (Private) | August 4, 2008 12:54 pm | | Re: Team Chat July 29 - The one where we talk about new release dates. OH, yea and sam doesn't show up. | guitarsam81 (Corporal) | July 29, 2008 10:15 pm | | View Forums » |
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| jcbjr1 | 11/05/2008 | Trainee | Georgia, US | | All kinds...If you you saw all my cds, you'd swear i have multiple personalities. | | shilahgirl02 | 10/28/2008 | Trainee | Texas, US | | <p>I've filled out this section twice, and twice i forgot to save. So i'm going to make the input shorter now cause i'm tired and i forgot all of the little sny remarks i came up with to describe my disgust with the music industry at the present.<br /></p> | | besch | 09/09/2008 | Trainee | North Carolina, US | | | | Dperry242 | 07/22/2008 | Trainee | Texas, US | | | | brendagreene | 05/05/2008 | Trainee | Texas, US | | | | pukasthegreat | 02/22/2008 | Private | Texas, US | | | | thrushyeyes | 01/10/2008 | Trainee | Texas, US | | | | ericheidrich | 01/05/2008 | Trainee | Texas, US | | | | aubrey | 12/23/2007 | Trainee | Texas, US | | | | clintbarbee | 12/18/2007 | Private | Texas, US | | | | CASTLE | 12/05/2007 | Private | Texas, US | | I listen to all kinds of music but here are a few I really go to in a crunch. <br>
Johnny Cash, Bob Schneider, Wu-Tang Clan, Ryan Adams, the Shins, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rage Against the Machine, the Darkness, Stephanie Briggs Band, Kings of Leon, David Bowie, Queen, Journey, Beck, the Beastie Boys, H.I.M., Colin Hay and well there are more but there are some of my gems.
| | smitkei | 12/05/2007 | Trainee | Texas, US | | | | jcaffey | 11/10/2007 | Trainee | Texas, US | | | | oso | 11/09/2007 | Commander | Texas, US | | fan of mostly anything 90's - 311 - fountains of wayne - stp - starting to get in to indie girl rock - sara harmmer - ammie man - julia darling - still like to look through james records and jam some joe walsh | | Bonnot | 11/08/2007 | Private | Texas, US | | | | jrpicktx | 11/08/2007 | Private | Texas, US | | Stephanie, duh | | klhairell | 11/07/2007 | Trainee | Texas, US | | | | Harlech | 11/07/2007 | Private | Oklahoma, US | | | | nealkunkel | 11/07/2007 | Private | Texas, US | | | | shocka | 11/07/2007 | Private | Texas, US | | | | Pancho | 11/07/2007 | Private | Texas, US | | | | yankee2222 | 11/07/2007 | Private | Texas, US | | I like alot of different music, so I guess the easiest way to answer this one is LIVE music. It's always better in person. | | guitarsam81 | 11/07/2007 | Corporal | Texas, US | | Here are a few of my musical interest: Bob Schneider, Patrice Pike, Sister 7, Wayne Sutton, Kacy Crowley, Elizabeth McQueen, Stephanie Briggs Band, Damien Rice, The Scabs, Billy Harvey, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Steve Poltz, The Rugburns, Elliott Smith, Heatmiser, Josh Rouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Explosions In The Sky, Jason Mraz, Polyphonic Spree, Aimee Mann, Tori Amos, Ani Difranco, Mitch Watkins, Howie Day, Pedro the Lion, Sigur R�s, Sufjan Stevens, Alice In Chains, Tenacious D, Hole, Janes Addiction, Jerry Cantrell, NOFX, Oasis, Silverchair, Soulfly, The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In, Smashing Pumpkins, U2, Soul Asylum, Nirvana, Marilyn Manson, Rage Against The Machine, Pearl Jam, Deftones, HIM, Apples in Stereo, Atari Teenage Riot, Belle & Sebastian, Audioslave, Radiohead, Blind Melon, Pepper, Dead Milkmen, Tool, Flaming Lips, Guns N' Roses, Hole, Our Lady Peace, Nine Inch Nails, Rancid, Pixies, The Beatles, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Junior Brown, Jimmie Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Eric Johnson, Merle Haggard, Redd Volkaert, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joe Ely, James McMurtry, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Todd Snider, Billy Joe Shaver, Guy Clark, Beaver Nelson, Jack Ingram, Hank III, Kasey Chambers, ect. I will continue to add more when time permits. | | ashletta | 11/07/2007 | Trainee | Texas, US | | |
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