Posted by Greg Thimmes on Feb 26, 2010 in Artist, Featured Articles | 1 comment
Santa Barbara rock band Loomis & the Lust is making waves with their catchy, danceable brand of rock. The band’s music video “Bright Red Chords” won MTVu’s best “Freshman” video in December and the video is now in rotation on MTVu, a remarkable achievement for an unsigned band with their first EP. The band was also chosen by MTV IGGY to be featured in a series on 20 developing...
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Posted by Greg Thimmes on Sep 28, 2009 in Artist, Featured Articles | 0 comments
“Crash Love is certainly not a concept album or rock opera by any stretch, but the songs are generally connected by a greater theme… The album title itself can be construed as a command, as a destructive kind of love, or as a desire for a relationship that’s heading inevitably toward disaster or flameout. The lyrics of some songs trace an arc from adoration to the desire to tear...
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Posted by Greg Thimmes on Sep 21, 2009 in Artist, Featured Articles, News | 0 comments
In the middle of the year 2000, after years of playing together in previous bands, Brian Lane, Jesse Lacey, and Garrett Tierney recruited guitarist, and soon to be friend Vincent Accardi and formed Brand New. After a year or so of “doing their time” and the obligatory, and seemingly endless runs of self booked shows and tours, the Long Island quartet finally recorded and released their first...
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Posted by Greg Thimmes on Sep 18, 2009 in Artist, Featured Articles | 0 comments
UK rock has found a brave new voice and it is distinctly Scottish. Twin Atlantic hail from Glasgow, Scotland and formed in early 2007. The band opened for Aereogramme on their farewell Glasgow show at the QMU. They have also been the main support for bands such as Circa Survive, Biffy Clyro, Finch, Thrice, Funeral for a Friend, and The Smashing Pumpkins. In the summer of 2008 the band...
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Posted by Greg Thimmes on Sep 14, 2009 in Artist, Featured Articles | 0 comments
Few new-millennium acts seem to have gotten the balance of familiar ’80s-club emotional throb and original contemporary energy just right, but this Austin-by-way-of-Orlando quartet is one of ‘em. Songs from the group’s upcoming full-length On The Sleeve sacrifice neither groove nor heft to their quest for resonant quality songcraft. There’s an earnestness to their tunes...
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Posted by Greg Thimmes on Sep 10, 2009 in Artist, Featured Articles | 0 comments
Hailing from Toronto, the group–DANKO JONES (lead vocals/guitars), JOHN CALABRESE (bass), DAN CORNELIUS (drums)–have achieved hard rock hero status in Europe. The group’s no-holds-barred performance style has made them beloved fixtures on the European festival circuit (Lowlands, Rock Im Park, Rock Am Ring, Wacken Open Air, Rock Werchter, Hultsfred, Leeds and Reading),...
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