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Annie Quick
(Team Super/Organic)
Her second record, "Souvenirs and Shiny Things" will be released later this year, along with a series of video vignettes that takes users on audio-visual exploratory of New York's Central Park. She plans to take that experience on the road with her on an extensive tour of North America - look for her in your city! Visit www.anniequick.com.
"For God's sake, don't bother to forget that she's a woman. Just try to remember that she kicked your ass."
-Detroit Metro Times
"Annie Quick expresses herself as one of the stronger examples of musical catharsis to come along in many a moon."
- Modern Rock
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Anton Sword
(Kiss Chase)
Native New Yorker Anton Sword came of age as a musician in the 90's along with contemporaries such as Jeff Buckley, Jesse Malin and D Generation. His inspirations lean toward the deft inventions of JS Bach coupled with the witty lyricism of pop raconteur John Lennon. His debut album, "A Sentimental Education," was recently released this Spring. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/antonsword.
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Brown Shoe
Brown Shoe's release of The Wheat Patch in 2006 garnered outstanding reviews, tremendous college radio support, and comparisons to artists such as Sigur Ros, My Morning Jacket, Doves, and Red House Painters. Over the last couple of years, Brown Shoe has performed at festivals and clubs across the entire United States. They have been called everything from shoe gazers to show offs. Differences aside, people are gravitating towards their live performances.
In November 2006, Brown Shoe traveled to Lexington, Kentucky to work with producer Duane Lundy (Scourge of the Sea, Joanna James, The Parlour Boys), creating what one reviewer describes as "imaginatively dense soundscap...alongside steady awe-inspiring rhythms and uplifting melodies." The release of Vanity in June 2007 attracted even more press, placements on MTV, and radio play on over 300 stations.
By the time Vanity was finished, a handful of new songs had begun to take shape as the foundation for what would eventually become Brown Shoe's latest record, Jackalope, recorded between January and April of 2008.
With a finished third record, Brown Shoe looks forward to hitting the road and playing live as much as possible. For more information, please visit www.brownshoemusic.com or www.myspace.com/brownshoe.
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Discrete Encounter
Rising stars in the rock and dance scenes, Discrete Encounter have released their new effort, 2B1. Renown in New York for their engrossing live shows and striking stage presence, their music is a genre-blending fusion that embraces the duo's influences yet maintains a unique and intriguing sound. Discrete Encounter is fronted by Taras Mashtalie and Natasha Romanova, with a little help from Stas and DJ Plexus for their live visuals and sound design. For more information, please visit www.discreteencounter.com or www.myspace.com/discreteencounter.
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Dive Index
(Neutral)
You may know the name of New York-based producer Will Thomas from works done over the past decade through his alter-ego, Plumbline. His projects were all well received by press and industry off of the respected British label, Hydrogen Dukebox.
More recently, he collaborated with Roger Eno (yes, Brian's brother) on an Anglo countryside ambient inspiration titled "Transparencies." Dive Index is a new project for Thomas, with "Mid/Air" as the second installment of four in a series of concept albums being released worldwide. For more information, please visit www.neutralmusic.com.
"The fact is that these are very fine electro-pop songs, nothing more and nothing less, and at their best they invoke the kind of spacious and multilayered lushness that was once Cocteau Twins stock in trade, while at others they bring to mind a much less dour version of Massive Attack....very highly recommended." - All Music Guide
"With his latest Dive Index offering Mid/Air, producer/composer Will Thomas journeys through a mesmerizing and stylistically varied dreamscape draped in sumptuous electronic textures, stuttering electronics, acoustic & electric guitars, live drums and orchestral strings topped with contemplative poetic lyrics, delicate sublime vocals and rich melodies." - BPM
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Four Trips Ahead
(505)
After independently releasing and co-producing three EPs, "Beginnings" in 2003, "The 505 Sessions" in 2004 and "39th Street Lullabies" in 2005, Four Trips Ahead decided it was time to tighten up and grow up. Their arena rock sound reminisces on the melodies of a Killswitch Engage record or the spiritual progressiveness of Kings X touched by the modern production of some of Audioslave's best work. They will self-release their stunning debut album, produced by Nick Cipriano (Dream Theater, Erasure) this Spring. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/fourtripsahead.
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The Handcuffs
(Oofl)
Songs from The Handcuff's debut album, Model for a Revolution, as well as unreleased (as of yet) Handcuffs' tracks, have been placed in numerous television shows and feature films, including MTV's The Hills, Laguna Beach, Next and Pimp My Ride; A&E's Roller Girls and Paradise City; and the Sundance and SXSW award winning documentary The Education of Shelby Knox.
They have received radio play on KROQ in Los Angeles and WKQX (Q101) and WLUW in Chicago. The London-based Merc Clothing Company is now spotlighting The Handcuffs, among an exclusive roster of bands, on their corporate website. The band is currently in preproduction for their untitled sophomore record, to be released on Oofl Records later this year. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/thehandcuffs.
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Heroine Sheiks
The Heroine Sheiks have been making noisy rock in their Midwestern base of Minneapolis, MN since mutating from Cows and Swans in New York City in 1999. The band is planning a short run in the Midwest and along the East Coast this Spring with more dates throughout the South, West and Northwest to come later in the year. The band will be touring in support of an 8 song EP entitled "Journey to the End of the Knife" that will be released exclusively on vinyl via Amphetamine Reptile Records. For more information, visit www.heroinesheiks.com.
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Imaginary Johnny
(Unfinished Side)
"Honest indie pop with incredible charm. We added a number of songs from the EP and played the hell out of them. Can't wait to hear more!"
-3WK Undergroundradio
For more information, visit www.imaginaryjohnny.com or www.myspace.com/imaginaryjohnny.
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Lucinda Black Bear
(Self-Released)
Born from minor keys and a heavy dose of melody, Lucinda Black Bear evokes the rapture and sorrow of a motherless cub. The new album 'capo my heart and other bear songs' frolics the musky musical landscape with palatable sonic morsels incorporating cellos, feedback, loops, pianos, drums, and oddly tuned acoustic/electric guitars. NPR's "All Songs Considered" recently named the album one of 2007's most innovative. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/lucindablackbear.
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The Majestic Twelve
(Pandora's Legacy)
This art-punk getup self-released their second record, "Schizophrenology" in July '06 and has surpassed 50,000 downloads along with 12,000 copies to-date. Not to brag, but it's quite a feat for a completely DIY music group. The band is currently writing and recording songs for the untitled third Majestic Twelve album due out this summer and front-man Kenyata Sullivan was recently commissioned to write a book about his experiences in the underground music scene to also be released sometime this year. For more information on Sullivan and The Majestic Twelve, visit www.themajestictwelve.com.
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Matt Keating
(Kealon Records)
If Matt's music was unconcerned with placating an increasingly image-conscious zeitgeist, his three albums for Alias Records - Tell it to Yourself (1993), Scaryarea (1995) and Killroy (1997) have proven more enduring and fresh as a result. On these records, Keating established a distinctive sound that split the difference between folk-rock and power pop, and favored words and music over angst and posture.
Matt chose an endangered format (the long-playing record-album) to perform some much needed mouth-to-mouth on the great lost art of the album. It's exactly the kind of implausible, foolishly romantic, unabashedly retrograde quest that deserves a title like QUIXOTIC. And so it seems perfectly natural that QUIXOTIC, out this summer, should also be a double CD collection of 23 new songs. For more information, visit www.mattkeating.com.
"Quality all the way" - USA Today
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Natalie Walker
(Dorado/Fontana)
Natalie Walker has been hard to ignore since her debut, Urban Angel, penetrated the mass consciousness by earning strong reviews from Billboard, Urb, Trace and All Music Guide, and such singles as "No One Else" and "Quicksand" received heavy rotation on radio around the country . Her songs have been placed in films and movies, starting with Sofia Coppola's use of a Thievery Corporation remix of "Quicksand" in Marie Antoinette, then spreading to the television hits Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy.
It's often said that the true test of an artist's worth arrives on their second album, when they have to prove that their first was no fluke. By that measure, Natalie Walker has succeeded wildly with her sophomore effort "With You", a startling maturation from the former lead singer of Daughter Darling. For more information, visit www.natalie-walker.com.
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Pete Francis of Dispatch
(Redeye)
Pete Francis' music has soul. In his songs, a poetic tension exists between textured imagery and pure improvised rock and roll. A Pete Francis record feels like a ride from New York City to the coast of Maine. Sometimes his songs are weightless abstractions. Sometimes they tell the story of experience.
Francis spent years as a member of the renowned independent band, Dispatch, writing such fan favorites as May Day, Two Coins, and Ride a Tear. Dispatch recently became the first independent band to headline and sell out three nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
His new release, Iron Sea And The Cavalry, belongs in a classic jukebox that holds only your favorite records. The songs on this album will launch you into thoughts of sweet reverie and memories of your first live rock concert. This record is like catching a foul ball and returning it to the concession stand for a free freeze-pop.
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Sky Cries Mary
(Hoodooh)
Sky Cries Mary began in the late 80's along with many of Seattle's underground-turned mainstream elite of the 90's. They've shared the stage with Green Day, Hole, 311 and Weezer and many others but have continued in stamina while other acts have waned in this new digital era. Their music has been featured in film (Bourne Supremacy) and performed on television (Conan O' Brien, Jon Stewart Show). The band has performed to sold-out crowds around the world and will be releasing their sixth studio album, "Small Town" on March 18th. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/skycriesmary.
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The Specimen
(Peace Bisquit)
The Specimen is the brainchild of songwriter/singer/and multi-instrumentalist Matt Gorny, who spent his childhood in Poland, under the protection of the communist bloc. When he was eleven, Gorny's family moved to New York City's multicultural oasis - Brooklyn, which provided the creative environment and inspiration he needed to make music.
He eventually found his way into the clutches of Grammy Award winning production team, GoodandEvil, that has worked with an array of diverse artists such as Felix Da Housecat, B-52's, Kelis, Naty Botero, Beyonce and Ludacris. The Specimen has won multiple songwriting awards including The John Lennon Songwriting Contest and Billboard Song Contest and the group will perform at the 15th Annual Billboard Song Contest Awards Show. The video for "Do U Damage" has been selected for the 2008 SXSW Film Festival and has already won the top prize in the New Music Video Awards.
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Spiraling
(Dancing Pawn)
As its name implies, Spiraling has never been a band that's comfortable sitting still. The band's restless passion and energy infused every track on its adventurous debut, Transmitter, and came across with even more fire and purpose on its spirited follow up, Challenging Stage.
On their forthcoming release, Time Travel Made Easy, Spiraling makes its most coherent and compelling statement to date. If there is any band that could make time travel look easy, it would have to be Spiraling. There's always been something about the band's obsession with the interplay of synthesizers, loud guitars, and piano-driven rock that goes deeper than mere nostalgia. Listening to Time Travel Made Easy, with its panorama of sonic landscapes, you almost get a sense that Spiraling actually has perfected some method of time travel, one that has allowed it to go back to a time when New Wave was actually new, before "prog" became a four-letter word, and when "alternative" was more than just a facile marketing cliche.
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WE Fest XII
The annual underground indie music and arts spectacle known as the Wilmington Exchange Festival (W.E. Fest), takes place every year on Memorial Day weekend in Wilmington, NC. The festival will continue that tradition in 2008, featuring more than 70 DIY and independent label rosters plus indie films, visual art, zines, indie comics, small press, and all kinds of DIY and independent culture community members. The first W.E. Fest was co-founded by Kenyata Sullivan of Pandora's Lunchbox and Majestic Twelve infamy in 1996 to showcase genuinely unknown talent and build community within the indie music scene.
This year WE Fest will take place May 22nd to May 26th, featuring sponsored showcases from Culture Bully, Hip Video, Jersey Beat Magazine, Jason Glastetter of CMJ and Organic Entertainment, naturally. Expect many, many surprise guest performances at what has become the toast of the entertainment scene on the beautiful outer banks beaches in North Carolina. Visit www.wefestival.com.
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Cindy Alexander (JamCat)
Lowry (Thunderbitch)
The Saints (Wildflower)
Ali Eskandarian (Wildflower)
The Beautiful Girls (Controlled Substance)
Heartbreak Club (Reign - Australia)
Starcode (Self-Released)
Billy Harvey (Gold)
Wiser Time (Self-Released)
David LK Murphy (Elkay Records)
Polymer (Self-Released)
Ben Godwin (KarmaFarm)
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