Indie spotlight for August 31, 2014 11:00 pm Eastern time (Show 23)
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Kathryn Dean has a distinct sound and immense depth and intelligence both lyrically and musically. She delivers an honest performance that tells her unique stories in a way that inspires and impacts the human spirit like a true artist does. Kathryn received her first microphone when she was 3 years old. Singing came naturally to this 18 year old, native Californian. It’s been an incredible time for Kathryn Dean who has been working hard writing, recording and rehearsing in preparation for her debut release out this year.
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Samantha Fish recalls her first musical taste as the classic rock of The Rolling Stones and Tom Petty, alongside contemporary artists like Sheryl Crow and The Black Crowes, but after several underage clandestine visits to the Knuckleheads Saloon blues club in her native Kansas City, she followed the thread from modern masters like Zito and Tab Benoit, through fallen ’80s heroes like Stevie Ray Vaughan, right back to the pre-war Delta masters.
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Holly Benton is a truly unique artist. A master carpenter by trade, she approaches her music with the same determination and conviction that she's shown working in a trade that is predominantly male. The result is a sound and style all her own. Holly's versatility shines through in her songs. Whether she's rocking the house with a high octane blues number or stirring emotions with a soulful ballad, her performance grabs the listener's attention, leaving them hungry for more.
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Monotone Maggie encompasses that 90s rock feel while bringing together a new perspective to the Indie/Punk rock culture. Originating from the Charlotte/Huntersville area the music embodies the term eclectic. Influences from different rock genres and the individual talents of the five band members creates a fresh, energetic and electrifying show that leaves audiences riddled with the question. Who is Maggie? The members are: Chris Lambert, Adrian Anderson, James Van Horn, JD Freeman and Lex Perry
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Indie spotlight for August 24, 2014 11:00 pm Eastern time (Show 22)
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GREYE a Daytona Beach, Florida based group of musicians that approaches its musical writing by fusing rock, rhythm and blues, Americana, intricate harmonies and traditional folk. The result is what we like to call “Progressive Folk.” After all, the world is not just black and white but many, many, shades of GREYE.
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Tara Rice is a Toronto based singer-songwriter, and her new EP, the six-track “Panorama” is frequently soothing, sometimes spiky, and more often than not, quite lovely. Produced by Rice and Sködt McNalty, the pair have put together a collection where every musical piece seems to have fallen into place. That’s no mean feat when we consider Rice’s range of influences and the often-conflicting approaches she takes to her music.
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Courtney Barnett is a Melbourne-based guitar player & singer & songwriter. In 2012 she started her own label, Milk! Records, and released her first EP I’ve Got A Friend Called Emily Ferris to glowing reviews around Australia. That quickly snowballed into International critical acclaim in 2013 with her second EP 'How To Carve A Carrot Into A Rose'.
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Manmade Mountains started as a couple of friends from high school playing folk music at an open mic night every Monday night has now turned in to the band you hear today. The band moved it's center from Gwinnett to Athens as we began college in 2012. Our first show in the city was on the street corner, for all of Athens to hear. As we moved up through the ranks and began to take ourselves seriously as musicians we found the business to be to our liking. We are currently recording our first album entitled "We Were There." It will be released by late March.
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Indie spotlight for August 17, 2014 11:00 pm Eastern time (Show 21)
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The Starling Radicals are Aled Phillips (drums), Gareth Bain (bass), and George E Thomas (vocals, guitars, songs), and they have eyes for the moon. Coming up is a UK tour at the end of August, which takes them to Glasgow for the final of Highway to Hell on September 7th, and the Autumn will see the band back to work preparing the second album, currently slated for a late 2015 release.
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Sub-Radio Standard is bringing a rebirth to the standard pop rock song. Matt Prodanovich (Lead Guitar/Vocals) and John Fengya (Keyboard/Guitar) had been experimenting with melodies and riffs since 2005; but there’s only so much ground to cover with two guitarists and no rhythm section. Enter multi-instrumentalist Michael Pereira (Drums), Adam Bradley (Lead Vocals), Mark 'Barry' Siford (Bass) and Mike Chinen (Rhythm guitar) and SRS was suddenly overflowing with explosively catchy songs.
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John Allred has been spreading his music from coast to coast for the last 6 years with influences like The Goo Goo Dolls and Jimmy Eat World. Releasing a total of 5 albums and selling over 30,000 copies. All releases effectively capturing acoustic based songwriting and heartfelt lyrics. Developing an new approach to live electronics and looping, John stands out amongst other acoustic singer/songwriters. Allred has independently toured the United States from your average coffee house, to colleges and recently the largest arenas.
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Graham Young is a singer/songwriter from the midwest who blends catchy melodies with the midwestern sensibilities reminiscent of folk pioneers Woodie Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
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Indie spotlight for August 10, 2014 11:00 pm Eastern time (Show 20)
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Sky White Tiger is the psych-pop alter ego of Louis Schwadron (former Polyphonic Spree). After a decade of writing, recording, performing as multi-instrumentalist with Radiohead, David Bowie, Elton John, Sufjan Stevens and a batch of supporting US tour dates with Rufus Wainwright, Schwadron has completed a Debut LP 'Electra' and a new EP to be released in 2014. With a blend of acoustic, electronic and a touch of the cinematic, Sky White Tiger can expand from solo to a 5 piece band - transforming any space into the Tiger Realm of the endless imagination.
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Otis English is a singer/ songwriter from Los Angeles, California who has been gaining quite a bit of notoriety around the LA club scene. His sound is an array of rock n' roll and acoustic indie, drenched within blues, soul, and psychedelia. Otis pulls his inspirations from such artists as Led Zeppelin, Otis Redding, Gary Clark Jr, The Beatles, Sly and the Family Stone, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Micheal Kiwanuka, Jimi Hendrix, Ed Sheeran, and James Brown to name a few.
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Jode Gannon was born October 6 1990 and raised in Sydney till age 12, Jode along with his mother and sister then moved to Woodford, QLD. From there, Jode was pushed by his peers and music teacher to keep playing music. Having successfully been accepted into JMC Academy, Jode continued to work hard with his music and found himself establishing a fan base around Brisbane. In 2014, Jode is now back living in Sydney working with a number of labels and producers. Big things are happening, so be sure to hop on board for the ride.
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Ryan Dunlap is a 27 year old singer/songwriter from Perrysburg Ohio. Ryan combines smooth and mellow guitar with a deep soothing voice, along with lyrics that paint a picture that makes you feel like your in the room watching a movie about what he’s singing. His live shows provide a the same clean and clear sound you get from his records, as well as some awesome and at times very different and interesting covers. He has just finished his second full length album "It Is What It Is" which will be released later this summer!
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Indie spotlight for August 3, 2014 11:00 pm Eastern time (Show 19)
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Icicle is the brainchild of Krassy Halatchev. Born and raised in communist Bulgaria, Krassy grew up with a few tight friends who were true music maniacs. Being one of them as well, he studied and analyzed every note of the repertoire of his favorite bands (Pink Floyd, The Police, Depeche Mode, The Cure). A very first and precious gift from his friends and band mates – a Fender Music Master – turned out to be the best investment they ever made. That bass changed Krassy’s life.
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Friends Of Emmet (otherwise known as F.O.E) are a Rock band originally from Dublin, Ireland, but are now based between Dublin & Los Angeles CA. The band members are Mark Leddy (Vocals, Piano and Acoustic Guitar) Brian Lynam (Lead Guitar) Keith Geraghty (Bass), Gary Sullivan (Drums) & Tim Boland (Guitar & Keyboards). F.O.E. will release long player 'State Of Mind' in Mar 2014; the album consists of ten songs, all of which have been licensed to MTV & used on shows such as Jersey Shore,The Real World,FriendZone & The PaulyD Project.
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The Walsher Clemons Band began in 2008 in the southwest suburbs of Chicago as a power trio consisting of a young Frank Minella on bass guitar, a supple Patrick Walsh on electric guitar, and an innocent Michael Campo on the drums. The trio performed original music that was heavily influenced by bands like Phish, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, and Dave Matthews. In early 2011, Walsher Clemons returned from a short hiatus with two new members – Craig Urban on bass and Riley Pettrone on lead vocals.
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The Good Wives are Jacob Bruggman, Nicholas Alexander, and Shane Berg. They are an indie-rock band based out of Seattle, WA. Jacob writes some words then sings them while playing an acoustic guitar. Nicholas handles guitar solos, representing our low-end presence by use of the best technology we can budget, and occasional backing vocals- typically the more ruckus contributions. Shane also plays guitar, but his offerings are typically more rhythmic with some surprise hooks and appearances of 7th notes as well as contributing backing vocals.
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