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Originating like a part project for users of Chiodos, punk-pop/emo group Cinematic Sunrise had been founded by Craig Owens (vocals) and Bradley Bell (keyboards) as an outlet for any brighter, more cheerful appear that wouldn’t match the music idiom of their additional group. Owens in the beginning recruited close friends …

Dallas, TX-based Kessler were formed in 2005 by vocalist Mike Mitchell, guitarists Stephen Tucker and Devin Reynolds, bassist Chris Mitchell, and drummer Jonathan Ogle, focusing on well-crafted melodic pop/rock and roll with lightly Christian themes. The music group recorded a monitor for the locally released compilation Compact disc sponsored by …

Although formed in North Ireland, General Fiasco looked to America for inspiration, taking cues from guitar-driven bands just like the Strokes, Foo Fighters, and Paramore. Shane Davey, Owen Strathern, and Enda Strathern released the music group in 2007, with Davey ultimately departing the lineup and drummer Stephen Leacock acquiring his …

Shaped in 2008 being a part task for punk-pop practitioners Utmost Bemis and Coby Linder of Los Angeles-based State Anything and Chris Conley and David Soloway of New Jersey’s Saves your day, Two Tongues released elements from both works, producing a spirited mixture of indie rock and roll and emo …

Led by powerhouse vocalist Cassadee Pope, Hey Mon debuted their fizzy emo-pop sound with 2008’s Hang on Tight. The music group formed in Western Palm Seaside, FL, where Pope was initially found out at a local music meeting. Although still in senior high school, the vocalist drew interest from A&R …

Salinas, CA, indie rockers Mention FORGET ABOUT came jointly in Dec 2001. Peter Pedrazzi (vocals, electric guitar), Tim Spier (drums, vocals), Peter Holbert (electric guitar), and Jon Rasmussen released their initial record, Stranger in Dreams, in 2004 before relocating to LA to attend university the following calendar year. In 2006, …

If the tribute towards the city’s skyline in the cover of their debut doesn’t tip you off, So THEY STATE hail from St. Louis, MO. David Schroeder, Joseph Hamilton, Joe Hoermann, Nick Walters, and Justin Hanson acquired all experienced bands before Therefore They Say, however when the lineup finally gelled …

The band name the High Court doesn’t imply the members of the NJ punk-pop quintet are fans from the judicial system a lot much like its invocation of the term “high” as well as the handy acronym THC — quite simply, that they are fans of weed. That is no …

Mayday Parade arose from your merger of two well-known Tallahassee local rings, Child Named Chicago and Defining Instant, whose mixture helped the emo pop device amass an instant hype around its hometown picture. The sextet was made up of vocalist Derek Sanders, vocalist/guitarist Jason Lancaster, bassist/vocalist Jeremy Lenzo, drummer Jake …

The members of the first November were young enough to have become up with the Drive-Thru Information sound, a formula that incorporated sensitive emo, pop, and punk revivalist amalgams having a little bit of post-hardcore grit. The music group first surfaced in 2000, fighting to protected shows within their occupied …