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Even though the Minneapolis group Vicious Vicious began as Erik Appelwick’s moniker for his debut album documented completely on four-track, Blood and Cover, it shortly grew right into a full-blown live band when Darren Jackson, Alex Oana, and Martin Dosh climbed aboard. Using the quartet hashing out preparations of Appelwick’s …

No stranger to the level, Todd Deatherage continues to be playing in night clubs since the age group of fifteen. In 2001, the Dallas, Texas-born singer-songwriter loaded up and transferred to Brooklyn, NY with his electric guitar and new materials in tow searching for a fresh line-up for The Todd …

Jason Merritt, Maximum Lichtenstein, and Dan Goebel comprise the indie rock and roll clothing Timesbold. The trio, which comes from Brooklyn, produced a large splash overseas using its debut solitary, “Sewn in Seams,” in springtime 2001. The Woe Become Gone EP produced a larger impression later on that fall, placing …

Possibly the most enigmatic rock-band from the twin cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Florida’s four people first began carrying out collectively in 1997. The group self-released two albums of exclusive, deceptively complicated pop/rock and roll: 1997’s relatively rough-edged Golden Sunlight Songbook, and 2000’s smoother-sounding Drum Single for the Bumpers. As the …

Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Corndaddy is certainly a group whose style is certainly rooted in Americana/alt-country sound, though there’s also solid accents of power pop and straight-up rock and roll & roll within their music. Business lead guitarist Kevin Dark brown played in several Michigan country-rock rings in the …

The North Carolina-based roots rock collective Truth & Salvage Co. shaped in 2005 across the abilities of guitarist/vocalist Tim Jones, keyboardist/vocalist Walker Little, guitarist/vocalist Scott Kinnebrew, drummer/vocalist Costs Smith, keyboard participant Adam Sophistication, and bassist Joe Edel. Boasting four vocalist/songwriters and a brief history that spanned the East and Western …

Called after a T. Rex monitor by founders Alejandro Escovedo, bassist David Fairchild and drummer Glenn Benavides, Buick MacKane combined rootsy rock and roll with edgier types of the 1970s like garage area rock and roll and glam. The loose quartet was created in 1989 when Benavides (previously of Doctors …

Michigan-based roots rock quartet Dirt and grime Road Logic craft gritty and passionate tales from the Midwest that evoke the ragged alt-country of Drive-By Truckers, the wistful Americana of Outdated 97’s, as well as the bar band sensibilities of early-’70s Moving Stones. Shaped in the springtime of 2005 across the …

Made up of guitarist David Grubbs (Gastr del Sol), singer/songwriter Hannah Marcus (she documented her single debut, Desert Farmers, with users of Godspeed You! Dark Emperor), and lauded article writer/vocalist/lyricist Rick Moody (Crimson America, The Snow Surprise), Brooklyn, New York’s Wingdale Community Performers blend metropolitan imagery and Americana right into …

Dorman delivers a sweetly tainted songcraft with an intellect like the wants of Neil Finn and Syd Straw. Todd Dorman (electric guitar/vocals), Thane Sheetz (bass), Sean Dolan (drums), and Elise Kuder (violin/body organ) had been all seasoned and well-educated music artists when Dorman emerged together within a cathedral basement in …