Artists
“Dynamic, genre defying act from ambitious local label Highwheel records”—Spin Magazine “Energetic and contagious”— The Big Takeover Glam and angst-y dance rock with a new-wave freakiness to it-that is how I will sum of the sound of Walking Bicycles. Backed… (Read More)
“Walking into Drawings specializes in slow-motion soundscapes that invoke intense listening experiences.” – indianapolis star (Read More)
Justin Sconza (vox) and Colin Yarck (beats/synthesizers) met in college at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois. Justin grew up in Beverly. Beverly is on the south side of Chicago. Justin, who writes many of Walter Meego’s songs has said… (Read More)
pure rock n’ roll brought to you by members of arrow points north, autokinoton, one per coffin and roskopp. (Read More)
Warren Jackson Hearne became the unlikely martyr of gangsta rap, and a tragic symbol of the toll its lifestyle exacted on urban black America. At the outset of his career, it didn’t appear that he would emerge as one of the… (Read More)
Wartime Blues, an eight-piece folk rock outfit, makes its home in the western mountain town of Missoula, Montana. Led by guitarist/vocalist Nate Hegyi, the band includes Ben Prez (mandolin/backup vocals), Sam Luikens (banjo/backup vocals), Lisena Brown (keys), Bethany Joyce (cello/violin), Jesse… (Read More)
We All Have Hooks for Hands is a folk pop group from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In early 2007 the group signed to Afternoon Records. The band stemmed from hardcore groups, known as “The Coxxx” and “Los Assos Waxos”. The band… (Read More)
Sounds Like - Probably something involving spiders, and possibly small fireworks, which may or may not be tied to said spiders with a small piece of green thread. Also sounds sort of like The Tyrones. Weird, huh? We didn’t even try to… (Read More)
Following closely in the footsteps of The Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit, We Were Promised Jetpacks are yet another hugely talented young scottish band added to the FatCat roster. The 4-piece came to our attention when listening to some of the… (Read More)
This is the home for a collection of songs I have written over the past few years. I grew up playing bass as my main instrument, and still continue to do so with a handful of bands (see top friends). These… (Read More)
“True, gripping melodies—ones that stand up to repeated listening. – Entertainment Weekly “Puts forth fragile, folky songs that at times evoke elements of Neil Young. (Not all evokers of Neil Young are worth spending time with, but this act is.)” … (Read More)
We all got together in a sweaty un-airconditioned attic in Colorado and started swigging cheap beer and writing/playing some rock and roll. It was coincidental that we came from religious families with small town roots and rebelled growing up through music… (Read More)
Western Autos is: Sean Barrows – drums, percussion; Gary Brudos – keyboards, vocals; Jim Sweeney – guitars, bass, banjo, vocals (Read More)
Sounds Like that one time at the bar when that dude was being a total dick and you got all in his face and told him whats up… i mean, you didn’t fight him or anything, but you totally could have… (Read More)
What About Pluto? are a band who’s passion for playing music is so vivid in their actions on stage, it is an absolute breath of fresh air. The music is a simple, yet interesting take on the modern rock genre that… (Read More)
“If the modern catma of this movement involving love and peace and other new-age dorkisms dictate that a certain inevitable inevitability inevitably happens, then I should be, and very well should be, smiting the worries of speaking thinking and feeling the… (Read More)
“Wistful and happy-go lucky, brooding and slapstick, hopelessly sentimental and chronically enigmatic, Trying to Never Catch Up succeeds on terms of its own devising. It’s challenging in the best sense of the word because it raises the bar for every band… (Read More)
An energetic and wonderfully ragged-sounding rock & roll quartet out of Ohio, Wheels on Fire sounds at times like a vintage late-‘60s garage band but the group’s gleefully unhinged approach would be welcome in any decade. Members include singers and guitarists… (Read More)
Norm came from a mormon family in Utah (he had 4 mothers and 38 brothers & sisters), G0G0 came from a trailer park in Eureka Missouri, Doyle came from…well we’re not really sure where Doyle came from. He appeared on… (Read More)
“The first signing to Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ new label, the Whispertown 2000 seperate themselves from L.A.‘s soft-rock heap by virtue of Morgan Nagler’s acute lyrics and heartsick vocals.” – Spin "Nagler sings of love, dope, and life/death’s positive/negative balance… (Read More)
well, I used to just play by myself.. then Jenny [Lewis, of Rilo Kiley] kept trying to encourage me to get a band and play! So she told Tod he should play with me and me I should play with Tod… (Read More)
White Hinterland is both a new project and incarnation for indie rock singer/songwriter Casey Dienel. The Boston native debuted in 2005 and released her first album, Wind-Up Canary, on Hush Records in 2006. Dienel then returned to the recording studio with… (Read More)
Formed in the final months of 2008, White Leather is a driving rock and roll band drawing on punk and hard rock influences to create a fresh but familiar brand of rock straight out of Denver, Colorado. Comprised of members from… (Read More)
LOUD, FAST, AND HEAVY PSYCHEDELIC ROCK & ROLL MADE FOR THOSE LIVING A WILD LIFESTYLE. FORCEFUL DRUMS COMMANDING BASS HERCULEAN GUITARS ASTROLOGICAL VOCALS NEVER KNOWING THE DAY, NOR THE HOUR -————————————————————- “Rock & roll animals (Recommended show)” -The Austin Chronicle "Up-and-comers… (Read More)
“Buried within its bright, ecstatic chaos are some of the catchiest melodies I’ve heard all year. I’d hardly call this a pop record because it forces you to draw the connections for yourself—-the best pop reveals itself as such by being… (Read More)
