AWOLNATION-Electronic pop/Power pop/Indie pop

It's time to enjoy awesomeness.  Enough said.

AWOLNATION creates a unique blend of Indie, Electronica, Hard rock and Pop with every song and leaves you in amazement. A passion exists with this band that is unlike any other and sucks you in with no hope of ever pushing the stop button.

The band was started when Red Bull Records approached Aaron Bruno and asked him to use their free studio and record for the company. He accepted and began to record. The name AWOLNATION is derived from his own high school nickname and has stuck ever since.

While the band is mostly known for their hit single, "Sail", they released their first full length album, Megalithic Symphony in 2011 and the album took off. The single, "Sail" went platinum in the U.S. and double platinum in Canada and continues to climb the charts as its been used in many different things such as a video on youtube of Jeb Corliss base jumping in a wing-suit. The album itself was released March 15, 2011 right before the band went on tour. The shows usually sell out days before the performances and continue to grow bigger and bigger with every live performance.

AWOLNATION is-->

Aaron Bruno: Vocals
Drew Stewart: Lead Guitar
Kenny Carkeet: Rhythm Guitar, Keyboard, Backing vocals
David Amezcua: Bass Guitar, Backing vocals
Hayden Scott: Drums

Live at the Knitting Factory in Boise, ID

"Sail" Sample Music Video 

"Soul Wars" Music Sample

Album Picture retrieved from Google. Information from Wikipedia

Capital Lights-Pop rock/Christian Rock

Here comes some good ol' pop rock for ya. These guys are awesome and their CD's are the kind that I can listen to every song. It's sad that they are no longer active in the business but heres the history:

Capital Lights comes from the band afterEIGHT  which was formed in 2002 by bassist and vocalist, bryson Phillips and guitarist, Brett Admire. The name came from the fact that they both worked at a diner known as Lee's and were allowed to practice there as long as it was "after eight o'clock". Soon, they went with it and the band name was given. Their first album, "Better Late than Never" part of "yeah Siam Records" was released in August of 2006.
In 2007 the band signed with Tooth & Nail Records and in 2008, they changed their name officially to Capital Lights when they toured with popular bands, Hawk Nelson and Run Kid Run. 
In July of 2008, they released their first album under the label, "This Is an Outrage!" and shortly after their EP: "Revival of the Fittest EP". "This Is an Outrage!" in my opinion...is by far their best work. This amazing album includes singles like: "Mile Away", "Outrage", and "Let the Little Lady Talk". This whole album is just full of good stuff. Plug in and enjoy.
In August of 2009, the band announced that they were breaking up because God had different plans for each of them but that those plans would be impossible if they continued with the band.

THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT THOUGH! On Christmas Eve of 2010, Bryson announced on a couple different radio shows that they were no longer an active band but would be releasing one last album on "Tooth & Nail Records". When that album will be released is still unknown. BUT, keep an ear out for them!

This Is an Outrage!" in my opinion...is by far their best work. This amazing album includes singles like: "Mile Away", "Outrage", and "Let the Little Lady Talk". This whole album is just full of good stuff. Here's a couple samples of them and if you really dig it, download the album. For now, Plug in and enjoy.

Capital Lights was-->

Jay Caudle: Drums (2002-05)
Jacob Dement: lead Vocals (2002-06)
Andrew Welch: Guitar (2002-07)


Capital Lights IS-->


Bryson Phillips: Lead Vocals, Bass
Brett Admire: Guitar
Michael Phillips: Drums
Jonathan Williams: Guitar
John Odle: Bass Guitar

"Mile Away" Sample Music

"Let The Little Lady Talk" Music Sample:

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Aj Hernz-R&B/Hip-Hop/Pop/Dubstep

Aj Hernz was born in Laredo, Texas and later moved to San Antonio where he has made his biggest push.
He actually started as a dancer and through dancing and poetry, eventually found his hit. Making a huge push into the industry, Aj is turning heads all over the place. In the first two weeks of its release, Aj's mix tape sold over 2,000 copies and featured his first single, "Can't wait". Aj Hernz has also opened for Lil Wayne and is currently being looked at by Young Money and is said to be the next hit in 2012. Aj's most well-known hit however, is, "Snap Back Swag". This song is sure to get that party going. So turn it up let lose.

"Snap Back Swag" Sample Music Video:

Info retrieved from: http://officialajhernz.com/

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Midtown-Punk Rock

Midtown was an American band based out of Springfield, New Jersey. The band was originally formed by three students from Rutger's University. Soon after the formation, they became a quartet. In 1999, their first EP, "The Sacrifice of Life" was released by Pinball Records. In 2000, their debut album, "Save The Girl, Lose The World" was released by Drive Thru Records. When they released their third album,"Living Well Is The Best Revenge" in 2002, they were part of MCA Records. In 2004, their final album, "Forget What You Know" was released and soon after, disbanded. "Forget What You Know" was actually recorded without a label but was later taken by Columbia Records. When disbanded, Gabe Saporta became the lead singer for the well known synthpop band, Cobra Starship and Heath Saraceno, the former guitarist became a member of the Emo/Rock band Senses Fail. In 2009, Heath left the band in order to pursue other personal goals.

Midtown WAS-->

Gabe Saporta: Lead Vocals/Bass
Tyler Rann: Vocals/Guitar
Heath Saraceno: Vocals/Guitar
Rob Hitt: Drums/Percussion  

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The Black Keys-Blues Rock/Garage Rock

The Black Keys is an american rock group formed in 2001 out of Akron, Ohio. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney named the band after a schizophrenic they both knew who would leave "incoherent messages" on their answering machines. He would refer to their fathers as  "Black Keys" when he was upset with them.

In 2002, they released their debut album, "The Big Come Up"and later, two singles released as an EP, "Leavin' Trunk" and "She said, She said", both cover songs. In 2008, their single, "breaks" was featured in the motion picture, "RocknRolla" (HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE BY THE BY!) In 2003, they released "Thickfreakness" which also featured singles that were used in the popular FX TV show: Sons of Anarchy and others featured in movie soundtracks such as: School of Rock and I Love You, Man.

Their third album, "Rubber Factory" was released in 2004 and featured many popular artists and singles featured in many movies and TV shows. Something cool about this album is that it was in fact, recorded in an old abandoned factory. In addition to this album release, the band also released their first live album, "Live" in Sydney, Australia and opened for many bands during the year including: Pearl Jam, Beck, and Radiohead.  

Between the years of 2006 and 2007, the band released a couple EP's including cover songs and other treats. Later, their fourth album, "Magic Potion" was released and as the first album being a part of Nonesuch Records. Many of the singles on this album were again featured in many different movies and TV shows and also, video games. Their fifth album, "Attack and Release" was released in 2008 and included their hit single, "I Got Mine". Shortly after, a collaborative album featuring hip-hop artists such as: Mos Def, Ludacris, RZA, and ODB was released. "Blakroc" was recorded in New York and was one of their favorite accomplishments. Their next album, "Brothers" is probably the one that most people know them for if they are at all familiar with them. "Brothers" was released in 2010 and features their most popular single, "Howlin' For You". This single gained it's popularity from the soundtrack of the motion picture, "Limitless".

In December of 2010, The band was nominated for four Grammy Awards including, Best Rock Song and Best Alternative Album. "Brothers" was also placed at #2 in the Rolling Stones Best Albums of 2010. In addition to this, Spin Magazine nominated them the Best Artist of 2010. They currently work on their new album, "El Camino".

The Black Keys  IS-->

Dan Auerbach: Vocals, Guitar
Patrick Carney: Drummer, Producer

"I Got Mine" Sample Music:

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Swollen Members-Abstract Hip-hop/Rapcore

Swollen Members is a hip-hop group based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. They were founded in the mid 1990's. The band is mostly made up of Mad Child and Prevail, the well-known rap duo and was later joined by Rob the Viking and Moka Only.   
They were first noticed when Mad Child and Prevail went to the B-Boy Summit in California in 1996. After winning a few rap battles, they were initiated into the Rock Steady Crew. The Rock Steady Crew also includes Dilated Peoples and The Arsonists. 
Their debut album, "Balance" was released in 1999. It sold over 41,000 copies and won the 2001 Juno Award for Best Rap Recording as well. Later, in 2001, their second album, "Bad Dreams" was released. This album actually won them another Juno award for Best Rap Video, Best Director and Best Individual Video. In 2002, "Monsters in the Closet", their third album release brought Moka Only and Rob the Viking to the group and included the single featuring hit artist, Nelly Furtado" "Breathe". In 2003, the album, "Heavy" was released. The year's popular video games featured some of the singles included in this album and helped to gain them more recognition. With the release of their fifth album, "Black Magic" came the loss of group member, Moka Only. This album includes their hit single, "Pressure". Shortly after, Swollen Members signed with their new label, "Suburban Noize Records". With the new label, came the release of their sixth and seventh albums, "Armed to the Teeth" and "Dagger Mouth". The band currently consists of Mad Child, Prevail and Rob the Viking. 

And then there were 3...

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The Quemists-Electronica/Drum and Bass/Breakbeat Hardcore

The Quemists are a band out of Brighton, UK. After touring the UK and recording late nights in the studio, The Quemists released their first debut on "Ninja Tune". Later, their first single, "Stompbox" was featured in the film, "Jumper" as well as some video games. In 2009, the band began their own UK tour after supporting "Enter Shikari" on their World Tour. Their studio albums consist of, "Join the Q" and "Spirit In The System". Their most famous singles are, "Stompbox" and "Renegade".

The Quemists ARE-->

Dan Arnold: Bassist
Leon Harris: Drummer
Liam Black: Guitarist

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The Bayliens/Enzyme Dynamite-Electro Hip-Hop/Alternative Hip-Hop

SICK, DOPE, TIGHT,GOOD CHILL OLD SCHOOL ELECTRO FILTHY(Yet clean ;) ) BEATIN' HIPPITY HOP is EXACTLY how to describe these guys.

The Bayliens are a totally new sound of Hip-Hop out of California. Spaceman Cell, Enzyme Dynamite, and DJ True Justice. The Bayliens have performed with big Hip-Hop names such as: Lil Wayne, Tech N9ne, FloRida and Sean Kingston. Each of the members range from mc's, dj's and single artists. Spaceman Cell is an mc and dj and also, a model for many fashion industries. Enzyme Dynamite is part of the nationwide promotional campaign for Target. DJ True Justice has his own album distributed by Universal Music titled: "The Man of Steel". In an interview found on www.independentmusicawards.com, the group answered a few questions. Finishing the sentence, "The music industry is"...DJ True Justice said, "What you make of it. We are from another world,so it's ours for the taking." 

Their album, "Crop Circles" released in 2007, features hit singles such as: "PLANET ROCK", "PURPLE GRIMMACE" and "BOOMBOX". These aren't available on youtube so Check em' out on the album people!

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There are WAY more tunes. Their album is SICK. But not many videos. Check the album out ASAP

ENZYME DYNAMITE-->

Enzyme Dynamite also does his own thing apart from The Bayliens. Enzyme was originally born in the Dominican Republic and experienced many life-changing things at early ages such as: an armed robbery and even an attempted kidnapping that he himself, escaped from and the arrest of his father for the possesion of cocaine. Later, when his mom moved them to California, Enzyme began his hip-hop career. In addition to the already mentioned above, Enzyme has also appeared on many TV shows aired on stations such as MTV. 

(Information found from bio on Enzyme Dynamite's official web page) http://enzymedynamite.com/page/3961132:Page:2156

"We No Speak Americano Remix" Music Sample:

All other music and videos can be found on Youtube

Pictures retrieved from Google and thehypergate.com (The Space Station) 

FM Static-Pop Punk

FM Static is a band out of Toronto signed by "Tooth & Nail Records". It is a two piece band that was just a side project formed in 2003 by Trevor McNevan and Steve Augustine. Originally, it was John Bunner and Justin Smith until they left in 2005. While touring from 2003-2005, they released their first album, "What Are You Waiting For? "This album featured their first hit singles: "Definitely Maybe", "Crazy Mary" and "Something to Believe In". In 2006, they released their second full album, "Critically Ashamed". This album featured their single: "Waste of Time". This was a hit but their real popularity came from the internet release of their singles, "Tonight" and "Moment of Truth". Along with lots of radio play, the two songs received millions of hits on Youtube. "Tonight" receiving over 13 million and "Moment of Truth" receiving over 9 million. The band did not tour due to John and Justin leaving.  Their studio album, "Dear Diary" was released in 2009 and actually deals with the story of a boy facing the difficulties of life. His struggles with faith and love are told through his personal diary entries. Soon after, FM Static went on tour again in 2009 as part of the Creation Festival Tour. Their fourth studio album was released in April of this year titled: "My Brain Says Stop, But My Heart Says Go!" The single, "Last Train Home" is one of the more popular.

FM Static IS-->

Trevor McNevan: Vocals, Guitars
Steve Augustine: Drums

Touring Members ARE-->

Tom Beaupre: Bass, Keyboard
Nick Baumhardt: Guitar (Until 2009)

Former Members (2003-2005) WERE-->

John Bunner: Guitar
Justin Smith: Bass
Jeremy Smith: Guitar

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Jonathan Jones-Pop Rock/Indie-Rock/

Jonathan Jones is a singer, pianist and songwriter. Even though currently in a solo project, he is the co-founder of bands: Waking Ashland and We Shot The Moon. 


The Christian Rock band, Waking Ashland was co-founded by Jonathan in 2003. The band released two EPs and two LPs as well. In 2004, their first debut EP, "I Am For You" was released and their LP, "Composure" was released soon after in 2005. Their third release, "Telescopes" was finished with temporary band members and in April 2007, their fourth album and 2nd EP, "The Well" was released. This was their last album together and in 2007, the band broke up.

His current band while in his solo project, We Shot The Moon was formed soon after the break up of Waking Ashland. Their first release was their EP, "The Polar Bear and Cougar" and was followed by the band's first LP, "Fear and Love". In 2009, the band begin to record for their third album release, "A Silver Lining". Jonathan Jones has not stopped recording for We Shot The Moon. He is still recording for both it and his solo album. Singles like: "Sway Your Head" and "The Bright Side" are some of his most popular.

In 2009, Jonathn started to sell his first single CD, "We Were Young" and in 2010, Jonathan announced the release of his first solo album, "Community Group". It was released in the summer of 2011 with the help of his kickstarted group. The newest album, "Community Group" is completely funded by him self and the donation of his fans. Jonathan like most who use the Kickstarted program, is very grateful for this.

"Sway Your Head" Music Video Sample:

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Allred-Acoustic

John Allred is Allred. John has been playing music for the last five years and touring from coast to coast. Allred also uses the technique of looping and is another different kind of sound. His acoustic talent is something that continues to help his fame build. Starting with colleges and coffee shops, Allred now plays in bigger arenas with some of the most popular bands of our day. Some of these bands include: Jimmy Eat World, Howie Day, Mae, Secondhand Serenade and Dashboard Confessional. Allred currently has 5 albums and has independently sold over 30,000 copies. His newest album is "Sounds" and can be purchased on itunes.

As an important note, Allred is also starting his "Kickstarter" today. This is a key step for the progression of his career. He needs to raise a total of $5,000 by December 1. Donations of any kind help a ton and go a long way. Allred will also be PLAYING IN REXBURG December 10th at Sammy's so come check him out.

This guy is awesome everyone. Chill, acoustic music that wont get old. He also plays a TON here in Rexburg for those of you who follow me and are here. His covers are also BOMB.

Albums:
Parades
Covers
Covers II
Covers III
Covers 4
All We Are
Come Back EP
Sounds

"Parades" Sample Music Video:

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It's long. BUT You won't regret listening to the whole thing. That I can promise you. 

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Her Space Holiday-Indietronic

Her Space Holiday is the Indietronic moniker of Marc Bianchi formed in 1996. Marc Bianchi was originally a musician in the California Hardcore scene and was part of the bands: "Indian Summer" and "Mohinder". After Chocolate River Industries contacted Marc in an effort to create the first EP, Marc turned all of his attention to the completion of this EP. After the release of their first EP, Her Space Holiday has relased six other full length albums. Along with these were other EPs, and remixes as well. The album which had the most time in the lime light however, was "XOXO, Panda and The New Kid Revival" released in 2008. The most interesting thing about this album and the thing which set it apart from all the others is that the computer was not used in this album. It is said that he brought a lot more to the table with this album instead of just the usual.

This is one of the coolest band I know because of the unique style they have. I don't think there are many other bands out there like them. One of their more popular singles and my personal favorite from them is "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend."

"My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" Music Sample: 

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Living Legends/Eligh-Underground Hip-Hop/Indie-Rap

Living Legends are an underground hip-hop group made up of 8 rappers out of California. According to the bio in Wikipedia, The group is considered by LA Weekly to be "One of the biggest success stories of the Indie-Rap movement...having sold close to 300,000 units of their various solo and group efforts-all-by-them-d***-selves." (exact quote. Please excuse the language.) The Living Legends crew originally started with the Mystik Journeymen. In 1994 they began to really gain their popularity. Most of this popularity came from their own hard work with selling tapes on the street and holding and performing shows in East Oakland. In 1995, Mystik Journeymen which was comprised of artists, BFAP or "Brother from another Plant" or also, Sunspot Jonz, and PSC-Pushin Suckas Conscious, also known now as LuckyIAM, met up with The Grouch. With this new duo, they performed in several funded tours until 1996 when they met 3 Melancholy Gypsies out of Los Angeles. The three bands soon after formed Living Legends. Since the formation, the crew also includes artists: Bicasso, Aesop, and Arata.

Living Legends discography is huge. One of the sickest things about them is that they have done SO MUCH. There's so much to listen to. Check it out friends...HERE'S. THE. LIST.

Perfect way to judge whether or not you will dig these guys...How does KID CUDI MEETS UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP sound?

UHB I (1996)
UHB II (1996)
UHB III: Against All Odds (1997)
UHB IV: Stop and Retaliate (1999)
UHB Legacy
The Underworld (2000)
Angelz Wit Dirty Faces (2000)
Almost Famous (2001)
Crappy Old S*** (2003)
Creative Differences (2004)
Classic (2005)
Legendary Music: Volume. I (2006)
Almost Famous Re-Release (2007)
The Gathering (2008)
Legendary Music: Volume II (2008)

Disclaimer: They do swear a little. Make sure to grab the edited versions

Eligh, a songwriter, record producer and artist is a member of the band and has done some of his own stuff. Basically, he's a baller and that's why I'm including him in this profile. Eligh's music is straight hood. You will absolutely love it. He has a few albums. But, my favorite is definitely his latest: "Grey Crow". Some sick tracks are, "Angel of Death", "When I'm a Dad", and "Shine".

"Shine" Sample Music:

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The Republic of Wolves-Indie rock/Alternative rock

The Republic of Wolves is a band formed by Mason Maggio and Christian Van Deurs out of Long Island, New York soon after the completion of the album, Grandfather which was part of their previous band, Tigers on Trains. Soon after the completion, they started experimenting with a much different, heavier and more dynamic style of music with their friends, Billy Duprey, and Chris Wall. With this experimentation, The Republic of Wolves was formed.

I have to admit that I'm kind of biased towards these guys mainly because of their main influences which are, Taking Back Sunday, Straylight run, As Tall As Lions and my all time favorite, BRAND NEW. Something kind of cool and interesting is the fact that the reason they are known for being influenced by Brand New is because some of their music was posted on youtube and MISTAKEN FOR BRAND NEW!  They were actually posted as Brand New songs and fans were confused.

In November of 2010, the band released their first full-length debut album, "Varuna". The cd was actually self-released by the band while the vinyl was in fact released by Simple Stereo.Their EPs include: "His Old Branches"(2009) and "The Cartographer" (2011). Their most famous and best (In my opinion and the opinion of most fans I find...) is "Oarsman".

If you guys love Brand New you will definitely DIG The Republic of Wolves. 

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Metric- Post-Punk Revival

Metric was formed in Toronto, Canada and has also has been based in Montreal, London, New York and Los Angeles. It is made up of Lead singer, and guitarist, Emily Haines, guitarist James Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead and Joules Scott-Key. Metric's lead vocalist, Emily Haines is a dual citizen of Canada and India. Emily's father, Paul, was a poet and would have Emily listen to rare and eclectic music which became her early influences. James Shaw began his musical instruction in Boston music school and moved later to Juliard music school in New York City. After moving to Montreal, Shaw met Haines and they began. Haines and Shaw decided to call this "partnership" Metric  in 1999. Their first debut album, Grow Up and Blow Away was released in 2001 and contained hit singles such as: "Grow Up and Blow Away" and "Soft Rock Star". In 2001, Joules and Josh joined to complete the crew. In 2003, Metric's first full album, Old World Underground was released and eventually went gold in Canada. Just two years after the release of their first, Metric released their second full album, Live it out... and much like their other records, was very well received. In 2008, Metric toured all over and played many different shows throughout even 2009. Soon after, their fourth album, Fantasies was released featuring ten tracks. If any of you know of Metric, it is probably from their single, "Black Sheep" featured in the movie "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World." Another well known single, "Help I'm Alive" is also featured.

SOME COOL FACTS:
Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park of their single "Gold Guns Girls". Metric also came together with many other artists during the 2010 Winter Olympics to make a remix of the popular song, "Wavin' Flag" by K'Naan. This remix was made to benefit Haiti as part of the "Young Artists For Haiti".

Metric IS-->

Emily Haines: Lead Vocals, guitar, synthesizer
James Shaw: Guitar
Josh Winstead: Bass
Joules Scott-Key: Drums

"Stadium Love" Sample Music Video:

This is my personal favorite guys.

"Wavin' Flag (Part of Young Artists for Haiti) Sample Music Video:

Metric at 1:25 

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Also great for shredding shredders ;)

M83-New Wave Pop/Ambient/Indie

M83 was started in 2001 by French musician, Anthony Gonzalez and also former artist Nicholas Formageau in France. They released their first self-titled debut album in 2001 but were really recognized after the release of their second full length album in 2003: "Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts."  Shortly after the tour of Dead Cities... Nicholas left the band and Anthony took it back to the studio. In January 2005, The third album: Before the Dawn Heals Us was released. Along with this release came the remixes of many other songs including "The Pioneers" by Bloc Party. After recording a collection of Ambient works, the fourth album, Digital Shades Vol. 1 was released with the help of Antoine Gaillet. M83's fifth full album, Saturdays= Youth was released in 2008 and is by far the most structured. The theme of Saturdays according to Antoine, is mainly inspiration from 80's music. In an interview according to Wikipedia, Gonzalez said, "I think that 80's music is such a brilliant period in music history. It was the occasion for me to do a tribute to 80's music, but also a tribute to my teenage years because the main theme of the album is being a teenager, and being a teenager means a lot to me."...  


Four of M83's most popular singles were released in this album as well. Two of these are "colours" and "We Own The Sky". An AWESOME fact (In my opinion people!) is that M83 also supported Kings of Leon on their UK tour. Along with them, they also toured with The Killers. M83 is LEGIT people.

Recently, in 2011 Gonzalez started working on, as Wiki says, "A new batch of songs". According to Gonzalez, the new songs will be "darker and very, very, very, EPIC." His newest album, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming was released in July and features popular single "Midnight City".

Guys, as a side note...If you know me or have read my Bio you know I'm a shredder. SO, to sum this band up...it makes for some SICK shredding tunes. SO download their shiz, plug in your ipod, iphone or whatever, and blast M83 on the slopes.

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Radical Face-Folk/Indie

Radical Face was formed by Ben Cooper from Florida. The name comes from the simple fact that he "thought it was kind of funny". Many wonder why the name is what it is. There is really no special reason. Ben's first release was "Ghost" and in 2010, his first EP, Touch The Sky was released with just 6 tracks. In October of 2011, the first full album Roots was released and was followed by his second EP in August of 2011 titled: Branches and Leaves. Radical Face's hit single, "Welcome Home" is featured in Ghost and is by far the most well-known and dynamic track.

Radical Face will give you some chill music to just kick back and enjoy on any cloudy day when the best thing to do is throw on a hoodie and your favorite slip ons. IT'S. JUST. CHILL. PEOPLE. 8)

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Middle Class Rut-Alternative/Hard Rock

Middle Class Rut was formed in 2006 out of Sacramento, CA. It is comprised of artists Zach Lopez and Sean Stockham. The Fall of 2007 marked Middle Class Rut's first full tour. Their hit single, "New Low" was voted "Top Song" by a few different radio stations including KWOD. A comparison was once made for them saying they combine sounds like those of Jane's Addiction and Rage Against the Machine. After opening for many bands like Social Distortion and Alice in Chains, throughout 2009, they released their full length album, No Name No Color in November of 2010. Since then, they have opened for Chevelle who are avid fans of Middle Class Rut  and also bands like My Chemical Romance and more recently, 30 Seconds to Mars. 


These guys are awesome and the video is one of the coolest I've seen. Check it out and see for yourself!

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