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Austin garage rockers Leopold and His Fiction released a new single "I'm Caving In", a song from their fourth LP, Darling Destroyer, slated for a January 20, 2017 release. In the accompanying video for the single, the band takes their grunge-tastic sound from the garage to, appropriately enough, what appears to be a grotto-esque cave, and features dapper frontman Daniel James Leopold... Continue Reading →
“Trouble don’t you find no home by me”, the recurring refrain in "Trouble", the new single from rock band The New Respects, which proclaims that though there is trouble around every corner, we can choose how we respond to it. The New Respects is a family affair made up of three siblings--twins Alexis (bass) and Zandy Fitzgerald (guitar), along with their... Continue Reading →
I firmly believe that there’s something in the water in Australia; every time I turn around, there’s another brilliant artist emerging from the Land Down Under, and Hamish Anderson is one such phenom. The Los Angeles-based Aussie will release his debut full-length album, Trouble, on October 21st via Kobalt/AWA. The guitar-wielding Anderson saunters right out... Continue Reading →
Melbourne-raised, Los Angeles-based guitar hero Hamish Anderson is ready to release his debut full-length, Trouble, on October 21st via Kobalt/AWAL. On Trouble, Anderson says the goal was to make it about the songs; “Get a really great band together and have it be about the songs, not about spending so much time on how the bass drum sounds. It was capturing, warts and... Continue Reading →
The countdown is on for East of 8th Presents blues rocker TRUETT with American Roommates and Summer Salt at The High Watt on Wednesday, July 27th! We are giving away a pair of tickets to the show! Just scroll down and enter your info to win! The winner will be chosen at 5:00 p.m. Central... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday beloved readers!! East of 8th is presenting a show at The High Watt in Nashville on Wednesday, July 27th, featuring Atlanta native and blog favorite blues rocker TRUETT! While it may seem that he sprung from nowhere, TRUETT has, in fact, been steadily building a following in the southeast for many years, and if... Continue Reading →
Our New To 'Roo spotlight ends with three other blog favorites from the archives who are making their first Bonnaroo appearances this year: London Souls: Thursday, June 9th, That Tent, 6:00 p.m. Tash Neal and Chris St. Hilaire, a.k.a. The London Souls, a Brooklyn-based rock n' roll duo possessing explosive talent and envy-inducing hair, are... Continue Reading →
Chris Vos, frontman of Los Angeles-based blues-rock trio The Record Company hadn’t yet had his first cup of coffee, so I caught him in his natural, uncaffeinated state for our recent chat: Me: I play bass, and I have to tell you, y’all have the grooviest bass lines ever. He: To achieve our sound, we... Continue Reading →
Blog favorite blues rock duo, Black Pistol Fire, released their latest full-length album, Don't Wake The Riot, on May 20th. A follow-up to 2014's swampy self-titled record, at eleven songs strong Don't Wake The Riot shows the band going in a grittier direction. Don't worry y'all--vocalist Kevin McKeown's signature howl and Eric Owen's ferocious drum shredding is still the constant. They also... Continue Reading →
An extreme lack of sleep, a lost wallet, and a misplaced guitar were worth the trouble at SXSW this year for Marcus King and his band; on their last night in Austin, the outfit decided to make a stop at the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus for a fateful encounter. “George Clinton was in there... Continue Reading →
