June 2012
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Getting To Know You: MOUNT CARMEL
MOUNT CARMEL are a blue-rock trio from Columbus, Ohio walking quite nicely in the footsteps of Cream and Humble Pie before them, dripping in fuzzed out bass and guitar mastery. Named after the hotel they were both born in, the band is led by brothers Pat Reed on bass and Matt Reed on guitar with wunderkind drummer Kevin Skubak.
Matt Reed describes the trio as being influenced by, “a lot...
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Getting To Know You: TOTAL SLACKER
TOTAL SLACKER is a lo-fi-psych-garage rock band from Brooklyn who has begun to make their name outside of the crowded confines of the Big Apple, with their single “Crystal Necklace” making numer 36 on Pitchfork’s Top 50 Songs of 2010 reader’s poll.
The group is fronted by guitarist Tucker Rountree a classically trained jazz guitarist who spent his formative years on...
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Getting to Know You: NIGHT MANAGER
Brooklyn’s NIGHT MANAGER began life as the triumvirate of French born-and-bred vocalist Caitlyn Seager, guitarist, telemarketer and Neil deGrasse Tyson doppelganger David Tassey and o.g. drummer turned guitarist Ezana Edwards. Over the years they have picked up a few members and attracted the attention of UK’s Rough Trade and Japan’s Big Love with their amalgam of shoegazy...
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Okkervil River to play Sycamore Land Trust benefit...
We teamed with Upland Brewing Co. to brin Okkervil River to Bloomington as the headliner for our annual Hillbilly Haiku Americana Music Concert on August 31st, 2012 (the Friday of Labor Day weekend). Tickets are not on sale yet, but stay tuned for those details, as well as the announcement of supporting acts.
100% of proceeds benefit Sycamore Land Trust – an organization that is dedicated to...