Rayne: The Ground Floor
Rayne are from Sunderland in the North East of the UK. They are four times Battle of the bands winners, and runners up at the 02 Live & Unsigned final. This is from their new release New Enlightenment. [audio:] Rayne…
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The Authors: In the City
Another great band from Montreal in Canada Having each been implicated in numerous musical endeavors over the years, Pierre-Olivier Papineau and Keven Carrière united in October 2005 in an effort to concentrate on a project that was different from what…
a’tris: Automatic Doors
From their 2008 album Lensing The alt-rock sound coming out of Boston has a name: a’tris. The group draws upon a myriad of influences to create a noise that moves crowds to their feet. The front man/singer/keyboardist/tunesmith hails from Charlottesville,…
God Fires Man: Dark
[audio:] Continuing our Daily Dose/SXSW Festivus, here’s a band whose members represent a very strong history. Collectively coming from such bands as errortype:11, Gay for Johnny Depp, Into Another, and Walking Concert, they have a hard edged sound reminiscent of…