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The
BellRays
Pioneering the sound best summed up as
"maximum Rock 'n Soul", The Bellrays have been honing their
craft over the course of several years and several releases. Already rock
icons in Europe, the time has come for their unique sound to tear the
roof off of the States.
Channeling
equal parts fury and fragility, The Bellrays have lived and breathed
their music since their inception in 1990, packing more emotion into one
tune than most bands can throughout the course of several albums.
"Most people think that a record is the complete culmination of all
that goes into a band", explains Kekaula. "When you use your
voice, guitar, bass, or drums to express feelings where words do not
exist, you are your own Superman and Kryptonite. In all that The Bellrays
do there is life, blood, emotion and dedication. We know no other way.
For every second of music on this recording there was at least a day that
led us both individually and as a group to this point, by either
practice, songwriting, fighting, accounting, gigging, sleeping in the
van, death, etc. We have dedicated our lives to the art of rock and
roll."
www.thebellrays.com
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Tracy Bonham
A native of Eugene, OR, Bonham
began singing at age five, playing the violin at nine and piano at age
14. After earning a violin scholarship at University of Southern
California, she transferred to Berklee College of Music to study voice
and began writing and recording her own material. On her 1996 debut The
Burdens of Being Upright, Bonham established herself as a brash rocker
with ironic nods to the emerging music of punk grrrrl bands. With blunt,
direct observations on love and loss, the album went gold and earned the
singer Grammy nominations for Best Alternative Music Performance and
Best Female Vocalist.
www.tracybonham.com
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Lisa
Kekaula
"In
addition to being the lead singer of The BellRays, Lisa Kekaula has become
the de facto face of The Basement Jaxx, who won the 2005 Grammy
for Best Electronic/Dance Album Their recent greatest hits package “The Singles” (featuring Lisa on the songs, “Good Luck” and “U Don’t Know Me”) has been certified multi-platinum in the UK.
One of the hardest working women in rock, when she’s
not appearing with The BellRays or Basement Jaxx, she can be seen
dazzling audiences with the reformed MC5.
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dios
The band dios is a music group originally out of
Hawthorne, California. The band consists of singer-songwriter Joel
Morales, keyboard player Edwin Kampwirth, bassist John Paul Caballero,
and drummer Patrick Butterworth. In 2004 they released their self-titled
record dios on StarTime to generally positive reviews. Pitchfork Media
rated the album 8.0 out of 10 and said it made California pop "a
little less predictable. The
latest record is out on Buddyhead, “We Are Dios”
www.wearedios.com
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London To Tokyo
London to
Tokyo formed in mid 2008 in Los Angeles when Simon Steadman, frontman and
songwriter from Elektra records’ Steadman, partnered with drummer Justin
Butler from Sacramento rockers Tenfold. The music that grew out of this
union kept the yearning pop melodicism of Steadman, but married it to
crunching Queens of the Stone Age inspired riff rock with subtle
undercurrents of electronica. Bassist Curtis Roach from Shooter Jenning’s
Stargunn and lead guitarist Nicholas J Tyler from Scottish band
Driveblind - signed to A&M/Geffen Records rounded out the ensemble
providing the rumble and the sheen. Think Coldplay meets the Kings of
Leon backstage at a Oasis show somewhere from London to Tokyo....
www.myspace.com/londontotokyo
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Radio Freq
Don't
misread the name of this badass LA foursome. The “FREQ” is short for
frequency and it damn sure reads as “freak.” Yet there's nothing freaky
about Radio Freq, except perhaps for the band’s tireless quest to create
the perfect party track. These boys don’t just want to DJ other people's
music. They want to make music other people DJ. Their mission is simple:
to fuse rock and electro in such a way as to retain the former's
irrepressible danceability and the latter's vital live energy.
www.myspace.com/radiofreqmusic
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