Drive-By Truckers is a five-piece southern rock band from Athens, Georgia. Their alternative country is characterized by the use of three guitars together with bass and drums. Their songs revolve around stories about drifters and outlaws and how they cope in poor situations.

High-School friends Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley founded Drive-By Truckers in 1996. Earlier, they had already been playing together in several bands, among which Adam’s House Cat. 

After two studio releases, ‘Gangstabilly’ (1998), ‘Pizza Deliverance’ (1999) and the live record ‘Alabama Ass Whuppin” (1999), Drive-By Truckers started to work on their masterpiece ‘Southern Rock Opera’. This 2001 double CD is based on the history of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

This record was a huge underground success, and the band eventually signed with New West Records. In early 2008 Drive-By Truckers released their 8th record called ‘Brigher Than Creation’s Dark’.

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Elbow is a Manchester based indie pop/rock band. Its music can be placed somewhere between Radiohead and Coldplay. Over the years Elbow’s innovative sound and candid and evocative lyrics have been praised by the likes of Blur, R.E.M, U2 and John Cale.

Lead singer Guy Garvey met guitarist Mark Potter at college in 1990, who was in a band with drummer Richard Jupp and bassist Pete Turner. Guy joined the band, and so did Mark’s brother Craig. At first they called themselves Mr. Soft, which was later changed to Soft and finally into Elbow.

Elbow’s first three EP’s were given extensive airplay on BBC Radio 1. In 2001 their debut album ‘Asleep In The Back’ was released on V2 and gained them several award nominations (a.o. for the NME and Brit Awards). ‘Cast of Thousands’ (2003) and ‘Leaders Of The Free World’ (2005) followed.

The fourth Elbow record ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ was issued in March 2008. The British quintet recorded this record without any help from outside the band.

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The War On Drugs came into existence after several sessions between frontman Adam Granduciel and guitarist Kurt Vile, two huge Bob Dylan fans that met each other in 2003. Percussionists Kyle Loyd and Charlie Hall and bass-player Dave Hartley completed the line-up in 2005. 

The Philadelphia five quickly became a familiar face in their hometown’s club scene. It didn’t take long before they were playing in New York and other cities. They finished their ‘Barrels Of Batteries’ EP in 2007, which can still be downloaded for free at the Secretly Canadian website. On year later The War On Drugs were signed and released their first record.

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The music of the six-piece band is influenced by the strong but easygoing grooves of West Coast 70’s rock, in combination with blues, classic and psychedelic rock. In 2006 Howlin Rain started touring as opening act for Queens of the Stone Age.

Until this date, Howlin Rain released two albums on the independent Birdman label. 2006’s Debut album ‘Howlin Rain’ was followed up by ‘Magnificent Friend’ in 2008.

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The guys are singing about love, life, joy, energy and freedom. Their message is to live life to the fullest. The alternative rock music of Friska Viljor is cheerful and not too complicated.

On stage Daniel and Joakim are joined by Maria Lindèn, Mattias Areskog, Markus Bergqvist and Ludvig Rylander.

Friska Viljor released their debut album ‘Bravo’ in 2006, followed by ‘Tour de Hearts’ in 2008.

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Lori Meyers publish their first album, ‘Viaje de Estudios’, in 2004. One year after the second album ‘Hostal Pimodan’ the third, called ‘Cronolánea’ (2008), put Lori Mayers on top of the national charts.

At the moment, Lori Meyers is one of the most popular Spanish indie bands. The band is formed by Antonio López (lead singer and guitar), Julián Méndez (bass guitar and keyboard), Alejandro Méndez (guitar) and Alfredo Núñez (drums).

Lori Meyers’ music is strongly influenced by 60’s pop-rock and beat music. Their clean sound without any guitar distortion places their music in line of American melodic rock. A few bands of reference are: The Beach Boys, Pixies, Los Brincos and Los Planetas.

We wrote a little story on Howlin Rain, but sound and video always says more. So you might wanna watch this video I found.

The music of the six-piece band is influenced by the strong but easygoing grooves of West Coast 70’s rock, in combination with blues, classic and psychedelic rock. In 2006 Howlin Rain started touring as opening act for Queens of the Stone Age.

Until this date, Howlin Rain released two albums on the independent Birdman label. 2006’s Debut album ‘Howlin Rain’ was followed up by Magnificent Friend in 2008.

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Do you think you can handle it? You’ll find out soon enough. Watch the entire show here.

A Place To Bury Strangers Biography
A Place To Bury Strangers are Oliver Ackermann (guitar, vocals), Jono MOFO (bass) and Jay Space (drums). These three guys from New York City play a heavy mix of psychedelic rock, shoegaze and space rock. The Washington Post called the band: ”the most ear-shatteringly loud garage/shoegaze band you’ll ever hear”. The guys founded A Place To Bury Strangers in 2003 and released their self-titled debut album in 2007. Meanwhile they shared the stage with their heroes Jesus And The Mary Chain and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
   

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For the ones who read this blog and aren’t yet familiar with this Swedish duo. We’ve written a short bio for you to read and found a nice video to watch. It isn’t the most steady camera work, but will surely give you a good impression. 

Friska Viljor Biography   

Daniel Johansson and Joakim Sveningsson formed Friska Viljor in 2005, right after they both had ended their relationships. These events led the two Swedish friends to the rehearsal studios. All the energy they had previously invested into their relationships would now be focused on music.

The guys are singing about love, life, joy, energy and freedom. Their message is to live life to the fullest. The alternative rock music of Friska Viljor is cheerful and not too complicated.

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Jimmy Eat World was founded in 1993 by singer/guitarist Jim Adkins and drummer Zach Linden. Joined by guitarist Tom Linton and bassist Mitch Porter (later replaced by Rick Burch) they formed their own rock band.
The four from Mesa, Arizona broke through in 2001 with the hits ‘The Middle’ and ‘Sweetness’, taken from the album ‘Bleed American’ of which they sold 1.3 million copies.
After 2004’s ‘Futures’, their sixth studio album ‘Chase This Light’ was released in 2007. For the recording of ‘Chase This Light’ Jimmy Eat World teamed up with top producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins). The band’s repertoire varies from alternative to indie rock and pop to punk.
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