Band: Titus Andronicus Where Are They From? Glen Rock, New Jersey When Did They Start? 2005 Who Are They? Titus Andronicus are a hyper-literate punk band from Jersey. They’ve released two critically-acclaimed albums, the latest of which, The Monitor, being a concept album that parallels a journey of home-state resentment to acceptance with the American […]
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Band: The Hold Steady Where Are They From? Brooklyn, New York When Did They Start? 2004 Who Are They? The Hold Steady formed as a bar band in Brooklyn, after Craig Finn (lead singer/lyricist/guitarist) and Tad Kubler (lead guitar) left the indie band Lifter Puller, as well as their upper Midwest homes, behind. They quickly
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Band: The Loved Ones Where Are They From? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania When Did They Start? 2003 Who Are They? The Loved Ones are a straight-ahead punk band with a bit of pop-punk thrown in for good measure. The band formed in 2003 after lead singer/guitarist Dave Hause left the band Paint It Black. Since then, they’ve
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Who Are They? Cage the Elephant Where Are They From? Bowling Green, Kentucky When Did They Start? 2005 Why Should You Care? Cage the Elephant crafts their own unique sound off of a solid blues-rock foundation. Their first album is full of catchy-yet-witty songs that have a tendency to stick with the listener long after
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists’ music has always been about mixing other styles of rock on top of a solid punk foundation. The band’s latest effort, The Brutalist Bricks, follows that same principle all the way to become their most musically-diverse record yet. The album features everything from post-hardcore leanings on “The Stick” to Petty-esque
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