{"key":"959","name":"Emily Haines","bio":"Emily Haines (born January 1974 in New Delhi, India) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboardist of the indie rock band Metric and a part-time member of the group Broken Social Scene. She also released a solo album as Emily Haines, plus an album and an EP as Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton.Emily is the daughter of Canadian poet Paul Haines and sister of Canadian television journalist Avery Haines. She was born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Canada. After settling in Peterborough, Ontario at the age of 3, she grew up in a milieu rich with experimental art and musical expression. Paul would often make cassettes of rare and eclectic music for his daughter to listen to and her early influences included Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt, and later PJ Harvey. By her teens she followed her parents' footsteps by attending the Etobicoke School of the Arts (ESA). There she met Amy Millan and Kevin Drew, with whom she would later collaborate in songs for Broken Social Scene and Stars.Haines and Millan briefly formed their first band around 1990 while at ESA, and with songs later written and recorded while at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1992-1993, at Toronto in 1995, and at Concordia University in Montreal in 1995-1996, Haines distributed in 1996 an early effort, entitled \"Cut in Half and Also Double\", with a limited number of copies.Haines has also ventured out into a small solo career, playing a limited number of shows with Amy Millan as the opener. Haines' act consisted of just herself (blindfolded), and a piano.Her solo album called Knives Don't Have Your Back was released September 12, 2006 in Canada and on the 26th in the U.S.She has contributed vocals or backing vocals to songs by Broken Social Scene, Jason Collett, Stars, Delerium, k-os, KC Accidental, MSTRKRFT, The Stills, Ti\u00ebsto, The Crystal Method, Todor Kobakov.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/959_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"389","name":"Reverie Sound Revue","bio":"Reverie Sound Revue formed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in January 2002. After releasing an EP in 2002, the band parted ways in 2004 to pursue other callings. Lisa Lobsinger toured as a member of Broken Social Scene, and other members of RSR earned degrees in mathematics, engineering, electronics, architecture and art.In late 2005, inspired to make the album they were unable to make while together, they began writing new songs and exchanging ideas via e-mail as members were spread between Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. Instruments were recorded individually during the summer of 2006 in Calgary, vocals were recorded through the winter of 2007 in Toronto, followed by a patient year of details, layers and mixes.The result is Reverie Sound Revue's self-titled full-length debut, a collection of 11 songs to be released June 23, 2009 on Boompa Records.The band includes vocalist Lisa Lobsinger, a rhythm section of John Marcel de Waal and Bryce Gracey, Marc De Pape and Patrick Walls on guitars. Several songs off the EP have appeared in television shows, including Radio Free Roscoe and Life With Derek. www.reveriesoundrevue.net","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/389_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"54459","name":"Apostle of Hustle","bio":"Apostle of Hustle is the creation of Andrew Whiteman. Whiteman is a Canadian musician and songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. After a series of groups and musical projects he had during the 90s, Andrew was invited by Leslie Feist to collaborate with herself and what was then essentially the core of Broken Social Scene \u2013 Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew and Justin Peroff. The chemistry was successful and Whiteman became one of the band's four members to consistently appear in every tour.Since his affiliation with the record label Arts&Crafts, Andrew Whiteman began his side project, Apostle of Hustle, inspired by various literary philosophical classics and world music \u2013 particuarly that of Cuba. The band's first album, Folkloric Feel, is an eclectic but stunning display of vision and original sound. The band's follow-up LP was National Anthem of Nowhere, released in February of 2007. Their third album, Eats Darkness, was released on May 19th, 2009.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/54459_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"58159","name":"Hannah Georgas","bio":"Hannah Georgas is a Canadian pop\/rock singer-songwriter, currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia.Originally from Newmarket, Ontario, she played in a band with Tim Oxford of Arkells in high school before moving to Victoria, British Columbia to attend university.While in university, she recorded a number of song demos in a friend's recording studio and quickly attracted the attention of other area musicians, releasing her d\u00e9but EP \"The Beat Stuff\" in 2008. The EP garnered airplay on CBC Radio 3, who later also named Georgas the winner of their 2009 Bucky Award for Best New Artist. Following a show in New York City in 2009, Georgas was invited to write a song for a Wal-Mart commercial; the resulting track, \"You've Got a Place Called Home\", ran in the store's Autumn advertising campaign.She released her full-length d\u00e9but album, \"This Is Good\", on 27th April 2010. Two songs from the album, \"Chit Chat\" and \"The Deep End\", also appeared on a split single with Mark Watrous in 2009.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/58159_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"10902","name":"Jenn Grant","bio":"Jenn Grant is a songwriter and painter from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is involved in the Canadian folk music scene, touring with the Weakerthans in 2007. Her debut album \"Orchestra for the Moon\" was released in 2007 and she has collaborated with several artists, including Ron Sexsmith, Heavy Blinkers, and Buck 65.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/10902_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"14148","name":"Tilly and the Wall","bio":"Tilly and the Wall are an indie rock group which formed in Omaha, Nebraska, United States in 2001. The band consits of Derek Pressnall (vocals, guitar), his wife Jamie Pressnall (tap dancer), Neely Jenkins (vocals, bass), Kianna Alarid (vocals, recorder, bass) and Nick White (keyboards). The band has gained notoriety for having a tap dancer provide percussion instead of a drummer (although drums and drum machines are occasionally used on some of their recordings, and Pressnall is usually complemented by Alarid and Jenkins stomping on the floor). To date they have recorded four albums: Wild Like Children, Bottoms of Barrels, o and Heavy Mood.Tilly and the Wall sprang out of Omaha in 2001 - a Midwestern band of like-minded friends with pockets full of melodies, and a lot of pockets. The serendipitous result of five Omaha residents with a penchant for the same classic '60s pop, boy\/girl harmonies and Americana folk records, Tilly and the Wall celebrates the petulant, determined, feisty nature of youth. They rejoice in tales of dreams followed, mistakes made, and hearts broken.Tilly and the Wall released their debut album, Wild Like Children, in June 2004 on Conor Oberst's label, Team Love. Neely and Jamie were once in a band with Conor before he became known worldwide as Bright Eyes. Derek and Nick moved to Omaha from Atlanta, Georgia. Upon meeting, it was as if long-lost friends had found each other: without a doubt, the Tillys were born. Once the songs were written, Conor agreed to helm the production duties, and hence, Wild Like Children was unleashed on the world. As one of the first albums released on Team Love, Tilly and the Wall set a precedent for the label's identity: original, smart, exciting and, above all, easy to sing along to. The record consisted of 11 perfectly formed songs bursting with enthusiastic hyperactivity, while emanating a bitter sweet melancholy of long lost summers and misguided first loves. In front of a backdrop of sunshine, rain and snow, Tilly and the Wall sang songs about loving and kissing, dancing and drinking, staying and leaving, driving and talking, sleeping and dreaming, all set to the tap-tap-tapping of Jamie's toes. The press from sea to shining sea fell in love instantly.And so, the Tillys went to meet their adoring fans, playing shows throughout America with the likes of Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, The Go! Team, Pedro the Lion, Of Montreal and more. When not on the road, the band began working on the follow-up to Wild Like Children, simply titled Bottoms of Barrels. Recorded over three weeks in October and November 2005, the album was recorded by AJ Mogis, brother and mixed by studio co-hort to Bright Eyes' Mike Mogis. Bottoms of Barrels sees the Tillys taking their signature sound to the next level. The choruses are more rousing, the tapping more intense, the instrumentation fuller, each sound painting broad brush strokes across your speakers. Longtime friend Nate Walcott contributes a bit of trumpet, while other friends have added drums, accordion and cello. A couple of tracks even feature the vocal styling of University of Nebraska's own choir Trip the Light Fantastic, bolstering Neely and Kianna's dulcet harmonies. Bottoms of Barrels fully demonstrated the importance of Tilly\u2019s \u201cwe\u201d perspective \u2013 with a gang full of voices, the band made strong declarations about love, freedom and their own place in the world. The album took the band on travels they had only dreamt about, resulting in extensive tours throughout Europe, Australia, Japan and even Iceland. They also played their first-ever sets at major music festivals, including the Reading\/Leeds Festival, Coachella and Japan\u2019s Summer Sonic. By the middle of 2007, they returned home to Omaha to begin work on their next long-playing record, having amassed legions of fans, as well as frequent flyer miles, across the entire globe.Their new record, which has no title but is represented by the shape o (the cut-out shape framing the handmade cover artwork for the record), was produced by acclaimed producer Mike Mogis through the harsh Nebraska winter of 2007. o sees Tilly and the Wall redefining their sound, taking bigger, bolder steps towards experimentation while maintaining the elements that have always made them who they are. o draws on everything from nature to magic, from sex to astrology, with a larger focus on percussion, rhythm, harmonies and kaleidoscopic melodies, yet ultimately still sounds like our five musical friends from Omaha.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/14148_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"13908","name":"Kevin Drew","bio":"Kevin Drew is a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/13908_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"36460","name":"The Submarines","bio":"There has been more than one band known as The Submarines1. The Submarines are composed of John Dragonetti, who previously performed as Jack Drag, and Blake Hazard, who is the great-granddaughter of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. The romantically involved couple collaborated on Hazard's 2002 album Little Airplane, but ended their relationship soon after. After they resumed their relationship, the duo recorded Declare A New State! in 2006 as The Submarines. Since then, Hazard and Dragonetti have married and recorded two further albums as The Submarines: Honeysuckle Weeks (2008) and Love Notes\/Letter Bombs (2011). In 2006, the duo's song Brighter Discontent was used in the fourth season finale of the American television series \"Nip\/Tuck\", in which the characters of the show lip-synched the entirety of the song.The duo's song You Me & The Bourgeoisie was used in a commercial for the Apple iPhone 3GS in 2008. Another Submarines song, Submarine Symphonika was used in a subsequent commercial for the iPhone 3GS later that year. 2. The Submarines are also a band formed in Glasgow, UK in 1985. Members include Paul MacNeil, Craig Keaney, Brian Kane and Scott Blane. They released their debut single on Head Records in 1987. In 1989 they changed their name to Compass Flow, recording a session for the BBC Janice Long show. Since 2004, there has been renewed interest in this band since Firestation Records included their song I saw the children on The Sound of Leamingtom Spa Vol 4 Compilation, and Egg records released a compilation of their material, titled Telegraph Signals along with a couple of tracks Take Me Away, Down Through the Room on their label compilation Souvenirs from Egg Records.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/36460_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}