{"key":"73519","name":"Hail the Sun","bio":"Donovan Melero - Lead vocals, drumsAric Garcia - Guitar, backing vocalsShane Gann - Guitar, vocalsJohn Stirrat - BassHail the Sun formed with three friends who have been playing together for almost a decade. The sound they formed has a seductive touch, that invites ones ears to come along. Each band member brings their own style to the party, which forms a chemistry that is much more than a compound. Influences include only life, and modern mishaps and rendezvous. Musically and lyrically these guys go at it more than rabbits, more and more defining a unique sound. As the globe keeps turning, the sun keeps shining, and they keep hailing, harder than ice. Thank you friends.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/73519_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"73226","name":"Tides of Man","bio":"Tides Of Man are an instrumental post-rock (formerly post-hardcore\/progressive) band from Tampa, Florida. Their first album, \"Empire Theory\" came out on Rise Records in August of 2009. This was followed by their album \"Dreamhouse\".Their new album is set to self release in 2013. It is entitled \"Young and Courageous\". See here for more details: www.igg.me\/at\/tidesofmanTides of Man have trailed the nation back and forth with bands like of AFI, Karnivool, Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, A Skylit Drive, Of Mice and Men, Oh Sleeper, From First To Last, We Came As Romans, Broadway, Vanna, Asking Alexandria, A Static Lullaby and Eye Alaska.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/73226_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"126166","name":"Icarus the Owl","bio":"\"Icarus The Owl is a technical pop-rock band based out of Portland, Oregon who bring an uncharted amount of technicality to the genre. Equal parts ferocious guitar lines and infectious melodies, Icarus are sure to surprise at every turn.\" -Alternative PressLineup:Joey Rubenstein - Lead vocals, guitar (2009-present)Tim Brown - Lead guitar, backing vocals (2015-present)Zach Mclean - Bass, vocals (2011-present)Rob Bernknopf - Drums (2011-present)Previous members:Tanner Russell - Lead guitar, backing vocals (2009-2011)AJ Stacher - Lead guitar (2011-2014)Mike Black - Bass (2009-2010)Ryan Warrell - Bass, backing vocals (2010-2011)Mark Haines - Drums (2009-2010, 2011)Brian Fowler - Drums (2010-2011)Discography:*The Spotless Mind (2009)*Qualia (EP, 2011)*Love Always, Leviathan (2012)*Icarus the Owl (2014)\"If you\u2019re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don\u2019t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs. And maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. Of how much you really want to do it. And you\u2019ll do it, despite rejection in the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you\u2019re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. And the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It\u2019s the only good fight there is.\"\u2014 Charles Bukowski","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/126166_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"73463","name":"Children of Nova","bio":"Children of Nova is an American experimental rock band from San Diego, California, formed in the Summer of 2007. The band incorporates aspects of alternative rock, progressive rock, post-hardcore, punk rock, heavy metal and jazz.Their debut full length releases March 13th, 2012. Their EP, The Complexity of Light, can be found in its entirety on the video game platform, Rock Band. They have been used as opening support for giants such as Rx Bandits, Dredg, Metric, and Good Old War, along with winning the award for Best Hard Rock Group at the 19th Annual San Diego Music Awards.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/73463_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"17019","name":"A Lot Like Birds","bio":"A Lot Like Birds is a six piece progressive rock\/post-hardcore outfit from Sacramento, CA, formed in September 2009, known for their tendency to experiment with several diverse genre influences and their incorporation of orchestral and ambient sound-scapes contrasted by chaotic, schizophrenic episodes. On January 9th of 2011, A Lot Like Birds announced that Kurt Travis (Ex of Dance Gavin Dance, Five Minute Ride, No Not Constant, and O! the Joy) would be the new singer and second front-man, alongside Cory Lockwood. With their acclaimed addition, the band quickly signed to Doghouse Records (All American Rejects, Say Anything, The Get Up Kids) and acquired The Artery Foundation (Asking Alexandria, Dance Gavin Dance, Alesana) as management.Their debut album Plan B was the brainchild of the band\u2019s guitarist\/original vocalist Michael Franzino, who invited several talented musicians in the Sacramento scene (Including various orchestral instrumentalists and a female vocalist) to perform on the record. They spent their first year of existence diligently perfecting their live set, building their fan base, and most recently, writing their sophomore album as a collaborative effort. Their live set is known for setting deep moods that swing from thoughtful, emotional build-ups to body-moving, epic climaxes.After signing both deals, they entered Interlace Audio Recording Studio with producer \/ engineer Kris Crummet (Closure In Moscow, Fear Before, Dance Gavin Dance) to record their second full length, Conversation Piece. After it's release in the fall of 2011, Conversation Piece received praise and they were called \"one of post-hardcore\u2019s most important new bands and one of the few capable of saving the scene.\" (-MindEqualsBlown.net).A Lot Like Birds spent all of 2012 on the road, taking their new album and frenzied live antics to the masses. The positive reception to their high energy performances lead to a one month tour of Europe in February 2013. The band's growing fan base fueled powerful performances in London, Paris, Vienna, Budapest and 19 other cities.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/17019_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"148715","name":"I the Mighty","bio":"With the release of their debut EP, Hearts and Spades, the San Francisco Bay Area twenty-somethings better known as I the Mighty are proving themselves a musically seismic force to be reckoned with. With their high-energy, technical riffs and singer Brent Walsh's distinctive wailing, I the Mighty can be best compared to bands like Circa Survive and Say Anything.It didn't take long for I the Mighty to start making an impression on the West Coast. The quartet landed on the music director's desk at local modern rock station Live 105 around the release of Hearts and Spades, and from there it's been one milestone after another. I the Mighty have found regular radio airplay, opening slots for Deftones, Hawthorne Heights, and There For Tomorrow, as well as packed venues up and down the West Coast. Not to mention glowing reviews and coverage in Alternative Press, AMP Magazine, and on AbsolutePunk.net\"We wanted to introduce I the Mighty and Hearts and Spades to as many people as possible, so we decided to put together a 'track hunt' and make each of the songs available on different social media sites and later on Purevolume.com,\" explains singer Brent Walsh. \"We researched how our fans and friends discovered music online and embraced that by giving them a reason to connect with us (the EP for free) and then we tried to build a personal friendship with each one.\" The band's marketing strategy has been an unquestionable success, with over 3,500 full EP downloads within the first 3 months of release.In addition to their high-energy live set, I the Mighty have paired new media intellect with traditional promotion to help build a loyal and enthusiastic group of fans.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/148715_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"30150","name":"Closure in Moscow","bio":"Closure in Moscow is a band based in Melbourne, Australia, formed in 2006. The band's sound has notably evolved since their early post-hardcore roots in The Penance and the Patience; now, they play a more experimental progressive rock style, evident in their recent release, Pink Lemonade. The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Manny Zennelli, lead vocalist Chris De Cinque, drummer Salvatore Aidone, bassist Duncan Millar, and guitarist Michael Barrett. Here's a discography:The Penance and The Patience (2008 EP)First Temple (2009 LP)The Impeccable Beast (2012 Single)Pink Lemonade (2014 LP)Mission Statement:We have coalesced before you on this earthly plane to chew bubblegum and kick ass. We aren't out of bubblegum either\u2026 We've put measures in place to ensure we have a steady supply, ready for chewing as soon as the flavor of the pieces in our mouths has depleted. Now, considering our tireless jaws burn through packets faster than you can say 'butt menagerie', you might be thinking \"these fools can't maintain that level of consumption, purchasing their gum at the recommended retail price!? I've done the math and even if they were purchasing that cheap crap imported from Bangladesh, the stuff that's 15% bonemeal, they'd be broke and bubbleless in a matter of weeks, what gives!?\"\u2026 To this we say: ARE YOU PAYING FUCKING ATTENTION?? DID YOU NOT READ THE PART ABOVE ABOUT THE MEASURES WE'VE PUT IN PLACE??? Allow us to elaborate\u2026 After some intense negotiations, we came to an agreement with the Abbott government, the jargon-free gist of this agreement being all our gum purchases are heavily subsidized so long as we place subliminal messages in all future recordings. These messages are designed to encourage impressionable young listeners to vote for the Australian Liberal Party, whilst maintaining the facade that the band is a bastion for progressive, leftist thinking, promoting weekend shamanism, fashion conscious activism and various other new age, masturbatory endeavors. This agreement has come to be known as 'Operation Bug-Zapper' to the various corporate cabals and shadow organizations that dictate how us plebs live our lives.We hear you asking another question\u2026 \"If what yous guyses is saying is trueses\u2026 Why the hell would you share this information in a public forum such as your own website!?\". Oh you sweet, naive cob of corn\u2026 WHO THE FUCK READS A BAND'S MISSION STATEMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE?!? There's no one here except for you and the other out of touch droogs, clinging to the vestiges of what a band's online presence was circa 2002. Expect an unmarked van rocking up to your location shortly to whisk you away for what you now know\u2026 Quick, say goodbye to the loved ones in your immediate vicinity! Didn't you get the fax? It's all about social media now\u2026 If you don't have a Facebook profile for your local business\/company\/brand\/band\/cause, well, quite simply, it DON'T EXIST. If it isn't trending up and down the twittersphere it's not worth mentioning. We must rejoice in the Orwellian uniformity of a standardized profile from which we can express ourselves and display our personality in an abbreviated, neatly segmented format. Don't you feel like you'll fucking vomit if you see another profile header that reads something like \"Dipshit Mc Derp | 24 | Meerkats | Aspiring Breatharian | Cum-swapping\"? If the answer is yes then join us in our quest for subversive dominion over this big ole brown planet.We are here to combat the insidious narcissism that is slowly but surely pervading our collective subconscious, here to crop-dust apathy with the sexy flavor of the all new Diet Agent Orange\u2122. We are here to compel you to dance your ass off in a trance of bliss, all the while morphing your reality tunnel in such a way that your perspective just might change on some shit\u2026 Nothing is true, everything is permitted. We are here to stand tall, ugly around the edges, take up arms and MELT. EVERY. FUCKING. FACE. OFF\u2026 (The good kind of metaphorical, aurally induced melting, not the horrible, body disposing, acidic kind.) Amen.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/30150_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"126167","name":"Just Like Vinyl","bio":"Just Like Vinyl was formed in the spring of 2010 by former Fall Of Troy frontman Thomas Erak and guitarist\/vocalist Jake Carden of Seattle band The Filthy None. Henry Batts, a long-time friend and crew member of The Fall Of Troy was enlisted to play bass. The three began writing and rehearsing together preceding The Fall Of Troy's final tour that same spring, and demos for \"It's Over\" and \"No Friend Of Mine\" were cut at Dynasty Studios in Seattle with Thomas playing drums. After Thomas and Henry returned from the tour, the group immediately continued writing and rehearsing with drummer Jay Beaman, formerly of the band Schoolyard Heroes. With a complete lineup, JLV entered Dynasty Studios once again and recorded their debut self-titled LP. The album was released during their first tour in October of 2010. The group then completed The Freedom Tour w\/ The Memorials in Jan\/Feb 2011, and The Downtown Battle Mountain Tour w\/ Dance Gavin Dance in Mar\/Apr 2011. They are currently writing for their second record, and continue to play shows throughout the United States.Thomas Erak - Guitar\/VocalsJay Beaman - Drums\/PercussionJake Carden - Guitar\/VocalsHenry Batts - Bass\/Backing Vocals","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/126167_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}