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Good 'ol super-delicious pop music describes King Radio best. Led by ex-Scud Mountain Boys bass player Frank Padellaro (guitar/vocals), King Radio pumps out the pop music to varying degrees of rump kicking. You've got your hand-clapping rockers like "I-95," you've got the organ- frantic- high -speed- plane- crash -song "DC-10," and better than a tobacco spittin' baseball pitcher's curveball, a piano ballad about big people called "King of the Food Court." Top notch songwriting and even some orchestral arrangements can also be found here. A mish-mash of pure genius.
We'll put these guys up against any country band out there. The Ex-Husbands cut their teeth by playing their own brand of country music for years in the
clubs of New York City. In August of 1997, they re-located to Nashville and
took the south by storm. Their self-titled debut, released in September of
1997, drew critical rave from national magazines such as Stereo Review and at
Gavin, where the album charted at #23 in the Americana format. The band has
played live (on their eternal tour!) with bands like Shaver, The Derailers and
Dale Watson. Lead singer Anders Thomsen has even played with Chuck Berry! From
cry-in-your-beer ballads to rip-roaring honky-tonk rave-ups, this is the real
deal "heavy western" band!
Truly one of the world's most demented bands. Their new album, "What's So Funny?" has already been written about in a Billboard column and has been reviewed in Entertainment Weekly. Country, punk rock and dixieland all collide
as screaming guitars, lap steel, banjo, trombone, tuba, accordion and sax come
together to make this album one heckuva listen. Throw in Angry Johnny's
proflific, warped, disturbing songwriting, electric guitar by Eric "Roscoe"
Ambel (Bottle Rockets, Blue Mountain) and the horn section of Steve
Westfield's Slow Band, and you've got a band and an album that's poised to
break all barriers and astonish both the most jaded critics and music fans.
In the 11 years since the Lonesome Brothers formed in Northampton, MA, they have become the region's most beloved band. Jim Armenti, (who has written and performed with
Cheri Knight, and also plays clarinet in a Klezmer band!), Ray Mason (the
godfather of western Massachusetts rock 'n' roll!) and Bob Grant (drummer
extrordinairre and game designer) blend the elements of pop, the brashness of
rock, the quirkiness of bands like NRBQ and Commander Cody, and a little dash
of honky-tonk on their debut, self-titled album. Believe it - 11 years
together as a band has made these guys a can't miss band live and on record.