Tape Dates

August artists are:
Caesars, Conor Oberst, DragonForce, Ernie Halter, The Fiery Furnaces, Hawthorne Heights, Human Highway, Jonas Brothers, Lykke Li, Mike Mangione, Ne-Yo, Randy Newman, Slipknot, Staind, Starling Electric, Straight Line Stitch, The Dandy Warhols, The Faint, The Fiery Furnaces, There For Tomorrow, The Verve, The Walkmen, Zach Hill

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Caesars Strawberry Weed 8/19

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Caesars is a Swedish alternative rock band. In their native Sweden, the band was originally known as Caesars Palace, and in the rest of Scandinavia they are known as Twelve Caesars. Elsewhere they go by the name Caesars.
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Closure In Moscow The Penance & The Patience 8/5

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Closure In Moscow is a progressive rock band based in Australia. The band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2006. Only 18 months after first forming, they signed to Taperjean Records and released their debut EP (self-proclaimed ‘albumette’) on April 19, 2008, titled The Penance and the Patience. They have established a name for themselves with an array of shows in their home country alongside international acts such as Saosin, Coheed and Cambria, Aiden, A Static Lullaby and Street Drum Corps.
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Conor Oberst Conor Oberst 8/5

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Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American songwriter, singer, poet, best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, The Faint, Commander Venus, Park Ave., and his newest project Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band.
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Dragonforce Ultra Beatdown 8/26

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DragonForce is an English power metal band formed in London in 1999. The group is known for its fast paced songs, twin guitar solos, and incorporation of electronic sound effects into their music. A master track of the song “Through the Fire and Flames” is featured in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and is generally considered to be the most challenging track in the Guitar Hero series. The developers used the song to demonstrate the game at E3. After Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock was released, the band’s music sales reportedly increased dramatically.
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Ernie Halter Starting Over 8/5

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Ernie Halter is a soul-infused pop singer/songwriter, a guy who’s been influenced as much by the Lennon/McCartney as he has by Otis Redding. “The new record is called ‘Starting Over’ for a reason,” says Halter. “I wanted the title to be direct, simple, and set the tone for the album. In this past year, I experienced the unraveling of my marriage and the birth of my first son. It was during this year that I wrote the material for the new record and performed over 150 shows.”
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Hawthorne Heights Fragile Future 8/5

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Hawthorne Heights is a post-hardcore band based in America. The band formed in Dayton, Ohio, in June of 2001, their line-up currently consists of vocalist and guitarist JT Woodruff, lead guitarist Micah Carli, bassist and vocalist Matt Ridenour and drummer Eron Bucciarelli. In late 2007, guitarist and vocalist Casey Calvert died of accidental causes, leaving the band as a four-piece. The band, who were originally named A Day in the Life, have released two studio albums on Victory Records since changing their name to Hawthorne Heights.
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Human Highway Moody Motorcycle 8/19

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Human Highway is Jim Guthrie and Nick Thorburn. Together they’ve written an instant classic, the album “Moody Motorcycle.”
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Jonas Brothers A Little Bit Longer 8/12

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The Jonas Brothers are an American pop-rock band from Wyckoff, New Jersey made up of three brothers: Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas. They have released two albums – It’s About Time in 2006, and Jonas Brothers in 2007, and will release A Little Bit Longer in 2008.
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Lykke Li Youth Novels 8/19

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Lykke Li (born Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson March 18, 1986), better known by her stage name, is a Swedish indie singer.
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Mike Mangione Tenebrae 8/5

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Mike Mangione is a singer songwriter from Chicago, IL.
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Ne-Yo Year of the Gentleman 8/5

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Shaffer Chimere Smith (October 18, 1982), better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American R&B and pop singer-songwriter and occasional rapper. He is of Afro-Asian (African American and Chinese American) heritage.
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Randy Newman Harps And Angels 8/5

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Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an Academy Award–winning American songwriter, arranger, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.
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Slipknot All Hope Is Gone 8/26

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Slipknot is an American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. The current line-up includes Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor. They are recognized as one of the pioneering bands in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.
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Staind The Illusion of Progress 8/18

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Staind is an American alternative metal group from Springfield, Massachusetts. Over the past nine years the band has had a number of successful singles spanning several albums, selling over 15 million albums worldwide.
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Starling Electric Clouded Staircase 8/19

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“We are a Midwest electric company representing all things melodic, baroque, psychedelicate, and true. We specialize in everything truly great about pop music from 1965 to 1977. We are proud purveyors of both pomp and pop. You can sing along. You can even remember our songs the next day…”
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Straight Line Stitch When Skies Wash Ashore 8/19

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Armed with an unstoppable work ethic and a musical vocabulary that stretches from face-ripping metal to soulful, stratospheric rock, Knoxville, TN, quintet STRAIGHT LINE STITCH are poised to grab heavy music by the horns with their Raging Nation/KOCH Records debut, When Skies Wash Ashore. Though just 11 tracks in length, the album packs more dynamics and diversity than many bands’ entire catalogs. Not surprising, then, that the five individuals that make up STRAIGHT LINE STITCH have spent a lifetime honing their craft to reach this point.
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The Dandy Warhols The Dandy Warhols 8/19

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The Dandy Warhols are a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon by Courtney Taylor-Taylor (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboard), Peter Holmström (guitar), and Eric Hedford (drums). When Hedford left in 1998, Taylor-Taylor’s cousin Brent De Boer replaced him as drummer. The band’s name is a play on the name of pop artist Andy Warhol.
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The Faint Fasciinatiion 8/5

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The Faint is a dance-punk/new wave band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer, a reference to Norman Mailer. The band Norman Bailer also included Conor Oberst, of Bright Eyes, with whom the Faint toured in 2005. He quit shortly after the band was formed, though the Faint continued to share a spot with Bright Eyes on Saddle Creek Records.
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The Fiery Furnaces Remember 8/19

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The Fiery Furnaces are a U.S. indie rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2000. The band’s primary members are Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger. The brother and sister are originally from Oak Park, Illinois, a near-western suburb of Chicago.
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There For Tomorrow There For Tomorrow 8/5

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There For Tomorrow is an alternative rock, band formed in Orlando, Florida in 2003. They were recently signed to Hopeless Records in 2008.
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The Verve Forth 8/26

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The Verve (originally Verve) are an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in 1989 at Winstanley Sixth Form College, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Simon Tong later became a member. The band split in April 1999 due to inner conflicts which led to McCabe’s departure. The band’s original line-up reunited in June 2007. The band embarked on a tour in late 2007 and have announced a new album called Forth due in August 2008.
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The Walkmen You And Me 8/19

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The Walkmen are an indie rock band from New York City. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater. They prefer the sound of vintage musical instruments, particularly the upright piano, and have often recorded at Marcata Recording, a recording studio built in Harlem in 1999 by the three former members of Jonathan Fire*Eater and later relocated to upstate New York.
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Zach Hill Astrological Straits 8/12

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Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. He performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including Hella, Holy Smokes, Nervous Cop, and a diverse other range of groups.
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