ORBS blends progressive and experimental sounds through the creative workings of Adam Fisher and Clayton "Goose" Holyoak (Fear Before), Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me), Ashley Ellyllon (Abigail Williams/Cradle of Filth) and Chuck Johnson (Torch Runner).

By juxtaposing high energy, piano-infused choruses with a mixture of classic and space-rock interludes, the quintet breaks the mold of traditional songwriting and creates a sound all their own. Lyrically, the album transports the listener through a vivid, almost conversational, storytelling experience. Asleep Next to Science connects mind with matter as the lyrics and music unite space and sound to create a sound that simply put, is otherworldly.

A band as colorful and explosive as their name implies, Fireworks is a band who create a sound with enough pop quality to keep your little sisters attention and enough edge to rid them of the "guilty pleasure" status. Hailing from stereotypically suburban Metro Detroit, Fireworks is comprised of five electric personalities with endless influences. Together they create a unique blend of "infectious, well-written punk with an undeniable sense of melody."

From the perpetually down-on-its-luck, blue collar, rustbelt factory town of Flint, Michigan, comes new Fueled By Ramen signees The Swellers, a punk band that knows a thing or two about making hard, no-nonsense, but infinitely catchy music.

Planet Earth in the year 2008 must look like a pretty strange, messed-up place to an outsider. From election-year sensationalism, global warming hysteria and widespread warfare to reality show overload and the latest celebrity meltdowns caught on film, it may seem to some that The End is imminent.

But there’s hope for the human race. Just ask the extraterrestrial members of Valient Thorr, the rock n’ roll saviors from Venus who crossed the solar system to warn Earthlings about the error of our ways, delivering a message of redemption wrapped in rock n’ roll, with pounding drums and shredding guitar licks. The grizzled time-space travelers may look like a chapter of the Hell’s Angels, but there’s much more to this band than meets the eye. Their combination of heavy rock n’ roll and thought-provoking lyrics gives their legions of fans–dubbed the “Thorriors”– food for thought through their staggeringly productive output.

River City Extension is an orchestral, punk inspired world-beat folk-rock band. With so much going on in the world, and words like faith and love getting chalked up to habit and antiquity, it's hard to believe that there are people who still hope for anything, that there is any vision or direction. If there is one thing we have always been able to trust in though, it's music. It's ever changing face, looking into the mirror of the world, and mimicking it's reflection for the rest of us to understand. Music allows us to see ourselves for who we are; it cuts into our souls, and we react violently; it softens our hearts, and we cry vigorously; it holds our hands, and we trust it reluctantly.

Biography coming soon.

Do you remember punk rock? No, we’re not talking about the watered-down, homogenized version that dominates corporate-run radio stations and glossy magazines, we’re talking about music that challenges the conventions of what the medium can achieve as an honest form of artistic expression. For the past six years, San Francisco’s Dead To Me have carried on the same tradition as bands like the Clash and the Pogues as they’ve crafted a unique brand of dub-inflected punk rock that’s unlike anything else currently happening in the music world. “We never thought about getting signed or going on tour, we just like wanted to hang out and play music for a few hours after work,” explains bassist/vocalist Chicken who formed Dead To Me with Jack and Brandon of the then-recently defunct street punk act One Man Army in 2003. “I feel lucky for every second I’ve experienced in this band.”

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Signed to Warner Bros. in 1990, Rhino Bucket’s self-titled debut yielded two singles “One Night Stand” and “Blood on the Cross,” which heaved them to the Billboard Top 40 singles chart and made them regulars on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball. Get Used to It, 1992’s follow up, was recorded by legendary producer Terry Manning (Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top) and spawned the single “Ride with Yourself,” which landed on the soundtrack to the blockbuster film Wayne’s World.


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The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band may technically only be comprised of
three people, but their name is no misnomer. Although the family-based act—which is comprised of fingerstyle guitarist Reverend Peyton, his wife and washboard player Breezy Peyton and drummer/brother Jayme Peyton—have only been around for three years, in that
time period these country-blues aficionados from rural Indiana have played more than 250 shows annually and logged more miles on their van than most acts who have been around for a decade.