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Ra Ra Riot
In the Fall of 2006 we stumbled across a Ra Ra Riot live show and were blown away. This young band from Syracuse is really something special. They made us feel like giddy teenagers again and we loved them for it. We wanted you to have a copy of their debut… (Read More)
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Random Hero
Random Hero is a powerful local rock band in Denver established in June of 2006 as a result of the selective merging of two other local groups. Now with a killer lineup, the four chosen members, each with extensive musical backgrounds, have been diligently and feverishly working up a storm for… (Read More)
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Recon
Recon is a straight-edge metalcore band that was formed in Glens Falls, New York in 2003. Their sound combines that of heavy hardcore and metal, with memorable lyrics and crushing breakdowns. The band has developed an extremely strong independent following, so much so that venues have been shut down due to… (Read More)
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Red
Anybody who’s banged their head to their debut LP “End of Silence” knows how RED rolls: the ambitious young Nashville quintet’s creative blend of industrial, classical and hard rock offers a beacon of hope for an ever-growing army of fans. The band has already scored their first Grammy nomination, reached the… (Read More)
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Red Car Wire
With so many bands flooding the scene today, it is difficult to find a band that is truly distinctive, but Red Car Wire proves that you can still rock hard on stage while the audience sings your lyrics, and screams for more. Red Car Wire is an energetic 4 piece modern… (Read More)
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Red Orange Yellow
A fresh start. A new beginning. The time is right to re-animate this once thought lifeless shell of forgotten memories. Brothers, reunited at last to put in motion something that simply would not, could not die. Absent now are the falsities that impaired the truth of creation. No more pretty faces… (Read More)
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RedLine Defiance
The arrival of 2008 brings new excitement and challenges for RedLine Defiance. The band is releasing its long anticipated second album, “A Moment before the White,” this week. The maturity and growth of RedLine Defiance is apparent in this new release. The band has laid a solid foundation and has built… (Read More)
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Reggie And The Full Effect
Reggie and the Full Effect have always been a mystery. Who are they? What do they want? Where do they come from? There have, of course, been explanations. Studio fires, faked deaths, cryptic bios and tall tales of many sorts were countered by rumors that James Deweeskeyboardist for rock heroes The… (Read More)
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Regret Night
Regret Night formed in the Summer of 2006 with hopes to bring a fresh, new style of music to the ears of many. Regret Night formed out of bands such as Skip County, September Skyline and Penny Arcade and has the ability to blend a variety of musical styles into the… (Read More)
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Rehab
The Atlanta-based quintet breaks new ground and addresses new challenges on its latest album, Graffiti the World. The collection is truly the work of combined contributions from each individual member of the band. “It’s five people getting’ together and trying to do the music that they want to hear,” says front… (Read More)
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Reno Divorce
Reno Divorce are a punk rock n’ roll band with gritty riffs, bittersweet melodies, pounding drums, chugging bass, and a reckless swagger that harkens back to when rock n’ roll was dangerous. A high-energy live band to the core, Reno Divorce truly have to be experienced in person (preferably in a… (Read More)
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Rev Theory
Some bands take years to write and record that first record. You only make your debut once. Certain acts nail it right off the bat, find the groove, the move, the message, the splendor and the blunder and oh yeah, the wonder. The Doors and Pearl Jam found it in a… (Read More)
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Reverend Horton Heat
With his highly stylized, backwoods hick-preacher image, it would be easy to dismiss the Reverend Horton Heat as a poseur. But it would be wrong. Instead of treating rockabilly as a campy joke like the Cramps, the good Reverend rocks the hell out of his modern-day rockabilly, playing it as if… (Read More)
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RIE RIE
A lyrically versatile, veteran MC on the regional scene. Rie Rie is the only female to put it down for Colorado on a consistent basis since the early 90’s. Rie Rie is the soul of music, a fresh breath of new born life, highly needed in Hip Hop. Born in Denver… (Read More)
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Rilo Kiley
If security is a kind of death, as Tennessee Williams wrote, then Rilo Kiley are doing their damndest to elude mortality. They have spent their young career going all over the place—literally, metaphorically, thematically, and emotionally—in an almost obsessive fight against predictability and stagnation. “More Adventurous” is the brand new Rilo… (Read More)
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Rocky Votolato
Singer songwriters are a dime a dozen. Among their ilk, few are able to portray a convincing human quality. Underneath the suffocation layers of overproduction, psuedo-cowboy heartache and disingenuous roots-of-rock posturing, such efforts are simply ineffectual. Somehow, believing the sincerity of a heartbroken performance coming from a rock star making TV… (Read More)
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Roe
THE STORY: “What can I say?” says Espy. “Describing our band is a lot like describing a dysfunctional family. You never want to let on to others that your family is jaded or weird, but in the end it’s that distinction that makes them… well distinct.” “I mean really” he continues… (Read More)
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Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers (RCPM) is a searing rock & roll foursome fueled by the desert air of their Arizona home base. Joined by drummer P.H. Naffah, guitarist Steve Larson and bassist Nick Scropos, Clyne & the Peacemakers continue to inspire with their unique, rule-breaking style. Formed in 1998 (after… (Read More)
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Roger Green
Born and raised in Denver, I started playing in bands as a teenager with Patrick Park and Sera Cahoone. I then joined the Czars for a few albums. In 2006 I was contracted to write a composition for 25 typists and 5 musicians presented a the Blemar Laboratory of Art and… (Read More)
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Roger Miret and the Disasters
“Let me take you by the hand, back to the streets of New York City,” is the opening line from ROGER MIRET AND THE DISASTERS’ third album, My Riot. The Disasters represent an honesty rarely seen in music today. A sound which can only come straight from the heart of New… (Read More)
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Rookie Of The Year
Singer Ryan Dunson has come a long way since his upstart of Rookie of the Year as a solo project in 2002. At the time, he was living in Florida and writing the material that would become his debut record, “Having To Let Go.” After nearly five years, two records… (Read More)
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Royal Bliss
Since early 1997 Royal Bliss has been alluring and stimulating audiences in the Western Region. The members of Bliss have a contagious enthusiasm for their music as well as a genuine rapport with their loyal following that results in sold-out venues wherever they play. Their fans can’t get enough of the… (Read More)
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Russian Circles
Simply, Russian Circles is a three piece instrumental band from Chicago. It would be tough to imagine that a band would be able to develop its own unique presence and innovation with such solid groundwork in the instrumental genre. However, Russian Circles does bring something new to the table. Their songs… (Read More)
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Rx Bandits
RxBandits formed over two years ago by longtime friends Matt and Franz. These two school mates, from Seal Beach/Long Beach (south of L.A.), shared a common love for music, board-sports and “golden-nuggets” (youÆd have to ask them). With these traits in common, and a whole bunch of slang terms no one… (Read More)
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