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LUCID NATION "Tamra Spivey's songs range from aggressive, screaming punk to beautifully melodic rhythm and blues, the very definition of garage rock. Like Sleater Kinney and Bikini Kill -- Lucid Nation has opened for both -- her band's music is raw, poetic, sloppy and infectious...simply bare-bones, kick-ass rock and roll." -Rolling Stone Lucid Nation is probably one of the most famous bands you've never heard of, even though they hit #1 on the New Music Weekly college radio chart and were named on the "100 Bands You Need to Know" list by Alternative Press in 2002. Magnet Magazine called Lucid Nation's Tacoma Ballet "a punk rock Exile on Main Street with shades of The Stooges, riot grrrl, Pere Ubu, and even The Doors." They've also opened for The Breeders, Team Dresch, Joan of Arc, Hazel, John Sinclair, and Mecca Normal. Lucid Nation's ever changing line up has included members of Hole, Midnight Movies, Candiria, Team Dresch, Luscious Jackson, Ministry, Moby's live band, The Gits, Mecca Normal, and Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn. Their album Public Domain: The Best of Lucid Nation will take you on a journey from the band's earliest beginnings as a punk artcore trio through their first flush of rock and roll experimentation and on into freestyle dares unmatched by any other band. |
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NOAH STONE For some 27 years, Noah Stone's parents rented a rustic little cabin in Laurel Canyon from Joni Mitchell. It was there she wrote the albums Clouds and Ladies of the Canyon. She lived there with Graham Nash and it was the “very, very, very fine house” of Graham's "Our House." Noah lived there for the first 18 years of his life. He has fond memories of Joni coming over and showing him little songs on the piano. In 1995, Noah released an album on World Domination Records titled Love That Smile Off Your Face. His song, "Dark & Brooding" appeared in the movie, Empire Records with Liv Tyler and Rene Zellweger.In 1999, Stone founded Artists Against Piracy and put his music on hold. AAP was a coalition of over 100 major label recording artists dedicated to promoting the value of music online. Stone later merged the organization with Don Henley's Recording Artists Coalition and acted as its Executive Director. Eventually, Stone grew weary of helping those more fortunate than he and has returned to what he loves best, making music. Little Revolution is Stone's new album, on which he plays all the instruments. |
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NORFOLK Led by singer/songwriter James Ratliff, Norfolk is a five-piece rock band stationed in the heart of California…Bakersfield. That's right, Bakersfield. But hold your judgment, 'cause Norfolk is something unexpected from such a rural, dusty town. Their music is refreshingly reminiscent of early Radiohead and Weezer—a surprisingly happy marriage of the two, in fact. Under the name Marcco, they sparked the interests of multiple labels, signing a small distribution deal with Mono vs. Stereo Records in 2003, which led to talks with Columbia Records. In recent months, the band has been writing, recording, and playing shows throughout California in preparation for the release of their first full-length album, The 71 Functions of Consciousness (July 18th). |
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DIRTY SPANGLISH Dirty Spanglish is a young punk band from Bakersfield, CA. They’ve been featured on two compilation CDs—Growing Up Fighting Vol. 1 and Bakotopia Vol. 1—as well as one downloadable compilation, Magnetic Bunny Compilation: Seaside Summer Project. The boys have played many venues around the Bakersfield area including Rabobank Arena, home of the Bakersfield Condors (where they performed "Zebras"—a hockey song bagging on how much referees SUCK). And they’re no stranger to literary rock shows; last summer, they headlined a Harry Potter book release party at Vroman’s in Pasadena, CA, where they played a song written specifically for the event—“Hots for Hermione.” It brought down the house, and scored them an immediate ticket to being pigeonholed in a new genre known as wizard rock, or “wrock.” |
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MOTH EATEN Moth Eaten was born sometime between 2006-2007. My name is Susana Sepulveda. I am a grrrl living in Tujunga CA …..not relatively known. I was born behind the southern border, but grew up in California. I started playing music when I was in my late teen years, and I continue to do so. I sing about disillusioned grrrls, and the shit I step on every now and then. My music is accidental and improvised. Moth Eaten also writes zines influenced by riot grrrl, and feminism. |