The Epstein: The Luminaire, London, United Kingdom - giovedì 22 Ottobre 2009

THE EPSTEIN was born out of experiences on the plains of Wyoming where frontman Olly Wills once farmed. He and the rest of the band have fused an intrinsically American sound with an endless English folk history that seeps out of the fabric of rural Oxfordshire. In January 2008 Last of the Charanguistas was named as "Album of the Week" on Huw Stephens' Radio 1 Introducing show. Check the reviews page for the other press attention it has had!



"...as engaging as Calexico and as an endearing as The Broken Family Band." [**** Q MAGAZINE]



"One thing that strikes me about this record is that there seems to be a collective spirit at work. I'm swayed by that Arcade Fire, Decemberists strength, those individual elements coming together to make something quite powerful. A compelling debut." [AMERICANA UK]

http://www.myspace.com/theepstein



OX: Dope-soaked, derelict and wired, "American Lo Fi" features 11 songs that give a nod to Velvet Underground meets Bruce Springsteen, trading New Jersey urban fairground for Pacific interstate moonscape. Ox's long awaited follow up to the seminal alt-country, indie hybrid classic, 'Dust Bowl Revival', fuses weary with vicious, punk with hillbilly, the farmer in the city with the electro-magnetic aura of tape hiss and amp crackle. Maintaining a grass roots approach- Ox has done it the hard way- thousands of miles in cramped mini-vans... countless nights spent bedding down on floors, couches... pool tables... bad food, stale beer- blown tires, road kill. Ox's sound is the sound of the open road- from not far above it. Songs like El Camino, Country Music Promoter, Awkward Beauty, Miss Idaho are the sound of gravel skimming fender crossed by overdriven tubes and tremolo... Halloween crossed with Christmas Eve spent in a bus station diner.

http://www.myspace.com/oxmusic



VIAROSA

In the band's own words: "Imagine the bastard offspring of Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen who had been taught to play by Johnny Cash and had spent his Summer afternoons receiving singing lessons from Jim Morrison fronting a 21st century hybrid of Lindisfarne and The Doors, and you'll start to get the picture"



"Where The Killers Run fulfils the promise… these songs tap into American outlaw traditions of death and sorrow. A country-wired Echo & The Bunnymen." [4/5 UNCUT]



"A swooning blend of violins, mandolins, country death songs and Nick Cave vocals… This is the sound of revenge. Served icy cold." [THE INDEPENDENT]

http://www.myspace.com/viarosa

http://www.viarosa.co.uk/



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