Centro-Matic March 7, 2008

Centro-matic's music has turned the band into working-class heroes of the Texas underground. Guitarist/ vocalist Will Johnson, bassist Mark Hedman, vocalist/ keyboard player Scott Danborn and drummer Matt Pence are the members of Centro-matic. Over a constant and grueling regimen of American and European touring with bands like Ben Kweller, the Promise Ring, Burning Airlines, the Pernice Brothers, Varnaline and Jay Bennett, Johnson and his team have built a rabid international fan base and a reputation as one of the hardest-working rock bands in the country. A mix of ethereal gloom and dusty folk places Micah P. Hinson's alt-country musings are squarely on par with Bright Eyes, Lambchop, the Sadies or Wilco. A routine addition to countless "Best Of" lists, Hinson's debut, 'Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress,' won him national acclaim in 2004.