Pete Yorn with special guest Alberta Cross October 30, 2009

New Jersey native Pete Yorn took a rather unique route to singer-songwriter acclaim, gaining his first big break by providing the score to a Farrelly Brothers film. After graduating from Syracuse University several years prior, the 26-year-old relocated to Los Angeles, California where he began writing music for film and television. After Yorn was recruited to score Me, Myself, & Irene, one of his own pop/rock numbers, "Strange Condition," appeared on the film's soundtrack and was subsequently released as a single. The song fared well on the modern rock charts and increased public demand for Yorn's songwriting.
For Nightcrawler, his first studio album in three years, rocker Pete Yorn explores and brings full circle, the day-for-life metaphor (morning-day-night). The circle began with his RIAA gold-certified debut album, musicforthemorningafter, in 2001 and continued through 2003's Day I Forgot. "This new record is not so much for the night," says Pete, "but for a later period in my life. The perspective I have comes from having lived more and experienced more."

Alberta Cross
Petter Ericson Stakee (vocals, guitar) & Terry Wolfers (bass) formed Alberta Cross with Sam Kearney, Austin Beede and Alec Higgins. They were joined by Stakee’s brother John Alexander Ericson (organ) to record their self-produced debut The Thief & The Heartbreaker. Their sound has been compared to Kings of Leon, The Band, Neil Young, The Raconteurs and other blues influenced rock bands.
They have toured extensively around the United Kingdom, performing with bands like The Shins, Bat for Lashes, Simian Mobile Disco and played the Latitude tour with Findlay Brown in summer 2007. During October 2008 they supported Oasis on their UK arena tour; playing at both Bournemouth and Cardiff. They appeared at the Coachella Valley Music Festival in April 2009. In June 2009, they were the support for The Dave Matthews Band at the O2 Academy in London. Later that month, they performed at the 2009 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. The band also appeared at the 2009 Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago, IL, in August 2009.

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