Sixthman Summer Road Trip: Presented by Cabo Wabo August 7, 2011

We can't go all summer without seeing our extended cruise family, so Sixthman is piling onto a tour bus and coming to YOU! The Sixthman Summer Road Trip will be ridin' through town with some of our favorite bands and creating special, intimate gatherings for you, your friends, and family. The road trippin' bus is full of friendly Sixthman faces, along with Chuck Cannon, Tim Brantley, and Bronze Radio Return. Gather your friends and head out for a night of music and revelling that will make your summer sizzle!
http://www.sixthman.net/

There are some records that manage to span multiple eras of time and various places, in essence creating a new sonic space. New Englanders Bronze Radio Return have done just that on their sophomore album, the gorgeous and varied SHAKE! SHAKE! SHAKE!. Contained within the space between notes and breaths are thousands of miles, and decades of history.

With an arsenal of song sketches in hand, Bronze Radio Return set to work to flesh out each of these songs. Formed in 2008, Bronze Radio Return's line-up took a few years to solidify, though most of the band's members were orbiting each other for years at the Hartt School, one of the country's best schools of music, located in Hartford, Connecticut. For debut Old Time Speaker, the band relocated to Nashville for a two-week period, to, as Henderson puts it "a place we'd never been with a producer we'd never met, and played a bunch of songs we'd never played before." For such an inauspicious set of circumstances, the band managed a solid and well-received debut, and forged a lasting bond with producer Chad Copelin. Old Time Speaker established the band's relentless touring schedule, including an invitation to represent the Connecticut music scene by performing for President Obama at an event in Bridgeport, CT in 2010. Fan favorites "Digital Love" and "Lo-Fi" have been picked up for advertising and television licensing and the album landed on CMJ's Top 200 Album Chart.
http://www.bronzeradioreturn.com/

Many artists struggle to establish their musical identity, laboriously trying on different musical styles like items of clothing, looking to find what fits. But there are others that emerge fully formed, in full command of their craft, their identity and their music. Tim Brantley fits squarely in the latter category. Friends were so impressed with what they heard that they chipped in to help Tim buy a microphone and mixing console so he could begin recording in earnest. The result was an exciting blend of pop and rock that channels musical influences like Hall & Oates, Wilco, and Fleetwood Mac while defining a distinctive style all its own.

The warmth and timelessness of Tim's own songs resonated with listeners, and pretty soon he was playing bigger shows for bigger audiences in and around Atlanta. In 2009, indie label Blackledge Records released his self-produced debut album, Goldtop Heights, a commanding and infectious mix of 70's pop rock, Atlanta grit, and Brantley-style wistfulness. From the very opening notes of the album's first single "Damage," one can immediately hear that combination of melodic irresistibly and lyrical incisiveness that are becoming the musician's hallmarks.
http://www.timbrantley.com/

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