The Districts
"The Districts are an impressive young four-piece from Lititz, in Lancaster County. The band channeled the rock-and-soul vibe of Cold War Kids and Spoon; singer Rob Grote's searing voice cut across the concert hall, blending with the band's smartly-arranged instrumental interplay. They do the very Pixies loud-quiet-LOUD thing, but in a more textured way than simply turning their overdrive pedals on and off. A thundering swell cuts, leaving a clean guitar arpeggio floating in space as Grote catches his breath; the verses build in waves, with the heaviness sometimes derived just from Braden Lawrence's drums. Grote is an intense, emphatic, occasionally bewildering stage presence -- he kicks, stomps and snarls, both at the mic and far away -- but guitarist Mark Larson and bassist Connor Jacobus hold their own, shuffling and bobbing and giving the overall band a dynamic stage presence. Check out "Four and Four" from their album "Telephone."
"...And sometimes, it's just as exciting to sitback and let the music speak for itself. In the case of Lancaster County rock n' soul four-piece The Districts, it's definitely one of those latter cases. The band recorded five songs in our studio last weekend -- three from its impressive 2012 debut Telephone, one from the more recent While You Were in Honesdale EP ("Dressed to Kill") , and one new track -- the impressionistic, evocative swell of "Went To the City." That one's often their set-closer, the one they bring down the house with when they play live, and it had the same chilling effect in the studio, and later still in my headphones as I was editing the music to present to you today. Listen below, draw your own conclusions, and most importantly, see this band live."
- WXPN's John Vettese
Pine Barons
Born among the pitch pines of southern New Jersey, Pine Barons is a brotherhood of four artists aiming to find their rock n roll destinies. With a wide spectrum of influences, from classic rock to folk, jazz, and punk, Pine Barons is an amalgamation of four personalities and visions whose friendship and respect shape their craft. After many half-magical high fives, this troupe of ultra-pals have scribed their plans to spread their music to the thinkers, friends, lovers, and magicians of the world and combat forces of malice.
"Their clever, playful name got our attention, and their snappy music held it."
-John Vettese, The Key WXPN
"Although their name is rooted in the forest, Pine Barons' music travels across wide open ranges and some rather rocky terrain, offering an interestingly mixed, yet fully organic, bag of influences and surprises."
-Peter Quinton, Monmouth University
"The glum tapering of the summer season in songs that feel more alive than you're probably thinking right now. Listen and you'll hear the triumphant graveyard shifting of Creeper Lagoon or some mutant, less mahogany-covered version of the capital Beachwood Sparks. You'll hear in them musky warmth, the smell of a toasty, wood-smoked flannel, rainbowed Autumn trees and a night cut wide open by a spitting orange bonfire."
-Sean Moeller, Daytrotter
Sandy's
After releasing the Old Home Movies with the Botticellis, San Francisco-based songwriter Alexi Glickman (Sandy) spent time touring and recording with Little Wings before forming Sandy's in 2012. His Debut full-length album Fourth Dementia is “…a blissful, reverb-soaked rush of feeling, all open chords and twilight madness.” (SF Weekly) His live band features the talents of Burton Li (the Botticellis), Jeremy Black (Apollo Sunshine), Dave Muller, and Nick Aives (Range of Light Wilderness).
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"The Districts are an impressive young four-piece from Lititz, in Lancaster County. The band channeled the rock-and-soul vibe of Cold War Kids and Spoon; singer Rob Grote's searing voice cut across the concert hall, blending with the band's smartly-arranged instrumental interplay. They do the very Pixies loud-quiet-LOUD thing, but in a more textured way than simply turning their overdrive pedals on and off. A thundering swell cuts, leaving a clean guitar arpeggio floating in space as Grote catches his breath; the verses build in waves, with the heaviness sometimes derived just from Braden Lawrence's drums. Grote is an intense, emphatic, occasionally bewildering stage presence -- he kicks, stomps and snarls, both at the mic and far away -- but guitarist Mark Larson and bassist Connor Jacobus hold their own, shuffling and bobbing and giving the overall band a dynamic stage presence. Check out "Four and Four" from their album "Telephone."
"...And sometimes, it's just as exciting to sitback and let the music speak for itself. In the case of Lancaster County rock n' soul four-piece The Districts, it's definitely one of those latter cases. The band recorded five songs in our studio last weekend -- three from its impressive 2012 debut Telephone, one from the more recent While You Were in Honesdale EP ("Dressed to Kill") , and one new track -- the impressionistic, evocative swell of "Went To the City." That one's often their set-closer, the one they bring down the house with when they play live, and it had the same chilling effect in the studio, and later still in my headphones as I was editing the music to present to you today. Listen below, draw your own conclusions, and most importantly, see this band live."
- WXPN's John Vettese
Pine Barons
Born among the pitch pines of southern New Jersey, Pine Barons is a brotherhood of four artists aiming to find their rock n roll destinies. With a wide spectrum of influences, from classic rock to folk, jazz, and punk, Pine Barons is an amalgamation of four personalities and visions whose friendship and respect shape their craft. After many half-magical high fives, this troupe of ultra-pals have scribed their plans to spread their music to the thinkers, friends, lovers, and magicians of the world and combat forces of malice.
"Their clever, playful name got our attention, and their snappy music held it."
-John Vettese, The Key WXPN
"Although their name is rooted in the forest, Pine Barons' music travels across wide open ranges and some rather rocky terrain, offering an interestingly mixed, yet fully organic, bag of influences and surprises."
-Peter Quinton, Monmouth University
"The glum tapering of the summer season in songs that feel more alive than you're probably thinking right now. Listen and you'll hear the triumphant graveyard shifting of Creeper Lagoon or some mutant, less mahogany-covered version of the capital Beachwood Sparks. You'll hear in them musky warmth, the smell of a toasty, wood-smoked flannel, rainbowed Autumn trees and a night cut wide open by a spitting orange bonfire."
-Sean Moeller, Daytrotter
Sandy's
After releasing the Old Home Movies with the Botticellis, San Francisco-based songwriter Alexi Glickman (Sandy) spent time touring and recording with Little Wings before forming Sandy's in 2012. His Debut full-length album Fourth Dementia is “…a blissful, reverb-soaked rush of feeling, all open chords and twilight madness.” (SF Weekly) His live band features the talents of Burton Li (the Botticellis), Jeremy Black (Apollo Sunshine), Dave Muller, and Nick Aives (Range of Light Wilderness).
The Districts
"The Districts are an impressive young four-piece from Lititz, in Lancaster County. The band channeled the rock-and-soul vibe of Cold War Kids and Spoon; singer Rob Grote's searing voice cut across the concert hall, blending with the band's smartly-arranged instrumental interplay. They do the very Pixies loud-quiet-LOUD thing, but in a more textured way than simply turning their overdrive pedals on and off. A thundering swell cuts, leaving a clean guitar arpeggio floating in space as Grote catches his breath; the verses build in waves, with the heaviness sometimes derived just from Braden Lawrence's drums. Grote is an intense, emphatic, occasionally bewildering stage presence -- he kicks, stomps and snarls, both at the mic and far away -- but guitarist Mark Larson and bassist Connor Jacobus hold their own, shuffling and bobbing and giving the overall band a dynamic stage presence. Check out "Four and Four" from their album "Telephone."
"...And sometimes, it's just as exciting to sitback and let the music speak for itself. In the case of Lancaster County rock n' soul four-piece The Districts, it's definitely one of those latter cases. The band recorded five songs in our studio last weekend -- three from its impressive 2012 debut Telephone, one from the more recent While You Were in Honesdale EP ("Dressed to Kill") , and one new track -- the impressionistic, evocative swell of "Went To the City." That one's often their set-closer, the one they bring down the house with when they play live, and it had the same chilling effect in the studio, and later still in my headphones as I was editing the music to present to you today. Listen below, draw your own conclusions, and most importantly, see this band live."
- WXPN's John Vettese
Pine Barons
Born among the pitch pines of southern New Jersey, Pine Barons is a brotherhood of four artists aiming to find their rock n roll destinies. With a wide spectrum of influences, from classic rock to folk, jazz, and punk, Pine Barons is an amalgamation of four personalities and visions whose friendship and respect shape their craft. After many half-magical high fives, this troupe of ultra-pals have scribed their plans to spread their music to the thinkers, friends, lovers, and magicians of the world and combat forces of malice.
"Their clever, playful name got our attention, and their snappy music held it."
-John Vettese, The Key WXPN
"Although their name is rooted in the forest, Pine Barons' music travels across wide open ranges and some rather rocky terrain, offering an interestingly mixed, yet fully organic, bag of influences and surprises."
-Peter Quinton, Monmouth University
"The glum tapering of the summer season in songs that feel more alive than you're probably thinking right now. Listen and you'll hear the triumphant graveyard shifting of Creeper Lagoon or some mutant, less mahogany-covered version of the capital Beachwood Sparks. You'll hear in them musky warmth, the smell of a toasty, wood-smoked flannel, rainbowed Autumn trees and a night cut wide open by a spitting orange bonfire."
-Sean Moeller, Daytrotter
Sandy's
After releasing the Old Home Movies with the Botticellis, San Francisco-based songwriter Alexi Glickman (Sandy) spent time touring and recording with Little Wings before forming Sandy's in 2012. His Debut full-length album Fourth Dementia is “…a blissful, reverb-soaked rush of feeling, all open chords and twilight madness.” (SF Weekly) His live band features the talents of Burton Li (the Botticellis), Jeremy Black (Apollo Sunshine), Dave Muller, and Nick Aives (Range of Light Wilderness).
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"The Districts are an impressive young four-piece from Lititz, in Lancaster County. The band channeled the rock-and-soul vibe of Cold War Kids and Spoon; singer Rob Grote's searing voice cut across the concert hall, blending with the band's smartly-arranged instrumental interplay. They do the very Pixies loud-quiet-LOUD thing, but in a more textured way than simply turning their overdrive pedals on and off. A thundering swell cuts, leaving a clean guitar arpeggio floating in space as Grote catches his breath; the verses build in waves, with the heaviness sometimes derived just from Braden Lawrence's drums. Grote is an intense, emphatic, occasionally bewildering stage presence -- he kicks, stomps and snarls, both at the mic and far away -- but guitarist Mark Larson and bassist Connor Jacobus hold their own, shuffling and bobbing and giving the overall band a dynamic stage presence. Check out "Four and Four" from their album "Telephone."
"...And sometimes, it's just as exciting to sitback and let the music speak for itself. In the case of Lancaster County rock n' soul four-piece The Districts, it's definitely one of those latter cases. The band recorded five songs in our studio last weekend -- three from its impressive 2012 debut Telephone, one from the more recent While You Were in Honesdale EP ("Dressed to Kill") , and one new track -- the impressionistic, evocative swell of "Went To the City." That one's often their set-closer, the one they bring down the house with when they play live, and it had the same chilling effect in the studio, and later still in my headphones as I was editing the music to present to you today. Listen below, draw your own conclusions, and most importantly, see this band live."
- WXPN's John Vettese
Pine Barons
Born among the pitch pines of southern New Jersey, Pine Barons is a brotherhood of four artists aiming to find their rock n roll destinies. With a wide spectrum of influences, from classic rock to folk, jazz, and punk, Pine Barons is an amalgamation of four personalities and visions whose friendship and respect shape their craft. After many half-magical high fives, this troupe of ultra-pals have scribed their plans to spread their music to the thinkers, friends, lovers, and magicians of the world and combat forces of malice.
"Their clever, playful name got our attention, and their snappy music held it."
-John Vettese, The Key WXPN
"Although their name is rooted in the forest, Pine Barons' music travels across wide open ranges and some rather rocky terrain, offering an interestingly mixed, yet fully organic, bag of influences and surprises."
-Peter Quinton, Monmouth University
"The glum tapering of the summer season in songs that feel more alive than you're probably thinking right now. Listen and you'll hear the triumphant graveyard shifting of Creeper Lagoon or some mutant, less mahogany-covered version of the capital Beachwood Sparks. You'll hear in them musky warmth, the smell of a toasty, wood-smoked flannel, rainbowed Autumn trees and a night cut wide open by a spitting orange bonfire."
-Sean Moeller, Daytrotter
Sandy's
After releasing the Old Home Movies with the Botticellis, San Francisco-based songwriter Alexi Glickman (Sandy) spent time touring and recording with Little Wings before forming Sandy's in 2012. His Debut full-length album Fourth Dementia is “…a blissful, reverb-soaked rush of feeling, all open chords and twilight madness.” (SF Weekly) His live band features the talents of Burton Li (the Botticellis), Jeremy Black (Apollo Sunshine), Dave Muller, and Nick Aives (Range of Light Wilderness).
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