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By Caroline Coppel for Cellar Magazine, October 2007
At home in dingy clubs and smoky bars, BOTTLES/CANS has no qualms about cranking up the volume all the way to 11 and embracing the defiant spirit of rock- for as long as their finances will allow.
The three members, who began playing together during college, cited various musical influences. Drummer Brendan Polmer is a huge jazz enthusiast and does some occasional jazz drumming. Singer/bassist Zach Pentel remarked that the band listens to its fair share of Fleetwood Mac, “We go through phases, but Rumors gets played just about every day,” he said. Singer/guitarist Kevin Eskowitz, a Houston, Texas, native, has a penchant for classic rock, especially southern rock. Although the band shrugs off any particular labels, Eskowitz’s musical influences definitely come through in the band’s songs. Tracks like, “Shotgun Sam,” and “Tabitha Calhoun,” are infused with that Southern restlessness and rebellion that make you want to skip town with nothing but your girl and a pack of smokes.
For the upcoming year, Bottles/Cans plans to bring their straight-up rock ‘n’ roll to colleges across the Northeast. Eskowitz feels it’s finally time for the boys to go on tour, “We’ve found our niche as a live band,” he says. Drummer Brendan Polmer seconded these feelings explaining, “I like the smaller clubs better. They’re much more intimate – you can connect with your audience,” Eskowitz echoed his earlier sentiment, “we just like playing for a live audience.” Still, the band wishes to record an album, as all bands do. Although they’ve made some, “pretty mediocre recordings,” in the past, this has not diminished their desire to make an EP and secure a record deal. Eskowitz concluded our interview expressing his determination for the band to find success, “We really just want to stay together as long as possible.” Hopefully Bottles/Cans will be able to gain the kind of hype on-campus that has helped other GW bands like Jukebox the Ghost find the means to tour and record.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/02/2007
Band Website: bottlescansmusic.com
Band Members:
Influences: Tallapoosa, The Who, Oasis, Little Richard, The Band, trash, Cream, cream corn, whiskey, Cory Bailey, Jack, The Cars, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Spoon, Texas, Abe Freilich, Kings of Leon, New Orleans, The Eurythmics, Minneapolis

Email us: [email protected]

Booking: [email protected]

Management: [email protected]
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

B/C profiled on WeLoveDC.com

Killer DC blog WeLoveDC.com just posted an interview along with a mixtape of the music we've been listening to lately... check it out below."Bottles/Cans are performing at the Black Cat Tuesday night....
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:52:00 GMT

The Big Endorsement

With it being endorsement season and all, Bottles/Cans would like to make an official endorsement. The lucky recipient of this endorsement is the new Pixar film, Wall-e. That's right. Wall-e gets the ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:12:00 GMT

New "Tabitha Calhoun" recording

Hey Everyone-We just posted our new recording of "Tabitha Calhoun" - give it a listen, download it and put it on your iPod, and then let us know what you think!-B/C
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 15:33:00 GMT

What a Week... HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDAN!

So we destroyed the Black Cat on Tuesday night. It was pretty much the perfect show. We packed it up, and took them home. For those of you who came, you made it a hell of a Tuesday night for us. For t...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:44:00 GMT

XM Radio Tonight! 2 Shows 2!

We are releasing our first single "Tabitha Calhoun" TONIGHT AT 10PM ON XM RADIO CHANNEL 43 (XMU).  We are going to be the first song on the Radar Report so be sure to tune in AT 10 PM!!!!If you d...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:14:00 GMT

Holy Cows

Wows. Yea, last night was a-mazing. Every band on the bill last night went all out. Thanks to everyone for coming. And for those of you who couldn't because it was too far or too much $$$ then next Fr...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:18:00 GMT

Aaron Leeder and Celebrataurus Countdown continues!!!

That's right folks... ONLY 2 MORE DAYS TIL CELEBRATAURUS!!! That means we're all gonna have a great weekend! Mine started early last night at the Velvet Lounge where we went to see one of our favorit...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:33:00 GMT

Oh my head

THANK YOU to everyone who came out last night - Garrett's was packed to the rafters, and I don't think any of us have ever had more fun playing a show. Big ups to Once Okay Twice for absolutely killin...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:39:00 GMT

press

big ups to the colonialist...http://www.thecolonialist.com/2007/11/bottlesc ans-show-thursday-night.html
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:24:00 GMT

THANK YOU and more video!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who turned out on Saturday - the bands were great, the music was loud, and the burgers were terrible as usual. Hopefully you got to stick around for Derek James and OK Go, ...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:17:00 GMT