Featuring:
Seven Mary Three
Shawn Mullins
The Lemonheads
Soul Asulym
and much more!
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum, an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis in 1983. The group was an outgrowth of a previous band, Loud Fast Rules, formed in 1981. After being picked up by Columbia Records they released the double-platinum album Grave Dancers Union in 1992 featuring their Grammy Award-winning single "Runaway Train". They also scored a platinum record with the album Let Your Dim Light Shine in 1998. In 2006, Soul Asylum founders Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy returned to rock’s front line with THE SILVER LINING, their first new studio release since Candy From a Stranger.
The Lemonheads
The son of a Boston attorney and a fashion model, Evan Dando (vocals, guitar, drums) formed the Lemonheads with his high-school classmates in the early 90’s. After developing his signature blend of pop, punk, and country-rock on several independent records in the late '80s, Evan Dando moved the Lemonheads to Atlantic Records in 1990. Two years later, It's a Shame About Ray made the group into media sensations. The Lemonheads recently signed to Brooklyn, NY-based THE END RECORDS and will be releasing their long-awaited covers collection, VARSHONS in June 2009.
Shawn Mullins
Atlanta-based folksinger and songwriter Shawn Mullins was serving as a member of the U.S. Army Airborne Infantry Division when he released his first self-titled cassette on his own SM label in 1989. Shawn eventually left the military to pursue music on a full-time basis. After several other successful releases, Soul's Core, his first album for major label Columbia, followed in 1998, scoring a Top Ten hit with the single "Lullaby." The album eventually went platinum; paving the way for an anthology of his early work with '99's The First Ten Years. The Essential Shawn Mullins collection arrived in '03, followed by 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor for Vanguard Records in '06 and Honeydew in March of '09.
Seven Mary Three
Seven Mary Three Within the alternative world, Seven Mary Three has often been compared to the mainstream-sounding, garage/arena rock of post-Ten Pearl Jam, but the group insists that their refusal to alienate themselves from the rest of the world makes them different; instead, Seven Mary Three offers songs concerning self-discovery and true outsiders isolated from society. The group was signed to the Mammoth label after its first single, Cumbersome, was generated a huge response. Their debut album, American Standard, was released in '95; Rock Crown followed in '97, and a year later 7M3 returned with their third LP, Orange Ave. In Dec. '08 they reissued Churn, the long-out-of-print debut CD from '94.
Want to see your band here? Radio 929 is hosting a local band competition and the winner scores the opening slot at Radio 929 EarthFest 2009!
"How do I enter" you ask? It's easy! Send your best song to [email protected] and contact info. (FILES NO BIGGER THAN 5MB PLEASE!!)
The best of the best will be selected to battle it out live onstage at an EarthFest warm up party but only one will take the crown- The Earthfest 2009 openers!
