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"The City Veins are a strong local outfit... They just formed in March and are already more mature and ready to bring the rock than a lot of bands with a lot more stage time." - DCist.com
"Polished, quality local indy music from (relatively) new kids on the block" - brightestyoungthings.com
One of On Tap Magazine's Local Artists "that should be on your radar, calendar, and iPod" - August 2007
The City Veins are one of the Washington, DC area's best new up-and-coming rock bands. Since coming together in March 2007, the band has already made a marked impact on the DC music scene, turning heads with their well-crafted guitar-driven indie rock songs and outstanding live performances.
Formed by childhood friends Aaron Tarr, Charles Gray (both members of the former DC band Roosevelt Roosevelt), and Adam Bayes, the band began informally over a few weekends as a response to the 2007 RPM Challenge (www.rpmchallenge.com). The resulting 10 songs from those sessions showcase a wide variety of influences and sounds, ranging from The Beatles to Radiohead to the Replacements to Wilco to 80s new wave and 1960s guitar rock. Having rediscovered their love of songwriting and performing, the band added drummer Spencer Vliet, formerly of DC's Gone By June, to complete the line-up. With the addition of Vliet, the band recorded a four-song EP and began playing shows in April and have continued to build momentum with every show.
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Member Since: 3/14/2007
Band Website: thecityveins.com
Band Members: Aaron Tarr - Vox, Guitar, Bass
Charles Gray - Bass, Guitar, Keys
Spencer Vliet - Drums
Influences: The Beatles, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Wilco, Echo and the Bunnymen, Springsteen, Bloc Party, the Cure, Arcade Fire, new wave, grunge, 60s guitar rock.
Sounds Like: whatever you'd like to call it.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Stalk the City Veins!

In an effort to be the most Web 2.0 band around, I have added Twitter to our arsenal of ways to annoy you. You can check out our feed here. I also added a widget on the sidebar of our blog. So stop o...
Posted by The City Veins on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:07:00 PST

A small room makes for a good show

So for the last couple of weeks the band has been bickering. I don't want to get into it too much because it's a little raw still, but that's been the deal for the last few weeks. But last nights sh...
Posted by The City Veins on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:22:00 PST

Pins, Needles, and Business Time

Posted by SpencerAs part of a band only about 2-5% of your time is spent on actually playing/rehearsing music. The other 95-98% is "business time." And not business time in the fun way described in th...
Posted by The City Veins on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:09:00 PST

Every New Myspace Friend Feels Like a Small Victory

Posted by AaronIt is sad, really, what this world has come to when I feel emboldened because people acept our myspace requests for "friendship". But this is modernity, and even the most benign intera...
Posted by The City Veins on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:02:00 PST

Speaking of Web 20.0

Posted by CharlesSome footage of one of our recent concerts was recently uploaded to YouTube. The picture and sound quality leave something to be desired; but I have seen worse. This is ou...
Posted by The City Veins on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:01:00 PST

Web 2.0 can suck my ass

Posted by AaronThe title of this particular blog will likely send Charles running to the bathroom in tears. Get out of the stall, weiner, and go get your boss some coffee: it's just that I forgot ho...
Posted by The City Veins on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:48:00 PST

Get our CD FREE - not even shipping costs!

Click here, give us your name and address, and we'll send you a CD FREE to your door! Not a bad deal at all... ...
Posted by The City Veins on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:12:00 PST

Playing Music is Fun?

Yes, it can be. Sometimes life gets hectic and a busy schedule makes you forget why you started playing music in the first place. Simply put, it's fun. Being in a band is fun sometimes, stressful othe...
Posted by The City Veins on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:21:00 PST

Last Night I Came Home With More Than My Girlfriend

Thanks to all of you who came out last night to see us play at the Velvet Lounge...we love that joint, we love Rob (the sound guy, only slightly sexually), and any time our support shows up like last ...
Posted by The City Veins on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:53:00 PST

Tonight! and Free!

Come out an see us tonight at the Velvet Lounge with Lights Resolve and Black & White Jacksons. We should be going on around 11:00, I think, but don't hold me to that. We have free copies of our E...
Posted by The City Veins on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:28:00 PST