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Gentleman Auction House
Emergency Umbrella Records - St. Louis, MO
"Irresistible"
- The HUB Weekly; Champaign, IL
"Gentleman Auction House could be the best band you’ve never heard. Yet, that is."
- Kyle Undem, 30music.com; Edmonton, AB Canada
"...An absolute doll of pop music."
- J-Sin, Smother.Net; Manassas, VA
*March - May 2008 to support/package
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Sinkane
Emergency Umbrella Records - Columbus, OH
"As we get close to 2008, add Sinkane to the “bands to watch†list for the new year."
-Rob Duffy; Donewaiting.com
"I'm nearly speechless about what I saw last night at Carabar. The behemoth that was Sinkane made its first appearance in these parts, and its force was such that I was surprised not to find myself pinned to the back wall when all was said and done."
-Chris Deville; Columbus Alive
"The guitar licks are pretty amazing and the jazz feel is great because I’ve yet to hear something like this come out of the Ohio indie scene. Like I said, this is fresh."
-David Wilson; Man of War
*March - May 2008 to support/package
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Shame Club
Small Stone Records - St. Louis, MO
"No frills, tight, straight forward and bombastic."
- Vagrants, Players and Rebels
"It's been a good year for rock 'n' roll and Shame Club's 'Come On' makes
it even better. A modern day classic? Too early to tell. But goddamn
this is one hell of an album. Highly recommended."
- StonerRock.com
"No irony, no pretentiousness, nothing flashy: Just eardrum-bleeding, melt-your-face-off, riff-heavy rock."
- Annie Zaleski; The Riverfront Times
*March - May 2008 to support/package
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Target Market
Afternoon Records - St. Louis, MO
"Their aim is sure as they hit dead on with melodies so incredibly catchy they spread like the common cold."
- J-Sin, Smother.Net; Manassas, VA
"A wetdream on a starry night…"
- Perfect Porridge
"This band has the aesthetic and the melodies, all wrapped up in a package of straight-up fun."
- Music For Robots
*March - May 2008 Weekends/One-Offs
*Summer 2008 to support/package
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Jon Hardy and The Public
St. Louis, MO
"Cruising the backroads at night with this CD as your soundtrack is something close to musical bliss. I am starting to think that Jon Hardy and the Public are one of St. Louis' best kept secrets. I have a feeling that will be changing soon."
- Your Standard Life
"Jon Hardy & the Public tread in Americana's dreamier realm, thanks to chiming, echo-laden guitar strokes and big-hearted choruses that threaten to tear songs apart at their seams. "
- The Riverfront Times
"'Cassius Clay' is not only the best song on the album, it's one of the better songs of 2007."
- Thanks Captain Obvious
"It’s albums like this one that make me wish I could do more for artists."
- Berkeley Place
*Weekends / One-Offs
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The Bureau
St. Louis, MO
"The Bureau takes moody, synth-based rock & roll and infuses it with a heavy dose of sharp-cornered post-punk and austere robo-rhythms. We Make Plans in Secret delivers on the promise of the band's debut EP by framing Mike Cracchiolo's expressive, octave-spanning vocals with retro keyboard bleeps and lush synth pads, while the rhythm section maintains a propulsive, carbon-based energy."
- Christian Schaeffer; The Riverfront Times
"A wildly entertaining local group, with a sound rooted squarely in the non-hitmaking new wave days of the late 70s and early 80s... This band is tops!"
- Thomas Crone; InsideStl.com
"These days, there are several bands that are heavily influenced by Joy Division and the Smiths; the problem is that a lot of them just arent very good. Thankfully, that is not the case with the Bureau."
- John Kujawski, Playback STL
*Weekends / One-Offs
