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Osgoods at Oxygen Lounge Thursday night (5/29)!

About Me

Armed with infectious melodies and inventive, quirky lyrics, singer/songwriter Anthony Nigro formed the band while attending school at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where the Osgoods performed as a trio and recorded 1999’s Assistant Manager EP before relocating to Los Angeles in 2001.
For their first full-length effort, the trio effectively mixed lush vocal harmonies and pop hooks with a raw production style. Automatic Do-Over, was released in 2002 and was very well received by fans and critics alike.
Accompanied by new drummer, Dan Hull, the band then began work on material for Smother & Shrink. Released in late 2006, it is the trio’s most ambitious effort to date. The record features fan-favorites, Steady and You Made It Easy (2006 International Songwriting Competition finalist & 2007 semi-finalist) among other great tracks.
A final line-up change that same year welcomed bass player and skilled backing vocalist Chris Evans into the fold. The result is a rock-solid rhythm section that rounds out the Osgoods sound and contributes to the group’s knack for charming audiences with their distinct brand of agitated pop.
The band has been most recently featured or heard on KillRadio.org, The Ruben Blades Show, Cal State Long Beach Radio, KAMP Radio (Tucson), 87.7 FM (UK), EmergingArtists.com, Westside Will Radio, and within the pages New Music Weekly, Amplifier Magazine and others.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/3/2004
Band Website: osgoods.net
Band Members: Anthony Nigro - Guitar & Lead Vocals
Dan Hull - Drums & Percussion
Chris Evans - Bass & Backing Vocals
Influences: REM, Talking Heads, Pixies, The Police, They might Be Giants, Toadies, Elliott Smith, Mr. Bungle, Nirvana, Men At Work, Shudder To Think, Beatles, Joe Jackson, Soundgarden, Hall & Oats, Kiss, Spot 1019
Sounds Like: Firehose, Elvis Costello, the Feelies, Sugar, REM, Weezer
Record Label: SanZabelt (independent)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Osgoods at Oxygen tonight

Osgoods shall be melting faces once again - this time at Oxygen Lounge. It's a new venue on Ventura Blvd in Tarzana. We'd love to see as many of you there as possible. We'll be playing at 9pm sharp, a...
Posted by the osgoods on Thu, 29 May 2008 10:54:00 PST

Osgoods at Oxygen this Thursday night

Osgoods shall be melting faces once again - this time at Oxygen Lounge. It's a new venue on Ventura Blvd in Tarzana. We'd love to see as many of you there as possible. We'll be playing at 9pm sharp, a...
Posted by the osgoods on Sat, 24 May 2008 03:04:00 PST

Acoustic show TOMORROW night (Friday, May 2nd)

For fans of our mellower side, we bring you another Osgoods unplugged performance. Be at Genghis Cohen on Friday, May 2 at 10:30pm, for some special acoustic interpretations of your favorite Osgo...
Posted by the osgoods on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:41:00 PST

ISC 2007

We're pleased to announce that the International Songwriting Competition has recognized our little band again this year. In 2006, we were chosen among 15000 entries to receive a place in the finals an...
Posted by the osgoods on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:36:00 PST

DAYs ALMOST HERE!! OSGOODS PLAY CLUB DERBY TOMORROW!!

..>..>..> ..> OSGOODS PLAY CLUB DERBY AUG 29th -OPEN BAR 8-9PM! BE THERE!!            THIS IS TOMMORROW-YA'LL!!      &nb...
Posted by the osgoods on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:38:00 PST

THE OSGOODS play CLUB DERBY AUG. 29th @ 9PM- BE THERE!!!

PRINT THIS OUT!! EVERYONE COME ON OUT TO CLUB DERBY AUG. 29th at 9PMTO SEE THE OSGOODS!!! The OSGOODS PLAY AT 9PM, BUT COME EARLY BECAUSE THERE IS AN OPEN BAR FOR EVERYONE from 8-9PM!! THAT MEANS ...
Posted by the osgoods on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:21:00 PST

Kinda crazy. How's your Spanish??

It's true. Grammy winning salsa musician, accomplished American film actor and the current Minister of Tourism in Panama, RUBEN BLADES, is talking about our little band on his video podcast at www.rub...
Posted by the osgoods on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:43:00 PST

Osgoods tunage now available per-song ($.99 a pop)

Think we have a few good songs, but the rest suck?? You're totally wrong, but we'll take it! Visit our web-site ( www.osgoods.net ) to purchase songs individually via snocap. Maybe you're just broke, ...
Posted by the osgoods on Fri, 18 May 2007 12:32:00 PST

"Easy" is International Songwriting Competition Finalist (+vote)

Hello all... Update: "You Made It Easy" from Smother & Shink has been selected as a finalist in the competition. "The ISC finalists were chosen out of almost 15,000 entrants, making this an extrao...
Posted by the osgoods on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:42:00 PST

Yay us.

The song "You Made It Easy" from Smother & Shrink has been selected as a semi-finalist in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition. Widdled down to a handful from 14 thousand. Now it's time ...
Posted by the osgoods on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:05:00 PST