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In Music We Trust

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About Me

In Music We Trust started out in July of 1997 as a vehicle in which to help expose talented artists to a larger audience.
Well, here we are four years later, a label, a national publicity company, and a zine.
How did we grow into such a mammoth corporation? Well, luckily we were able to secure funding from an investor when the dot com craze was still happening. With that fifteen million, we all bought ourselves big houses, fancy cars, and got a bunch of employees.
Unfortunately, after six months, the funds went away. We spent it all. We had to lay off 300 employees. We're back down to a handful of dedicated staff writers who do it for the love of music, as well as the amazing Ryan O'Neill behind everything technical, and our network consultant Jason Dietz.
OK, so we never got funding, but the rest is true. Writers like Sonya Brown, Jett Black, Jeb Branin, Gary "Pig" Gold, Geoff Melton, Clint Darling, and Mikel Jollett -- without whom this would never have been possible - do it because they love music and they love what we can do as a collective.
As for the other portions of In Music We Trust... after doing the zine for three years, I decided it was time to help out bands on another level. So, I started the publicity side of In Music We Trust. We've been lucky enough to work with such great artists and Helio Sequence, King Black Acid, Carrie Akre, Sam Densmore's Silverhawk, SPIV, Man of the Year, Orbiter, Bundle of Hiss, A.C. Cotton, Betty Already, UHF, Aluminum Babe, Expunged Records, Laughing Outlaw Records, and several other great bands.
With the publicity company in full swing, and the ability to scrap together every penny I could find, I decided to start a record label. Thus, the label side of In Music We Trust was born.
Check out the record label (and FREE MP3s) at In Music We Trust Records -- http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/
The point of this is, In Music We Trust started out so many years ago as a zine that Ryan O'Neill and I did to cover great music and let others know of these bands we were blown away by. It has now grown into a PR company and a label, all out of the love of music.
We may not have the funding that several other dot com companies have (or had), but we'll be here long after they all fold.
As I like to say... IN MUSIC WE TRUST !
Alex Steininger
In Music We Trust
Editor, President

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Music:

Member Since: 12/9/2005
Band Website: inmusicwetrust.com
Band Members: Gerald Collier: How Can There Be Another Day?
Entertainment Weekly said... "filters his love-lorn tales through downcast, gritty songs that recall Neil Young at his most bummed out..." while Magnet Magazine stated, "Collier's world-weary voice, akin to Townes Van Sandt's, is perfectly suited to the heart-wrenching jukebox confessionals contained herein".
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/geraldcollier.html
.... ....Casey Neill: Brooklyn Bridge
“Brooklyn Bridge” features friends from The Decemberists, as well as Erin McKeown, John Wesley Harding, and Eric "Roscoe" Ambel (from Steve Earle and The Dukes).
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Supernaut: Burning Through The Motions
The Ramones meets Motorhead meets Cheap Trick. Pabst-soaked rock 'n' roll with a melodic punch, sure to please both your aggressive and pop sides.
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Grand Champeen: Dial 'T' For This
The perfect record for any old Hüsker/Mats/Soul Asylum fan who has ever said, "They don't make 'em like that any more." They Dü. Mixed with Superchuck, Big Sar, and others for good measure.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/grandchampeen.html
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Fernando: Enter To Exit
Lush, gorgeous George Harrison-esque pop songs with dark lyricism. Soon to be your new favorite record - and band.
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..The Slow Signal Fade: Steady
"Their (TheSSF) music is an amalgam of the spacier side of early-90s English shoegaze (Ride, Swervedriver) and the aggressive side of late-60s California psychedelia (Spirit, Jefferson Airplane), set roaring amid the jacarandas and desperation of contemporary Hollywood." - L.A. City Beat
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I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House: Live At Dante's
The long-awaited live recording of the fierce, pull-no-punches rock outfit that says "fuck Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church".
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/sob..live.html
..Stoley P.T.: Lesson ..1
Quirky, guitar-driven power-pop with undeniable hooks and a tongue-in-cheek sense of seriousness.
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44 Long: Hangover Heights Part 2
Classic rock meets roots rock, with great pop sensibilities.
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MATT SHARP (OF WEEZER, THE RENTALS): matt sharp
The debut full-length album from Weezer co-founder/former bassist and Rentals front man Matt Sharp. Stripping away the layers, Sharp delivers a sparse, beautiful solo masterpiece.
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MATT SHARP (OF WEEZER, THE RENTALS): puckett's versus the country boy
Weezer founder and The Rentals front man, Matt Sharp moves away from the power-pop he helped create on the first two Weezer records, and the Moog-driven pop of The Rentals' albums, to create a sophisticated, melodic, sleepy sound of acoustic beauty.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/mattsharp.html
..SUFFRAJETT: suffrajett
New York based rock act, Suffrajett, cranks out fuzzy, distorted rock with enough melodies to keep you hooked, and enough garage roughness to get the hip kids drooling.
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I CAN LICK ANY SONOFABITCH IN THE HOUSE: creepy little noises
Bad-ass muddy country rock from a band called I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House? It doesn't get much tougher than that.
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I CAN LICK ANY SONOFABITCH IN THE HOUSE: put here to bleed
Political-minded rock 'n' roll with a country appeal, I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House taking on George W. Bush, the government, gun-toting NRA president Charlton Heston, and rock star Courtney Taylor (of the Dandy Warhols).
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/sob.html
..I CAN LICK ANY SONOFABITCH IN THE HOUSE: menace
Southern rock (Lynard Skynard) meets political punk rock in a show down. Here is piss 'n' vinegar rock that takes on George W. Bush, Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church, the war, and salute American hero Rachel Corrie.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/sob.html
..MICHAEL DEAN DAMRON: a perfect day for a funeral
Think an angrier, more potent Steve Earle; this is beautiful, but pissed-off folk-country-blues-soul for the restless.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/mikedamron.html
..BLUEBOTTLE KISS: come across
Think Sonic Youth, Afghan Whigs, Greg Dulli, and Dinosaur Jr., as well as classic Australian visionaries like the Church and the Bad Seeds, and you're in the ballpark for this Australian outfit.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/bluebottlekiss.html
..BLUEBOTTLE KISS: revenge is slow
Somewhere in 1993, fed on a steady diet of Sonic Youth, Afghan Whigs and Dinosaur Jr, as well as classic Australian visionaries like the Church and the Bad Seeds, Bluebottle Kiss was formed.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/bluebottlekiss.html
..SEAN CROGHAN: from burnt orange to midnight blue
Crackerbash / Jr.High frontman goes solo. Following national tour with Elliott Smith, this is his debut solo album. A mixture of pop, soul, folk, and rock, Otis Redding and Elvis Costello.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/seancroghan.html
..LOCH LOMOND: when we were mountains
Sweeping melodies brushed by atmospheric, mountain-esque rumblings of quiet, quaint rock, coupled with a straight-ahead sense burried underneath the ashes of the layered, but still light compositions.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/lochlomond.html
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SUNSET VALLEY: goldbank 78 stack
"The band shimmers with the radiance of a distant mirage in the wild desert air - languid with a bit of twang like the great Giant Sand while pulsing with the mildly demented playfulness of Elf Power." -Rockpile
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/sunsetvalley.html
..FREDDY TRUJILLO: hawks & highways
Native American folk meets rock in espanol; eclectic, melodic, well-written music embraced by ethnic flavors.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/freddy.html
..LUTHER RUSSELL: spare change
Tender, folk-y solo acoustic pop music from producer/musician known for his blues band The Freewheelers (DGC/American Recordings).
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THE MAROONS: you're gonna ruin everything
Beautiful, blissful pop music - featuring members of Elliott Smith's band and Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks.
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..NO. 2: what does good luck bring?
Neil Gust (ex. Heatmiser co-front man along with Elliott Smith) brings us a guitar-driven rock 'n' roll attack that somehow retains melody and hooks, ensuring that not only will you want to rock out to this album, you'll be boogie-ing and singing too.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/no2.html
....KNIEVEL: the name rings a bell that drowns out your voice
Australian indie-pop, Knievel is Ken Stringfellow (of The Posies) backing band in Australia. Beautiful, imaginative pop for pop freaks and indie rock kids alike.
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..CHRIS TSEFALAS: i'm all right?
Semi-lush, bright, pop music that is at times power-pop, while other times slower, but equally melodically rich and hooky.
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....BRADY BROCK: warm american sweater
Melodic indie-pop for lovers and lonely nights, comforting like a warm sweater or blanket, New York's Brady Brock creates rich, at-times-lush pop songs that make you want to fall in love or mend a broken heart.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/bradybrock.html
..SUPERNAUT: livid vol. 1
The Ramones meets Motorhead meets Cheap Trick. Pabst-soaked rock 'n' roll with a melodic punch, sure to please both your aggressive and pop sides.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/supernaut.html
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THE BELLRAYS: in the light of the sun
Soul-Rock. A soul-drenched, intense voice with a danceable, undeniably rocking rhythm section - like Arthea Franklin fronting the MC5.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/bellrays.html
..JOE DAVIS: hope chest
Soft, emo-driven pop music in an acoustic vein, yet it builts throughout to still incorporate the rock; from Pinehurst Kids' front man Joe Davis.
Download FREE MP3s and buy this album at: http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/label/joedavis.html
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Sounds Like:

album price #
SEAN CROGHAN: From Burnt Orange To Midnight Blue $12.00
BLUEBOTTLE KISS: Revenge Is Slow $12.00
BLUEBOTTLE KISS: Come Across $12.00
THE SLOW SIGNAL FADE: Steady $14.00
FREDDY TRUJILLO: Hawks & Highways $12.00
MATT SHARP (OF WEEZER, THE RENTALS): Puckett's Versus The Country Boy $8.00
MATT SHARP (OF WEEZER, THE RENTALS): Matt Sharp $12.00
JOE DAVIS: Hope Chest $12.00
LUTHER RUSSELL: Spare Change $12.00
THE BELLRAYS: In the Light of the Sun $12.00
THE MAROONS: You're Gonna Ruin Everything $13.00
GRAND CHAMPEEN: Dial T For This $14.00
THE DAMNWELLS: Pmr + 1 $9.00
NO. 2: What Does Good Luck Bring? $12.00
KNIEVEL: The Name Rings A Bell That Drowns Out Your Voice $13.00
I CAN LICK ANY SONOFABITCH IN THE HOUSE: Creepy Little Noises $12.00
I CAN LICK ANY SONOFABITCH IN THE HOUSE: Put Here To Bleed $12.00
I CAN LICK ANY SONOFABITCH IN THE HOUSE: Menace $12.00
I CAN LICK ANY SONOFABITCH IN THE HOUSE: Live At Dante's $14.00
MICHAEL DEAN DAMRON: A Perfect Day for a Funeral $13.00
SUFFRAJETT: Suffrajett $12.00
BRADY BROCK: Warm American Sweater $12.00
LOCH LOMOND: When We Were Mountains $12.00
CHRIS TSEFALAS: I'm All Right? $12.00
SUPERNAUT: Livid Vol. 1 $9.00
SUPERNAUT: Burning Through The Motions $14.00
STOLEY P.T.: Lesson #1 $12.00
FERNANDO: Enter To Exit $14.00
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Record Label: In Music We Trust Records
Type of Label: Indie