Leeroy Stagger

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LEEROY STAGGER (Canada)
Born in Victoria, British Columbia and raised on a little island on the very west coast of Canada, Stagger spent most of his youth with his grandparents who exposed him to the world of country music. Developing his musical drive early on, Stagger formed his first punk rock band at age 18. Songwriting came shortly after with themes revolving around his childhood, traveling, relationships, substance abuse and the tribulations of life. Having collaborated with one of his icons, Danny Michel, Stagger found commercial success in the song, "Just in Case", which was featured twice on the television hit, Grey's Anatomy.

The life of being on the road and touring at a fast pace did not wear easily on Stagger, who at age 26, realized he had an alcohol problem that was affecting his ability to perform with the commitment and heart his songs demanded. Clean and sober since, Stagger has a strong desire to inspire young musicians that they do not have to succumb to the pitfalls of substance abuse, which can be prevalent in a musician's touring lifestyle.



Leeroy Stagger released his 7th studio album "Radiant Land" on May 15th through Gold Lake Records/Universal Music Canada and he'll be hitting the road for a string of UK dates starting on November 4th. Stagger recently signed a 2 record deal with Danny Goldberg's Gold Lake Records (The Cranberries, Tom Morello, The Hives) and "Radiant Land" is his first album to be released through Gold Lake.
Recorded in just 3 days during a break in the band's 2011 U.S. tour at famed Nashville studio Club Roar, Leeroy Stagger continues to prove he is one of Canada's most prolific and talented songwriters. On "Radiant Land", Stagger's subject matter remains solidly based in the human condition. While not abandoning his unique ability to give voice to the rebel kind, "Radiant Land" finds Stagger in a more reflective tone, offering light out of the darkness in the songs "Enough Love to Go Around" and"Message of Love". The album alsoincludes a sobering political view of his home province of Alberta's push for nuclear energy in the title track. All of this without sacrificing his ability to pull the best out of his band; who are certainly not afraid to lean more towards rock than roots when needed.
Over the years, Leeroy Stagger has shared the stage with plenty of talented musicians, including The Pixies, Los Lobos, Tegan and Sara, Ron Sexsmith, Joel Plaskett and George Thorogood and his songs have received placement on the hit TV shows Greys Anatomy, Sons Of Anarchy, Degrassi andHeartland. He has garnered an international fan base after relentless touring both home and abroad. It is simply a matter of time before Stagger joins the likes of Ryan Adams, John Hiatt and Steve Earle as an ambassador for North American Roots Rock n Roll.
http://www.leeroystagger.com

BILLY VINCENT
Outlaw folk rock quintet with a cinematic quality set midway between old school spaghetti and Cormac McCarthyesque gore. Chanelling the spirit of Strummer through the likes of Cohen & Cave, and taking influence from the very streets they inhabit to dreams of far off lands, Billy Vincent bring tales of love, lust, ambition & murder. Dark as they are bright, grand & restrained in equal measure, it's a heady & gripping cocktail they christen 'Dirty Folk'.
Their debut album 'She' is out now on Something Nothing Records.
"A band who've hit their stride in an assured and superb manner" - Artrocker
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CASE HARDIN
Case Hardin take their name from the female lead in Boston Teran's noir thriller 'God Is A Bullet' (Pan 2000). In the finest tradition of naming groups, it came about by virtue of being the book that band- leader and songwriter Pete Gow was reading when the call came through that they had secured their first gig; necessity was, once again, the mother of invention on that day.
It seems Case Hardin is all about the story and the telling of that story. Gow's writing now carries the weight of critical praise ('aching lyrical genius', 'one of our foremost storytelling songwriters') but in concert his songs also carry the power of a band continually in the service of those songs.
http://www.casehardin.com