The Downtown Fiction

The Downtown Fiction are an indie pop/rock band from Fairfax, VA, formed in the summer of 2008 by Cameron Leahy (guitar/vocals) and Eric Jones (drums). The two posted three demos on the band’s MySpace profile and quickly built a following and added David Pavluk (bass/background vocals) to the line up. After a year of touring, The Downtown Fiction announced their signing with Photo Finish / Atlantic Records. The band performed on the 2010 Bamboozle Roadshow and the 2010 Warped Tour and was recently featured in the “100 Bands You Need To Know” issue of Alternative Press Magazine.
The Downtown Fiction released a self-titled EP in March 2009, which included the hits “Living Proof” and “Is Anybody Out There?”. Followed up by an EP titled “Best I Never Had” in March. In August, the music video for “I Just Wanna Run” was released and in December, they released a new EP “The Double E.P.”, including all tracks from the two other EPs and a new demo, “Keep On Moving”. Songfacts reports that their first album Let’s Be Animals was released on April 26, 2011, via Photo Finish / Atlantic Records, “Thanks for Nothing” was the first single.

Tags: indie, Indie pop, pop punk, powerpop

Every Avenue

Every Avenue is an American pop punk band formed in Marysville, Michigan in 2003. Early on, they changed lead singers, and the former lead singer James Beesley later became the group's tour manager, and is currently working with former drummer Mike Govaere. They self-released two EPs in 2004 and 2006 before signing to Fearless Records in 2007 and releasing an EP in the summer of that year. Just before signing, guitarist Jason Letkiewicz left the band when he got a film making scholarship. Jimmie Deeghan replaced him and quickly became a principal songwriter. In February 2008, their first full-length album, Shh. Just Go With It, was released and hit #27 on the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers chart. They then began touring nationally with bands such as Hit the Lights, Farewell, Mayday Parade, All Time Low, and The Maine. They also appeared on the Vans Warped Tour in 2008. On April 11, 2009, it was announced that the band is in the studio recording their second album with producer Mitch Allan as well as Mike Green. A few days later on April 14, Govaere announced he would be leaving the band to move forward with his recording studio, Downbeat Studio.
The band made their first trip to the UK in January 2009, being the opening support for Boys Like Girls – alongside Metro Station. During the summer, the band toured with Philadelphia's Valencia.
The band's latest album, "Picture Perfect", was released November 3, 2009 on Fearless Records.
Every Avenue was featured on Punk Goes Classic Rock doing their rendition of the Eddie Money song "Take Me Home Tonight" featuring Juliet Simms from Automatic Loveletter.
The band has confirmed to be playing at the Soundwave Festival in Australia during 2011.
Every Avenue will be playing the entire Vans Warped Tour 2011.
On March 23, the band tweeted that they have officially entered their studio in order to record their third full-length album.
On April 29, Every Avenue officially announced they had completed the recording of the album. The bands third full length album, Bad Habits, will be released in summer 2011
On June 3, 2011, the band announced that Bad Habits would be released on August 2nd.

Tags: alternative rock, emo, pop punk, powerpop

My Favorite Highway

With a sound that can be compared to The All-American Rejects, Third Eye Blind, and OneRepublic, My Favorite Highway’s upbeat and melodically driven pop rock has developed into something that the world of pop music hasn’t seen for a while.

Two cousins from Fairfax, VA, a suburb of Washington, D.C., Dave and Will Cook, formed the band in January of 2005. Members Bobby, Andrew, and Pat joined the band later on, completing the line-up. (Andrew left and created The Friday Night Boys later)

Great bands are defined by great songs; and in this age of constantly changing music industry, great songs are hard to come by. It is this group’s ability to compose great songs that will define their success. My Favorite Highway has set themselves apart from the mass of indie rock and trendy pop punk bands that occupy the modern rock scene. With a roster of excellent songs and a must-see live show under their belt My Favorite Highway shows unrivaled and unlimited potential that will leave listeners asking, “Where will this band be one year from now?”

On November 20th, My Favorite Highway announced they have signed to Virgin Records.

On September 1st, 2010, David Cook announced via Tumblr that My Favorite Highway was “a chapter in their lives that was coming to a close”.

Tags: indie rock, pop rock, powerpop, Rock

The Cab

The Cab is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, signed to Decaydance Records. Their first album, Whisper War, was released on April 29, 2008.
The band members are Alexander DeLeon, Alex Marshall, Alex Johnson.

They have been called "The Band You Need to Know 2008" by Alternative Press. They were also featured in the '100 Bands You Need To Know in 2010' by Alternative Press and were one of the three bands featured on the cover page, along with Never Shout Never and Hey Monday.

Tags: alternative rock, emo, pop punk, pop rock, powerpop