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Dayton OH, United States
As a songwriting teenager during a time when Guided by Voices and Brainiac were packing local bars and three of The Breeders were still in town, Wennerstrom used to sneak into clubs to check out the scene. “I would just see those people—my music heroes—hanging out at the bar like everyone else,” she remembers. “I could see myself in them. It gave me inspiration to do my own thing.”
After doing the usual business of playing local shows, the trio set out the following year on a regional tour. One of the first gigs of the trip took them to a bar in Akron, where The Black Keys’ drummer Patrick Carney just happened to be one of only a handful of people in the audience. This chance encounter led Wennerstrom and the Heartless Bastards to Fat Possum Records, with whom they released their debut, Stairs and Elevators, in early 2005.
The band moved on with critical praise in their back pocket, including a four-and-a-half star review from Rolling Stone, which took note that, when Wennerstrom “opens her throat on Stairs and Elevators … she sounds like she’s wailing on the shoulders of giants; her sad and angry vocals channeling all the swagger and spit of a young Robert Plant”
By whatever yardstick you care to measure, it was high time for Erika to get out of Dayton.
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liquidUtopia
Marathon <333
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abhinavsays42
"Her voice is honey to my ears. A female voice of that power, singing the rock, is so rare! Love her. Love them."(2).
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abhinavsays42
That voice is not distinctly feminine. But it's one of a kind. Beautifully enigmatic.
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Debaser987
In the great Dictionary of Rock'n'Roll, if you looked up "sitting in the pocket" under Rhythm, you would find Dave Colvin on drums and Jesse Ebaugh on bass. Textbook example: Only For You.
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Echos_Myron
Fartless Bastards!
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siltyy
Holy shit I love this band.
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tresfoufou
Her voice is honey to my ears. A female voice of that power, singing the rock, is so rare! Love her. Love them.
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rdedmd
These guys are great live, check em out on this upcoming tour. Saw them at SXSW this year - http://youtu.be/BUO4gU2H6k4
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tjd9
Fast on their way to becoming my new favorite find of 2012 (thanks to npr).
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LUCE08
found them on t he radio. can't wait to listen to them
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hildy1877
Excellent
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Bizon
Down in the Canyon is one fuckin' great track!
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the_red_shoes
WOW. "thank you NPR" indeed.
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nastiknecrolust
Great band!
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shineslikegold
what these guys rule where have they been all my life. thank you NPR
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Punk-Fiction
Arrow's alright.
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fukmeimfamous
I LOVED the first 2 albums, but was pretty disappointed with "The Mountain".. They're back on fucking form! New album is brilliant!
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Rotschweif
Arrow is fuckingtastic!
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Debaser987
I got to see these guys do an acoustic set with 30 people sitting cross-legged in the basement of a record store a couple weeks ago. Also, the new record, holy shit.
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