ASCAP and Filter Party

Presented By Hollywood Video and Iron Mountain

January 23, 2007
@ The Star Bar
268 Main Street
Park City, UT

Doors at 8:00pm
$15 Admission

Featuring performances by Silversun Pickups, Richard Swift, David Vandervelde and Two Gallants.

Silversun Pickups
Touted by Rolling Stone as one of "Top 10 Bands to Watch" in 2007, LA-based Silversun Pickups has been creating a nationwide frenzy with its reverb-soaked guitars and shoegaze-filled pop, since the release of its acclaimed debut full-length, Carnavas (Dangerbird Records). With a stellar live show, perfectly demonstrated on the Late Show with David Letterman, and seven Plug Award nominations, including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, the Pickups are poised to continue their upward trajectory. The foursome flaunted its fuzzed-out rock on tour with Wolfmother and will join arena rockers Snow Patrol for an extensive national tour, beginning in February.

Richard Swift
Singer/songwriter Richard Swift's lo-fi, sepia-tone style harks back to the Tin Pan Alley age. Born in 1977, the California native spent his youth locked in his room with a four-track recorder, a device that — along with a computer — the artist continues to utilize to this day. Influenced by everyone from Bob Dylan to early-'70s dub acts like the Congos and Lee Perry, he has provided keyboards for shoegazers Starflyer 59.

David Vandervelde
David Vandervelde appeared before us one hot summer day like a dynamo. The sound we heard coming through in stereo was that of our coming-of-age years screaming back at us - a faithful reminder that our beauteous days of bowing before pin-up rock stars and carving iconographic logos on desktops and in famous treetrunks have not passed us by. No, David Vandervelde is here to remind us that the truest, most primal and addictive properties of rock n' roll are ageless. Indeed, this Chicagoan (by way of the dunes of West Michigan) started recording this debut full-length at age 19 yet he shows the maturity and swagger of a man much longer in the tooth. Bearing an immediate resemblance to Marc Bolan and David Bowie, deeper listening rewards the listener with a much broader musical universe.

Two Gallants
Two Gallants are made up of Adam Stephens on guitar, harmonica and vocal and Tyson Vogel on drums and vocal. Stephens and Vogel started gigging around San Francisco as Two Gallants in 2002, when both were twenty; the two had been making music together since the age of twelve. They made two separate unreleased CDs that are now out of print. Those recordings were spread around the US during the early years of touring (house shows, warehouses, street corners, parks, etc.) After recording their debut, The Throes, for Alive Records, they kept up their incessant touring schedule. In July 2005, the band signed with Saddle Creek records. In August 2005, they played their first shows overseas in London and were invited to play Reading and Leeds.

In February 2006 they released what the toll tells on Saddle Creek (home of Bright Eyes, Cursive, the Faint). Their sophomore record swells with the kind of world-weary storytelling and musical dexterity that arises from travel, loss, and triumph coupled with an unusual affection for literature and legend. This spawned two singles: "Las Cruces Jail" and "Steady Rollin'" and received critical acclaim from the press around the world. The record carried them for over 200 shows in 2006, including 4 headlining tours in the US, Europe, and Japan. Early 2007 will see the band return to the studio with producer Alex Newport. To be continued ...

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