{"id":168,"date":"2008-01-18T11:39:54","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T17:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/2008\/01\/18\/r3vrb-profile-sons-of-roswell\/"},"modified":"2008-01-18T11:39:54","modified_gmt":"2008-01-18T17:39:54","slug":"r3vrb-profile-sons-of-roswell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/2008\/01\/18\/r3vrb-profile-sons-of-roswell\/","title":{"rendered":"r3vrb Profile: Sons of Roswell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some days I wish I\u2019d been born a few decades earlier. There was a time when you could turn on the radio and hear excellent music from all walks, instead of the focus-grouped crapola that gets shoveled through the airwaves these days. Now, unless you want to consume what\u2019s being spoonfed to you, it is necessary to go out into the world and search out the good stuff yourself. Thank the lizard for the internet. Allow me to point you in the direction of Sons of Roswell<\/a>, fellow searchers.<\/p>\n

\"SonsThese four fellas from Muscle Shoals<\/a> play the best authentic rock music I\u2019ve heard in a long time. They\u2019ve got power and attitude to spare. Formed in 2005 in the sweat-soaked interior of an auto-body shop, Sons of Roswell have quickly become one of the rising stars of today\u2019s rock n\u2019 roll scene. With a comfortably classic sound that\u2019s also got a fresh taste to it, they\u2019ve been storming down doors in the South East, and people are beginning to take notice. They were Coke\u2019s \u201cArtist of the Month\u201d last year, though they didn\u2019t receive any free cokes. What\u2019s up with that Coca-Cola? The least you can do is keep your bands caffeinated! They\u2019re currently engaged in a regional tour, and will be stopping in Birmingham a few times. I got their self-titled LP<\/a> at a Bottletree<\/a> show a few weeks ago, and I don\u2019t foresee removing it from constant rotation any time soon.<\/p>\n

\"KevinThe disc is frontloaded with tasty grooves and memorable hooks. It\u2019s got the riffs and<\/em> it\u2019s got the melodies! There really isn\u2019t a song that I dislike on the album, though it gets a little muddy in the middle. It\u2019s got what counts though, a kick-ass start and a strong finish. The best of the bunch is a feel-good track called \u201cLosin\u2019 My Mind\u201d, and I\u2019ve been waking up with it already stuck in my mind. Singer Kevin Keenum can vault his pipes up into the Robert Plant stratosphere, but he\u2019s also a smooth crooner. Either way, he sings the lyrics as if his soul depended on it, and why shouldn\u2019t he, he wrote \u2018em. I\u2019ve had enough of these whiny indie vocalists who sound bored with themselves. The rest of the band ain\u2019t no bunch of slouches either. Jay Burgess can lick it up with the best of \u2018em, and Chris James holds down the low end while holding up the melody. I\u2019ve loved melodic bass lines since I heard the Kings of Leon do it, and Chris pulls it off well. Pulling it all together is J.D. McCorkle. McCorkle plays the skins with such wild abandon I was afraid his arms might detach, but he kept it tight the whole time! That\u2019s just what I like to see in rock drummer. In short, all pieces of Sons of Roswell are breaking it down in full tilt mode. You owe it to your hear-holes to get out to see them as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Good thing they\u2019re playing this Sunday at The Nick<\/a> then! The show starts at 10 p.m., and I don\u2019t want to hear any whining about having to work in the morning. If you absolutely must<\/em> miss it, and I\u2019m talking family emergency here, than you can come out to The Nick on February 23. That date is a Saturday, so you\u2019ll really have no excuse. See you at either, cause I\u2019ll be at both.<\/p>\n

This post was written by Sam George and brought to you by r3vrb.com<\/a> and the color blue<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>

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