Last night, the august panel of local music experts (WUTK's Benny Smith, Katie Cauthen, and Carey, whose last name I missed; Eric Nowinski of Rock Snob Recording; singer/songwriter Karen Reynolds; Lisa Cyr and Ben Bannister of the Square Room; Jeff Cuellar of AC Entertainment; and me, even though I'm no expert) for the Square Room's Sound Off competition gathered with all appropriate solemnity to sort through the 59 submissions and whittle them down to 25 semifinalists.
Here's who we picked:
The Black Cadillacs
Kevin Hyfantis and the Bishops Band
The Butcher Brothers
The Basement Lights
Seeing Skies
Vinyl Thief
Enigmatic Foe
Madre
Ga-Na-Si-Ta
Granpa's Stash
Big ountry's Empty Bottle
Kelsey's Woods
Michael Davis
Scott McMahan
Cain & Annabelle
Joey English
Hudson K
The Songbirds
Britta Adams
Ol' Sweet Lou
The Dirty Johns
Kamuy
Sounds of Sirens
HiLites
Aftah Party
The lineup for the first show on Wednesday, Oct. 7, is Scott McMahan, Kevin Hyfantis and the Bishops Band, the Black Cadillacs, the Butcher Brothers, and the Basement Lights. Admission is $3.
Winner of that set goes on to the finals in March; finals winner gets studio time, an EP release, a release show at the Square Room, and a spot at Sundown in the City next year.
Here's who we picked:
The Black Cadillacs
Kevin Hyfantis and the Bishops Band
The Butcher Brothers
The Basement Lights
Seeing Skies
Vinyl Thief
Enigmatic Foe
Madre
Ga-Na-Si-Ta
Granpa's Stash
Big ountry's Empty Bottle
Kelsey's Woods
Michael Davis
Scott McMahan
Cain & Annabelle
Joey English
Hudson K
The Songbirds
Britta Adams
Ol' Sweet Lou
The Dirty Johns
Kamuy
Sounds of Sirens
HiLites
Aftah Party
The lineup for the first show on Wednesday, Oct. 7, is Scott McMahan, Kevin Hyfantis and the Bishops Band, the Black Cadillacs, the Butcher Brothers, and the Basement Lights. Admission is $3.
Winner of that set goes on to the finals in March; finals winner gets studio time, an EP release, a release show at the Square Room, and a spot at Sundown in the City next year.
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