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DEMO DAYS: 02/11/09

Posted by Samuel Duke

Tags: demo days

 

Welcome to the second edition of Demo Days, a new weekly feature where we'll be hand-picking a selection of recent A&R submissions to expose some great up-and-coming artists. We're always looking for new music, so if you'd like to be included in a future installment, drop us a line at aandr@rcrdlbl.com.

This week's line-up includes Dinowalrus (pictured), JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, The United Sons Of Toil, Action Painters, and TwoTails.

Dinowalrus: Noodly, experimental "drum-n-drone" band from Brooklyn sound like Rick James conducting underwater drum circles.

 
 

Dinowalrus - BEAD

Dinowalrus - Electric Car, Gas Guitar

Dinowalrus' RCRD LBL Page

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound: Sharp-dressed Chicago soul outfit in league with fellow revivalists like The Dap Kings or Catfish Haven.

 
 

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound - Baltimore Is the New Brooklyn

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound - 75 Years of Art Sex

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound's RCRD LBL Page

The United Sons Of Toil: Mathy, bruising Wisconsin band center their sound in the legacy of Midwest post-punk.

 
 

The United Sons of Toil - Simplify, Semper Fi

The United Sons of Toil - The Treaty of New Echota

The United Sons Of Toil's RCRD LBL Page

Action Painters: Rising Brooklyn indie-pop band are headlining a night of BAM's Sounds Like Brooklyn fest at the Southpaw this Thursday with Fiasco and Aa.

 
 

Action Painters - Supermarket

Action Painters - Sooner Or Later

Action Painters' RCRD LBL Page

TwoTails: After hearing Panda Bear's album Person Pitch, Winnipeg resident Taylor Burgess bought a sampler and started making lo-fi pop tunes as TwoTails.

 
 

TwoTails - Purple City

TwoTails - Sea (Era)

TwoTails' RCRD LBL Page