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Dead Hot Blonde-Come On
Ash Avenue-Collapse
The Pod 5 Promo
Kill Your FM Promo
Mindsight-Steal This Moment
One Shot Down-One Shot down
Katie Todd-Face Down
Opposite Box-What You Believe
Kazy-Choke
All Things Green-Tilt-A-Whirl
Painkiller Hotel-Voice In My Head
Hypnowheel-Itch In Bitch

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Pain Killer Hotel
What will be the magic ingredient behind the success of Painkiller Hotel first album “Black Roses”? Gimmick? Scandal? Hype? None of the above. The Illinois quartet comprised of Kevin “Eddie Prez” Presbrey (Guitar/VOX), Jeff Kissel (Drums), Adam Harker (Bass) and Leif Hendrixon (Guitar) aims to earn success with a steadfast determination to succeed, a tenacious work ethic and, oh yeah, some memorable songs. “We made our name by making good music,” explains Painkiller Hotel’s vocalist and main songwriter, Prez. “I’m extremely proud of what this band has been able to achieve without the help of some crazy image. People are drawn to the band based on the strength of the music, not because our moms sued us in court or our mug shots were on FOX NEWS.” With the pending release of band’s first album for Severe Records, “Black Roses,” Prez says he believes their new music will help people put a face to Painkiller Hotel’s music. “Black Roses” features ten tracks produced by Chris Sevier (Matt Woods, Eliot Morris, The Livin’ Legend, Chance, Mista D, Paris Luna) and mixed by George Tutko (Duran Duran, Blondie, Rod Stewart, John Cougar, and The Rolling Stones). Their first album captures a band that is mature enough to know its strengths, and ambitious enough to try new things. “Coming into this record, our goals were to show how much this band has progressed after touring and waiting until we had perfected our live show,” explains Prez. We wanted to bring in a producer who was similar to Desmond Child (Bon Jovi, Aerosmith) to help perfect our songs, and that’s exactly why Chris Sevier was perfect for this record. Also, we aimed to refine what we do best as a band and give ourselves room to branch out in different directions.” “Black Roses” does just that by combining Painkiller Hotel’s knack for surging anthems-”Lead Me On” and “Your All I Ever Wanted”-and dark rockers-”Weakness” and “You Don’t Know What Your Missing”-with more experimental tracks-”Brightest Flame” and “Voice In My Head.” While the albums’ first single, “Lead Me On” distills the best elements of Painkiller Hotel’s music-shifting dynamics, huge choruses and tight arrangements-the quartet was eager to throw away the map and explore various sonic avenues on “Black Roses.” That adventurous spirit is evident in the tripped out textures of “Changes,” a song that Prez and Sevier came up with by coming up with the melody first instead of a guitar riff. “I didn’t plan for it to sound like a roots-rock song, but that’s the way it came together naturally so I decided to go with it.” That attitude, serving the best interest of the song instead of serving your ego as an artist, became an important part of the recording process, explains bassist Adam Harker. We’ve all been guilty of adding something to a song that makes us feel better artistically, but takes away from the song as a whole,” he says. “When we started recording, we made a serious effort to check our egos at the studio door and serve the song first,” Interjects drummer Mike Krull. Painkiller Hotel earned its stripes playing the regional bars and clubs throughout the Midwest over the past few years. Their grassroots support for the band caught the attention of Severe Records, which signed Painkiller Hotel this fall to a non-exclusive one album deal with the possibility of up streaming. Once the record is officially released in 2007, the band will launch a radio promotion campaign through Tinderbox Music, a publicity campaign, and tour across the states, leaving just enough time to shoot some music videos in between. Look for their record in every digital store on the internet.
Kazy
Kazy has been waiting to happen for quite some time. Kazy is a struggle to break out, to move ahead, to unlock the restraints, to face the fear, to find a way, any way to make it there. To find that peace we know is out there somewhere. Im after it, and Kazy is the reflection of the journey. As Kazy will have its presentation and marketing, it will be secondary to writing the best music possible with as much conviction and passion that exists in me. As much as I am excited to bring this to the public eye, it serves as a therapy for me personally to reach within me and pull out the emotions to make this music as convicting as possible. The hope is in that people will feel something real, something tangible, something that will give them chills or make them cry, let them relate or want to write their own song. This is the beginning of a long term project. Welcome to Kazy.
Katie Todd
Thousands of fans and three releases into her career, Katie Todd continues to shine. Having shared the stage with such music scene luminaries as Juliana Hatfield, Patti Labelle, 10,000 Maniacs, Steve Winwood, Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s, Kenny Loggins and The Wallflowers, the Chicago Arts and Entertainment Magazine has recognized Katie as “a breath of fresh air that the Chicago music scene has been waiting for.”
Lauded by iTunes.com as having one of the “top buzz bands in the country”, Katie recently claimed a spot as the website’s “Artist of the Week”, earning over 200,000 downloads of their latest single “Face Down”. On her fourth and most recent release, Make Some Time For Wasting, Katie’s captivating voice and signature percussive keys-playing are showcased most boldly on her haunting single, “Leave,” which tells a tale of woe that has radio and TV programmers hailing it as “one of the most perfect pop songs to come along in quite a while.”
Recognizing the momentum of Katie’s success, Musicbox Online has aptly dubbed her talent as “smart, compelling…and ready for fame.” her debut release, Changing Faces, was named “best independent release of the year 2000″ by WXRT Chicago. Katie was a finalist in Milwaukee’s 2002 Big Break Competition, in Ireland’s 2003 Reach Contest, 2006′s International Songwriting Competition, and General Motors’ 2006 Music Contest. she also won Chicago Metromix’s “Rock ‘n’ Vote” 2005. And with over 3,700 friends on MySpace.com, headlining a packed House of Blues last year, and having just performed at Lollapalooza 2006, Katie Todd clearly makes no time for wasting.
Mindsite
Thousands of fans and three releases into her career, Katie Todd continues to shine. Having shared the stage with such music scene luminaries as Juliana Hatfield, Patti Labelle, 10,000 Maniacs, Steve Winwood, Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s, Kenny Loggins and The Wallflowers, the Chicago Arts and Entertainment Magazine has recognized Katie as “a breath of fresh air that the Chicago music scene has been waiting for.”
Lauded by iTunes.com as having one of the “top buzz bands in the country”, Katie recently claimed a spot as the website’s “Artist of the Week”, earning over 200,000 downloads of their latest single “Face Down”. On her fourth and most recent release, Make Some Time For Wasting, Katie’s captivating voice and signature percussive keys-playing are showcased most boldly on her haunting single, “Leave,” which tells a tale of woe that has radio and TV programmers hailing it as “one of the most perfect pop songs to come along in quite a while.”
Recognizing the momentum of Katie’s success, Musicbox Online has aptly dubbed her talent as “smart, compelling…and ready for fame.” her debut release, Changing Faces, was named “best independent release of the year 2000″ by WXRT Chicago. Katie was a finalist in Milwaukee’s 2002 Big Break Competition, in Ireland’s 2003 Reach Contest, 2006′s International Songwriting Competition, and General Motors’ 2006 Music Contest. she also won Chicago Metromix’s “Rock ‘n’ Vote” 2005. And with over 3,700 friends on MySpace.com, headlining a packed House of Blues last year, and having just performed at Lollapalooza 2006, Katie Todd clearly makes no time for wasting.
Ash Avenue
Ash Avenue formed in April of 2005, but their history spans over a decade. Rob Merz, Jim Brennan and Chad Noyes met in college at Iowa State University in 1994. They immediately clicked over a mutual love for music and quickly started playing in a few bands together, eventually forming their first successful band, Good Things in 1996.

After a year of local touring, Good Things recorded their debut album, Fit the Groove, in 1997. They found some success throughout Iowa, Chicago, Missouri and Minnesota and also saw some radio play on college and small market stations across the mid-west. After a year or two of touring to support Fit the Groove, Good Things split up due to members in the band relocating to separate cities.

In 2001, Rob and Chad both moved to Chicago and right away they hooked up with Jim to start something new. While searching for a new drummer and singer, they were lucky enough to find two talented individuals; one being amazing drummer Michael Mooshey, formerly from the Chicago band The Fez (and before that Seventh Heaven). After several months and several arguments, Rob, Chad, Jim and Mike started to realize that their new singer had differences in the artistic direction in which to take the band, so they decided to part ways. As fate would have it, Jim was living with a friends younger brother, Johnny Alletto.

Johnny was the lead singer of the band Jank, was a trained accapella singer and had been performing acoustic shows for several years around the Chicago-land area. The five of them hit it off and started jamming on songs they had written over the last few years. After a couple months, a good collection of an albums-worth of songs had been born. They decided to name themselves after where it all started … Ash Avenue; the street where Rob, Chad and Jim lived in college.

Unfortunately, the final band member line up was not settled completely. In the summer of 2006, Mike Mooshey decided to hit the road with a previous band and left Ash Avenue, remaining a great friend to the band. With multiple shows quickly approaching during the summer busy season, Ash Avenue needed a drummer fast. The band was connected with Eric Ellis who had recently moved to Chicago from Cincinnati where he had played in numerous local bands. Once in Chicago, Eric hit the ground running with Ash Avenue, and never looked back.

Ash Avenues brand of rootsy pop-rock has recently started to grab quite a following and their new, debut CD “And Then We Ignite” has garnered numerous rave revie