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With just over a week to go, you may still be unsure which of our awesome Featured Artists to vote for in the Band of the Month poll. While, we try to stay neutral on this important decision (the whole point of letting readers vote is that we are too codependent to make a decision ourselves), we do have some valuable and not so valuable information to share which may just make your decision easier.
Reasons to vote for…
45 Spider: 1.
2. Cleveland Rocks!
3. This is your band if you dig turbo charged, high-energy, fun rock n’ roll.
Bad Cop: 1. They are at the forefront of a renaissance of Nashville Rock n’ Roll that is garnering national headlines.
2. To my knowledge, they have no official association with the ABC series Nashville.
3. They are your band if you dig rock music with a fuzzy undertone, and because “Wet Lips” just plain Rules!
Black Jake and the Carnies: 1. Your mom warned you about trusting the carnies, but she never said you shouldn’t listen to their music.
2. They are from Ypsilanti, MI and play Crabgrass music. You need more?
3. They are your band if you dig murder ballads played in a old-time string band style at a punk rock, break-neck pace. Prepare to move your feet!
Brennen Leigh: 1. She is a true Texas songbird whose music has a timeless quality.
2. At the Americana fest, she sang a duet with the fabulous John Scott Sherrill.
3. She is your artist if you dig beautiful vocals set to amazing sounding country/bluegrass sounds.
Forest Mountain Hymnal: 1. Rebecca and Jonathan are incredible people who financed their wedding in part by busking on the streets of Nashville.
2. They play brilliant versions of traditional and traditional sounding folk tunes and made a record perfect for Halloween.
3. They are your band if you dig well-grounded, earthy and organic folk music and arent’ afraid to take it to the streets.
The Foresters: 1. Writing about them and a few other bands has finally allowed me to learn to spell Kahnettykut – wait, is that not right? Shoot!
2. If they Rock this hard now, wait until they hit those teen angst years…
3. They are your band if you dig melodic, pop-punk music played with energy and heart.
Pigeon Park: 1. They are from British Columbia which is in Canada not in Central America like I thought… 
2. Cause Pigeons are Bert from Sesame Street’s favorite bird.
3. They are your band if you dig big, bluesy rock music made to fill arenas.
S3X: 1. It’s fun hearing the words Salt Lake City and Punkcore in the same sentence.
2. S3X… I mean come on!
3. They are your band if you dig aggressive, fast, loud music with a melodic streak played with verve and passion.
Tim Lee 3: 1. They’ve been a part of the fantastic Couch by Couchwest Festival.
2. They like barbeque – pulled pork baby!
3. They are your band if you dig wild, bluesy, rootsy southern rock n’ roll the way it was meant to be played.
Valued Customer: 1. They are most likely the coolest, weirdest band I’ve ever heard.
2. Patrick Power sometimes wears a tie and plays Afro-Latin Polka…?????!!!!!!
3. They are your band if you dig experimental hip-hop with a twisted sense of humor and a sick mellow groove.
There you have it. You are now informed so vote:
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