River City Tanlines
Memphis, Tennessee, United States | INDIE
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River City Tanlines
Band: Alicja Trout (vocals, guitar), Terrence Bishop (bass), John Bonds (drums)
Booking: Scott Winland, Blackout Booking (blackoutbooking at gmail dot com)
Record label: Dirtnap Records
Website: rivercitytanlines.com
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The River City Tanlines (the name being a play on the concept of a farmer tan) is a three-piece rock band from Memphis, TN. Together since late 2004, the band has toured extensively in North America and Europe playing clubs and festivals, and has eight releases on various record labels around the world. Their album Im Your Negative was released by Dirtnap Records out of Portland, OR.
Alicja Trout, the principle songwriter, is a veteran of countless noteworthy punk/indie bands over the years, including The Clears (Smells Like Records), The Lost Sounds (Empty Records, In the Red) and her other current projects, MouseRocket and Black Sunday. Likewise, the powerful rhythm section of Terrence Bishop and John Bonds are no strangers to success, having played together behind such names as Jack Oblivian, R.L. Burnside, Monsieur Jeffrey Evans, and Duane Eddy.
In 2009 they appeared in Craig Brewers (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan) web-series (and soundtrack) for MTV, Five Dollar Cover, and performed Im Your Negative in a rollerderby fight scene. They also have a song (Black Knight, a crowd favorite at live shows) featured in the EA Sports video game Skate. This past year they won a battle of the bands organized for an episode of Samantha Browns Great Weekends when the show was filmed in Memphis.
In July RCT toured the West Coast and had several previews write-ups, like in the LA Weekly and Seattle Stranger. The articles praised the Memphis brand Rock n Roll they were bringing to the Pacific Coast.
Currently the band is recording a new album Pretty Please to be released in 2011.
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