One of chicago’s finest bands in the past few years, from the ashes of the blank theory and reforma, ladies and gentlemen, madina lake.

Madina Lake is a pop punk/post-hardcore band from Chicago, Illinois. The group officially formed in 2005 when twin brothers Nathan and Matthew Leone, both former members of The Blank Theory got the money to make their demo from winning Fear Factor twins. The $50,000 was the start up money for Madina Lake. Completing the 4-piece band is Mateo Camargo and Dan Torelli, former members of Chicago rock band Reforma.

I remember going to blank theory shows and reforma shows back when i was in grindbox. Both of these bands were great.

Madina Lake themes its music in a town created in the mind of the bass player, Matthew Leone. It is set high in the American mountains, and, isolated from human contact, has remained in a 1950s themed era. The music provides an outlet for the band’s views on politics, culture, and the media’s obsession with celebrity status. The theme behind the band’s music is in relation to the mystery of Adalia. The album artwork shows images of her and the mysteries behind her and the town of Madina Lake.

Thats the one thing that really got me into bands like this and 30stm, they are bands built on a whole theme and have a identity all their own.

If you have Tap Tap Revolution on your IPod or IPhone, you are welcome. I made tracks for the whole cd. =)

They also duplicated with a staple of the chicago music scene, Breakthrough audio. Joey Guyette is a smart guy. Props.

In any case..here’s videos. These guys are great.

Madina Lake EPK Part 1

Madina Lake EPK Part 2

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A bit softer than my normal faire, but a good band with catchy tunes none the less.

Number One Gun is a Christian rock band from Chico, California, that was most recently signed to Tooth & Nail Records. They self-released their debut EP Forever in 2002, before releasing their follow-up albums Celebrate Mistakes (2003) on Floodgate Records and Promises for the Imperfect (2005) on Tooth & Nail Records.

In 2006, Number One Gun decided to move on to different projects despite their growing success. A recently posted MySpace bulletin cleared up the state of the band, stating that Schneeweis has a new band called The North Pole Project, Keene and Mallory formed Surrogate, and Sellers plays bass in Armed for Apocalypse.

Since then, they have reunited to release The North Pole Project on January 15, 2008.

Official Myspace

This is a big list of bands on my IPOD.

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This is one of my new favorite bands. I was a huge fan of Stutterfly and just happened upon this band at the truth drum site.

Secret and Whisper is a rock band from Canada, made up of former members of the band Stutterfly. The band has been officially named Secret and Whisper as of February 24, 2007. They felt it was necessary to think of a new band name because their old singer Chris Stickney had left the band in August, 2006 shortly after being dropped from Maverick Records. When the new singer Charles Furney (formerly of thebleedingalarm) joined the band they made their first song together entitled “Vanishings”. Their new musical direction differs slightly from Stutterfly. - from Last.fm

Official Myspace

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