Undiscovered Band Of The Month: Holler, Wild Rose!

Filter is proud to announce our Undiscovered Band of the Month for March: Holler, Wild Rose! Named after the song that best captured the collective vision of the band and has since become a staple feature in their live show - Holler, Wild Rose! has spent the last two years creating their debut album – Our Little Hymnal – a fusion of their wide range of influences from shoegaze to sixties, from R&B to Radiohead.

Instrumentation:
John Mosloskie - lead vocals, guitar, bass
Ryan Cheresnick - guitar
Scott Vangenderen – bass, guitar
Ryan Smyth – drums, percussion
Mike Ortega - keyboards and guitar
Lou D'Elia – guitar

Who are your main influences?
Because our influences are constantly changing with our circumstance and environment, maybe seminal or formative would be the best answer to give -  U2, Roni Size, Stereolab, Sunny Day Real Estate, Earth Wind and Fire, Low, and MBV.

How did you meet?
John first met his sister Morgan when his parents returned home from the hospital with her. Ryan Smyth and John met in third grade and became the best of friends. John and Lou met at a punk show and played in a rock band during high school. Ryan Cheresnick and Scott met in high school and became partners in crime. Morgan and Mike lived in the same town, and she introduced Mike into John's consciousness.  Ryan and Scott were introduced to John and Ryan in the spring of 2003 and immediately made sweet sweet magic in a band called aDive. Mike produced their first EP in the summer of '03 and decided to join the crazy train. Lou officially joined in August of '04 for the group's first performance of the song "Holler, Wild Rose!"

What is your biggest achievement?
Tangibly, it'd be the release of Our Little Hymnal. Writing, recording and producing a record was a dream ever since we picked up instruments. The intangible? We're going on five years this May, and we love and understand each other more fully, and we're more excited now to create and perform together then we were in our younger years.

Where did the band name originate?
Originally aDive, we wrote a song called "Holler, Wild Rose!" in summer '04. One particular night forced a lot of soul searching on the group, and we decided to change the band name and identify ourselves with the song we felt best described our outlook on joy and the future.

Who are your favorite bands?
Bands we're digging now would be Apes & Androids, Cornelius, Death Vessel, the Watson Twins, Deastro, the Avett Brothers, Bows, Vashti Bunyan, Atlas Sound, and Ben+Vesper.

Plans for next release?
We are currently demoing new material and hope for a winter '09 release.

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/hollerwildrose

Iggy and Madonna, Together Again

It was recently announced that Iggy Pop & The Stooges will be performing at next week's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to honor 2008 inductee, Madonna.  Not so strange considering both Iggy and Madge hail from the Detroit area and have shared the stage in the past.  In fact, we've uncovered some footage of  their very first meeting.  Priceless quotes from Madonna include "I hope he doesn't take a shit on my stage." and "Is that all you're going to wear?" Make sure to pay special attention around the 0:37 mark for what may be the world's greatest and most awkward hug to ever exist.

Don't miss all the latest action at the ceremony by tuning in to VH1 Classic on Monday, March 10th, 8:30pm/7:30c.

Chart Rundown

Riding the Oscar wave this week, Once shot up by 142% to #7 on the charts with over 46k sold this week! The momentum was enough to bring Once stars Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova’s previous album as The Swell Season, and Hansard’s group The Frames last albums back up into the Billboard 200 and the New Artist Albums respectively. Elsewhere, Beach House’s new album Devotion debuted at #195 on the 200 and at #5 on the New Artist Albums.

Billboard 200:

• #7 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once OST [46,781 this week, Up 142.8%, 428,998 to date]
• #8 Various Artists - Juno OST [41,952 this week, Up 10.2%, 500,185 to date]
• #46 Radiohead - In Rainbows [15,416 this week, Down 21.2%, 395,825 to date]
• #61 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend [12,634 this week, Down 10.7%, 86,229 to date]
• #150 Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks [5,173 this week, Down 17.8%, 67,374 to date]
• #152 Cat Power - Jukebox [5,080 this week, Down 12.3%, 74,959 to date]
• #161 Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust [4,680 this week, Down 31.3%, 11,693 to date]
• #194 Hansard/Irglova - Swell Season [3,783 this week, Up 188.1%, 40,637 to date]
• #195 Beach House - Devotion [3,806]

New Artist Albums (artists who've never had a release in the top 100 of the Billboard 200):

• #2 The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust [4,680 this week, Down 31.3%, 11,693 to date]
• #4 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Swell Season [3,783 this week, Up 188.1%, 40,637 to date]
• #5 Beach House - Devotion [3,806]
• #9 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular [3,200 this week, Down 4.8%, 26,548 to date]
• #12 Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago [2,808 this week, Down 31.8%, 7,151 to date]
• #20 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark [2,256 this week, Down 10.9%, 15,327 to date]
• #22 Ghostland Observatory - Robotique Majestique [2,051]
• #28 Black Mountain - In The Future [1,791 this week, Down 19.9%, 20,650 to date]
• #82 The Frames - Cost [924 this week, Up 67.7%, 29,673 to date]
• #111 Rocket From The Crypt - RIP [697]

Indie Music And Car Ads

So it seems these days like indie music and car commercials go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Often they can seem like polar opposites – the sterile metal versus the heartfelt strumming - but the car companies worked out that they can use the all the emotion contained in a good song to give the cars the personality they are lacking. Need to bring some humanity and warmth to a stark production line? Soundtrack your ad with Oren Lavie’s “Her Morning Elegance,” like Chevy did with their new Malibu commercial. Want your car for be fun and sporty? Go with The Go! Team’s “Huddle Formation” like the Honda Civic. Need to appeal to a more rock n’ roll demographic? Try Kings Of Leon, “Molly’s Chambers” like the VW Jetta. Here’s our examples:

Chevy Malibu – Oren Lavie “Her Morning Elegance”

Honda Civic – The Go! Team, “Huddle Formation”

VW Jetta - Kings Of Leon, “Molly’s Chambers”

There’s more of our favorites after the jump, but what do you think? What are your favorites?

Session Round-Up

Highlights on the session circuit this week include ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead's session for Daytrotter, and Vampire Weekend's performance on NPR's World Cafe. Check 'em out below.

@ Daytrotter

• ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
• Sleeping States
• Dodos

@ NPR's World Cafe

• Gary Louris
• Vampire Weekend
• Felice Brothers

@ MPR's The Current

• Nicole Atkins

@ WOXY

• Hotpipes
• Say Hi

The Best Of...The Vines?

March 11th, Capitol/EMI will be releasing The Best Of The Vines.  Yes, The Vines with their three studio albums between '02 and '06 and one top ten song...mhmm.  Now, we're okay with The Vines, but c'mon, do they really deserve the "best of" hoopla? 

What do you think warrants a "best of" compilation for a band/artist less than 10 years old and with under 5 studio releases?  Band break-up?  Death?  More than 5 top ten hit songs? 

Tell us your thoughts, and in the meantime we're going to talk to Merge about our Arcade Fire Greatest Hits idea...

Radio On The TV

Stopping by the comfortable couches of the late night shows this week will be two artists previously featured in Filter's Getting To Know section, British sensation Kate Nash and the very talented gentlemen of Grizzly Bear.

Monday, March 3
Conan O'Brien: Kate Nash

Wednesday, March 5
Late Late Show: Nicole Atkins

Thursday, March 6
Late Late Show: Grizzly Bear

Friday, March 7
Jay Leno: the Hives

Out This Week

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash

Bauhaus - Go Away White

The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia

What Made Milwaukee Famous - What Doesn't Kill Us