The Loved Ones, Garrett Klahn, Make War, Jackie Thousand

Few bands explode out of the gate the way Philadelphia's The Loved Ones did. The band released a 6-song EP in 2005 and then steam-rolled into their debut full length, Keep Your Heart a year later. They toured internationally to critical acclaim and became instant fan favorites.Their relentless touring and recording schedule brought plenty of success, but also line-up changes and an eventual much-needed break by 2010. The break turned into an unspoken hiatus, and as each member went on to other ventures, musical and otherwise, everyone assumed the band had faded into the rearview. Everyone except for the fans, that is.

In the spring of 2014, The Loved Ones were asked to play the European festival Groezrock. All of the band members miraculously had their schedules clear, and so they agreed to play. The three-piece line up from Keep Your Heart (Dave Hause, Vocals/Guitar, Mike Sneeringer, Drums, and Michael Cotterman, Bass) was combined with the Build and Burn (2008) line-up (Dave Walsh, Guitar, Chris Gonzalez, Guitar) to form the strongest and most ferocious version of the band to date. In an effort to not make a mess of their first show in 4 years, they figured they'd book a few hometown warm-up shows in Philadelphia and New Jersey but had no idea what to expect. The fans instantly scooped up the tickets in minutes, and the shows were an incredible celebration of the music they had made together. While rehearsing and playing the shows, they decided to honor the 10-year anniversary of their landmark debut record by setting aside the time to play a NYC show at Bowery Ballroom on February 19th, 2016. That show SOLD OUT so quickly, they decided to add a few more cities that they love to the mix as well...Here's our chance to see a rare thing.


In 1996 Texas is the Reason released their only full length record Do You Know Who You Are? (Revelation Records) combining a structured balance of powerful and melodic guitars, equally measured drums, and an earnest vocal delivery closer to that found on the other side of the Atlantic. As pioneers of emocore, the band's implosion a year later on the brink of major label success is the stuff of rock lore. Texas is the Reason has since become embedded in the history of emo, if not indie rock as a whole. It's a legacy Garrett Travis Klahn (front man/guitarist) embraces without the constraints of definition. For Klahn, the eighteen year spread between then and now has been wide, wonderful and packed with wanderlust. Through a journey of various projects—the hook-laden Solea; the shoe-gazing Atlantic/Pacific; and most recently, his first proper solo release - Klahn's musicianship has flourished. Where at the start of Texas is the Reason he could hardly play guitar, he has since evolved into a polished singer/songwriter. His simple desire for melody and a story remains an inspirational thread throughout. With the coming winter Klahn will release the much anticipated debut single and head abroad with a full band; it's a follow-up to a number of recent solo tours wherein he road-tested new songs and stripped down old favorites in venues varying from open-air festivals in Belgium to beautifully decaying former dance halls in Scotland. Continuing an adventure equally propelled by the past and fueled by the future.

Klahn will soon release "I Don't Care At All" taken from the forthcoming debut solo album, "Motion For Action" via Rise Records.


It was in the teachers lounge of a suburban Philadelphia high school where former Hey Angel guitarist/biology teacher Dave Adoff finally convinced art teacher Marilyn McCauley to share her songs with him.

McCauley had long told her friend she wrote songs on piano and guitar, but only really sang by herself at home.

They began writing songs together and Adoff enlisted his buds, bass player Dan Gross (None More Black) and Brendan Hill (Hey Angel, The Curse) to play drums. In January 2015, after nearly a year practicing in Hill's garage and shaping their sound, Jackie Thousand recorded their debut EP, The Usual Order, with Pete Steinkopf at his Little Eden Studio in Asbury Park, NJ.

Steinkopf, the Bouncing Souls guitarist, co-produced the record with musician Dave Hause. The solo artist and former Loved Ones frontman is a longtime friend of the band who many moons ago played in hardcore band Step Ahead with Adoff and Hill.