SXSW2007

Cut Off Your Hands is: Nick Johnston (vocals), Jonathan Lee (guitar), Philip Hadfield (bass), and Elroy Finn (drums). Their self produced debut EP "Shaky Hands" was released in August 2006 on Speak N Spell, and includes the singles "You and I" and "Expectations". Formerly known as Shaky Hands, the band decided to change their name due to a threat of legal action from a similarly-named American band (The Shaky Hands). As their EP was intended to be titled "Cut Off Your Hands", they simply decided to switch their artist name with the EP title.

Aussie pop-rockers Starky have just been signed to Island Records in the UK (U2, Keane, PJ Harvey), and have already made a name for themselves across international waters. Their success also shining via the tour circuit, supporting the likes of 78 Saab, Spoon, and taking part in several highly acclaimed music festivals. The band broke up in 2007, announcing this on their myspace. In January 2008 it was blogged that Jonny and Beau were commencing the recording of a joint album in January 2008.

The phrase “Long Live All of Us” is the title of Glossary’s seventh full-length album, but it’s also meant as an all-inclusive homage to humanity. Frontman Joey Kneiser says, in light of all the bad things happening in the world, the band just wanted to make a positive record. Long Live All of Us allowed the band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to take their influences farther than ever before, adding piano, haunting pedal steel, R&B-influenced horns and more to their own style of romanticized rock & roll.