In the past couple years The Maddigans have worked extremely hard and it's started to pay off. Their recent accomplishments include booking their 7th Canadian tour, 1st ever US tour, being featured on AbsolutePunk, playing Canadian Music Week 2011, and reaching over 13,000 fans on facebook alone. Now the band is gearing up for Canadian, US and other tours in early 2012. Check out their website here: www.facebook.com/themaddigans
Hailing from London, UK, The Poor Souls of Pompeii are an indie powerpop disco four-piece. They met in 2007 on the website formingbands.co.uk. The original lineup consisted of Andy Pisanu (vocals/keyboards), Mark Dolan (bass), Mani Kashmiri (guitar) and David Smith (drums). Their original drummer, David Smith, left in 2008 due to other committments. The band found their second drummer, Simon Cross, also on formingbands.co.uk. He joined in September 2008 and they began gigging again shortly after.
"Gentle and delicate songs, guided by intricate urgently-picked guitars, grinding electric lines, expansive piano playing, some electronic tomfoolery, and wonderfully harmonised vocals - there’s a straightforward sincerity to the music of Waterford band O Emperor. Sounding a little like the Beach Boys, The Band, and The Smiths being digested by a cannibalistic Lee Mavers from the La’s, O Emperor haven’t even released an album yet and they’re already better than many decades-old bands I could mention..."