• These dudes are the nicest dudes. Originally from...

These dudes are the nicest dudes. Originally from Blacksburg, VA, they moved to the Big Apple and tightened their sound, and we are lucky for them to play a show down here. The House Floor bridge from minimal pop to head-boppin’ grooves. With satiric lyrics like “‘cause when we to move to Mars I’ll be president, strong levees and a Prius for everyone! Yeah, you lol now, but I’m actually really fucking serious”.

They were also featured on NPR’s Song of the Day/Second Stage which you can read here.

Or you can check their myspace.

Aha-yeah!

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About

MACROCK began in Harrisonburg, VA in 1997 as a branch of James Madison University’s student-run radio station, WXJM. The aims of the founders were to bring independent music and DIY culture to the Mid-Atlantic region. Since cutting ties with the school and the radio station, MACROCK has been run by a small committee of volunteers with the help of local businesses and residents. MACROCK’s objectives remain the same as in its founding: showcase independent musical acts from across the country, as well as inform attendees of current happenings within the DIY realm through label expositions and panels. MACROCK continues to exist as an independent, not-for-profit organization.

MACROCK has been, and always will be perpetuated by the belief that music can thrive without a corporate influence.

Some past bands that have taken part include:

Aloha, An Albatross, Algernon Cadwallader, Anathallo, Animal Collective, The Appleseed Cast, Avail, Best Coast, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Black Mountain, Bouncing Souls, Bowerbirds, Bracewar, Brooke Wagner, Cloak Dagger, Cloud Nothings, Converge, Darkest Hour, Dashboard Confessional, Dillinger Escape Plan, Discount, The Dismemberment Plan, Double Negative, Earthride, Elliott Smith, Eternal Summers, The Faint, Fugazi, Fucked Up, Government Warning, Hot Water Music, Magnolia Electric Co., Magrudergrind, Man Man, Maps and Atlases, Mates of State, Matt Pond PA, Mastodon, Menzingers, Mewithoutyou, Mock Orange, Municipal Waste Obits, Owen, Pattern is Movement, Pg. 99, Prefuse 73, Pygmy Lush, Pulling Teeth, Q and not U, Saves the Day, S. Carey, Screaming Females, Slingshot Dakota, Sufjan Stevens Superchunk, Tim Barry, US Christmas, Video Hippos, The Walkmen, War on Drugs, Wolf Eyes, The Wrens, Young Widows + many, many more.

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