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UK’s Outcast Radio Features thatwasthen
Check out our friends across the pond at Outcast Radio as they play a couple twt jams!
They’re funny as hell and they say some really nice things about us. Cheers, mates!
Mr. Politician opens the show at 2:25, and an exclusive acoustic version of “Places to End” (recorded in the living room of our band’s apartment) closes the show as well. In between is a lot of witty banter and some indie UK bands…enjoy!
Mr Politician Music Video
We teamed up with ResTV and the UCLA Office of Residential life to make this fun little video, directed by Larry Lagera. Make sure to watch the “Making Of” video attached to the end!
Check the other “Making Of” Video by The Daily Bruin video producer Rei Estrada.
thatwasthen live at The Troubadour 07/09/11 – Full Set Video
Watch the full video from The Troubadour
East Coast Tour
thatwasthen recently played their first few shows on the east coast. Here are some pictures and videos from Dusk in Rhode Island, and Fontana’s in NYC.
Video from Fontana’s in NY.
Photos by Alisa Syschenko at Fontana’s, NY
thatwasthen live at UCLA Dance Marathon 2011
The UCLA Dance Marathon against Pediatric AIDS was an amazing success. Not only did 2500 students dance (still dancing as we speak) for a great cause, but we got a chance to rock the crowd with a few well known covers such as “Twist and Shout” by The Beatles and “Shout” by the Isley Brothers. Thanks to everyone who came out today.
thatwasthen at The Troubadour Live Review by Claire Gallagher
Last night we played our album release show and gave away about 200 copies to an amazing crowd of family, friends and lovers. Photos and videos are on the way! Here’s what Claire Gallagher from BNB had to say.
via BestNewBands.com
It’s funny—I’ve featured these guys twice in the BNBTV Spotlight and seen them play two or three times before, but I’ve never actually reviewed a concert of theirs. Alas, that time has come, and I’m not entirely sure if I can find the right words to do them justice—hell, I don’t think there exists expressive enough words to do them any hint of justice. From the moment they step on the stage, they are a cohesive unit with a personality and a presence that is so crucial in the makings of a great, successful band. Also, as I’ve mentioned before, thatwasthen has an ever-growing, rock-solid fan base (pun freaking intended) of family and friends, now growing into friends of friends, etc. This draws large, tight-knit, highly dedicated crowds—the audience had nearly doubled from the start of the night by the time they began their set—and creates a beautiful sense of community. Furthermore, they were celebrating the release of their new self-titled album, so there was an extra underlying sense of excitement.
photo by: jonny c
As for the music, it’s catchy, infectious, and downright lovable; it’s filled with clever lines and wit with a fierce classic rock influence. Every musician in the band is straight talented as well: singer Brenton Sinay’s got vocals for days with roving eyes piercing glances; bassist Benny Dacks must be one classy gent cause while his spidery fingers expertly navigate the bass, he’s always got a pinky up; lead guitarist Nick Papageorge can shred with the best of them, and his performance falls nothing short of making love to his gleaming white guitar; guitarist/keyboardist Nathan Londgon is the ultimate multitasker, laying down keyboard chords with a hot red guitar hanging from his neck; drummer Chris Bridge throws and twirls drumsticks while pounding the life out of the drumset. These guys are truly—and I use term in its purest meaning—a band. Well done boys.
Claire Gallagher, BestNewBands.com
We will be posting videos and pictures from this show in the next few days. Also, we’ll be uploading the rest of the album to our SoundCloud and the music player at the top of the page.
BestNewBands.com Review on Storymaker Video
We would like to wish everyone a safe and happy new year. For the second time, Best New Bands has featured us on their homepage spotlight. Claire Gallagher wrote some pretty awesome things about us a few weeks ago, and followed it up with this epic post about our video for “Storymaker”. Be sure to read the rest on their site.
“In my opinion, it is a pretty unanimous sentiment that every audiophile’s favorite pastime is the good ol’, all-American car concert. What sense of pride cometh when you finally get the hang of driving with your knee, enabling you to air guitar like your freaking Jimmy Page or beat the nonexistent crap out of a nonexistent drumset like your Dave Grohl in Them Crooked Vultures, all while yelling I AM A GOLDEN GOD. Sure, this might give rise to a few strange looks from passing drivers, but when you’re sweating and finishing with THANK YOU LOS ANGELES you really won’t care about such trivialities. What I’m getting at here is that this car-concert video from thatwasthen (check out their other spotlight here) is not only relatable but entirely awesome.”
- Claire Gallagher, Best New Bands
Read the rest at Best New Bands
