Spring Break
Northgate Music Festival returns with refreshing revisions
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It has been nearly 18 months since the residents on Church Avenue and First Street have had their homes shaken by the live music from Northgate....
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Roby Fitzhenry
posted 8/20/08 @ 10:45 AM CST
Thanks for the great story Batt! One quick correction: Deas Vail is the correct spelling :)
PNewman
posted 8/24/08 @ 1:31 PM CST
Thought Id pass this on to you all as potential for next year...these guys are HOTTTTTTT... next best thing to come outta TEXAS....
SUbROSA UNiON – A TaSTY SEcRET
Subrosa Union, a power rock n reggae-laden trio out of Austin, has something of a loaded name. Although "sub-rosa" directly translated from Latin means "under the rose" - an ancient symbol denoting a secret - their particular brand of bluesy-reggae rock should be no secret to Laredo. The group has played at Jamboozie for two consecutive years, helping to build a stable fan base in the Gateway City, said drummer Paul Valenzuela.
In a play on the words "sabrosa" and "sub-rosa," the group is actually a "tasty secret," he said. And the El Paso transplants play much more than reggae, he said.
"We're whatever you want us to be; we play every card," Valenzuela said. "It sounds like a melting pot of Carlos Santana, Bob Marley and Stevie Ray Vaughn. It's bluesy-reggae-rock-roots with Latin grooves. It's flavorful tunes and it's all about blending heart, soul, reggae, funk."
Santana, Marley and Vaughn had an indirect influence on the group by virtue of the musicians' enormous, palpable effect on their individual music genres and the industry itself, he explained.
The group, which finds itself "rehearsing Sixth Street" more than 200 times per year, has opened for bands like Authority Zero, 311 and reggae-ska favorites, Slightly Stoopid.
Songs such as "247 420 Everyday" and "Save Me" off Subrosa Union's album "Looking Forward," released earlier this year, have found plenty of success on legal downloading sites such as iTunes, Valenzuela said.
But the success is not measured in dollars, but rather the sharing of their music, he added.
"We really don't look at it as a money situation," Valenzuela said. "We look at it as it being a platform that any person in any household (can get our music.)"
The best part of "sharing the music," however, is the live shows, he said.
"The show brings out a part of us that a CD can't really tell," he said. "Being extra high energy is important, and so is playing good music that is tasteful and spicy at the same time ... also (important is) giving the fans more than they expect."
In the next few weeks, Subrosa Union will record an album in North Hollywood at The Hives, the same studio used by 311, Valenzuela said.
The band - which includes guitarist and vocalist Mike Anaya and bassist and MC Chris Paulos
SUbROSA UNiON – A TaSTY SEcRET
Subrosa Union, a power rock n reggae-laden trio out of Austin, has something of a loaded name. Although "sub-rosa" directly translated from Latin means "under the rose" - an ancient symbol denoting a secret - their particular brand of bluesy-reggae rock should be no secret to Laredo. The group has played at Jamboozie for two consecutive years, helping to build a stable fan base in the Gateway City, said drummer Paul Valenzuela.
In a play on the words "sabrosa" and "sub-rosa," the group is actually a "tasty secret," he said. And the El Paso transplants play much more than reggae, he said.
"We're whatever you want us to be; we play every card," Valenzuela said. "It sounds like a melting pot of Carlos Santana, Bob Marley and Stevie Ray Vaughn. It's bluesy-reggae-rock-roots with Latin grooves. It's flavorful tunes and it's all about blending heart, soul, reggae, funk."
Santana, Marley and Vaughn had an indirect influence on the group by virtue of the musicians' enormous, palpable effect on their individual music genres and the industry itself, he explained.
The group, which finds itself "rehearsing Sixth Street" more than 200 times per year, has opened for bands like Authority Zero, 311 and reggae-ska favorites, Slightly Stoopid.
Songs such as "247 420 Everyday" and "Save Me" off Subrosa Union's album "Looking Forward," released earlier this year, have found plenty of success on legal downloading sites such as iTunes, Valenzuela said.
But the success is not measured in dollars, but rather the sharing of their music, he added.
"We really don't look at it as a money situation," Valenzuela said. "We look at it as it being a platform that any person in any household (can get our music.)"
The best part of "sharing the music," however, is the live shows, he said.
"The show brings out a part of us that a CD can't really tell," he said. "Being extra high energy is important, and so is playing good music that is tasteful and spicy at the same time ... also (important is) giving the fans more than they expect."
In the next few weeks, Subrosa Union will record an album in North Hollywood at The Hives, the same studio used by 311, Valenzuela said.
The band - which includes guitarist and vocalist Mike Anaya and bassist and MC Chris Paulos
eyeluvmusik
posted 8/24/08 @ 1:46 PM CST
Hey folks take a peek at this band below... they are the next hottest group comin outta of Austin Texas... yup right here at home... thought you all might be interested in the hot local talent here at home... peace PN
SUBrOSA UNiON a Tasty Treat....
Marty Robbins could have never known that when he sung the song bout being "Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso" not only did he sing bout the beautiful Mexican Girl...but that a band would spring up nearly 3 decades later in the town of El Paso to write another song about a Mexican girl...this time RASTA styling...
SUBROSA UNION began their rock "n" roll career in a garage on the east side of El Paso some 9 years ago. Three very young latino boys jamming together after watchin an Incubus concert the night before desiring to play their music in front of the masses. Mike Anaya, guitarist, vocalist and frontman, 22, bassist, Chris Paulos, 22 and the old man of the group drummer Paul Valenzuela, 25 began writing their own music and producing numerous freshman albums in home studios along with their live play in El Paso demonstrated to them that they had the proverbial "cohonejes" mexican lingo for "hanging spherical objects" to make the move to Austin Texas. Their fans in El Paso kept tellin they were real good, their families supported their desires (actually wanted to move outta the house after graduation is what I think) and the boys felt Austin was callin them for glory.
After arriving in Austin and hittin up the "6th" Street scene the boys found a partner who was inspired by them and funded their first professionally produced album entitled "Looking Forward". 2007 and early 2008 found the boys travelin and giggin alot to market their newly produced album.., In fact it got attention from the military folks at Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) who signed them to two major overseas tours for the troops. After being in the Middle East (count em six countries Krygyzstan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and a US warship in the Persian Gulf) plus Korea, Japan, Okinawa and Guam the boys settled in back home for a few to get hit up by Mike Cosgrove from Alien Ant Farm fame and Chad Sexton from 311 to get back into the studio and produce a second album.
The boys from Subrosa Union have much to relect on in their early years and definitely much to look forward to... hence "Looking Forward".... livin' to play and playin' to live...
hit up their sites on: www.subrosaunion.com and www.myspace.com/subrosaunion
SUBrOSA UNiON a Tasty Treat....
Marty Robbins could have never known that when he sung the song bout being "Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso" not only did he sing bout the beautiful Mexican Girl...but that a band would spring up nearly 3 decades later in the town of El Paso to write another song about a Mexican girl...this time RASTA styling...
SUBROSA UNION began their rock "n" roll career in a garage on the east side of El Paso some 9 years ago. Three very young latino boys jamming together after watchin an Incubus concert the night before desiring to play their music in front of the masses. Mike Anaya, guitarist, vocalist and frontman, 22, bassist, Chris Paulos, 22 and the old man of the group drummer Paul Valenzuela, 25 began writing their own music and producing numerous freshman albums in home studios along with their live play in El Paso demonstrated to them that they had the proverbial "cohonejes" mexican lingo for "hanging spherical objects" to make the move to Austin Texas. Their fans in El Paso kept tellin they were real good, their families supported their desires (actually wanted to move outta the house after graduation is what I think) and the boys felt Austin was callin them for glory.
After arriving in Austin and hittin up the "6th" Street scene the boys found a partner who was inspired by them and funded their first professionally produced album entitled "Looking Forward". 2007 and early 2008 found the boys travelin and giggin alot to market their newly produced album.., In fact it got attention from the military folks at Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) who signed them to two major overseas tours for the troops. After being in the Middle East (count em six countries Krygyzstan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and a US warship in the Persian Gulf) plus Korea, Japan, Okinawa and Guam the boys settled in back home for a few to get hit up by Mike Cosgrove from Alien Ant Farm fame and Chad Sexton from 311 to get back into the studio and produce a second album.
The boys from Subrosa Union have much to relect on in their early years and definitely much to look forward to... hence "Looking Forward".... livin' to play and playin' to live...
hit up their sites on: www.subrosaunion.com and www.myspace.com/subrosaunion
JohnnyQwest
posted 10/09/08 @ 11:39 AM CST
These guys do rock the venue... heard them at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood and they are crisp, tight and have a full bodied sound that pulls in the crowds. Keep rockin the sound fellas... Nicely done!
Originally posted byeyeluvmusik
Hey folks take a peek at this band below... they are the next hottest group comin outta of Austin Texas... yup right here at home... thought you all might be interested in the hot local talent here at home... peace PN
SUBrOSA UNiON a Tasty Treat....
Marty Robbins could have never known that when he sung the song bout being "Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso" not only did he sing bout the beautiful Mexican Girl...but that a band would spring up nearly 3 decades later in the town of El Paso to write another song about a Mexican girl...this time RASTA styling...
SUBROSA UNION began their rock "n" roll career in a garage on the east side of El Paso some 9 years ago. Three very young latino boys jamming together after watchin an Incubus concert the night before desiring to play their music in front of the masses. Mike Anaya, guitarist, vocalist and frontman, 22, bassist, Chris Paulos, 22 and the old man of the group drummer Paul Valenzuela, 25 began writing their own music and producing numerous freshman albums in home studios along with their live play in El Paso demonstrated to them that they had the proverbial "cohonejes" mexican lingo for "hanging spherical objects" to make the move to Austin Texas. Their fans in El Paso kept tellin they were real good, their families supported their desires (actually wanted to move outta the house after graduation is what I think) and the boys felt Austin was callin them for glory.
After arriving in Austin and hittin up the "6th" Street scene the boys found a partner who was inspired by them and funded their first professionally produced album entitled "Looking Forward". 2007 and early 2008 found the boys travelin and giggin alot to market their newly produced album.., In fact it got attention from the military folks at Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) who signed them to two major overseas tours for the troops. After being in the Middle East (count em six countries Krygyzstan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and a US warship in the Persian Gulf) plus Korea, Japan, Okinawa and Guam the boys settled in back home for a few to get hit up by Mike Cosgrove from Alien Ant Farm fame and Chad Sexton from 311 to get back into the studio and produce a second album.
The boys from Subrosa Union have much to relect on in their early years and definitely much to look forward to... hence "Looking Forward".... livin' to play and playin' to live...
hit up their sites on: www.subrosaunion.com and www.myspace.com/subrosaunion
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