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The 6ixty8ights
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There's something to be said about a crafty song and a simple melody. And there's something to be heard in the 6ixty8ights upcoming release "Pica/Electric/Armada". Combining soothing harmonies, savage guitars, kaleidoscopic keys, and a spastic drum drive, this brother blending variety of carnivalesque rock provides a theatricality and urgency all it's own. Driven by latent sibling rivalry or symbiosis, Liam and Carlin Nicholson, the songwriting team behind the 6ixty8ights trade up instruments, harmonies and lead vocals duties with an intensity that is always ratcheted up when brothers share a stage. The lyrics betray an off kilter-romanticism while the melody lines wield themselves like the iron fist of fascist regime. The duo remembers Big Bay Point, a love bite on the nape of Lake Simcoe, where down amongst the reeds and rushes fellow member Leon Patterson joined the band. In the days and moons since they set out to conquer Toronto. After the swelling receded, and the fights gave way to healthy dose of female need-to-know, they introduced themselves to drummer Maurie Kaufmann, and the four-piece was formed. The 6ixty8ights 2004 "Wonderful in the Afternoon" earned both critical acclaim and top ten campus charting across Canada with placement in earshot's top 150 albums played in November 2004. The intervening years have prove the bands unique diverse appeal - their performances have ranged from opening for Broken Social Scenester Jay Collett, to appearing on 'tween TV phe
top songs
albums
Pica Electric Armada
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Radio Free Roscoe
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Music from Radio Free Roscoe Volume 1
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Wonderful In The Afternoon
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Radio Free Roscoe Soundtrack
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GarageBand.com Indie Rock top tracks
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pica/electric/armada
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The 6ixty8ights
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Music From Radio Free Roscoe, Volume 1
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Radio Free Roscoe, vol. 1
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Rock Paper Scissors
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Radio Free Roscoe, Volume 1