Signal Hill Transmission is an American rock

Rock music

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 band from Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. Their sound has been likened to Wilco

Wilco

Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...

, Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity...

, the Scud Mountain Boys

Scud Mountain Boys

Scud Mountain Boys was an American alt-country band. Formed in 1991 in Northampton, Massachusetts, it comprised Joe Pernice, Stephen Desaulniers, Bruce Tull and Tom Shea. Stephen Desaulniers left the band and was replaced by Frank Padellaro in Oct. 1996....

, as well as The Psychedelic Furs and Kent

Kent (band)

Kent is a Swedish alternative rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet , and Havsänglar...

. The current lineup consists of Scott Warren (singer/guitarist), Duane Rakestraw (bass), Mon Agranat (guitar), and Scott Schoen (drums).

The band formed in Warren's Hermosa Beach, California

Hermosa Beach, California

Hermosa Beach is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Its population was 19,506 at the 2010 census, up from 18,566 at the 2000 census....

 apartment in 2001 and recorded and released two independent records: Tomorrow, The Stars on the label P.A. Juice in 2005 and An Empty Space in 2007. In 2006, actor Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor and film producer. After becoming involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then films. He had several small roles such as in the film Goodfellas before meeting his mentor,...

 placed the band's song "Master Plan" on his iTunes Store

ITunes Store

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 celebrity playlist. In January 2008, the band won $25,000 in the "Rockstar" competition sponsored by Star 98.7 in Los Angeles. In May of that year they entered the studio to record with producer Brad Wood

Brad Wood

Brad Wood is a record producer from Rockford, Illinois. He served as a drummer for the band Shrimp Boat. Brad records, mixes and produces records and is based in Los Angeles, California. He began his career in earnest in 1988 with the construction of Idful Music Corporation- a recording studio in...

. The result, an EP called Starting Gun, was released by ATO Records

ATO Records

According to Our Records was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews , Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli, and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records...

 on September 23, 2008. Recently, the band was selected by Clear Channel

Clear channel

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 Music as an artist to watch for 2009.
The band was most recently featured in a 2010 episode of Food Network

Food Network

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's Giada at Home

Giada at Home

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, entitled "Dinner With the Band", in which Giada De Laurentiis

Giada De Laurentiis

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 throws the a dinner party, serving bibb lettuce salads, penne with braised short ribs, and apple shandys.

In July 2009, singer Scott Warren recorded and released a debut solo effort, "Quick Fix Bandage," that features a cover of America's, Sister Golden Hair

Sister Golden Hair

"Sister Golden Hair" is a song written by Gerry Beckley and recorded by the band America for their fifth album Hearts . It was their second single to reach number one on the U.S...

.