The Hourly Radio
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The Hourly Radio was a Dallas
based band consisting of Aaron Closson (vocals and guitar), Ryan Short (guitar), Adam Vanderkolk (drums) and Tim Jansen (bass).
The Hourly Radio toured the United States and England from 2006-2007 with numerous acts including Shiny Toy Guns
, Stellastarr*, VHS or Beta
, Radio 4
and IAMX.
The band was "Artist of the Day" on July 21, 2006, at Spin.com. http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2006/07
Billboard critic Jason MacNeil named the album History Will Never Hold Me as the #1 record of 2006. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/2006/top10/staff_3.jsp
In January 2008 Short announced he had left the band, and in July 2008 the band has announced that they had stopped making music together. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=3188271&blogId=420036797
Aaron Closson is currently working on a new musical project named The Blessed Isles.
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
based band consisting of Aaron Closson (vocals and guitar), Ryan Short (guitar), Adam Vanderkolk (drums) and Tim Jansen (bass).
Origin
The band was formed by Aaron Closson and Ryan Short in 2003 when the two met and began writing songs together. After just a few months they managed to borrow the requisite gear from friends and recruited the rest of the line up, which included one of Short’s old high school friends, Adam Vanderkolk. After the original bassist Nick Flatt left the band Tim Jansen replaced him in August 2004.The Hourly Radio toured the United States and England from 2006-2007 with numerous acts including Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns is an American indie rock band that formed in 2002 in Los Angeles, California. They released their first studio album We Are Pilots in 2006, after recording it two previous times. It featured three singles that peaked inside the top 30 in the Alternative Songs Chart. We Are Pilots...
, Stellastarr*, VHS or Beta
VHS or Beta
VHS or Beta is a band originally from Louisville, Kentucky, now based in Brooklyn, NY, that combines elements of rock, house and disco . Their self-released debut EP Le Funk found some success on the charts, but the band became better known in the wake of the 2004 album Night on Fire...
, Radio 4
Radio 4 (band)
Radio 4 is a band from Brooklyn who formed in 1999. They claim that their sound, which has been described as "danceable punk", is "made in New York, is about New York, and sounds like New York"....
and IAMX.
The band was "Artist of the Day" on July 21, 2006, at Spin.com. http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2006/07
Billboard critic Jason MacNeil named the album History Will Never Hold Me as the #1 record of 2006. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/2006/top10/staff_3.jsp
In January 2008 Short announced he had left the band, and in July 2008 the band has announced that they had stopped making music together. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=3188271&blogId=420036797
Aaron Closson is currently working on a new musical project named The Blessed Isles.