MP3 The Liptonians - ROCK: Rock & Roll

Poppy and folky rock.

11 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Rock & Roll, POP: Pop/Rock

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When high school pals Matt Schellenberg and Bucky Driedger moved into a house on Lipton Street, dubbed in "Liptonia," and started making music, the outcome seemed uncertain. Two and a half years later they emerged with an "earnest little pop-rock gem," says Uptown Magazine.

The now five-piece band from Winnipeg, Manitoba mines musical territory previously explored by Wilco, The Pets and The Beatles, but manage to carve their own sound. There's piano driven, horn laden pop tunes. There's guitars feeding back through rock and roll grooves. And there's subdued folk songs, wrapped up in noise.

Recently featured as one of the "Top Five Bands to Watch in '08" by The Uniter and breaking into the Top 40 on Winnipeg's KICK FM and UMFM, the band is picking up steam. Fresh off their March 9 CD release party they are hitting the road on a 16 show tour in Ontario and Quebec.

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