The Intersection

River City Extension
River City Extension were formed by Joe Michelini, a longtime fixture in the New Jersey songwriting scene who began piecing together a small acoustic band in late 2007. The group eventually ballooned into an eight-member ensemble, capable of turning out folk ballads one minute and skittish Gypsy punk the next....

Passafire

Sparks the Rescue
Originally known as Pozer, Sparks the Rescue garnered acclaim in the mid-aughts with their energetic, super-melodic brand of emo-ish punk-pop. The Portland, Maine-based quintet matched driving Blink 182-style guitar rock with the wailing, British-sounding vocals of lead singer Alex Roy to deliver a sound that is at once noisy and bubblegum sweet....

Evans Blue
Toronto modern hard rock quintet Evans Blue came together around 2003 after its members found each other by chance through a local musician's message board. Comprised of vocalist Matisyn, guitarists Parker Lauzon and Vlad Tanaskovic, bassist Joe Pitter, and drummer Darryl Brown, the group signed with Pocket Recordings in 2005, entering Pocket Studios with Trevor Kustiak (Cool for August) soon after....

Jel
Although the first instrument young Jel (born Jeffrey Logan) played -- much to his chagrin -- was the cornet, as soon as he had saved up enough money he bought his first (and only) drum machine/sampler, the SP 1200, when he was in high school....