The Romany Rye is a band formed by
Luke MacMaster, former guitarist of
The Colour. Their first album, ''Highway 1, Looking Back Carefully'', was released on October 5, 2009 with a track listing of eight songs. The band could be categorized as
indie
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Gaming
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folk-rock and draws comparisons to the likes of
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fur ...
,
My Morning Jacket
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,
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
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, and many others.
Kings of Leon
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The band's early music was a blend of Southern rock and ga ...
guitarist
Matthew Followill
Kings of Leon is an American rock band formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill, and their cousin Matthew Followill.
The band's early music was a blend of Southern rock and ga ...
, whose band has its early roots in country rock, dubbed them a band to watch in 2010. On January 3, 2012, they released their second album, "Quicksilver Sunbeam".
The band's song "Untitled (Love Song)" was covered by
Counting Crows
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on their 2012 album ''
Underwater Sunshine''.
''Highway 1, Looking Back Carefully''
''Quicksilver Sunbeam''
On January 3, 2012, The Romany Rye released "Quicksilver Sunbeam." The album contained 12 tracks including "Brother" and "Untitled (Love Song)" from their previous release. Some albums were released with a bonus 13th track, "Yesterday's Boy".
Rolling Stone Cover Contest
In early February 2011, when
Rolling Stone
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magazine created a contest called "Do You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star?", The Romany Rye was one of the 16 selected bands.
The contest pits these 16 up-and-coming bands against each other in a tournament where fans vote on the bands in order to progress them to the next round. The winner will be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. On March 16, it was announced that the band made it through into the second round, with 8 bands left. However, it was later reported that the band was disqualified due to a non disclosure agreement violation after Round Two.
The Sheepdogs
The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 2004. The Sheepdogs were the first unsigned band to make the cover of ''Rolling Stone'' and have gone on to a career featuring multi-platinum album sales and four Ju ...
went on to win the competition and be the first ever unsigned band to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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Musical groups established in 2009
Indie rock musical groups from California