The Cab is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Their debut album, Whisper War, was released on April 29, 2008. They have been called “The Band You Need to Know 2008″ by Alternative Press magazine. They were also featured in the ’100 Bands You Need To Know in 2010′ by the magazine and were one of the three bands featured on the cover page, along with Never Shout Never and Hey Monday. Their second album Symphony Soldier was released on August 23, 2011,[1] with its first single “Bad” released to iTunes July 11, 2011[2] and announced by the band on July 18. The Cab funded the entire album by themselves and left their Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance label, self-releasing Symphony Soldier. AbsolutePunk gave an extremely positive review with a rating of 95%, calling the album a “masterpiece.”[3] The pre-orders featured eleven packages, ranging from $10 to $9,999 and are now available as packages on the band’s webstore.[4][5] Symphony Soldier is digitally available on iTunes,[6] and only available as physical CDs from the band’s webstore.
The Summer Set is a pop rock/powerpop band from Scottsdale, Arizona that formed in 2007. TSS is signed on the Militia Group and released their first EP on September 30th, 2008 titled “In Color”.
In December of 2008 The Summer Set realeased their EP “Meet Me On The Left Coast” which inculded their Christmas single, “Love By Our Side”, a b-side titled “Can You Find Me” and an Usher cover, “Love In This Club” as a bonus track.
The Summer Set announced in April 2009 that they were heading into the studio to record their debut album, “Love Like This” which was released on October 13th, 2009.
On July 6th, they re-released “Love Like This” and included a second disk that was composed of Taylor Swift covers and titled it “Love Like Swift”. It is sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Walmart.com.
After Love Like This, the group went on tour,and never really stopped, playing 300 shows a year with a slot on The Glamour Kills stage for the 2010 Vans Warped Tour.
The band is set to release their second full length, “Everything’s Fine” on July 19, 2011. For the album, the group spent some time songwriting with Paul Doucette of Matchbox 20 and Mike Daly of Whiskeytown in Nashville, and recording with veteran producer John Fields.
Besides finishing a new record, the band has been busy recently opening for All Time Low and Yellowcard, as well as experiencing their music in a whole new context: blanketed all over television, from VH1 to “Jersey Shore” to, most notably, “Dancing with the Stars.”
