Hometown: Billings Members: Levi Luoma, Rich Feeley, Sean Young, Scott Waddington Current Release: The Circle (2014) Stranded By Choice has been through quite a few changes over the past decade: Rich Feeley (singer/bassist) founded the band, but then he took a hiatus in the mid ’00s for college. ...
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Hometown: Kalispell Members: Luke Lauteret, Matt Haun, Jared Denney, Aaron Danreuther Current Release: Make Noise (2012) They’re self-proclaimed Montana rednecks, but the guys of Marshall Catch have managed to put together a band that pays homage to those rural roots without becoming a caricature of ...
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Hometown: Kalispell Members: Luke Dowler Current Release: West (2013) Luke Dowler has been on the Montana scene since 2007, and within those six years, he has crafted songs that channel everyone from Tom Petty to The Killers. He gets spiritual on Firewater Revelation, desperate on Good Enough, ...
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Hometown: Livingston Members: Ashly Jane Holland, Quinton King, Russ Smith, Tom Murphy, Britt Smith, Jamey Warren Current Release: Each Little Note (2013) Let’s make one thing clear: the frontwoman’s name isn’t really Little Jane. It is, however, Jane Holland, and she’s a triple threat who sings, ...
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Hometown: Bozeman Members: Dustin Tucker, Noah Heckmann, Levi Kujala Current Release: Golden Grenade (2012) With the help of Kickstarter, Golden Grenade released their first self-titled EP in 2012. The record is classic rock with a side of blues, and in songs like Love Again and She’s Got Me, the ...
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Hometown: Bozeman Members: Brandon Hale, Mike Hoffman, Kevin Toll, Tom Day, Adam Greenberg Current Release: The Dirty Shame (2010) The Dirty Shame is an outlaw country quintet whose rough, smoke-filled-bar, highwayman numbers have all the ruggedness and questionable morality of Willie Nelson and ...
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