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  Suggestions: Justin Lloyd

  04.13.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This weeks suggestions come from musician/artist Justin Lloyd. Justin has been involved with a wide range of musical projects including Sawhorse (post-rock), Age Sixteen (screamo), The Human Excuse (acoustic), Surf Nazis on Ecstacy (power violence), A Perfect Kiss (Indie), BatComputer/Compresser (shoegaze), and finally Liulu Dallas (grind).  He’s currently involved in 5 bands that are active!  How [...]

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  Suggestions: Jonathan Knobel

  04.06.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This weeks suggestion article is packed full of cool stuff.  Jonathan Knobel tells you about a film featuring burning oil fields, a photographer named Boogie, Nietzsche, an illustrator with a morbid sense of humor, and a graphic novel based in 1980′s Iran. Jonathan is a photographer/artist/musician living in Davidsonville, Maryland.  He plays bass in the [...]

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  Suggestions: John Malloy

  03.30.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  After a brief 2 week hiatus the suggestions articles are returning. Today’s list comes from an artist that I’ve mentioned a few times on the blog named John Malloy.  John’s artwork straddles the boundaries between comic book surrealism and the traditional ‘true to form’ drawing style.   Many of his illustrations present a distorted take [...]

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  Suggestions: Kris Fulton

  03.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  + This weeks Suggestions come from musician/photographer Kris Fulton.  Kris is the vocalist of the Baltimore based screamo band Age Sixteen.  They have a new album coming out on March 16th called Open Up Finders, Please that I will be posting a review of in the coming days.  Kris wrote a bunch so I’ll just [...]

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  Suggestions: Samuel James Clatterbuck

  03.02.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  This week’s suggestions come from Samuel James Clatterbuck – a good friend and an avid comics book reader.  Sammy writes for a comics blog called Comics For Serious. “These are some comics that are good introductory stories that aren’t, to be honest, bullshit. Non-comics-readers turn to super hero stories like The Watchmen and The Dark [...]

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  Suggestions: Danielle Yurchinkonis

  02.23.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  This week’s suggestion article is a bit different from what I normally post.  Rather than suggesting albums for you to download, this weeks focus is on artists that you should check out.  Expect a few more suggestions articles like this one in the coming weeks (including a pretty awesome comics post).   This week’s suggestions [...]

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  Suggestions: Joey Edwards

  02.16.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  + This week’s suggestions list comes from musician Joey Edwards of Ruiner.  Joey has played in a TON of bands (Counting the Days, Silent Reminder, Vanderbilt, etc) but you probably know him as the drummer of the Baltimore based hardcore band Ruiner.  Joey just finished recording a 3 song demo with In the Hollows, a new [...]

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  Suggestions: Kyle Durfey

  02.09.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  + This weeks suggestions come from musician Kyle Durfey. Kyle’s been invloved with bands since he was a teenager.  He started out singing for the Maryland based indie/experimental/hardcore band Cartel Cartel Lover, then he played bass for a brief stint with the recently broken-up hardcore band Counting the Days, and he is currently doing vocals [...]

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  Suggestions: Matt Kuderski

  02.02.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This week’s suggestions come from a long time friend, and very talented musician, Matt Kuderski. Matt previously played guitar and sang for the Maryland based post-hardcore band Draw Out the Lions.  He is currently hard at work on a new musical project.

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  Suggestions: Mike York

  01.26.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Today’s post is the first in a new series of suggestion articles that will be featured on stokingtheroots.  I’ve asked a few artists, musicians, and friends to make a list of the 5 cds that have had the greatest impact on them and to explain why.  I’ll offer up download links to each artist so [...]