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Last Updated: 12/11/2009

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City: Knoxville
State: Tennessee
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 
Words can not really describe the roller coaster that has been Vertigo these past few years. We have had many amazing accomplishments, but it's time for us to start new chapters in our lives. We have been so blessed with very caring people who would do anything to help us and for that we say thank you. We have been very blessed with the best fans in the world who supported us and came out to our shows. We have 2 more shows left. The info you can find on our main page. We hope to see you there. We love you all very dearly and please keep and ear out for new things we may all do.

Lindsey
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 

Current mood:  rockin
Category: Music
HEY VERTIGO FANS!

We are one of the featured Artists on Reverbnation! Check us out!

http://www.reverbnation.com/vertigotn

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!

Vertigo
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Friday, September 11, 2009 
An unfortunate incident took place at a Venue in Lafayette, LA on Labor Day, which has left Nate, our Bass Player, unable to perform. We will provide further information as timely as possible. We have taken Nate home to Witchita, KS and please keep your thoughts & prayers for Nate's speedy recovery. Thanks for all of your continued support & we will be back on tour starting September, 29th at Brownies in Ardmore, PA.

~Vertigo
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Monday, August 17, 2009 
Knoxify's review of "The Coming and The Going"



Ver­tigo pro­duces a sound that is dif­fi­cult to define. That’s not a bad thing; it’s actu­ally a plus. Over the years the band has grown in their sonic range. With The Com­ing and the Going, the band adds dense lay­ers of noise and tex­ture that sep­a­rate them from most local rock bands. That said, the core is still firmly rooted in a strong, rhyth­mic rock base. The afore­men­tioned lay­ered tex­tures are a nice addi­tion. Their pre­vi­ous album, …and Miles to Go Before We Sleep, showed glimpses and peeks of the step for­ward that they actu­ally take with The Com­ing and the Going.

This pro­gres­sion is not wholly sur­pris­ing. The band is filled, front-to-back and side-to-side, with peo­ple at the top of their game. Lind­sey Stamey is a pre­mier vocal­ist with the abil­ity to bounce between singing beau­ti­fully to screech­ing inco­her­ently. Some­times it’s the sub­tle nuance of her vocal per­for­mance that takes a song from two-and-a-half stars to a four-star com­pleted effort. But that’s not a slight, in the least, to the music that she sings along to.

Her brother, Justin Stamey, pro­vides very strong, dense [in a good way] drum­ming that is quite lit­er­ally a sight to see. He furi­ously pounds on the skins in total iso­la­tion and with com­plete clar­ity. To put it crudely, he’s a hel­luva drummer.
Con­cur­rently, Nathan Engels con­tin­u­ally sup­plies a well-engineered bass line that stays to the back of the class­room until it’s time for him to step for­ward, step­ping up to the front, and shred­ding through the pro­gres­sion of all around him.
Which leaves us with Joel Rud­nick on gui­tar. Rud­nick is a tremen­dous gui­tar player, a fact that all too often is not fully appre­ci­ated. Some­times that’s of his own voli­tion, pro­vid­ing tex­tures and pure sonic noise to the track as opposed to giant, stadium-like gui­tar solos. In fit­ting with Vertigo’s over­all sound, this is a per­fect match and the crux behind every song that truly stands out.

The song “Wraith” is a stand out for the way it builds into the cho­rus. The music seems to be tee­ter­ing on the precipice, only to explode once the cho­rus goes into full mea­sure, which is a nice touch.
Why “Ethelle” is not a radio hit I haven’t the fog­gi­est. Begin­ning to end, it has that cer­tain drive that would fit per­fectly on UTK or The X. Plus, the lyrics are really well-crafted.

“Techne” show­cases Nathan’s abil­ity to step up to the fore­front while still inter­spers­ing Joel’s light touches through­out. Nice jingly tune with a good mix­ture of old and new school techniques.

The title track is a nice depar­ture, some­what, like the song “Mela­tonin” is on …and Miles to Go Before We Sleep. It’s also a good exam­ple of the use of lay­ers on this album. Lindsey’s vocals waft over the music almost as just another instrument.
The only detrac­tion, which is one I’ve held onto from the early days, is that I’d like to see the speed and vorac­ity that the band has the abil­ity to pro­duce be laid down on a stu­dio album. Ver­tigo has the tal­ent to go faster; I just wish they’d let it all hang out and go for it on a few tracks. But that’s just me… and may not count for much con­sid­er­ing I own a plethora of Dire Straits albums.

-courtesy of Jody Collins

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 
Hey all you Vertigo fans,
 
Vertigo needs immediate help from existing or interested Street Teamers to help with promotion on the August/September Tour Dates.  Anyone interested in helping please email vertigo@edlyndmusic.com with your name, mailing address, cell phone and home phone.  You will be contacted by Edlynd Music Group.  We need help distributing postcards, and fliers in and around each venue in each city listed on the bands calendar.  Need you to "litter" the surrounding cities with announcements of the Performance Dates, blog and tell your friends, attend other concert two weeks prior in your area to distribute postcards, fliers and posters, etc etc etc.
 
Email your info and willingess to vertigo@edlyndmusic.com
 
Thanks in Advance!!  See you at the show!!!



P.S. - If a show is NOT listed in your area and you still want to participate in promoting Vertigo in your area by all means let us know. Vertigo intends to tour pretty much non stop 2009/2010 so any help offered will not be turned down.



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Monday, July 06, 2009 
Vertigo is an up-and-coming alternative and experimental rock band
from Knoxville,TN. The album is completely amazing with everything a
band needs to succeed on a sophomore album. "The Coming And The Going"
definitely stands tall and is by-far not a sophomoric flop. They
succeed in making it on this album due to the fact it is has fast
paced songs and perfectly interlaced slow songs. The tracks that
definitely stick to me as hits right off the bat(mind you this album
is 14 tracks of pure lyrical genius): Typical, The Anchors In My
Shoes,and Techne. The band definitely needs to be signed on a major
label so they can be touring constantly and show the world what great
music they have to showcase. This Cd is for fans of 10 Years, A Skylit
Drive, and Lacuna Coil. Check out more about this band @
www.myspace.com/listentovertigo


Thanks
John "J.R." Rankin
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Friday, June 05, 2009 
http://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/jun/03/lindsey-stamey-vertigo-down-gogol-bordello/

Lindsey Stamey of Vertigo is Down with Gogol Bordello

By Matthew Everett (Contact)

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Vertigo with Social Ghost and Scaria the Wolf
When: Friday, June 5, 2009, 8 p.m.
Where: The Cider House, 940 Blackstock Ave., Knoxville
Cost: $7
Age limit: All ages


Morristown modern rock band Vertigo’s profile is quickly rising—their second full-length CD, The Coming and the Going, is coming out in July (with national distribution by Koch and Hot Topic), they just played Sundown in the City with Gavin Rossdale, and they’re scheduled for Bonnaroo on Sunday, June 14. They’re also headlining at the Cider House this weekend, which might be one of your last chances to see them in a club anytime soon. Here’s what vocalist Lindsey Stamey has been listening to lately.

Gogol Bordello, Super Taranta! (SideOneDummy/Rubric, 2007)

This is my new favorite band. I heard about them a few years ago from an Elijah Wood interview where he was promoting the movie Everything Is Illuminated—coincidentally the singer is also co-star, which I just recently found out. I checked out the band and couldn’t really get into it at that point. Maybe I was too young. Who knows? It wasn’t until I watched the movie Wristcutters recently that Gogol Bordello was brought back up. Their song “Through the Roof ’n’ Underground” shows up a few times in the movie and by the end I had to own it and everything from who wrote it. Come to find it was the band that I so rudely dismissed years before. I just recently bought everything they ever made.

Silversun Pickups, Swoon (Dangerbird, 2009)

I’ve been waiting for their new release for what seems forever. Their first release, Carnavas, was defiantly stuck in my CD player for a long time and I can now say the same thing about Swoon. It’s gotten to the point where people in the van are getting pretty annoyed. Everything about them is so passionate and perfect. The song “Growing Old Is Getting Old” builds until you think your heart might explode.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Greatest Hits (Rhino, 2005)

I grew up listening to CSN&Y. I realized a few weeks ago when I was comparing the harmonies of Fleet Foxes to being almost as velvet as CSN&Y that I sinfully did not own one album. I went out that day and bought their greatest hits and figured that was a start. I wept for the nostalgia of “Our House” with my headphones on in the dark of my bedroom. My parents sang it to me often and I was sure someone wrote it about us. It was like finding an old comforting baby blanket.

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Friday, June 05, 2009 
http://www.knoxville.com/news/2009/jun/03/vertigo-soars-bonnaroo-gig-cd-release/

Vertigo soars with Bonnaroo gig, CD release

By Jer Cole
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Bonnaroo-bound: Morristown’s Vertigo is heading to Bonnaroo next week after recent shows opening for Gavin Rossdale and Heart. Bonnaroo-bound: Morristown’s Vertigo is heading to Bonnaroo next week after recent shows opening for Gavin Rossdale and Heart.

Vertigo

Also on the bill: Social Ghost and Scarla, The Wolf
When: 9 p.m. Friday, June 5
Where: The Cider House (adjacent to the Valarium)
Admission: $7
Plus: Vertigo performs at Bonnaroo at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 14, at Troo Music Lounge Cafe

Vertigo has played a slew of big name shows around town as of late, but its biggest is yet to come. With a new album hitting stores and an upcoming slot at Bonnaroo, the band has taken to shows both large and small in preparation for the milestones to come.
In a busy few months, Vertigo’s highlights include an acoustic set, opening for Heart, at The Tennessee Theatre on May 22 and a May 14 Sundown in the City show, opening for Gavin Rossdale. The shows were perfectly timed for Vertigo, who prepares to release its second full-length album “The Coming and the Going” and perform at Bonnaroo this month.
“I have to say I enjoyed this one even more,” says guitarist Joel Rudnick of the band’s second Sundown gig. “The sound was perfect, we avoided rain and we were on our top game, performance-wise. Mr. Rossdale was very polite and kind in his own British way, and was not afraid to mingle among the public, which I respected. ... Our performance was a fun one, and we have streamlined our show more this time around to make it more of a continuous, dynamic event rather than just 8 or 10 songs with a few seconds of silence between them. I do think our pairing was somewhat stylistically driven regarding Rossdale’s work with Bush, as some of our music does have certain elements similar to that of the ’90s grunge era.”
While pleased with the caliber of shows it has had already this spring, Vertigo’s most anticipated outing will be playing the final night of this year’s Bonnaroo. The band is scheduled to play the Troo Music Lounge Café at 7:30 p.m. on June 14. The opportunity to play the exponentially popular, rural Manchester event holds a special appeal for the Morristown band that has created a name for itself in a relatively small town in the same state.
“We were asked to do the Bonnaroo festival a month or two ago and were pretty ecstatic about it when we heard,” Rudnick says. “It’s really kind of surreal to go from eating up pavement on the road constantly to performing at one of the largest outdoor festivals in the country for a week. However, we are very grateful and are looking forward to capturing the whole experience of it, and in doing so, melding our brand of creation into the artistic fabric that is the lineup.”
But don’t think the band’s impressive credentials have gone to Vertigo’s collective head. With its nose to the grindstone, the band plays as many nearby shows as possible, including frequent acoustic sets at regional Hot Topic stores. Rudnick points out that small shows like these are valuable promotions for same-day shows as well as Vertigo merchandise, which the stores carry.
After a long wait, “The Coming and the Going” is due for official release on June 28. Recorded in Johnson City last winter, Vertigo originally scheduled the album’s release show for February 6, but the concert was postponed on account of construction delays at The Valarium’s new Cider House addition. Friday the band is finally playing that long-awaited show.
“We are very much looking forward to doing so because from what I can tell, the room is going to sound amazing and the place has a very cool rock bar vibe,” says Rudnick. “It’s been a little while since we’ve delved into the Knoxville club circuit, and we might be trying a few new things live this time around to get ready for our Bonnaroo performance.
Friday, June 5, Vertigo performs at The Cider House along with Florida’s Social Ghost and Knoxville’s own Scarla, The Wolf. The show kicks off at 9 p.m. and costs $7. The band will fill out the rest of the weekend playing in Newport, Ky., Saturday, both at Hot Topic and The Southgate House before hitting the stage at Bonnaroo June 14.
n DONE AND DUNN: Singer/songwriter Joe Dunn joins Nashville outfit Overzealous and The Tammies on stage at The World Grotto Friday, June 5. The show is slated for 10 p.m., and admission is $5 for legal drinkers and $7 for under-agers.

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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 

Current mood:  chill
We performed The Localpalooza May 30, 2009 @ The Rutledge in Nashville, TN. and the crew from www.nashvillerock.net was at the event. They released a review on our set, so we thought we would share it with all of you as well.


VERTIGO, I HAVE HEARD OF THIS BAND, BUT AFTER THE FIRST 3 NOTES I WAS IN HEAVEN, THIS WOMAN CAN SING, AND PLAY THE KEYS, ENERGIZED THE WHOLE SHOW. FANTASTIC WORK, THIS LADY, LINDSEY STAMEY, WORKS THE ROOM LIKE SHE OWNS IT, AND SHE DID. LOVE THE BJORK INFLUENCE, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW GREAT THIS BAND WAS. JUSTIN STAMEY ON DRUMS,NATHANS ENGELS ON BASS, AND JOE RUDNICK ON GUITAR ARE PERFECT! SERIOUUSLY, THIS IS A SHOW WORTH CATCHING! IN FACT CAMERAMAN BOUGHT 2 CD'S AND I AM LISTENING TO "THE COMING AND THE GOING" RIGHT NOW, LINDSEY STAMEY IS GODDESS OF THE SYNTHS AND VOCALS, ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS WOMAN. SHE IS A FANTASTIC SINGER AND THE BAND KICK'S MY ASS! TYPICAL IS MY FAVORITE SONG RIGHT NOW. THE ATMOSPHERE YOU HERE ON THE CD YOU HEAR AT THE LIVE SHOW, CAN'T BEAT THAT WITH A STICK! WILL CATCH THIS BAND EVERY CHANCE I GET!


Thank you Nashville Rock! We really appreciate such a great review.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 

Current mood:  talkative
Category: Music

UPDATE: 8PM INTERVIEW EAST COAST TIME!!!!

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 from 8pm (East Coast Time) 7pm (Central Time Zone)
 we are being interviewed on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/newmusicinferno / Fans and Friends can call in with questions @ 347-826-7096 between 7&8pm! Tune in to hear the band and listen to their music off their soon to be released Sophomore Album "The Coming and The Going"!!

Thanks for your support!

~Vertigo

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