Status: Single
City: Bunker Hill, Paterson
State: New Jersey
Country: US
Signup Date: 10/26/2004
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December 2, 2009 - Wednesday
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Current mood:Kwanzaalicious
We've just released a 2009 Christmas original, entitled In Angels' Realm. It's right there in the player on our profile page. Do enjoy it, and your hollerdays.
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July 27, 2009 - Monday
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Peace Lily from our EP, "Yarn" is today's featured daily download on eMusic. If you have two seconds and want to grab some free Holler! you can download, "Peace Lily," here: http://www.emusic.com/dailydownloads/toolbar/main.html
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July 23, 2009 - Thursday
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During our recent trip to Toronto for NXNE we had the chance to talk with Dan Busheikin of andPOP. Dan writes, "Holler Wild Rose’s “Our Little Hymnal” is a mainstay of my stereo
rotation right now. The band crafts incredibly expansive songs, packed
with ambient guitars and delicate melody. There’s a lot of love in this
band, and it really comes through in the music. I met up with two of
the members during NxNE to speak about their band." Here is the interview: http://www.andpop.com/tag/holler-wild-rose/
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July 6, 2009 - Monday
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 During our recent trip to Toronto for NXNE we got to perform at the Toronto Academy of Recording Arts as part of their Secret Sessions. Below is a video from AUX TV that has an interview and a subdued portion of our song "Pale and Faithful
Morning". There is a really great performance by our friends the Paint
Movement, too! You can also head over to Secret Sessions
to download an mp3 of the NxNe session; included are the aforementioned
"Pale and Faithful Morning" , and a brand new song entitled "Skein of
Yarns".
http://www.aux.tv/video/TARASessions_NXNE/
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April 28, 2009 - Tuesday
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Just letting you know that Holler, Wild Rose! will be performing, "Captive Train" on Fearless Music TV (http://www.fearlessmusic.com/) on FOX 5 in New York City this Sunday night, May 3. Fearless Music airs at 1:30AM, and if you are not in NYC, below is the full list of where Fearless Music can be seen: Here is the full list of where/when you can watch Fearless Music TV, including all of colleges that will air FMTV on Zilo TV:
New York, NY WNYW FOX Saturday Night 12:30am Los Angeles, CA KHIZ Saturday Night 3:00am Detroit, MI WJBK FOX (Starting Sept. '08) Sunday Night 1am Minneapolis, MN WDIO-ABC Saturday Night 1am Portland, OR KPDX Saturday Night 11:30pm Cincinnati, OH WOTH Saturday Night 11:30pm Grand Rapids, WOOD MI NBC Saturday Night 1am Norfolk, VA WSKY Friday Night 3am Las Vegas, NV KVMY MNTV Sunday Night 12am Albany, NY WNYA Saturday Night 1am Mobile, AL WPMI NBC Saturday Night 1am Honolulu, HI KHON FOX Saturday Night 3:30am Springfield, MO KYTV NBC Saturday Night 2am Jackson, MS WDBD WB Saturday Night 1am Davenport, IA WBQD MNTV Saturday Night 12am Baton Rouge, LA WGMB FOX Saturday Night 11:30pm El Paso, TX KVIA Saturday Night 1:30am Fort Wayne, IN WFFT FOX Saturday Night 4am Tyler-Longview KFXK – FOX 51 Saturday Night 1am Longview, TX KFXK FOX Sunday Night 12am Peoria, IL WAOE Saturday Night 11pm Fargo, ND KVLY NBC Saturday Night 3:30am Boise, ID KIVI ABC Saturday Night 10:35pm Eau Claire, WI WEAU NBC Saturday Night 1am Atlantic City, NJ WMGM NBC Sunday Night 1:00am La Crosse-Eau Claire WEAU-NBC Saturday Night 1am Rockford, IL WTVO-ABC Saturday Night 1am Columbia, MO KZOU MNTV Sunday Night 11pm Anchorage, AK KTUU NBC Saturday Night 12:30am Binghamton, NY WBPN MNTV Saturday Night 1am Yuma, AZ KECY FOX (also running on ABC DT) Saturday Night 1:30am Jackson, TN WBBJ ABC Friday Night 1:30am Meridian, MS WMDN CBS Friday Night 1:30am, Sat. 1am Charlottesville, VA WAHU FOX Saturday Night 11pm Morgan City, LA KWBJ Saturday Night 10:30pm, Thurs. 11p Twin Falls, ID KSAW ABC Saturday Night 10:35pm Fairbanks, AK KFXF FOX Saturday Night 12:30am Juneau, AK KATH NBC Saturday Night 12:30pm, Sun. 3:00pm Omaha, NE WOWT-DT Saturday Night 1am South Bend, IN WSBT-DT Sunday Night 5:30pm Youngstown, OH WYTV –DT MNTV Saturday Night 2:30am Panama City, FL WJHG-DT MNTV Saturday Night 11:30pm Flint – Saginaw-Bay City WNEM-DT MNTV Saturday Night 1am Washington DC Local Point TV WJLA Short Form Programming (The Episode runs every 3 hours) America One Television Affiliates (Over-the-Air Broadcast) FMTV Will Air Tuesdays and Friday Nights at 1am
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Hey College Students! School is starting soon, and starting this semester, we're going to be on Zilo TV! If you go to these schools, we'll see you this fall.
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March 29, 2009 - Sunday
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Category: Music
Many thanks to the folks at Myspace Music Canada for featuring our video, "Marylawn Hair" on the front page of Myspace Music Canada this week. If you haven't had a chance to see the video yet - you can view it by clicking here. 
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March 26, 2009 - Thursday
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 Hey Everyone! We've been invited to play a very special show this Saturday at 8 pm with our friends, The Loom (http://www.myspace.com/theloommusic).
Vox Pop (http://www.voxpopnet.net), an amazing coffee shop / community center / book store / printing press in the Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn (the Q to Cortelyou Road) is in danger of closing and we're excited to be joining the effort to stop this from happening!
You can read more about their situation here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/nyregion/16ditmas.html?scp=3&sq=vox%20pop&st=cse , but in a nutshell if they aren't able to raise upwards of $20,000 by the end of the week, they are going to be shut down.
Several people and musicians have come together and do what they can to help them raise the money. All proceeds from Saturday's show will be donated directly to Vox Pop. So come join us on Saturday at 8 - there will be several other incredible artists performing and its all for a great cause!
Hope to see you there and come early because we are expecting some special guests!
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March 24, 2009 - Tuesday
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Audio Blood Tea Party featuring Serb Superb, Great Lenin's Ghost, The Paint Movement, Our History of Cowboys and Holler, Wild Rose! http://itsnotthebandihateitstheirfans.blogspot.com/2009/03/audio-blood-tea-party-featuring-serb.htmlWhich brings us to the greatest surprise of the week. Out of the 23 bands that I saw over the past week, New Jersey's Holler, Wild Rose!were easily the most impressive. I love that feeling when you're watching a band and suddenly you realize that you are actually in the midst of greatness. That moment for me came when they performed Captive Train. The harmonies were absolutely cherubic on that song, and the steady build of those ringing guitars continued to climb to euphoric heights before Jon Mosloskie's high pitched Buckley-inspired throat tore a strip out of the atmosphere and made me completely forget where I was. The reaction of those around me when the song was over pretty much summed up the consensus that we weren't just watching an amazing performance, but this was something downright legendary. Their soaring melodies and epic falsetto's suck you in and hold you captive, and a mere mortal is powerless against their ambient charms. Whew! OK, I'll admit that overexpressive gushing does not a viable music critic make, but dang it, I'm a fan too and it's a shame that there weren't more people out to witness this show. Hopefully these Jersey boys will be back again soon. Photos: Holler, Wild Rose! @ The Boat on flickr
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March 22, 2009 - Sunday
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 Part-time band: Radiohead reminiscent Holler, Wild Rose! plays Montreal with first EP in two years
What keeps a band who hasn’t released an album in two years relevant? If you’re Holler, Wild Rose! it’s an unending series of gigs, and a Radiohead-reminiscent appeal that still feels new. In 2007, Holler, Wild Rose! released Our Little Hymnal, their most recent LP. Toted as one of the year’s best albums, it’s hard not to wonder why there hasn’t been a follow-up. Lead singer John Mosloskie cites full-time employment as a reason, but promises a next album to be “record[ed] towards the end of this year” with most of it already written. “I would love to be able to record and create,” he says. At this point, it’s more “logistics” than lack of desire. For Holler, Wild Rose! time away from the studio has been a chance to get their name out into the ears of the public, “hitting blogs [and] online publications.” What was originally a foursome (Mosloskie, drummer Ryan Smyth, bassist Scott Vangenderen, and guitarist Ryan Cheresnick) has become, over the years, seven with the addition of Mosloskie’s sister Morgan as keyboardist, as well as rhythm guitarist Lou D’Elia and newest member Steve Oyola on guitar. Fresh out of Jersey, Mosloskie says the band often comes up against some “unfair media stereotypes” borne of TV shows like “The Sopranos,” but stays true to his Jersey roots. “What our music will do is give us a little cred,” he assures me. Besides, Jersey’s not all bad, “there are mountains and oceans and it’s good here,” he says, so I accuse him of sounding like a travel brochure. He laughs, and in that moment I realize that he is the voice behind the band. “I’m just getting over a cold,” he says defensively, “Although, I did say I would be honest. This is pretty much what I sound like normally.” So, what’s the significance of Holler, Wild Rose! and where did all the punctuation come from? Like all bands there came a time when things had to change. The band, then called A Dive, “were at this show, supposed to play at 11.” Mosloskie remembers, “the time just kept getting pushed back, we all got really frustrated [and] started taking it out on each other. “It got pretty heated,” he admits. “We all believed in the music,” and in the end, it “opened our eyes to the need. [...] It was just that song [Holler, Wild Rose!], the direction of the music, something we had to pursue.” They changed the name, and they didn’t look back. To this day, they close all shows with Holler, Wild Rose! and it’s Mosloskie’s favourite song to perform. This week, they’ll be coming to Canada for a second time since their inaugural trek in 2007. This time, the band will be touring with a new four song EP, The Yarn, which includes a live song and a previously unreleased instrumental. “Montreal was a great show,” he remembers, and when asked to describe his band’s live show, had only one thing to say: “a wall of sound.” I know Mosloskie’s “excited to come back,” so you should get excited to see them. http://www.thelinknewspaper.ca/articles/1064
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March 14, 2009 - Saturday
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Holler, Wild Rose! - Our Little Hymnal

http://itsnotthebandihateitstheirfans.blogspot.com/2009/03/contest-holler-wild-rose-prize-pack.html It's no secret that, although I do enjoy a catchy hook and a simple melody, nothing impresses me more than an artist that has the guts to stretch beyond the masses' collective acceptance of stagnant music forms. New Jersey's Holler, Wild Rose! have released a magnificent album in Our Little Hymnal by doing just that. Admittedly, the album's epic length coupled with its minimalistic approach does require a bit of patience, but the payoff is well worth the effort. John Mosloskie's voice has a certain Jeff Buckley-esque strain to it, while the music is reminiscent of early Verve and perhaps a touch of Sigur Rós. What blows me away about the songs on this release is their ability to completely suck you in to the point where you literally get lost in their coherent atmosphere. One example is the album's 12 minute center piece called Poor In Spirit. The track's use of space and controlled (i.e. - not rushed) timing creates an air of grand seraphic tranquility which actually managed to hold my attention, despite its length. Other songs on the album such as Holler, Wild Rose and Mary Lawn Hair are a wonderful mix of cacophony and serenity, shifting back and forth in a way that is challenging, yes, but never jarring. Captive Train includes some Road To Nowhere-type choral harmonies accompanied by in and out psychedelia and uplifting percussion. Sun Vines is perhaps the poppiest song on the album, perhaps like a bluesy Shins, although it still clocks in at just shy of 7 minutes enabling it the room to breathe, which aids in the song's overall excellence. By the time you get to the album's hushed closer Promise Braid, you've completed a fulfilling ambient journey, a passionate art rock experience that you just can't wait to embark upon again. As you can tell from my previous reviews of other bands, I've never been one to hide the fact that one of the greatest travesties of the CD age is an artist's need to extend an album's length much longer than necessary. Holler, Wild Rose! is the exception to that thought. Although Our Little Hymnal is over an hour in length, I feel that it never lags, and there are so many ideas flowing throughout the disc, that the length seems just enough to accurately capture the mood. Our Little Hymnal is actually almost a couple of years old now and the band is preparing to release a new EP entitled The Yarn EP. It sounds like they're taking a slightly more southern blues approach this time around.
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