Congrats to the guys from The Truman Syndrome...they'll be taking over our airwaves beginning Monday, after coming out ahead in the latest Homegrown Picks poll.
Time for a new round of Homegrown picks!
First, congrats again to last week's winner...Pandemic from Mandeville, Louisiana! Listen for them in light rotation on 99x all this week!
Now, we've got a local, and and a couple from Texas (Beauty in Chaos from Shreveport, The Truman Syndrome from Tyler, and Distant Lights from Austin). Vote for your favorite once a day, every day, and whoever wins get
This week we've got Opium Symphony and Dawn Over Zero from Dallas, Texas, and our "homegrown" boys Pandemic from Mandeville, who are hopefully doing OK after the hurricane.
Congrats go out again to EndEffect, last week's winner! Listen for "Useless" in light rotation on 99x this week! Three more awesome bands on this week's list -- two from Texas, and one from everywhere! But that one features a Louisiana guy, which is why I included it on this week's poll...
Congrats to our latest Homegrown Picks winner...EndEffect! The guys ran away with the majority of last week's votes. Be sure to listen for "Useless" in light 99x rotation starting today. If you just can't wait...enjoy the tune posted below...
Congrats to the Tyler, Texas, guys from Rockett Queen...they pulled up from behind and knocked out the competition in last week's Homegrown Picks poll.
Has it been 20 weeks already? Congrats to last week's winner, Expletive. Listen for "Chicago Jesus" on 99x this week!
Now, how about some fresh meat? These bands aren't from Shreveport-Bossier, but they're close. Time to showcase a couple bands I was recently introduced to, and one that I haven't seen in a while. Hopefully they come back soon.
As always, you can vote for your favorite as
Hmm...pretty pathetic voting week last time, guys. Three ABSOLUTELY amazing bands, and it was THE LOWEST VOTING WEEK EVER! I'm disappointed...but I am happy to say that we do have a definite winner (and I really would have been thrilled if either of the others had won, too...
Wow! This week's poll numbers beat last week's! Nice job, rockaholics!! Still not THE record...but now number two. Our winner came out more than 1,000 votes ahead of the next-highest...congrats to Saints Order! You can catch "The Fallen" on 99x this week...
Congrats to Nottaway, last week's Picks winner by an overwhelming margin! Listen for "Where Do I Belong?" this week on 99x!! Now for another Ark-La-Tex Show-down! You've heard all three of these bands on the Homegrown show at some point...