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EndEffect Rocks Homegrown Picks Poll

Jade Green — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:00:22 +0000

Congrats to the guys from EndEffect…for winning yet another rotation on 99x! The band from Waco, Texas, had their song “Useless” featured after winning the August 20th Homegrown Picks poll. Hope you enjoy hearing “Harlot” this coming week. Here’s that tune, in case you can’t wait until Monday!:

Allison RED vs. Memory of a Melody vs. EndEffect – Homegrown Picks of the New Year

Jade Green — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:59:28 +0000

Happy New Year, Rockaholics!! I know you’ve missed this, right? We’ve got some newcomers for 2013, and one that rocked the voting numbers last time we posted their song. This is our Texas Rock Showcase! Vote for your favorite once a day, all week long, through midnight Saturday. The winner gets in the 99x rotation [...]

Jessica Seven Wins Homegrown Poll By One Vote

Jade Green — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:11:52 +0000

Sadly, it was a low voting week, but we do have a winner. There was a one-vote difference between our top two contenders, but in the end Jessica Seven won themselves 99x rotation. Congrats to these Arkansas rockers! Don’t forget, no new poll next week due to Christmas Eve and Day, but I’ll have some [...]

Tyler, Texans 'The Truman Syndrome' Win 99X Rotation

Jade Green — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:29:23 +0000

Congrats to Tyler, Texas band The Truman Syndrome – our latest Homegrown Picks of the Week winners! You can hear their new tune “Overcome” in the 99X rotation this coming week. Check back here on Monday for a brand new poll and some new local tunes! If you just can’t wait ’til Monday to hear The Truman Syndrome‘s [...]

This Day Forth vs. The Truman Syndrome vs. Six Bullet Roulette – Homegrown Picks of the Week

Jade Green — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:26:07 +0000

It's a hard-rockin' Texas showdown this week! This Day Forth, The Truman Syndrome and Six Bullet Roulette haven't made an appearance on the Homegrown poll in a while because they've been working on all-new songs. And here they are!

Tyler Lenius vs. Self Illusion vs. Irene & the Sleepers – Homegrown Picks of the Week

Jade Green — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:00:57 +0000

Some brand-new tunes – and one brand-new act to these polls – are featured this week.We’ve got a teen from Texas, and two rockin’ groups from Louisiana on the lineup. Vote for your favorite once a day through Friday, and listen for the winner in light rotation next week on the “awesomest” rock station around, [...]

Dorian's Fall vs. Jessica Seven vs. Arkay – Homegrown Picks of the Week

Jade Green — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:33:54 +0000

After a week off for Thanksgiving, you’re ready to get to voting again, right? Here’s a special “Second Chance Showdown” — three bands who were very close runners-up in their previous Homegrown Picks contests. We think they deserve another shot at 99x fame. Vote for your favorite once a day all week long. The winner gets [...]

Blues-Rocker Wes Jeans Wins Homegrown Picks Poll

Jade Green — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:00:13 +0000

Congrats to east Texan Wes Jeans, the latest winner in the Homegrown Picks of the Week poll. You can hear the live version of his tune “Devil in Me” in light rotation starting tomorrow on 99x! Pretty close contest this week — and thanks for all your votes! I’ll have a brand new poll posted [...]

Trepid – Those 'Crazy Ass B____es' Won 99x Rotation

Jade Green — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Congrats to the Trepid gang, who reinvented themselves with a new singer and drummer and came out on top in the latest Homegrown Picks of the Week poll. “Crazy Ass B____es” will pop up in the 99x rotation starting tomorrow! If you’d like to preview it now…take a listen!

Breaktime for Francis vs. Shayliff vs. Jonny Pecker – Homegrown Picks of the Week

Jade Green — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:06:31 +0000

It’s a Natchitoches-Stonewall-east Texas match-up this week! And these are all bands that have either recently played a 99x show…or are about to. So get your votes in! Remember, you can vote once a day all week (Monday through Friday) – and the winner gets light rotation on 99x NEXT week. The poll closes at [...]

Can't Kill the Ugly – Our Latest Homegrown Picks Winner

Jade Green — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:00:50 +0000

Congratulations to the Tyler, Texas, guys from Can’t Kill the Ugly…they came out ahead in this week’s Homegrown Picks of the Week poll. You can catch them in light rotation beginning Monday on 99x! Check back for a brand new poll to appear here on the website sometime tomorrow, as well. Then vote for the [...]

Chasing Daylight Wins the Homegrown Poll

Jade Green — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:36:33 +0000

Congrats to the guys from Chasing Daylight…they’ve won a spot in the 99x rotation this week, after running away with the votes in the latest Homegrown Picks poll! These guys from West Monroe put on an incredibly entertaining show (hope you got to catch them at The American Tragedy/Cowboy Mouth after-Revel party at Riverside Warehouse [...]

Nothing More vs. Hounds of Jezebel vs. Chasing Daylight — Homegrown Picks of the Week

Jade Green — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:37:28 +0000

Another awesome round of Homegrown voting this week. We’ve got Nothing More from San Antonio, Texas, Hounds of Jezebel (some of these guys are from right here in Shreveport-Bossier, but based out of Houston, Texas) and Chasing Daylight from West Monroe. The poll closes at midnight Saturday, so get your votes in! And congrats once more [...]

The Truman Syndrome – Our Latest Homegrown Pick of the Week

Jade Green — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:00:21 +0000

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. Be listening for “You Will Find” in light rotation on 99x! Enjoy the tune here until then! I’ll have a brand new poll posted for you by noon tomorrow, so [...]

Signum A.D. Comes Out Ahead in Homegrown Poll

Jade Green — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:08:21 +0000

Congrats to the guys from Signum A.D….they pulled in the most votes, and won themselves light rotation on 99x this week! Of course, today’s a holiday…so be listening for them to show up some time tomorrow. These guys are from all over…but our good friend Sammy Vincent is singing for ‘em. You might remember him [...]

Language Room vs. Pandemic vs. Calling All War – Homegrown Picks of the Week

Jade Green — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:11:28 +0000

Congrats to last week's winner, Throwing Gravity (featuring our local guy Nick James!). Listen for "Here We Go Again" to pop up in the 99x rotation this week!

Branching out a little for this week's contest...taking it down to New Orleans, and over to Austin and Dallas, Texas. Remember, you can vote once per day, so make sure you tell all your friends to check out this week's lineup!

Throwing Gravity vs. BuiltForSpeed vs. Dawn Over Zero — Homegrown Picks of the Week

Jade Green — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:00:14 +0000

We didn’t get near enough votes in last week’s poll. This was the first week of “vote-once-a-day”! I wasn’t happy with the results, but I’m going to give it one more go and see if we can get bigger numbers this time around. That being said, we DO have a definite winner for last week’s [...]

Homegrown Picks of the Week…Weeee're Baaaack!

Jade Green — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:00:08 +0000

Okay, so Homegrown actually took TWO weeks off. Hope you didn’t miss it too badly! But it’s back, with some killer Texas rock while I’m waiting on some locals to finish up their new CDs. Here’s some fresh meat — hope you enjoy! For a little something new (and to test out how hardcore ya’ll [...]

Homegrown Picks of the Week – Our Biggest Winners

Jade Green — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:00:22 +0000

Week 20 was a great voting week…more than 1,500 total votes! Our winner this week is….Gabriel’s Last Breath! The guys are awesome, and I’m looking forward to hearing their tune “The Book” on 99x this week. Gonna do something WAAAY different THIS week. Instead of bringing you an all NEW lineup, or bringing back some previous contenders [...]

Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 19…METAL WEEK!

Jade Green — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:00:30 +0000

Great voting week for round 18, gang! Not a record, but way better than the previous week. It was a close one, but the winner is American Swindle. The guys won by just over 100 votes. We'll be playing their tune "X's for Eyes" on 99x this wee