The Format August 24, 2007

The Format, featuring Sam Means and Nate Ruess, is a pop music duo from Arizona. Known for its experimental style of rock, Steel Train is on a fast track to success. Piebald is an emocore band from Andover, MA, that came together as high schoolers in the mid-'90s and became a staple of the Boston indie scene throughout that decade. The group presents a lighthearted spin on typical emo values, offering such song titles as 'Fat and Skinny Asses.' Reubens Accomplice captures the paradox of the desert in their songs -- the sense of echoing loneliness and at the same time the overwhelming beauty of it. Reubens Accomplice are Phoenix's best kept secret -- a band with enough potential to blow right through the paper-thin layer right above them.