Sheepdogs on the cover of Rolling Stone

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:15 pm

This is fucking great.

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After months of competition and over 1.5 million votes cast online, the wait is over: The Sheepdogs have become the first unsigned band ever to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone. The Canadian boogie rock revivalists, who have been touring relentlessly throughout North America for six years, beat out 15 other bands for the grand prize, which includes a contract with Atlantic Records along with their faces on the cover of the August 18th issue of the magazine.

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DumpJack · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:21 pm

The author of the piece on the Sheepdogs annoyed the fuck out of me, but yeah, still play the shit out of the album so I'm glad to see them on top, regardless of their ethnicity.

Finch Platte · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:37 pm

Lol- touring with Kings Of Leon. Good luck with that!

Edit: Wouldn't have minded seeing Lelia on the cover, tho.

bort · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:47 pm

I like the new album. Every song is a little bit of something - Beatles, Stones, CCR, Three Dog Night, Doors, etc.

shiv · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:50 pm

shiv Wrote:

That Sheepdogs album is for people who've just given up.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:16 pm

Ume was robbed!

discostu · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:44 am

I dug Romany Rye from the contest
http://www.rollingstone.com/choosetheco ... romany-rye
http://www.theromanyrye.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/the-ROMA ... 7330770659

reg/Americana rockers will dig as well.

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:55 am

Elvis Fu Wrote:

Ume was robbed!

THIS

catswilleatyou · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:54 pm

first time i've ever heard sheepdogs and i kind of like it

mcaputo · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:27 pm

Plspostlinkthx

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:36 pm

let's hope they don't end up looking and sounding this in a few years.

discostu · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:44 pm

Dalen Wrote:

let's hope they don't end up looking and sounding this in a few years.

that's pretty grey. :banana:

mcaputo · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:36 pm

I gave it a listen last night. I could almost smell the pot smoke wafting in the air. Back in the late 60's & 70's bands like this were a dime a dozen playing free shows every weekend either at Provo Park in Berkeley or in Golden Gate Park.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:19 am

Finally getting around to hearing this, and it's not very good. I feel like I'm being put on or something. I guess there are moments, but only a few so far (9 songs in) have been good moments. There's some shitty playing and singing on this, some way-too-deep reverb on the vocals that even Fleet Foxes would've backed up off of, and it just sounds like 60's fetish pap to me. Am I already a cranky old man? It's not offensive, but... the cover of Rolling Stone?

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:50 am

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Finally getting around to hearing this, and it's not very good. I feel like I'm being put on or something. I guess there are moments, but only a few so far (9 songs in) have been good moments. There's some shitty playing and singing on this, some way-too-deep reverb on the vocals that even Fleet Foxes would've backed up off of, and it just sounds like 60's fetish pap to me. Am I already a cranky old man? It's not offensive, but... the cover of Rolling Stone?

Yup.

bort · **Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:31 pm

oh, it's total fluff. i don't know anything about the band or their intent but it's gotta be intentionally derivative. I'm not hearing the reverb vocals. I think it's fun!

Sheepdogs on the cover of Rolling Stone

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