Bull City
Bull City
Durham, NC
Rock / Southern Rock / Powerpop
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Durham, NC rock and roll band Bull City melds the twin universes of heady, precise indie rock and Southern-fried classic rock. Hometown heroes who have honed their chops in many other bands in the Chapel Hill/Raleigh/Durham ‘Triangle' music scene, the four members of Bull City bring equal amounts of inspired songcraft, sonic invention and to put it quite simply, "the rock."
Rich Ivey of the Independent Weekly wrote:
"Like the sonically similar Wilco, Durham's Bull City melds the pop cognizance of Alex Chilton, the face-peeling passion of Neil Young and the empirical studio slight-handedness of Jim O'Rourke. And while Ex-Ashley Stove and Bull City guitarist/vocalist Jim Brantley certainly wanders the same hook-laden turf as Jeff Tweedy, he isn't emulating. Instead, Bull City's first EP (barring an early CD-R), Guns & Butter, is a stunning execution of how rewarding Southern music can be when next generation indie rockers gaze at the Archers and Allmans with equal admiration...Is there a Grammy for kicking ass?”
Although Bull City is a new band, formed in May of 2006, the voyage of the members to get to this point has been long and often incredible. Jim recorded and toured with THE ASHLEY STOVE (Merge Records) and has developed a cult following for THE BRANTLEY FAMILY BAND. John Kurtz recorded and played with FISHING FOR YOUR GIRLFRIEND. Lance Westerlund has recently been heard with MY DEAR ELLA. Scott Carle was recently a member of MARAT (Morisen Records), and played for many years in DILLON FENCE Mammoth/Atlantic) and later with COLLAPSIS (Cherry/ Universal) – all groups that toured constantly and enjoyed worldwide exposure and recognition.
Bull City's debut record Guns & Butter has already garnered extensive airplay on college radio (WXDU, WXYC, WQFS, WKNC, WUAG) and commercial radio (96 Rock). The band's exuberant live set, unpretentious attitude, dedicated work ethic, and warm embrace of “the internets” are quickly translating into a steadily growing audience, and Bull City is steadily working their way onto larger stages across the Southeast.
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