American band
Audrye Sessions was an American indie rock band fronted by Ryan Karazija .[ 1]
History
Audrye Sessions was founded in 2002 by singer Ryan Karazija , who was later joined by Alicia Marie Campbell.[ 1] Soon after, Michael Knox joined the band through a Craigslist ad. They began playing coffeehouses in their hometown of Livermore , California . In a San Francisco Chronicle profile, they described themselves as having a "very Brit-rock feel like The Beatles meet Muse ."[ 2] The band has been compared to Muse, Coldplay , Oasis , Radiohead , and The Verve .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
In 2007 they won a spot on Live 105 's BFD summer concert, and played at San Francisco's Noise Pop and Austin's SXSW music festivals. Their final line-up consisted of Karazija, Campbell, Knox, and James Leste. Musicians who also performed or toured with Audrye Sessions include violinist Anton Patzner and drummer Alex Feldman.
They released a self-titled Audrye Sessions EP in October 2008 through Black Seal , a unit of RCA Records . The band's self-titled full-length album was released on February 17, 2009.[ 7] In the fall of 2009, they recorded "Turn Me Off" in Simlish . The song was later featured in The Sims 3: World Adventures , the first expansion pack for The Sims 3 .[ 8]
Their music was featured in the television show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew .[ 9] In the summer of 2010, they released an EP called An Otherwise Perfect Day . On August 24, 2010, the band performed their final show in Oakland. Ryan Karazija subsequently relocated to Reykjavík, Iceland and started the new band Low Roar .[ 10]
Discography
Albums
Audrye Sessions (2009), Black Seal
EPs
References
^ a b O'Donnell, Kevin (2009) "Breaking: Audrye Sessions ", Rolling Stone , February 18, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2013
^ Vigil, Delfin (June 7, 2007). "Bandwidth / Audrye Sessions" . San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved November 22, 2011 .
^ Birchmeier, Jason "Audrye Sessions Biography ", Allmusic . Retrieved April 15, 2013
^ "The Buzz On: Audrye Sessions ", MTV , February 13, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2013
^ Currie, Ross (2008) "Thanksgiving Eve with Audrye Sessions ", phillyist.com, November 26, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2013
^ Brown, August (2009) "Audrye Session "Audrye Sessions" ", Los Angeles Times , January 13, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2013
^ Jones Wright, Lavinia (2009) "Audrye Sessions - Audrye Sessions ", Billboard , February 21, 2009, p. 34. Retrieved April 15, 2013
^ The Sims 3 World Adventures Gets an All-Star Soundtrack - IGN , 13 October 2009, retrieved 2020-02-25
^ "Album Review: Low Roar" . Best New Bands . 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2020-02-25 .
^ "Low Roar | Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2020-02-25 .
External links
International National Artists