Archive for May, 2008

Augustana Official Site Update

By Crystal • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Band News

If you haven’t checked it out already, AugustanaMusic.Com (Augustana’s Official Site) has had tons of updates! There is a new forum there as well as some great fan stuff. Everyone should definitely go take a look!



Video Blog Update

By Crystal • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Band News, Media Alerts

Check out the band’s YouTube channel for a video blog update on the Sweet and Low Cover Challenge!
Description:
Augustana playing video games and talking about their new YouTube competition where you can win a chance to hang out with the band by uploading your best cover of Sweet and Low.



Gothic Theatre - 05/10/2008

By Crystal • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Concert News

Source: DenverPost.Com
Make sure to check the above link for the photos!
Excerpt:
“God-fearing rockers Augustana makes the kind of music that reminds you of Keane, which reminds you of the Fray, which reminds you of Coldplay.
Piano-fronted rock ‘n’ roll is still hot, o yes. Just wait to see the numbers the next Coldplay record does.
Augustana made a […]



Review: Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt, Can’t Get Enough

By Crystal • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Album News

Source: Daily49er.Com
After two years, Augustana’s sophomore album reinstates the band as a force to be reckoned with.
Laura Herbage
Issue date: 5/14/08 Section: Diversions
We all have a soundtrack to our lives or at least what we would envision to be the perfect walk-away melody to the worst heartbreak. Augustana has hit this mark once again with the […]



Review: Augustana - Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt

By Crystal • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Album News

Source: World on the Web
Written by David Sessions
May 14, 2008
While the debate rages over whose shoulders will next be draped in the cloak of Bruce Springsteen (will it be Win Butler? Or OMG, maybe Jeff Tweedy?), another band has been quietly peddling a pop-ified brand of rootsy American pop-rock to the folks who will probably […]



Interview: “Augustana Driven to Succeed”

By Crystal • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Band News

Source: The Freelance Star
BY JESSE SCOTT
FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR
Even while dealing with a broken-down tour bus somewhere out in rural Idaho, Jared Palomar kept the same cool that has made his band cherished by so many.
Eventually, a white rental van came and rescued Palomar and his Augustana band mates and got them safely to their […]