Get Ready For RTB2 & NX35!

In honor of the opening of the excellent NX35 Conferette in Denton, we have a band that will be sharing a showcase stage with none other than Carrie Rodriguez. Interesting pairing, since her light as a feather sound will provide quite the contrast with RTB2′s anvil-like stomping of the showcase stage. I’ll be on hand this year, covering the festival for The Dallas Observer, as I also did last year.

For those of you who like your blues electric, forceful and more than a tad face-melting, you gotta get all up on Denton, TX’s RTB2 (Myspace). Consisting of Ryan Thomas Becker on lead vocals and guitar along with Grady Don Sandlin on drums, this electro-blues duo has been pounding a serious pulse in the North Texas region for a few years now. They have a new, live EP coming out entitled, In People.

This was recorded at last year’s NX35 set, which I was at, by the way. I was impressed by their energy and also by Becker’s commanding stage presence. Be sure to catch them at this year’s NX35 festival if you can, but not if you prefer to keep your face from melting off.

LISTEN: RTB2 – “When Hammer Hits Stone” (from their live EP, In People)

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LISTEN: RTB2 – “Wire to the Walls” (From their live EP, In People)

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RTB2 – “When Hammer Hits Stone” Super 8mm from Andy LaViolette on Vimeo.

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