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<b><span style="font-size:27.0pt">WHEELER BROTHERS Sweep the Austin Music Awards with 5 wins including BEST NEW BAND</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:16.0pt"> <img width="470" height="313" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD01E2.893263B0" alt="WheelerBrothers_general1_Todd V Wolfson HR"></span></i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Indie-Americana five-piece,
<b>Wheeler Brothers</b>,<b> </b>are feeling the love in Austin today with the news that they will take home 5 Austin Music Awards tonight, including the prestigious
<b>Best New Band</b> award! Full list of winnings includes: Best New Band, Best Roots Rock Band, Nolan Wheeler for Best Acoustic Guitar, Tyler Wheeler for Best Bass and A.J. Molyneaux for Best Miscellaneous Instrument for lap steel. Their label,
<b>Bismeaux Records</b>, snagged the Best Local Label award and <b>Wheeler Brothers</b> also came in as runners up for Best Producer, Mark Hallman, for
<i>Portraits, </i>and Best Folk Band.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">With a flurry of praise from such outlets as
<i>AOL Spinner, AmericanSongwriter.com, <a href="http://artistdirect.com/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">ArtistDirect.com</span></a>,
<a href="http://huffingtonpost.com/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">HuffingtonPost.com</span></a>
</i>and <i>Daytrotter, </i>and their national television debut with <b><i>Last Call with Carson Daly
</i></b>coming up, <b>Wheeler Brothers </b>are making some fantastic noise around the release of their debut album,
<b><i>Portraits </i></b>(Bismeaux Records). As <a href="http://artistdirect.com/">
<i><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">ArtistDirect.com</span></i></a><i>
</i>so poetically put it, <i>“There might be some kind of magic in the Lone Star state's air because the group's debut, Portraits, is a pensive, powerful, and poetic indie rock opus… If a picture is worth a thousand words, Portraits may be worth a million…”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">The Brothers will be performing several sets at SXSW this week before heading back out on tour through the Spring – don’t miss the BEST NEW BAND in Austin!
<u>Full SXSW details and tour dates are below.</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Formed in Austin, TX,
<b>the Wheeler Brothers </b>are made up of brothers <b>Nolan </b>(guitar/piano/vocals),
<b>Tyler </b>(bass) and <b>Patrick Wheeler </b>(drums) along with <b>Danny Matthews
</b>(guitar/vocals), and <b>A.J. Molyneaux </b>(lap steel/guitar/vocals). Their debut album,
<b><i>Portraits</i></b><i>, </i>features sing along, guitar driven jams with clear, crisp vocals and plenty of down-home Southern twang. They have quickly emerged as one of Austin’s most exciting up-and-coming bands whose style is described as “ball-of-fire
Americana” by the <i>Austin Chronicle.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Praise for <i>Portraits:</i></span></u></b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt"> </span></u></i><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt">“…mixing country rock guitars with warm, rootsy vocals. Portraits stakes out ground somewhere in the vast space between Band of Horses and the Avett Brothers.” –
<b>Austin American Statesman</b></span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt">“Through 11 fiery roots-influenced cuts, the Brothers bare their songwriting chops with an addictive sense of bravado and cerebral storytelling... Seemingly a bottomless pit of musical vision, Portraits is a debut that shows
this band’s melodic wellspring already bubbling over.” – <b>Elmore Magazine</b></span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt">“…ball-of-fire Americana and fueled by expansive musical backgrounds…” –
<b>Austin Chronicle</b></span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt">“Wheeler Brothers are a rough-and-tumble tribe from Austin, Texas… they chug their guitars with the gusto of a locomotive…” –
<b>AOL Spinner</b></span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt">“Rooted in the many shades of Americana, the Austin-based quintet isn't afraid of borrowing from the past and joins an increasing number of groups such as the Head and the Heart and Fleet Foxes in carving a new sound into indie's
vast sonic landscape.” – <b>Washington Post</b></span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">· Official video for
<b>“Spent Time” </b>at <i>AOL Spinner <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2012/01/03/wheeler-brothers-spent-time-video-premiere/">
<b><span style="color:#0000F6;font-style:normal">HERE</span></b></a></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">· Official video for
<b>“Home for the Holidays” </b>featuring actor Art LaFleur (The Sandlot, Field of Dreams) and directed by Christian Sorensen Hansen (The Head in the Heart, Fences, Atmosphere)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S48g-ACGt6o"><b><span style="color:#0000F6">HERE</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">· LIVE performance of
<b>“Sleep When I’m Dead” <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NZGQxaExpo"><span style="color:#0000F6">HERE</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">· LIVE performance of
<b>“Ghost in the Valley” <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfp3Y5cZfMw"><span style="color:#0000F6">HERE</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">· LIVE performance of
<b>“Portraits” <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGcx4bvPL70"><span style="color:#0000F6">HERE</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Wheeler Brothers Announced 2012 Tour Dates</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">3/14/12 Austin, TX @ SXSW – Music Fog Marathon, Threadgill’s World Headquarters @ 2:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">Austin TX @ SWSW – Texas Music Office SXSW Party, Rattle Inn @ 6:30 (Invite Only)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">3/15/12 Austin, TX @ SXSW – Austin Independent Radio day party, the Dogwood @ 3:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">Lonestar Music Stage day party, St. Vincent de Paul @ 6:45 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">3/16/12 Austin, TX @ SXSW – Township Records party, Kenny Dorham’s Backyard @ 4:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">New Frontier Touring party, Skinny’s Ballroom @ 1:00 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">3/17/12 Austin, TX @ SXSW – ATX Event Systems party, Cheers Shot Bar @ 4:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">3/23/12 Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">3/24/12 Lubbock, TX @ The Blue Light Live<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">3/28/12 Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">3/29/12 Greenville, SC @ Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">3/30/12 Asheville, NC @ Jack of the Wood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">3/31/12 Charlotte, NC @ Evening Muse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">4/1/12 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">4/3/12 Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">4/5/12 Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Café<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">4/7/12 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Green Room<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">4/12/12 Lubbock, TX @ The Blue Light Live<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">4/13/12 Lubbock, TX @ Old Town/New Town<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">4/20/12 Driftwood, TX @ Old Settlers Music Fest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">5/4/12 Southern Pines, NC @ First Friday<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">5/6/12 Knoxville, TN @ Barley’s Taproom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">5/9/12 Nashville, TN @ Loveless Café<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="http://wheelerbrothersmusic.com/"><span style="color:#0000F6">http://wheelerbrothersmusic.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wheelerbrothersmusic"><span style="color:#0000F6">http://www.myspace.com/wheelerbrothersmusic</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">For more information on WHEELER BROTHERS contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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