The Wild Northern began as a four-piece indie rock group comprised of members Brian Gallagher (Lead Guitar & Vox), Jim Abdon (Bass), Andy Guerini (Drums) hailing from Boston, MA and Roland Eckstein (Lead Vox & Guitar)from New York City. While some might view this as an insurmountable divide, TWN has opted to take advantage of it, becoming Greyhound Busline's most valued customers and establishing themselves amongst two incredibly active and supportive home fan-bases in two of the most dynamic and exciting music scenes in the world.

Having grown up in New Jersey, Eckstein's writing style is heavily influenced by that of Springsteen and the sounds of the Jersey Shore, where he cut his teeth as the house band at the Stone Pony in the local Jersey group The Rum Runners. He and Gallagher finished out college in the town's premiere bar band, working in original material and soon looked to add Guerini and Abdon to the fold in order to realize the full potential of their sound.

In the months leading up to the release of their debut album, the band added a fifth member in Jim "Big Cat" Fitzgerald. A multi-talented Banjo player/Guitarist, Jim adds versatility and height to the group, bringing out the folk roots that Eckstein and Gallagher grew up with.

The Wild Northern released their debut full length, "The Whiskey Season" on January 5th, 2013 and is currently playing shows in the Northeast in support of the release, which can be found on ITunes, Spotify, Amazon, and others.

Faced with an increasingly stagnant post-hardcore landscape, Philadelphia-based five-piece 20 Days In formed in June 2010 as an effort to channel a wide range of influences toward a new, unique, and accessible direction. The result has yielded a sound that is both refreshingly diverse and comfortingly familiar in its innovative union of post-hardcore, indie, and alternative rock.

20 Days In's bold strides have been received warmly, calling to mind for many the qualities of Circa Survive, Tool, Dance Gavin Dance, and Avenged Sevenfold, among many others. With such a broad and rich array of techniques and influences to draw from, it is impossible to predict precisely how 20 Days In will sound next, but one thing is certain: you haven't heard anything quite like it before. 

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