See Cavashawn's recent feature in Best of the Chicago Music Scene in
SPIN Magazine Online.
- As heard on the Oxygen Network's Bad Girls Club.
- Recently featured in Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago's RedEye, and Time Out New York.
- Named a "Top Unsigned Artist" by MySpace.
- "Secret Satisfaction" is Track 1 on the Tank Farm "Future Sounds" Compliation, distributed with over 10,000 articles of Tank Farm clothing across the U.S. in stores like Urban Outfitters, PacSun, Nordstrom, and Macys.
- We were named a 2009 "Emerging Artist of the Day" by Summerfest.
- "Secret Satisfaction" was featured as Track 2 on the Summerfest compliation CD, 10K copies were passed out at Summerfest this year.
- Named one of the "Top 5 Most Popular Chicago Bands" by the Deli Magazine Chicago.
- And here's a video of live footage from our 4 hugely successful CD release shows in Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee:
This Chicago pop/rock outfit has quickly built their impressive regional
fanbase from the ground up, one-by-one, through great songs, tight
energetic live performances, and a tireless work ethic.
"That's not to say Cavashawn is music to shuffle your shoes and lament to.
It's high-octane, melody-based pop with a punk edge that is best embodied
in a frenetic live show." - Chicago Sun-Times (Jan 16, 2009)
"Like many modern musicians, local quartet Cavashawn relies heavily on
the Internet to get its name out. Unlike most, however, the band approaches
its online strategy as relentlessly as a competitive eater bearing down on a
platter of chicken wings." - The Chicago Tribune (Jan 16, 2009)
"I don't know what it is in the Windy City's water, but it seems like the region
knows how to consistently produce quality pop-rock bands - with Cavashawn
being no exception." - The Daily Chorus (Oct 16th, 2008)
“If you're doing what you love with best friends, working hard at it and seeing
it pay off, well, I don’t think it can really get any better”, explains Cavashawn’s
lead singer and songwriter Scott Salmon. As the Chicago 4-piece preps for the
release of their new EP Cavashawn (White), the guys are enjoying themselves.
It’s confidence they’ve earned by putting the time in. It’s an assurance that
comes from spending dozens of months building a committed fan-base, years
honing their musical craft, and a lifetime studying the rock greats.
“The Beatles are the foundation for everything, as far as we’re concerned”,
explains Salmon, who spent hundreds of obsessive hours this past year polish-
ing his songwriting chops. “We’ve worn the needle of our record player thin
playing Meet The Beatles, Abbey Road and everything in between. They set an
incredible standard for melody, stardom, and experimentation that never ceases
to amaze us.”
This is a quartet that knows their musical roots. Salmon’s classic, infectious
melodies, accompanied by Chris Hellmann’s soaring guitars and the pounding,
uber-tight rhythm section duo of Benton Kubicki (bass) and Jesse Feister (drums)
create a modern pop/rock sound with a nod towards the past. While the music
is clearly steeped in the tradition of great Beatles-worshiping rock groups like
Badfinger, Cheap Trick, Oasis, and Weezer., this may or may not be lost on the
growing hoards of teenagers pushing their way to the front at concerts in cities
across the Midwest. After walking on stage to a sea of screaming girls at a recent
headlining Chicago date, Salmon went as far as to jokingly introduce the band
as “The Jonas Brothers”.
But unlike the assembled “top-down” pop stars of the Playstation Generation,
Cavashawn has made a name for themselves in the Midwest by becoming one
of the hardest working, most effective social networking bands in the country,
amassing a staggering number of fans across a variety of platforms, MySpacing,
Facebooking, Twittering, and blogging their way to notoriety. The group is
persistent and driven, and major media outlets are starting to take notice.
MySpace recently named Cavashawn one of the top unsigned bands in the
country, and their impressive work ethic has been praised by both The Chicago
Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times. Milwaukee’s massive music festival Summer-
fest named them one of the festival’s emerging artists of 2009, featuring them
prominently on their widely distributed festival compilation disk.
While these are hefty accomplishments for what has barely been 12 months,
Cavashawn’s roots run a bit deeper. After years of cutting their teeth playing
cities and college towns across the Midwest under various names, the band
moved from college-town Ohio to Chicago in late 2007. They got to work
immediately, recording over the winter and releasing the 4-song Cavashawn
(Black) in March of 2008. After a year of toughing it out on the road and building
fans across the Midwest, the music managed to find it’s way to the West Coast.
When their tunes caught the ear of Santa Monica-based producer Jim Wirt (Incubus,
Hoobastank, Jack’s Mannequin) the band headed to California and recorded
their forthcoming EP Cavashawn (White). The result is an upbeat pop/rock gem
full of sing-along choruses and big guitars, making it a perfect succinct summer
soundtrack.
Despite a healthy buzz and what is undoubtedly a blossoming future in the
making, Cavashawn seems content to keep working hard and enjoy the ride.
“We started doing this together when we were teenagers in high school, too
young to care about careers or where it would go. And somehow we’re still at
it”, explains drummer Feister. “If you follow your gut, you never know where life
will take you.”
This is a quartet that knows their musical roots. Salmon’s classic, infectious
melodies, accompanied by Chris Hellmann’s soaring guitars and the pounding,
uber-tight rhythm section duo of Benton Kubicki (bass) and Jesse Feister (drums)
create a modern pop/rock sound with a nod towards the past. While the music
is clearly steeped in the tradition of great Beatles-worshiping rock groups like
Badfinger, Cheap Trick, Oasis, and Weezer., this may or may not be lost on the
growing hoards of teenagers pushing their way to the front at concerts in cities
across the Midwest. After walking on stage to a sea of screaming girls at a recent
headlining Chicago date, Salmon went as far as to jokingly introduce the band
as “The Jonas Brothers”.
But unlike the assembled “top-down” pop stars of the Playstation Generation,
Cavashawn has made a name for themselves in the Midwest by becoming one
of the hardest working, most effective social networking bands in the country,
amassing a staggering number of fans across a variety of platforms, MySpacing,
Facebooking, Twittering, and blogging their way to notoriety. The group is
persistent and driven, and major media outlets are starting to take notice.
MySpace recently named Cavashawn one of the top unsigned bands in the
country, and their impressive work ethic has been praised by both The Chicago
Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times. Milwaukee’s massive music festival Summer-
fest named them one of the festival’s emerging artists of 2009, featuring them
prominently on their widely distributed festival compilation disk.
While these are hefty accomplishments for what has barely been 12 months,
Cavashawn’s roots run a bit deeper. After years of cutting their teeth playing
cities and college towns across the Midwest under various names, the band
moved from college-town Ohio to Chicago in late 2007. They got to work
immediately, recording over the winter and releasing the 4-song Cavashawn
(Black) in March of 2008. After a year of toughing it out on the road and building
fans across the Midwest, the music managed to find it’s way to the West Coast.
When their tunes caught the ear of Santa Monica-based producer Jim
Wirt (Incubus, Hoobastank, Jack’s Mannequin) the band headed to
California and recorded their forthcoming EP Cavashawn (White). The
result is an upbeat pop/rock gem full of sing-along choruses and big
guitars, making it a perfect succinct summer soundtrack.
Despite a healthy buzz and what is undoubtedly a blossoming future in the
making, Cavashawn seems content to keep working hard and enjoy the ride.
“We started doing this together when we were teenagers in high school, too
young to care about careers or where it would go. And somehow we’re still at
it”, explains drummer Feister. “If you follow your gut, you never know where life
will take you.”
