DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS: Deer in the Headlights blends high-energy skate rock with raw Americana grit, delivering sounds straight out of Oakland, CA. Their music is a ride through dusty highways and empty pools, where attitude meets heartland soul.

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HOD & THE HELPERS: Hod And the Helpers is the alt-folk outlet of singer/songwriter: Hod Hulphers. Their lovely psych tinged songs ask the listener to pay attention to their simplest activities. There’s an empathetic pathos to their music, a self-conscious bitterness rare in modern songwriting. The band features the talents of AJ Marquez, Dan Potthast, Greg Braithwaite, Jeff Stultz, and Matt Porter.