Moonshine Sway

Moonshine Sway was formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the winter of 2002. Hell-bent, buzzed-up, and a bit

frayed from the road, Moonshine Sway’s vintage blend of rock-n-roll nestles the finer elements of old-time

country, punk, and alternative rock into a forceful package of dirty, bleeding guitars; thumping bass; explosive

drums; and ragged vocals worn thin from a trail of liquor and long nights. The balance of twang and gruffdriven

power ferments a blend of music too country for punk, yet too punk for country.

Drawing favorable stylistic comparisons to popular artists like Uncle Tupelo; Wilco; Buffalo Tom; and Bruce

Springsteen, Moonshine Sway has supported such genre mainstays as The Bottle Rockets (St. Louis, MO--Bloodshot,

Sanctuary); Richmond Fontaine (Portland, OR--El Cortez); and Drag the River (Ft. Collins, CO--Mars Motors).

Moonshine Sway has also been coupled with other nationally touring acts, including the likes of P.W. Long (Austin,

TX—Touch & Go); Teddy Morgan (Tucson, AZ—Sonic Rendezvous); Luther Wright & The Wrongs (Vancouver,

CN—Back Porch); Wayne 'The Train' Hancock (Austin, TX—Bloodshot); Nevada Backwards (Sacramento, CA--

Tortellini Records); and The Tossers (Chicago, IL—Thick Records) performing at such notable venues as Shank

Hall (Milwaukee, WI); The Globe (Milwaukee, WI); The BBC (Milwaukee, WI); The Note (Chicago, IL); Cubby Bear

(Chicago, IL); Frederick's Music Lounge (St. Louis, MO); The Lizard Lounge (Paris, France); and Cafe 87 (Olomouc,

Czech Republic), as well as national festivals like Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI) and The Harley-Davidson 100th

Anniversary.

Moonshine Sway released its debut full-length CD, entitled, seven years, on May 11th, 2004 to solid reviews from

Americana-UK (Liverpool, UK); AltCountrytab.com (London, UK) and Vital Source Magazine (Milwaukee, WI),

among others. seven years has received regular airplay on such such stations as KDHX (St. Louis, MO); WLUM

Rock 102one (Milwaukee, WI); WLZR Lazer 103 (Milwaukee, WI); WMSE 91.7 (Milwaukee, WI); KZSU (Stanford, CA);

Desperado (Serbia-Monte Negro); 104.3 Golden Flash (The Netherlands); and WMUR (Milwaukee, WI).

They also appear on the Shut Eye Records (Atlanta, GA) compilation, This Is Alt.Country, Volume 2, with Jay Farrar

(Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo); The Swaggerts; An American Starlet; and others. This Is Alt.Country, Vol. 2 currently ranks

#104 on the AMA Americana Chart, and is steadily climbing, receiving regular play at stations such as KSZU

(Stanford, CA); KGLT (Butte-Bozeman, MT); WVGN (Virgin Islands); WERU; WHAY (Whitley City, KY); WRNX

(Holyoke, MA); PICA (Spain), Triple R (Netherlands), KALX (Berkeley, CA), KRCL (Salt Lake City, UT), KUMR (Rolla, MO), KUSP

(Santa Cruz, CA), KUWR (Laramie, WY), WNCW (Charlotte, NC), WNKU (Cincinnati, OH), KFAI (Minneapolis, MN); and KOOP

(Austin, TX).