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an amalgam of hooky rock with references ranging from the Stooges to
Queen to Matthew Sweet." – LA Times
"The surprise of the evening was Astra Heights…Drawing from The
Clash, The Beatles, and classic rock, the band hammered out an
exciting set of harmonious punk rave-ups. And Morales, with his ragged
voice and high pompadour, made an intriguing front man, coming off
like Joe Strummer mixed with Ritchie Valens." – New York
Newsday
Los Angeles fivesome Astra Heights has been gaining notoriety
following the recent release of Good Problems. The first single from
the album “The March” is this week’s iTunes Latino “Single of
the Week”. You can download “The March” from iTunes for free here:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=267777669&id=272083098&s=143441
The band, which doesn’t hide its Hispanic roots (“We don't sing in
Spanish, no, but we are Hispanic, hell, not just Hispanic, we're
Mexicans,” says frontman Mark Morales) has been filling up LA rock
clubs and is quickly becoming a fave on hometown legendary rock
station KROQ.
Not impressed yet? Fine. Did we mention that Houston, TX City
Councilman Adrian Garcia recently declared December 8th, 2007 “Astra
Heights Day”??? That’s right, the band was recently bestowed with
the honor of having its own day in the US’s fourth most populated
city. The band will return to Texas this March for SXSW.
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