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1 week ago

Picture Perfect World.mp4

Deadbeat Darling - Lizard Lounge, Cambridge 12/11/10.

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2 weeks ago

Black Taxi - Tightrope

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4 weeks ago

Black Taxi - Shoeshine - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

"Shoeshine" by BLACK TAXI

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4 weeks ago

UK Winter Tour 2012 ~ Part 1 .m4v

Footage from the first 3 stops on our UK WInter Tour 2012... Mole's in Bath, Barfly and Wheelbarrow in Camden, London.

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4 weeks ago

DEADBEAT DARLING 'PROMISES' - OFFICIAL VIDEO

Music video for 'Promises' by Deadbeat Darling. Directed by The Creative Corporation. © Spearhavoc Records 2011.

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4 weeks ago

Heineken The Date

Heineken ad, 'The Date'. Watch a legendary date in action. #thedate. Watch the Legendary Making of Date here http://bit.ly/j63rOt

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@fukyu89 Samantha Rex and Guillaume Dolmans :-)
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1 month ago

The Attic Ends Perform "The Real You" (Live at Bowery Ballroom)

The Attic Ends performing their new single, "The Real You", LIVE at Bowery Ballroom on Saturday, January 14th, 2012.

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@RHREX9 thanks daddy <3 Miss you
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1 month ago

Official Video "HOME" by The Attic Ends

Official video for "HOME" Samantha Rex (vocals), Pete Hur (guitars), Jan Christiansen (keys), Bob King (drums). Special appearance by James Stone. ...

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5 months ago

The Weeknd -High for This

Off of House of Ballons

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5 months ago

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Fleet Foxes on Sub Pop

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Video directed by Sean Pecknold

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5 months ago

Meet Our Sex Column Model!

See the behind-the-scenes footage starring Samantha, a red leather couch, and just a hint of black lingerie

Read the sex column (6 ways to have se...

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5 months ago

MODERN MAN - Hearts and Plastic Parts

Indie rock band Modern Man is from Washington, DC. Hearts and Plastic Parts is off their first EP, Long in the Tooth. The video was filmed at the...

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6 months ago

The Attic Ends at home performing "Out of Your Element" Live

http://www.theatticends.com Brooklyn based band who often play in NYC. Singer Samantha Rex was featured in the new Heineken commercial, the date, a...

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I love my band.. you are in my family for keeps :-)
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9 months ago

The Legendary Making of The Date

Behind the scenes of the shoot for our latest commercial. A truly legendary making of. #thedate http://bit.ly/mnJAJE

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1 year ago

Daily Life of Rustin Hieber

Spoof of Justin Bieber Movie, Never Say Never.

Meet Rustin Hieber and see his incredible life. Douche.

PS. This wasn't made out of hate. Why hate ...

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1 year ago

Tatu-All the things she said

Us girls dancing to Tatu

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lol the video starts after like a minute! lol :-) I miss you guys!
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1 year ago

Heineken The Entrance

New Heineken ad, 'The Entrance', featuring the song 'The Golden Age' by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour.

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1 year ago

"Say Yes To Me" by The Attic Ends

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1 year ago

Chiquita Bananas - Train

Cool spec film.

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1 year ago

Running Away

Images from our film, "Savanna" along with a beautiful song by an amazingly talented artist, Samantha Rex. The song is called "Running Away".

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1 year ago

Heineken Open Design Explorations Edition 1 The Club the journey short version

Heineken has given a group of emerging designers, from around the world, a platform to conceive the finale of a unique year-long initiative called...

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About Samantha Rex (The Attic Ends)

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Jan 28, 2008

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SINGER OF THE ATTIC ENDS

Each member of the indie-pop-rock band The Attic Ends comes from a vastly different musical background. Drummer Bob King has played in everything from festival-friendly jam bands to hard rock groups. Guitarist Pete Hur's influences span the continuum from Rachmaninoff to Radiohead. Keyboardist Jan Christiansen infuses classical piano melodies with an afro-Carribean sense of rhythm. And then there's singer Samantha Rex, an early lover of Gospel music who reluctantly became a pop star in Germany. It's an unconventional mix but what these Brooklyn-based artists have in common is a resolute commitment to making the melodic but rough-hewn stadium rock of The Attic Ends. "This is who we are and this what we do," Rex explains with a grin, "Making music is as important as breathing."
Rex was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Obsessed from an early age with soul music, she convinced her parents to let her go to church, not to pray, but to sing gospel. "I didn't even know what the preachers were talking about," she remembers, laughing, "I just wanted to be around that energy." As high school graduation approached, Rex became increasingly determined to pursue a career in music, and decided she'd need to move to New York. "I had always heard of New York as the place where things happen," she remembers. "I knew I had to get there."
Once they'd saved enough money, she and her best friend packed up Rex's teal Ford Tempo and drove cross-country. They nearly lost their resolve after running out of gas outside Chicago, but they finally made it to Manhattan. "As soon as I arrived in New York City, I knew I was home," she remembers. In a matter of weeks, she was signed to New York Model Management, who quickly recognized her potential not only as a model, but also as a singer. Within a year, Rex was signed to Universal Records Germany. Her voice -- a beguiling mix of riot grrrl roar and heartbroken forties lounge vixen - landed her the spot as lead singer with Heaven Sent. For the next three years she lived in Berlin and toured with the band, which opened for Avril Lavigne and landed a couple of singles in the German pop charts.
While Rex was touring Europe, Christiansen and Hur were in upstate New York, attending Cornell University, and playing in a collection of different bands from rock to reggae. "I had recently lived in Senegal studying percussion and found the right fit in a reggae band called The Uplifters," Christiansen remembers. "That band was how Pete and I met each other. Ever since that project ended we'd been fiending for the next opportunity to collaborate."
That's where New York City came in. Disillusioned with the soulless melodrama of pre-fab pop, Rex decided not to make a second record with Heaven Sent and moved back to New York to model and work on her own music. She was spending time in Venice, California collaborating with the likes of the Berman Brothers and Duncan Sheik when she was back in New York for a few days. It was here that she met Christiansen. The two stayed up all night talking about music and she convinced him to come hear her sing at an open mic night a few days later. Not that he needed to be talked into it. Christiansen remembers, "I was totally smitten and I hadn't even heard her sing yet. As soon as she did it was one of those clouds part type moments."
Christiansen saw huge potential and took quick action. Within a matter of days, a studio full of musicians was assembled including both King and Hur. "For me it was just, let's get her some music because it's a travesty she's not singing on a larger stage," he remembers. "Pete agreed and was all in right from the start." For six months The Attic Ends were writing haunting acoustic ballads as a trio. The signature elements were there: preternaturally appealing melodies juxtaposed with intricate arrangements, moody lyrics, and an overall sense of expansive darkness, but something was missing. The Attic Ends needed to rock. And Rex was convinced she knew just the guy. "I'd seen Bob in other bands and I knew he was going to be my drummer," she remembers. "So I started stalking him." As soon as King heard the tracks he was in. "Sam's got a great voice, and I liked that they were dreamers but not just dreamers," he recalls. "A couple of pro-active ivy league guys and a professional singer, and this is all they want to do."
They released Home, their debut album in December of 2010. The Attic Ends have finally arrived at their signature sound: A spine-tingling mix of rock's primal recklessness and the intricacy of brainy indie-pop, richly layered with appealing melodies and power pop vocals. "Say Yes To Me" is a plaintive plea to an uncooperative lover. "Come Stand By Me" is a carefree pop gem, all British Invasion guitar-and-drums and epic vocals. These songs are anthems, the band knows it, and they are currently enjoying the feeling of playing with a complete sense of who they are and why they do this.

Hometown

Albuquerque, NM

Country

United States

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Singer/Songwriter/Model

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