Rehearsal Space: The Airborne Toxic Event

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Two years ago, The Airborne Toxic Event formed in Los Angeles, a city with one of the strongest and most diverse music communities in the country right now. Without a manager, a PR company, or a label, they still received overwhelming critical and popular acclaim. Rolling Stone named them one of the Top 25 Bands on MySpace, and The LA Times, LA weekly, NME and countless music blogs have written rave reviews about their energetic live shows. Earlier this year, their residency at Silver Lake's popular venue Spaceland was spread by word of mouth to the point where lines were wrapped around the block and every show was sold out. Due to popular demand, the legendary radio station KROQ began playing their song, "Sometime Around Midnight" on regular rotation, and it quickly became the most requested song. This marks the first time KROQ has included an unsigned band on their playlist in over ten years.

In this episode of Rehearsal Space, singer and founder Mikel Jollett gives an introduction to this exciting band. He explains how these five musicians came together, why they recently chose to sign to Majordomo Records, and the process by which they recorded their self-titled debut album, which will be released on August 5, 2008.

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[joneskrystalm]

who cares! Mikel is freaking sexy!

[nikedmondson]

"I'm never gonna be a rock star."

Sorry, Mikel x) Two years later, you guys are the greatest fucking band in the world.

[Katelynnsaysrawr]

i would leave my boyfriend just to be with anna bulbrook...and i love my boyfriend very much.........

[aztecmondobean]

i love this band so freakin much, i would do anything for them all to sign my acoustic guitar  >.<

[beatuifulmariya]

my heart just floats away.

[nhuether]

@EmptyIrisStudios Heck yes Mikel is totally hot!! So in love with that man.

[jcbryant4200]

just saw them in concert recently in Washington, DC in a small yet packed club. It was interesting that he talked about Anna's presence on stage. She looks so focused on the music, its very interesting to watch her. Mikel is such a nice guy. He even stayed on after the show and just talked with the audience members and allowed us all to take photos with him. This band is something special and they seem very smart so I think they will be putting out some amazing music for a long time.

[whattokyo]

Crimen Sollicitationis

[megan010492]

@EmptyIrisStudios No youre not the only one. Hes gorgeous! :)

[166266366]

@EmptyIrisStudios No way! He's pretty handsome to me. :)

[SAIL4323]

Thank Alt Nation for playing some of their songs, including their newest single.

[SAIL4323]

@runningmusic7

Take that, Pitchfork, the idiots who gave The Airborne Toxic Event an unfair review!