The HOP Presents
State Radio featuring Forever The Sickest Kids and Time Columns
Friday, April 23 6PM
Lacrosse Practice Field

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State Radio was formed by Chard Urmston in 2002 after he disbanded his previous band, Dispatch. The Boston based band consists of Urmston (lead vocals, guitar), Chuck Fay (bass) and Mike Najarian (drums). The band's debut album, Us Against the Crow, was released in December 2005, and its most recent album, Let it Go, was released in September 2009. State Radio may be best known for its activist group, Calling All Crows, which was formed in 2008. Calling All Crows was formed to “inspire public service” and “promote human rights.

Forever the Sickest Kids is a rock band based out of Dallas, Texas. They were named the number one underground band in the “22 Best Underground Bands (That Likely Won’t Stay Underground for Long)” in issue 228 of Alternative Press. The first part of their three-part mini-LP, The Weekend: Friday, was released on November 17th, 2009. The other two parts will be released in Spring/Summer 2010.

Time Columns is a Baltimore-based progressive post-rock band comprised of multi-instrumentalist Kenny Eaton and drumm/DJ Joe Benny. The band has been performing since early 2009. They won the Hopkins Organization for Programming's Battle of the Bands for the opportunity to open for Forever the Sickest Kids and State Radio.