BEST NEW ARTISTS NOMINEES 2022

Nice Guys

From out of the corn acres of North Ridgeville, to a field of Dreams,  becoming one of Cleveland's Hottest New Hip-Hop Trio is 
Chad Fumich (Fume), Keith Richmond (Chubbs), and Chris Reisner (DJ Nathan Detroit), The Nice Guys . All 3 of these guys,having been deeply immersed in music since their younger years, came together during the Pandemic, each one bringing their own unique skillset from lyrical prowess to ole skool funk and their love of Hip-Hop, rock, country and soul to create songs like “Backpack” and “Ohio Boys” that cross genres and bring music lovers together.
 Having travelled from Cleveland OH to  Pittsburgh, PA, New Haven Indiana, Coney Island New York, back to Akron and Columbus, sharing the stages with some of the industry's Icons such as Mike Jones, WiFi's Funeral, Jamie Ray, and  DJ Luke Nasty. Nice Guys are beginning to make their mark. Their debut album drops in the Late Summer/Fall of 2022. Their first 2 singles “BackPack” and “Ohio Boys” can be viewed @ https://youtube.com/channel/UC1M5sHeN5PmRqc9O-nM93tg 


 Nice Guys can be found on all social media platforms, as well as their individual Instagrams platforms: 
@Niceguycrew
@Fume
@DjNathanDetroit
@Theofficialchubbs440

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Shoreline Funk Allstars

Starting as a one-off side project for this collective of North-Coast jam, funk and soul musicians, Shoreline Funk All-Stars are now a bonafide substantial musical ship. 


They got their start in early 2022 at Cleveland’s Foundation Room, for the pre/post show-party for Umphrey’s McGee. Since then they are in an established residency at the House of Blues. Earlier this year they opened for the great Carlos Jones at a sold out Grog Shop bop and are heading the Beachland Ballroom in August of 2022.


The band is made up of current and past members from top NE Ohio performing bands: Vibe & Direct, Apostle Jones, Liliae & Rubix Groove:
Featuring Marty Gierczyk - Saxophone, Eric Levine - Trumpet, Chris Walker - Drums, Mikey Silas - Lead Vocals, Donald Pelc - Guitar, Doug Gallo - Bass and Jeff Malashock - Keyboards. “We Funk Hard"

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The Stereotypes

 Hi! We are The Stereotypes, an indie rock trio based in Cleveland, Ohio. The band is composed of twenty-year old's Terry Porter (bass/keyboard/vocals), Gavin Mckitrick (drums/vocals), and twenty-one-year-old Andrew Koba (guitar/vocals). The three of us have been playing as The Stereotypes since December 2, 2016 when we were still in high school. Through the last several years we’ve worked on refining our songwriting and honing a sound we feel is reflective of us. We’re deeply inspired by the New Wave music of the late 70’s and early 80’s as well as modern indie rock artists. Thanks to a busy live schedule and growing outreach, we’ve been able to write new material that will see some release in 2022. The first of those songs being our new single, Over U, which we recorded at Superior Sound in downtown Cleveland! Thank you to everyone for their continued support of the group, and we hope you like what you hear! 
- Terry, Andrew, & Gavin

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Together We Fly

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Together We Fly, an alternative rock group based in Cleveland, was founded by Levi Frechette in Denver, Colorado in 2016. In addition to Frechette, Together We Fly features Slade Young, 28, of Zanesville, on lead guitar; Cassidy Paige, 21, of Cleveland, on bass; the singularly named Johnstone, 30, of Cleveland, on vocals, guitar and keyboards; and music producer AceHighBeats, 28, “from the farthest regions of outer space,” on drums. More info at twfband.com.
“We always hear that we’re so different, which is cool with us.” Frechette said.
The band’s influences include Breaking Benjamin, Incubus, Starset, Anberlin and Evans Blue.

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