The music biz can get overly specific when it comes to genre tags. You have your glam rock, your indie-pop rock, your ambient alternative and so on. Many bands select these labels and stick to them, ...

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Nine years ago Maine’s Rustic Overtones saw their big major-label break turn to ash on the pyre of Clive Davis’ career at Arista. Now they make their own big break, self-producing the sprawling “The ...

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It all started in a family basement. The Rustic Overtones, a band from Portland, Maine, went to high school together and have been through a lot since graduation, including two less than successful ...

Rustic Overtones have been making a whole lot of noise since they introduced their brand of funk-fueled, hard hittin' pop rock. Hailing from Portland, Maine, the band made some of the most seminal ...

Is it possible that Rustic Overtones, Portland, Maine’s gift to genre-smashing jam-rock bands, has gotten even funkier? Based on the evidence of Saturday’s steamy 105-minute show at the Paradise, the ...

Logging hours on the road is as much a part of Dave Gutter's life as creating the music that takes him and his bandmates to stages around the country. "We have traveled all over the country since we ...

If you can count the late David Bowie as a fan and associate of your band, you must be doing something right. For Rustic Overtones, the Thin White Duke's contributions to the 2001 album "Viva Nueva!" ...