Four years after going on hiatus, Jimkata is back with a renewed sense of purpose and an extraordinary new album. Recorded in Syracuse with producer Jason Randall, Bonfires finds the trio digging deep and stretching their boundaries with bold, intoxicating arrangements fueled by swirling synthesizers and anthemic hooks. The songs here are at once modern and classic, blurring the lines between the organic and the electronic as they reckon with doubt, struggle, and perseverance in a search for truth and meaning. Like much of Jimkata’s catalog, Bonfires delivers transcendence in tight, dancefloor-ready packages, but there’s a sense of freedom at play that pushes the trio’s performances to new emotional heights, a kind of liberation that can only come from learning to let go of expectation and embrace the moment. “I think the time away brought us all more maturity, more patience, an ability to see the bigger picture,” says singer/guitarist Evan Friedell. “We all gained a lot of perspective on life and the value of being in a band together.” Indeed, the heart and soul of Jimkata has always been the enduring bonds between Friedell and his longtime bandmates, guitarist/keyboardist Aaron Gorsch and drummer Packy Lunn. Pals since middle school, the three launched Jimkata in 2005 while attending Ithaca College, where they quickly found an audience for their relentlessly feel-good performances, which grew from local house parties to club, theater, and festival dates on the strength of a series of critically acclaimed albums. Popdose hailed the band’s “bubbly sweetness,” while American Songwriter praised their “organic chemistry,” and Relix raved that the trio’s sound “proves that rock-based music still has a place in the world of four-on-the-floor beats.”

RootsCollider is an Underground EDM Rock Band from Rochester, NY that uses a studio producer's approach to writing original music. The group creates it's art primarily by layering melodies, rhythms, and samples made in Ableton with anthemic riff rock. Think of if Rage Against the Machine & The Beastie Boys went to an illicit warehouse rave and collaborated with all of the DJ's from EDM's golden era of the 1990's. Sharing the Stage - Bands - Conspirator (Disco Biscuits, Lotus, RAQ, Pendulum) - LouLou Ghelichkhani (Thievery Corporation) - Dub Trio (Matisyahu, Griz Live Band) - DrFameus (Disco Biscuits) - Jimkata - BioDiesel (Johnny Rabb) - Brothers Past - LITZ - Muscle Tough - The Werks - Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - RubbleBucket - Aqueous - Sophistafunk - Broccoli Samurai Sharing the Stage - DJ's - Kill the Noise - Girl Talk - Diesel Boy - 12th Planet - DJ Logic Sharing the Stage - Festivals - Camp Bisco - Disc Jam Music Festival - Night Light's Music Festival Magazine Features - “Bands on the Rise” - Relix - “Unsigned Bands” - High Times