Danielle Anderson has created a life for herself, complete with name and occupation. Once a fashion design student, Anderson now travels the country, stopping to stand in spotlights and say: "Hi, I'm Danielle Ate the Sandwich and I write songs."
For some, rock'n'roll is a pastime, while for others it is a lifestyle. But for Swiss singer/songwriter and one-man band act Reverend Beat-Man it is nothing short of a religion.
"At a afterparty on a music festival in Sweden someone played "sing, sing sing" with Benny Goodman and we felt like, why aren't anyone doing this kind of music? So we went back to the studio with our heads full of Gene Krupa drums and had a drummer record some swing style drums. Then we somehow mixed it up with our style of hip-hop, some Swedish folk music and a bit of gypsy style music."
"aimee and i met at the Grit, a restaurant we have gone through a slew of members but now have a solid lineup completed by forrest hall and doug crump. the band has toured 40 of the 50 US states and have played shows with deerhunter, minus the bear, the antlers, a place to bury strangers, black lips, dan deacon, jay reatard and les savy fav."