Tim Kile

Vocals

Tim Kile is a recording artist and founding member of Grammy Award winners Arcade Fire and Columbia Records recording artists Wild Light. Kile has toured in support of bands such as The Killers, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, The Wallflowers, and Doves. His work has been positively reviewed in Rolling Stone, Spin, Paste, Billboard, NPR, and many others.

Kile’s debut solo album These Things Are Being Gathered for the Fire is his best work yet. With the sweeping romanticism of The Cure and early U2, the musical sophistication of Elliot Smith, and the lyrical sensitivity of a young Nick Cave or Conor Oberst, Kile’s compositions leave a mark.

Stella Maxwell-Putman

Vocals

Stella Maxwell-Putman was lead vocalist with Austin-based pop-rock band Cruiserweight (Doghouse Records) from 1999 to 2011 and can now be seen performing with her new band, Stella and the Very Messed.

Justin Wiggins

Guitar & Vocals

Justin can currently be seen performing all over central Texas with cosmic country rock band The Space Ranchers.

David Hansford

Guitar

More than just the token Brit in the band, David cut his teeth playing in London-based bands throughout the late 90’s & early 2000’s, treading the same boards as some of the most influential bands of the Britpop generation.

Moving to New York in the mid-2000’s David was a founding member of Grand Electric, a successful blues rock band, where he played some of NYC’s most iconic venues opening for legendary bands such as California Breed, Styx, Foreigner, Def Leppard and KISS.

Steve Campbell

Bass

Steven was born into a musical lifestyle and was practically raised on The Beatles records as a toddler. His love for music was nurtured through family and teachers in Elementary School and he has learned to play many instruments along the way. Steven has over 30 years of stage experience playing with bands and entertaining the crowds. He can now be seen performing regularly around central Texas with Rochelle & The Sidewinders.

Billy Slater

Drums

Bill can be seen performing regularly with The Dead Canyon Family Reunion, among other Austin-area bands and solo projects.

Mathew Smith

Keyboards

Mathew received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of South Carolina in Music Theory and Composition. While in school, Mathew toured throughout the southeast US with the Root Doctors and local ska/funk band Eartha Baxter. He also completed a stint with the Columbia-based rock band Autonomous with John Stout and Craig Butterfield and 80's new wave pop cover band Total Recall. Mathew can now be seen performing with Tim Kile & The Vines of Love.

For over three decades, Mathew has also composed, arranged, designed for and taught various school band programs throughout the country, including extensive work with the jazz programs of Richland School District Two in Columbia, SC.

Mathew currently owns a digital design and music production studio in North Austin (TX), where he lives with his wife Julia and two youngest children, Nathan and Avery.

Mal Thursday

Management

Mal Thursday is the leader of The Mal Thursday Quintet, a multi-regional garage rock supergroup with chapters in Texas, New England, and the Pacific Northwest. He is the host of The Mal Thursday Show, which airs in London, Europe, and Florida, as well as online at malthursdayshow.com and mixcloud.com/malthursday. He runs the independent label Chunk Archives Recordings, and previously ran Chunk Records from 1986 to 2001, with releases by Guided By Voices, Silver Jews, Lyres, Sebadoh, among others. Mal manages Lone Star Supernova and early Dead tribute The Grateful Eight, with whom he also plays organ and harmonica.