Here you’ll find all promotional materials for the Goldstar roster.

You’ll find biographys, press clips, promo photos and release art for use in magazines, fanzines etc.

All of the photos are in hi-res 300 dpi, for print. The photos are free to publish in magazines, fanzines and other printed or web-based media. Some files are in .pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Beaten Awake
'Thunder$troke'

Thunder$troke is a lo-fi, alternately heavy and rocking, dreamy and rolling landscape of fuzzy bass, resonating drums, and guitars channelled through a late '70s Fender Super Reverb amp.

Formed in 2005 and comprised of Ohio's underappreciated indie rock royalty Beaten Awake - Jon Finley (vocals, guitar, keys, drums), Ryan Brannon (drums, guitar, bass, keys), Tom Raichel (bass, keys), and Gabe Schray (baritone guitar) - have been fixtures of the Kent, OH, music scene since the late '90s, playing in a number of bands that include Harriet The Spy, The Party of Helicopters, The Man I Fell In Love With, and "New" Terror Class. Thunder$troke - from the humming, melodic title track to the driving indie rock of ‘Gyro Quake’ to the dreamy, ambling ‘Coming Home’ - serves in many ways as a document of not only the music they're making at this time, but also of their continuing dedication to and pride in that musical community.

Thunder$troke was recorded over the past year in Akron, OH, with Patrick Carney (of The Black Keys) and Jeff France at Audio Eagle Studios and with Tim Gerak at the Woolly Mammoth Studios. The album follows their 2007 debut, Let's Get Simplified, which was released jointly by Carney's label, Audio Eagle, and Fat Possum,

Most recently the band toured with The Black Keys, Heartless Bastards, and Dax Riggs, and has opened for and played as the backing band of Daniel Johnston.

Beaten Awake Thunder$troke
1. Mr Thompson (Can You Dig It?)
2. Suite Cheetah
3. Thunder$troke
4. Gyro Quake
5. I’m Not Asking For The Moon
6. Coming Home
7. Danger Pins
8. (untitled)
9. Mr Thompson
10. Halo V
11. I Shot The Mayor, Not The Deputy Mayor