ArtsceneBounty moves onto Best of the West contest finalBy Dominik KurekOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFThe votes are in and the Oakville band Bounty has moved onto the final round of Metrolands Best of the West online battle of the bands newspaper. It was open to all genres Because the band is a collectioncompetition.Tof music.of guys who were put together,o do so, Bounty received more The first round of voting closed Pantalone said it makes their soundonline votes on TheOakville Beaveron Feb. 16 in each of the partici-unique. website than its fellow par-pating communities and now the Our music is definitely some-ticipants Stephan G and Nitrik.Nowwinner from each is duking it out thing unique. Were trying to cre-, Bounty is up against win-nin the online world for most votes ate a sort of a raw rock sound, asers from Burlington and Flbetween Monday, Feb. 28 and much rock as rock can be, heamborough in the final round March 11.said.and it needs Oakville voters to help Bounty includes members He added that the guys in theit win. The overall winner will get a Taylor Brockelsby, lead vocals and band have varying music tastes andchance to appear in this years Burlington Sound of Music Festivalrhythm guitar, Nathan Bain, co-as such Bountys music is influ- lead vocals and keyboards/enced by a number of performers,in June.piano and Pantalone, bass guitar including the Foo Fighters,We want to bring rock back to and back up vocals. Coldplay, Jet and others.the mainstream thats sort of been For the competition they per-We all come from differenttaken over by pop for too long, formed the songThe Edge.influences. I think thats whatsaid Adrian Pantalone, speaking for The band itself has been around makes the band unique, Pantalonethe band. We feel confident in say-for more than five years when it said.ing that these sounds that we have, we was put together in a music school, Bounty is currently in the pro-feel theyre unique and they havent really been heard before.however members have come and cess of recording a five-track EP Wgone. Currently the band is seek-album. Prior to that it made ane would love the opportunity to ing new members.11-track, live off the floor CD, how-show that to the fantastic people who have voted for us and sup-In its time the group of young ever it was never officiallymusicians has performed on stages released.ported us and to those who havent such as Torontos El Mocambo and On Monday, March 14, the 2011even heard us.The battle of the bands-sthas even opened for the late Metroland Best of the West battleyle Toronto blues-rocker Jeff Healey. of the band champion will beonline voting competition is put Pantalone joined the band about crowned. The band will be featuredon by The Oakville Beaver,SUBMITTED PHOTOFlfour years ago when he met its lead again this time in all four of theamborough Review,Burlington MOVING ON:Members of Oakville's Bounty band (from left) Nathan Bain,Postvocalist Brockelsby at Oakville-participating community newspa- andMilton Canadian Taylor Brockelsby and Adrian Pantalone are moving onto the final round of ChamTrafalgar High School. Since then pers.pion community newspa-Metroland's Best of the West battle of the bands contest. Online voting opensthey have both graduated, while To vote for your favourite band,pers. It aims to find and showcase Monday, Feb. 28 at www.insidehalton.com.the youngest band member, Bain, go to www.oakvillebeaver.com andyoung local talent and their unique is still in high school in click on the Best of the West logo,sounds.original one-to-three-minute videoyoutube.com and then upload it to Contestants had to enter anMississauga.during the voting period. on the video-sharing website www.the website of their community 27 Friday, February 25, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com