Who: Sonic City
What: kid rocks
Where: Surrey, BC
To Contact: Pinnacle Management, Darren Minisofer, (306) 341-0222, FAX (306) 665-7477, Darren@backstageconcerts.com, www.soniccityband.com.

Just 13 years old, guitarist Danny Sveinson has been performing steadily since he was nine, even sitting in with the legendary Les Paul at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York. Now, this kid, influenced by everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Alex Lifeson, is the centre of the rock band Sonic City. Fronted by Rod Burn (the main songwriter) and rounded out by bassist James Green and drummer Dean Richards, the band’s self-titled full-length debut opens with the straight-up classic rock of “So Far Away” and followed by the raw “If You Were Me” which has more punk attitude. They are two of the best cuts on the album. The power ballad, “Stay With Me”, is filled with cringe-worthy clichés. Sveinson wrote or co-wrote four of the 10 songs, including the rock instrumental “Turbo”. Ed Stasium (Living Colour, The Ramones, Jeff Healey Band, The Pursuit Of Happiness) produced and engineered three of the songs (”Stomp”, “Turbo” and “Soul Cold Rage”); Doug Naugler did the rest, except for “”Not A Love Song”, which the band co-produced with David Hayes. While there are some songs on here that could work at rock radio, really the album makes you wanna see this kid tear it up live. The band has been touring Canada, most recently opening out west for Jeff Martin.

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