It's not often if ever that a band from the Midwest plays as little as 5 shows before finding themselves on stage at an event curated by one of New York City's most well known day-to-day culture blogs. Benjamin Davis (vocals, guitar, synth) and Sebastien Schultz (drums), the guys behind Cincinnati's Bad Veins, were just as surprised as anybody else to find themselves performing at Gothamist.com's Movable Hype show shortly after forming. Upon hearing their supporting act warm up, Atlanta's Snowden were instantly impressed. They traveled on to New York on tour and told stories to venue bookers, writers, and friends about this great new band they'd played with in Cincinnati. Before long opportunities sprung up for a few shows, and a couple of phone calls came in from record labels. Weeks later they were playing Brooklyn and Manhattan. To date their breed of "High-energy, visually captivating rock 'n' roll" (USA Today Pop Candy) has since landed them praise and attention. Following their appearances at CMJ 2007, TheTripWire.com proclaimed them the "Best New Band" to play the festival, and minted them as their inaugural "On The Cover" band this past December. At the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Bad Veins were hand picked by Alex Patsavas (Chop Shop Music Supervision) to be awarded the first ever Target Music Makers Award, an unrestricted $10,000 grant given to a promising unsigned emerging artist.