Tampa's Marksmen have quickly become local favorites with their stomping, twangy alt-rock. In the past year and change, they have released an excellent studio album, were hand-selected to open some big rock shows by alternative radio station 97X, and they've made enough waves outside the Bay area to earn the support slot on a month-long U.S. tour with Eisley.
Watch the video after the jump to hear some excellent Marksmen music and learn about their Kickstarter campaign to raise money for gas, food, hotels, and other touring essentials in exchange for some pretty cool donation incentives like custom acoustic cover songs and hand-written lyric sheets.
This article appears in Aug 4-10, 2011.