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Hometown	Portland, OR
Genres	Rock, Americana / Alt Country
Band Members	Bradley Wik - Vocals, Guitar; Brian Bergstrom - Lead... » more
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“Bradley Wikand theCharlatans'debut album “Burn What You Can, Bury the Rest...” proves that Rock and Roll is not dead but it is in fact alive and well.

- No Depression (Jan. 15, 2012)

This Blue Collar Rock N’ Roll band has appeared on the music scene with...

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Country Finals Grand Prize Winner April 2013

Reached 49th in Best of Country chart in 2013. In the top 100 for 12 weeks.

Reached 82nd in Best of Country chart in 2013. In the top 100 for 7 weeks.

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Campus Circle Review of BWC's Debut Album by
Bradley Wik (like Ryan Adams and once upon a time Paul Westerberg) finds comfort and familiarity with the working-class Americana and rock typified by Bob Seger, Springsteen, Tom Petty and John (Cougar) Mellencamp. Wik was born and raised where Chevy’s still rule and anthemic rock fills jukeboxes and ear buds. It is obvious Wik shares the introspective and world-weary sentiments of the aforementioned influences on Burn What You Can, Bury the Rest… , the self-released debut from Wik and his backing band, the Charlatans. His gravelly, raw and countrified voice works well on slowly-searing character sketches like “This Old House” and the slice-of-life, Mellencamp-esque “Midwest Winters,” as well as mid-tempo heartland rockers such as “Friday Night Is for the Drinkers.” Wik saves the best for last on epic closer “Just like Jon Fickes,” about a woman searching for someone else’s song to sing: the track is a showcase for Wik’s storytelling and narrative talents...

No Depression Album Review/Interview with BWC by
Bradley Wik and the Charlatans' Burn What You Can And Bury The Rest (1/17/12) proves that rock and roll is not dead but it is in fact alive and well. Bucking the recent trend of popular bands that don't rock Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, The Decemberists, etc. Wik saw the (his) future of rock and roll and yes, as Jon Landau predicted, it was Bruce Springsteen. Wik delivers eight straightforward, somewhere between Born to Run and Nebraska era, Bruce influenced and inspired tracks. Bradley paints moody rural scenes of snowplows, cars, girls, beers and dreams. No cowboy hats, pickups or whiskey, Burn What You Can, doesn't pretend to be anything it is not. Yeah, there is a touch of alt-country/Americana but a better description might be blue-collar rock. Wik is a talented songwriter mining the same thematic workingman's highway as Springsteen and Tom Petty (and before that the Stones and Chuck Berry) . If this disc was available on eight-track these eight tracks of guitar, bass, organ and drums would sound just right blasting out of the speakers of your " '66 Chevelle" on your drive home from the factory on a Friday night. Follow the links and you can stream "The Old House" with Brianne Kathleen and you can download "Midwest Winters" (courtesy of XO publicity). Although it is only January, I'll predict Burn What You Can and Bury The Rest will be my pick for debut disc of the year and it should be a contender for a Top Ten Discs of 2012 when December rolls around. The album is currently available at CDBaby and iTUNES.

BWC Album Review by The Vinyl Anachronist by
Do you remember rock and roll? Bradley Wik and the Charlatans' debut album, Burn What You Can, Bury the Rest gives me the same feeling of comfort as when I see a teenager, in 2011, wearing an old Zep or DSOTM t-shirt. It's no secret that the latest generation of musicians is finding solace in Springsteen and Petty and Mellencamp--Ryan Adams certainly backed up his asphalt mixer to that particular stretch of the road a decade ago--and Wik and his band have been staying up late at night, studying these songs, digging around, and finding the emotional core. They're intent on bringing rock back...not the wild, raucous and jubilant type but the introspective, weary and gently redeeming rock that we'd listen to back in the '70s just before it was time to stop partying and go home.

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