Two Cow Garage is very good band, but maybe not a great band. Not that you have to be great to have success in the music industry as history is littered with bands and artists that weren't even close to being great, but for whatever reason, just happened to catch lightning in a bottle...
These guys are definitely good enough to sell a pretty fair number of records and it is surprising that they're not signed with an indie label at the very least. Indie labels are usually the starting point for a band of this kind and are usually good at the niche marketing skills necessary to reach an audience that's in tune for TCG's brand of rock. They seem to have fallen through one of the many the cracks that the modern musical landscape now presents. No matter how good a band is, there's almost always an element of luck in whether they can make it to another level. There is so much music available these days that it's impossible to keep up with every good band that comes along no matter how deserving of attention they may be. These guys seem to have gotten stuck in that nebulous area between fairly well-known and might've heard-about... a fate which is bestowed upon thousands of bands. They've definitely got the talent to sell some records, but so far they've been coming up snake eyes on lucky break end of the deal. Hopefully they'll keep persevering 'cuz their music is good - there's a song titled "Should've California"  that encapsulates the struggling artist meme very well. It's freely and legally available from the Glo No article and their website (both linked in the w/up) or you can grab it here. Should've California
I've previewed the album at Amazon and will probably purchase it as a full album download as it's chock full of gritty, tuneful rock that seems suited to playing at loud volumes in the car with the windows down...

Somewhere in my soul, there's always Rock -n- Roll... Joe Strummer

The bass player kinda reminds me of Tom Waits.  

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

I know the guy that co-created this band.  All is well except for one thing...he "hates music".  It's just a job for him (as well as two others...one playing in an acoustic duo and the other -get this- teaching music as a local community college).  I asked him why he did it if he hates it so much.  His reply was, "because I hate being poor".

Now, don't get me wrong...I have no beef with what anyone does for a living.  It just doesn't seem right where Two Cow Garage seems to pour their souls into the music and the lead signer is applying for a job at Wendy's while Rare Form (although talented and hardworking) checks their souls at the door when they show up for "work".   Ah well...as least in RF's videos it looks like they're having fun.  That counts for something.

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

was perfect for this...no offense to 1fastdog but I didn't read a word of the write-up...I just watched the videos. cool. so how about those radio head assholes giving away their shit for a service charge?

It is easy to buy small plaster models of what you think life is like.