DINOWALRUS

Bio:

BOOKING))))

Peter Agoston
Panache Booking / Agent
peter@panacherock.com
http://www.panacherock.com


CONTACT)))

DINOWALRUS@GMAIL.COM
No myspace messaging, please!!!


PRESS))))

Tim Jones/Terrorbird Media
timjones@terrorbird.com


MANAGEMENT))))

Sam Buksbaum/Teenwolf Management
sam.buksbaum@gmail.com


LABEL))))

Lio@Kaninerecords.com


ABOUT)))))))

DINOWALRUS is psychedelic synth-punk band from Brooklyn, NY comprised of former Titus Andronicus guitarist Pete Feigenbaum, synth and bass wizard Liam Andrew, and Depreciation Guild drummer Anton Hochheim.

Pete started the band in 2008 and they quickly grabbed attention with a long run of local and regional shows with the likes of Javelin, Surfer Blood, Health, Real Estate, Screaming Females, A Place to Bury Strangers, Crystal Stilts, Titus Andronicus and These are Powers. They started 2009 strong with a 7" release that was distrubuted by Impose and RVNG, another 7" release on the Australian label EXO, plus a tour to SXSW with the Australian post-punk band Bachelor of Arts.

In January 2010, DINOWALRUS put out their shapeshifting, eclectic and erudite debut, %, on Kanine Records (Surfer Blood, Chairlift, Grizzly Bear). The album was a unique, structurally unorthodox, unpredictable and melange of krautrock, synthpop, shoegaze, acid-rock, noise, and thrash-punk that was well received in underground circles, but was generally ignored by broader indie-rock audiences. The band toured the east coast and California with the likes of Fang Island, Aa, Signals (ex-mae shi), and Tempo no Tempo.

Later in 2010, Pete revamped the lineup and songwriting approach, and began working with Liam Andrew (synthesizers, bass). The two has been friends since college, where they both took a course entiled "the experimental traditional in pop music", where they received course credit for listening to favorites such as PiL, Brian Eno, Throbbing Gristle and Kraftwerk. With drummer Anton Hochheim from their Kanine shoegazer labelmates the Depreciation Guild onboard, DINOWALRUS reivented themselves with a more pop-oriented songwriting approach that drew heavily on the 1980s beats of Madchester plus other groovin' minimal synth, new wave, dark wave, and post punk angles, while retaining their psychedelic and krautock backbone.



SOME RAD BANDS THEY HAVE PLAYED WITH))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))):

Health, These Are Powers, Awesome Color, Javelin, The Mae Shi, A Place to Bury Strangers, Titus Andronicus, Parts & Labor, Abe Vigoda, Future of the Left, Surfer Blood, Tyvek, Heavy Trash, The Soft Pack, Japandroids, Effi Briest, Ponytail, Dan Friel, Aa, Crystal Stilts, Intelligence, Blank Dogs, Chairlift, Double Dagger, Hecuba, Rainbow Arabia, Pterodactyl, Silver Apples, White Rainbow, Grails, EAR PWR, Adventure, Jeff the Brotherhood, Apache Beat, Gary War, Mirror Mirror, Gangi, Little Girls, Electric Tickle Machine, Explode into Colors, The Forms, Pictureplane, Rahim, Arrrington de Dionysio, Grooms, dd/mm/yyyy, Neptune, Anavan, Michael Jordan, FLASPAR, SUSU, Sisters, Boogie Boarder, Silk Flowers, Grandchildren, Pink Skull, Talk Normal, Ringo Deathstarr, Fiasco, Slasher Risk, Depreciation Guild, Triangle Forest, Magnet City Kids, Screaming Females, So So Glos..................................................



PRESS)))))))))))

"The MySpace for Dinowalrus, a band led by Pete from Titus Andronicus, describes them as both ambient and thrash, a dubious combination-- most of the time. "Nuke Duke 'Em", a track from their forthcoming debut full-length, jumps from spazz-y, rollicking guitars and whirling keyboards to a sudden breakdown that by the end of the song sounds more like space rock than noise-rock.."

-Mark Richardson, Pitchfork.com, 2009

"A swirl of dreamy arpeggiated synths and sparse percussion lead us into "BEAD," a track taken from budding Brooklyn trio Dinowalrus' debut album, %. The song's hazy electronics, bleating vocal attack, and occasional clarinet squawk create the perfect arena in which the band can unleash its tribal/post-punk fusion reminiscent of The Rapture, albeit on a heavy dose of psychedelics and Tangerine Dream records."

-Patric Fallon, XLR8R, 2009

"Brooklyn ecstasy-noize troupe Dinowalrus crawl out of the teeny-tiny opening Animal Collective and Black Dice have made for fluttery textures, ambient suckscapes, and incoherent blare-chants. But despite their adorable name, Dinowalrus are nothing at all like the recent spate of gear-and-go bands. They have the power, energy, thrust and machinations of a real, live rock band, landing somewhere between the gnash of classic punk and the boogie of '80s no wave. Driven by the blur-and-pound powerhouse drumming of Josh Da Costa, "Electric Car, Gas Guitar" starts with the downtown bluster of vintage Branca or Sonic Youth, then throws off its arty chains and dives into the chainsaw-massacre chords of the Ramones' "Loudmouth." Which is somehow fighting against Kraftwerk's "It's More Fun To Compute," No Age's "Eraser," and a Stooges-style saxo skronk-off..."

-Christopher Weingarten, Village Voice, 2009

"We just saw Dinowalrus play in Brooklyn and it totally felt like we were transported back in time to the Mudd Club circa 1981. With all the crazy horns and noise and things, Jean-Michel just totally should have been there rocking out too. Sigh.

Brooklyn's Dinowalrus is a noisy electrically experimental trio that throws a whole lot of percussion, distortion, knob-twiddles, keys, distortion, guitars, vocal yelps, and even some crazy clarinet solos at you. Pop it's not. It sounds like these three guys have been dedicated students of The Game (because isn't rock 'n roll just a game, after all?) and listened to a lot of old Rhys Chatman and Glen Branca records for clamorous improvisational inspiration (or, maybe they are slightly more modern men and just sought out Sonic Youth at their loudest and strangest)."

-Ohmyrockness.com, June 2009

"While their name might suggest a pink-scored jump suit and a heavy reserve of bleeps, Dinowalrus actually makes sleek music from the future that simultaneously shares a lot of roots with early New Order, Brooklyn spazz-prog 2008, psychedelics abusers, and the dreams I had last night about manatees. It’s all adhered together with Spaceman 3 era reverb."

-Impose Magazine, July 2008



RELEASES)))))))))))))

% ALBUM on KANINE RECORDS. CD $10, LP $12. + $4 for shipping.

ELECTRIC CAR, GAS GUITAR VINYL 7". $5, + $2 for shipping. Available in NYC at Kim's, Other Music, Earwax, Soundfix, Academy. Online at www.insound.com.

BEAD VINYL 7" (SPLIT WITH BACHELOR OF ARTS on EXO RECORDS, Australian Import!). $5, +$2 for shipping.

CD-R. An 8-song assortment of tracks with hand-stenciled, custom artwork. OUT-OF-PRINT

LIVE AT WFMU CD-R. $5, +$2 for shipping. 5 songs and interview ..

Member Since:

December 18, 2006

Members:

pete, liam, anton

Influences:

Giorgio Morotorhead

Sounds Like:

MERCH)))))

% ALBUM on KANINE RECORDS





TSHIRT. $10 in S,M,L. Purple ink on mint. Also available in green on black (limited).


VINYL 45RPM 7" ELECTRIC CAR GAS GUITAR SINGLE with screenprinted insert. $5


VINYL 45RPM 7" SPLIT BEAD SINGLE w/Bachelor of Arts on EXO Records. $5




VIDEO)))))))))))

video for BEAD by Matthew Caron

Dinowalrus BEAD from Matthew Caron on Vimeo.

Electric Car, Gas Guitar Video by Matthew Caron

Dinowalrus "Electric Car, Gas Guitar" from kay kanine on Vimeo.

video for BEAD (flashback) by Pete

Record Label:

KANINE, EXO