Algernon
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Broken Lady
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Genre: Experimental / Indie / Rock
Location CHICAGO, US
Profile Views: 208615
Last Login: 12/16/2010
Member Since 11/9/2005
Website www.algernonmusic.com
Record Label Cuneiform Records, ears&eyes, Ball of Knowledge
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
Both of Algernon's albums ("Familiar Espionage" (2007) and "Charlie Changed His Mind" (2004)) are now available on Itunes as well as many other electronic outlets for a discounted rate! .. .. ..........View Algernon's EPK.. .. .. Fostering an atmosphere that relies on composition and a larger sonic palette, Algernon creates a fusion of indie rock, jazz, and classical chamber music. The effect is that of a distinctly modern band, providing musical clues to our modern landscape. In the process, Algernon engulfs the listener in an entirely different world of its own making. With combined experience in genres from jazz to hard rock, from punk to classical, the band is well equipped to deliver on the promise. .. .. Listening to their 2004 debut album, Charlie Changed His Mind (which then 21 year old Dave Miller (Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls) conceived of in just one week), or one of the band's fiery live performances, one is run through the entire human experience: joy, sadness, passion, exhilaration. You won't walk away the same or be likely to forget what you've heard. .. .. Fast Forward to 2007…with only two days in the studio, Algernon has now finished their new album, Familiar Espionage, direct to analog tape. This new set of music finds the band pushing the compositional aspect of their music to exhilarating new heights. Breathtaking melodies, jazz-tinged harmonies, and cacophonous noise-scapes make the new record a milestone in the career of this young group of musicians. .. .. In short, the band can't be summed up neatly. Algernon simply rocks too hard to be considered jazz, and they play with too much finesse and sheer musical ability to be called just another rock band. Algernon doesn't simply wish to play songs: the band is here to turn your entire world upside down. .. .. ....This profile was edited with ..Edit Your MySpace.... .. .. .. ..Subscribe to Algernongigs.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Powered by ..launch.groups.yahoo.com.. .. .. .. .. -
Members
Dave Miller - Guitar, Toby Summerfield - Guitar, Katie Wiegman - Vibraphone, Cory Healey - Drums, Dr. Pants - Bass .. .. Past members/contributors: Nick Fryer - Guitar, Jeff Greene - Bass, Tim Venchus - Guitar, Darren Garvey - Vibraphone/Drums, Jamie Gallagher - Drums, Jess Birch - Drums, Hyosub "Fast Eddie" Kim - Bass -
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Your head exploding in the best possible acoustic setting. .. .. "Algernon combines gorgeous melodies with psychedelic effects and rock beats." --Scott Morrow, Chicago Sun Times, June 26, 2008 .. .. "The tunes, all written by twentysomething guitar wünderkind Dave Miller, flutter and bob in surprising patterns...Miller plays with the refined restraint of someone twice his age, and he’s lucky to have such committed musicians on hand: Take Katie Wiegman, on vibraphone and glockenspiel, who supplies a deft and exacting touch that gives the group a magical air...File it under 'keeper'." --Matthew Lurie, Time Out, March 2008 .. .. "There's a lot of good stuff going on here with the spacey 'Beneath The Ailing Flesh', a particular highlight, with some intricate arrangements and moments of near atonality. It's an adventurous album from a young band who keep you listening from start to finish." --Stuart A. Hamiltion, Zeitgeist, April 2008 .. .. "Together, they create sounds that can sound frightful, eerie, and overly exciting at the same time, at times sounding more like a classical string quartet raised on punk than an average rock band who only know about 4 on the floor." --The Run Off Groove, March 2008 .. .. "...an all instrumental journey through feedback, blink-and-you-miss-them Beatles melodies, Zappa-inspired vibes, heavy metal outbursts and left field Syd Barrett weirdness. It's that good." .. "Guitar player Dave Miller is the resident musical genius of this band, the kind of composer that music critics will refer to in the not too distant future trying to pigeonhole other maverick six string wizards." --Hans Werksman, Here Comes the Flood, February 2008 .. .. "Talented guitarist Dave Miller is making himself known as an innovative player in the scene..." .. --Brad Walseth, Jazz Chicago, February 2008 .. .. "...tautly composed lines and detailed, surprisingly delicate arrangements butt up against raucous free improvisation and splashy electronics." .. "Algernon’s forthcoming second album have a definite post-rock feel, but Miller pushes them into jazzier territory—all the while avoiding anything that sounds like a traditional jazz solo." .. --Neil Tesser, Chicago Reader, 12/6/07 .. .. "Alt-rock genius...Algernon is a rock band whose guitar-and-vibraphone plot twists relish in static climaxes and bass that quivers for days. It’s a layered, space-age soundtrack for postmodern groove...A pretty damn good rock show." .. --Lisa Balde, Beep Magazine, 2/7/07 .. .. "...underrated post rock outfit..." .. --Flavorpill, issue 125 .. .. "Like fellow guitarists Jeff Parker and Fareed Haque, Dave Miller, 24, thinks beyond a single genre...bellowing his way out of the local fringe and into the big time." .. --Mark Loehrke, Chicago Magazine, Nov. 2006 .. .. "...guitarist Dave Miller has been burning this past year in live performances, chicken-scratching like Ernest Ranglin and wailing like Pat Metheny." .. --Time Out Magazine, May 2006 .. .. "Watch out for Dave Miller. This guy's got ears, time, chops, tone, and swing--an intelligent, thoughtful musician with a truly open mind. Watch out for Dave Miller..." .. --Fareed Haque (Garaj Mahal, Fareed Haque Group, Sting, Joe Zawinul, Joe Henderson) .. .. "Very heavy and musical compositions." .. --Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Isotope 217, Chicago Underground, Joshua Redman)
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10 of 1103MoreAlgernon got played on La Villa Strangiato! "Broken Lady" from Ghost Surveillance was featured live November 4, 2010 on CHUO 89.1 FM
(Ottawa, Canada)--an excellent track from a great new album!
Hey ya'll, hope the tour is going well!
Just inviting you to download our new 5-track EP, featuring your own Cory Healey on drums.
It's free, just click the banner at the top of our profile. Password is: sharemusic
Thanks for your support my friends, hope you dig it!
Cheers,
Mike
MUTTS
..Thanks for the Add !
...Glad to have you join in the festivities. We're pretty excited to hear your set opening night:
luv luv
you guys are snazzzy.
Hello and welcome to our space, gery
hope to see you at darkroom. love the new album cover, jammin to some of your tunes right now.
thx 4 connecting !