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Influences
COIL, The Zombies, The Futurists, My bloody Valentine, Death in June, Einstürzende Neubauten, Luigi Russolo, PIL, Wire, Ride, Hum, Jesus and Mary Chain, Bratmobile. Kathy Acker.
Sounds Like
Moody, very moody. Alternately pretty and darkly intense, Autodrone have made the daring step of embracing influences from the 90s while the rest of New York is mired in 1968, ’77 or ’80. An unapologetic nod to the shoegazer bands of yore, but with a modern rock band’s pop sensibility, AD is the audio equivalent of what you see on a restless night as you just begin to touch the edge of sleep. - The New York Press
autodrone live at beauty bar - san diego
video by austin wright.
autodrone are from new york, and still live here. To get a better idea of what we are about, please read the press below, or listen to the songs.
Our first Full Legnth CD, Strike a Match will be released on NOVEMBER 11th worldwide via Clairecords. Please check out some interviews and press below.
"Without a doubt, this NY quartet are a force to reckon with. Dark, dense, imposing and mighty psychotic energies. Yeah!" - Dotshop.se
At times haunting and at other times crushingly huge, Autodrone's intricate songs float gracefully along the surface and then attack when you least expect in an almost devastating way. - irockiroll
"There's no doubting the bruised beauty and intensely epic thorough breeding that pulses throughout the whole of 'Strike a Match'. Over the course of the ensuing years Autodrone have honed their mercurial spirit to the point of an enviable fine art, all at once intricate and devastating, caressing and crushing, tender and turbulent 'Strike a Match' is in one short word colossal and in another ravaged." - Mark Barton, Losing Today (UK)
Shoegaze as a constant form still provides the thrills of its origin points, but admittedly too many bands avoid the sheer bite and anger of a lot of its earliest practitioners -- groups like early Lush, Bleach, the Charlottes, and of course My Bloody Valentine itself. New York's Autodrone, while not consciously drawing from many of those bands, finds its own strong voice on its full-length debut - 4 out of 5 stars - ALL MUSIC GUIDE
"One of the flat out coolest albums I've heard in quite some time." - Post-Punk.com
"A palette of great songs that swing from dark-tinged, MBV-meets-electro-rock all the way to big, inspiring numbers built on a huge bed of sound. There's a touch of pop-melodicism sprinkled throughout, but only when it feels necessary: the hooks are there, but they never dominate the tracks." - Will Joines, SonicFrontiers.net http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/Hear-It-First_11.html
Bio:
Autodrone formed in early 2002, based on a mutual love of dream pop and early 90's Brit Rock. Seemlessly melding the sonic dynamics of noise and pop with throbbing bass lines, jagged, angular synths, searing dark atmospheric guitars and urgently violent banshee vocals, Autodrone have no problem reaching out from the stage to the crowd, grabbing you by the throat, and screaming in your face, even when in reality sometimes they are only whispering.
Their shows are an intense emotional surge for the band and audience alike. Their self-released EPs have quickly developed the attention of the UK and American Press garnering universally favorable reviews, while easily selling out of print. This year, Autodrone signed to Clairecords - Catch them at CMJ 08 - SXSW, and everywhere else in the US, UK and Europe in 2009! Look for Strike A Match in stores, November 11th2008.
Just wanted to stop by and thank you for becoming one of my friends. Over the past year my music has gone thru some very big changes. My newest CD will be finished very soon, in the mean time swing by my page and check out my song Ashes Forever. If you would like to help me spread the word, please copy the code from my profile for my new banner and paste it on your profile. Thanks again for your support.
People talk. And I listen. And they've been saying good things about your new songs. And now I'm listening and I have good things to say about your new songs.
We listened to the new CD in the car yesterday. We like it! "This is what a band who's called Autodrone should sound like," said one fan. And don't sell yourselves short: I'm sure some crowdophiles are really going to like your new stuff.
