These guys can be currently found playing in the following twin town bands: Big Cats!, CONDO$, Rainbow Sphere, Panther Ray, Traumnovelle, Magic Johnson 2000, the Feminist Playboy Review, Totally Awesome Summer, The Powderhorn Cranes, The Electric Tapes, and SKULKANO.
In the past, these guys have been in the following twin town bands: Cloud Hidden, Hojas Rojas, the Crooks, Born Under Punches, The Neverweres, Margaret Lane, Lucid Groove, and the Management.
Influences
Rarely, if ever, will you find more than two members of this band listening to the same kind of music. Some bands that overlap our music collections are: Smashing Pumpkins, The Beatles, The Who, Signal to Trust, Radiohead, City on the Make, Otis Redding, Sonic Youth, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Velvet Underground, Black Dice, Electric Light Orchestra, Ravi Shankar, The Zombies, Fiona Apple, My Bloody Valentine, Deerhoof, Wire, Brian Wilson/The Beach Boys, Queens of the Stone Age, Talking Heads, Pavement, The Hold Steady, Minutemen, Charles Mingus, Of Montreal, Fleetwood Mac, Animal Collective, Fats Waller, Enya, Built to Spill, The Nuggets Boxes, Sicbay, Stevie Wonder, TV on the Radio, the Doors, Merzbow...
Sounds Like
Milking the cranial harp.
Some adjectives used by more vocal audience members: big, fuzzy, full, sweaty, psychedelic, wall of sound, "not as loud as Mogwai."
Some folks said parts of DPU! reminds them of: The Who, Built to Spill, The Pixies, Yes (first album), Pavement, Sonic Youth, St. Paul (the city), The Beta Band, The Flaming Lips, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, "Post Rock if post rock didn't suck," Fugazi, The Cure, "Stoner rock that you don't have to be stoned to enjoy."
Frankly, we don't know. Your input is always appreciated.
The Dragons Power Up! Band is an independent rock group from St. Paul, Minnesota, formed in 2005 by multi-instrumentalists Mike Coyne, Dan Ries, Mike Ries, and Chris Tures.
DPU!'s live sound has most consistently been described as large, lush, and powerful. A traditional guitar/guitar/bass/drums combination, their sound can show the fingerprints of 60s rock n roll, psychedelica, shoegaze, post-hardcore, space rock, early 90s indie rock, classic rock...at times, over the course of a single song.
In 2006, they released their first album (250 copies), “This Way to Gunshire.” Their second full-length, "Brace for the Bloom" was completed in the summer of 2009 with a projected autumn release. Whereas their first release was a fuzzy, sweaty basement production, "...Bloom" has been recorded slowly over 2 years, across three studios, and captured the sound of the band gelling as songwriters, collaborators and arrangers.
"This Way to Gunshire" can be gotten online, right here:
WHAT SOME FOLKS SAID ABOUT "THIS WAY TO GUNSHIRE (2006)"
"This is balls-to-the-wall, no-bullshit, real rock and roll" - Pulse of the Twin Cities
"With a serpentine, low-fi sound coiled round a flaming pile of reverb sits Dragons Power Up!, a Minneapolis-based beast of a band with one mission - to rock." - Perfect Porridge
"This Way to Gunshire…, is testament to their fun, distorted, rock-and-roll view of the world. Consisting of enough twists and turns to get even the most gallant knight lost on his way to save a princess" - Lunch Of Champions
"Obnoxious dance punk meets garage rock in some sort of slutty alleyway in which these genres finger fuck each other into oblivion....To be fair, I totally didn’t give this band a fair shake but fuck them—they’re punk rock they should be able to bounce back well enough." - Smother.net
That one isn't positive, but awesome, no?
SUPPORT LOCAL/INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES! BUY OUR CD AT: Eclipse Records, Treehouse Records, The Electric Fetus, and Cheapo Discs. And if you happen to go there and they are sold out, let us know, so we can take you out for a steak dinner.
I just wanted to stop by to say hello and give you a little update on what Blood Root Mother is up to! We will be recording an EP of new music in August, and we recently finished recording a live DVD. The DVD is currently unreleased and I actually just saw it for the first time a few days ago. It features the last two performances with Tony Ellis still alive, and some footage from the tribute show we played on the night of his funeral.
There are some cool covers, as well as some NEW music that will be on our upcoming EP. We're very excited about the new music and we'd like to share a sneak peak with you. Here's a video of a new tune called Run Bobby Run:
Just wanted to say thanks for being a friend! Have a great day! Come by and see us play at Eclipse Records Thursday July 16th at 7pm. Othr acts are Lollipop Factory, Company Inc. and Ribbons. Stop by our page for more info and a sample of some music!
Thanks for the friendship Please check us out if you didn't get a chance yet, as we just recently started up and are trying to spread the word. Let us know if you're into it, and we'd love it if you got your friends to check us out as well Thank you for the support! -Joe AO
Blood Root Mother will be playing at Trocaderos in Minneapolis on Friday, June 26th. I cannot stress enough how awesome this show will be. We're playing with three of the sweetest local rock bands: Claret, Niobium and Casanatra. If you haven't heard these guys, check them out immediately! Please come to this show!!
I recommend coming during happy hour for two for one drinks along with free buffet, which is delicious. We'll be hanging out at Trocs all night, so come by and chill/party with us :)
Please come out and support some great local music! Music starts at 9:30pm and we should go on around midnight. Invite your friends, pile into a car (or a party bus), and together we will make this one of the highlights of the summer :)
We appreciate that you're doing your own thing and glad that you're our friend!
I wanted to share an insight that I had recently. Blood Root Mother really believe in the power of music. Genuine music transcends all limitations and boundaries, and happens when musicians and listeners are communicating with one another on the deepest level possible. In a society overcome by an obsession with flashy images and stale radio hits, we seek to do something that shakes the foundation of the status quo. Since the dawn of human civilization, music has been about sharing humanity and truly connecting with others. So stay connected with us, and join us on our journey.
Peace, Elliot
The artistic activity does not lie in art itself as such. It penetrates into a deeper world in which all art forms flow together, and in which the harmony of soul and cosmos in the nothing has its outcome in reality. -Bruce Lee
hello! our
music video for 'cant figure you out' is currently in the lead on queer
control records video showdown contest and would be jazzed if you gave it a look. in case you dont know, the
artist on queer control that wins the contest gets their music video
played on LOGO, a nationwide queer cable channel. the
contest ends JUNE 13TH, so if you can getta vote in by
then thatd be awesome. thanks! hope you can check it out!
Catch Power of 2 on Radio K's instrumental show "NowLikePhotographs" between 7PM and 9PM on Wednesday 6/3. We will be playing a few tracks off the new album.
Listen in locally on your radio | 104.5 FM Metro Area | 106.5 FM Mpls | 100.7 FM St. Paul
Saturday June 6th at The Jelly Mountain House! 9PM
-POWER OF 2 --FARMS (http://www.myspace.com/farmsss) ---ORCHARD THIEF ----PANDA TEETH (Milwaukee) -----DR. FISHOPOLIS & THE SHAVING ACCIDENTS BOOZE FACE PARTY NEW POWER OF 2 ALBUM
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