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And the 21st Century Schizoid Man: Robert Anton Wilson.
From deep in the cosmos of Iowa comes a force known as Mondo Drag! With a wall of sound all their own, an arsenal of guitars, and a head full of clouds, they are on a rock n roll mission all their own.
In early 2010, the band released their album 'New Rituals' on Alive Records and have been flying head first into the future ever since. Within the span of the last few months, the band has completed multiple tours, played a handful of showcases at SXSW, and performed at Austin Psych Fest 3.
Since their start Mondo Drag has had the privilege of playing with such artists as: Sleepy Sun, Dead Meadow, Witchcraft, Black Diamond Heavies, Radio Moscow, Jennifer Gentle, Black Mountain, La Otracina, Silver Apples, Cass McCombs, Cave, Awesome Color, Monotonix, Pentagram, The Black Angels, High On Fire, and The Black Keys just to name a few.
Sep 10 7:30P Middlewest Fest - O' Leary's Pub Dekalb, IL *
Sep 11 10:00P Lager House w/ Outrageous Cherry Detroit, MI *
Sep 12 8:00P Now That's Class Cleveland, OH *
Sep 13 8:00P TBA Pittsburgh, PA *
Sep 14 10:00P Golden West w/ Pontiak Baltimore, MD *
Sep 15 8:00P The Grape Room Philadelphia, PA *
Sep 16 9:00P Union Pool w/ La Otracina New York, NY *
Sep 16 12:00P Beyond Beyond Is Beyond, In-Studio New York, NY
Sep 17 8:00P Day Off New York, NY *
Sep 18 8:00P Pianos w/ Weird Owl New York, NY *
Sep 19 8:00P Loft Party Washington DC *
Sep 20 10:00P Strange Matter Richmond, VA *
Sep 21 8:30P The Cut w/ The King Congregation Atlanta, GA *
Sep 22 8:00P Springwater w/ Across Tundras Nashville, TN *
Sep 23 8:00P The Comet w/James Leg & Andy Cotton Cincinatti, OH
Sep 24 8:00P Yacht Club w/ Radio Moscow Iowa City, IA
Sep 25 8:00P The Hideout w/ The Mediums Chicago, IL
Oct 1 8:00P DG's Taphouse w/ Radio Moscow Ames, IA
WEST COAST TOUR OCT/NOV
PRESS
The Big Takeover
"The band displays the usual plumage on New Rituals – distortion and feedback, hazy melodies, a dreamlike atmosphere, acoustic ephemera. But despite treading well-worn ground, the Draggers make it sound fresh, rather than hackneyed."
The Obelisk
"With minds expanded and set to the key of retro...the high toned Mondo Drag emerge bearing psychedelic sweets that seem to melt as soon as they hit your tongue."
Captain Beyond
"Deep from the interstellar space of a Pink Floydesk planet...a spaceship called MONDO DRAG lands on the earth."
PopMatters
"Mondo Drag may be dwelling in the genre ghetto of ‘70s psych/hard rock revivalism, but damned if they don’t do it well."
Daytrotter
"Mondo Drag seems to always have us out in a hot and hungry desert, stripped of our sanity, drained of our better senses and swirling in a purple-y groove, just trying to start seeing straight again."
Nashville Scene
"Mondo Drag are proof that good bands — and records — can germinate in the most oddball of surroundings."
Sputnik Music
"'New Rituals' has become a favorite from the first listen and probably will be for most fans of psychedelic rock."
Goatsden
"Mondo Drag fall from the cosmos with the spaced-out 60’s psychedelia of the title track. It’s the sound of UFO’s visiting an outdoor rock concert with an audience of stoned bikers and damaged post-Pink Floyd space travelers. That is to say, it’s great!"
Best of New Orleans Blog
"With swirling Hammond organ and layers upon layers of mammoth, down-tuned guitars, the band drives fire-breathing, slow-burning jams combining the earthy, raw garage of the 13th Floor Elevators, the motorik headtrips of CAN, and decadent southern metal."
Creative Loafing
"It’s psychedelic rock with a raw heart that mixes up the genres without the polish or attitude, as if some band from the ’70s woke up in 2010 and decided there really was no reason to grow with the time and just do what they do best."
SugarBuzz Magazine
"Who needs LSD when I have Mondo Drag the Kapellmeister of transcendental meditation."
Microwaved Milk
"Mondo Drag['s] songs shift and change too fast to let the listener get too cozy. And yes this is a good thing. Mondo Drag...seem to be leading the charge for a resurgence of psychedelic rock."
Berkeley Place
"Mondo Drag’s latest foray into extended psychedelic, wandering jams that go on for days and days is just as good as anything this band has ever done. Each song stretches, cries, screams, and tears itself apart."
Doomed To Be Stoned In A Sludge Swamp
"...rich, powerful psychedelic rock sounds."
the AU review
"Mondo Drag’s New Rituals brings together spacious 1970’s jams with a punk rock aggression, giving it a contemporary appeal."
City Review
"Opening Mondo Drag’s new CD, “New Rituals,” is like opening a time capsule from the classic rock vaults of the late 1960s and early 1970s."
Examiner
"Mondo Drag has more of a diverse sound than many of their peers and they really layer the instruments well. While their sound is easily classified under psychedelic rock, there is a larger range of sounds covered here than the average band in this style."
Rocket Recordings
"Mondo Drag is one of those unique bands that has a somewhat retro-feel, but has both of their feet firmly planted in the here and now."
Sea Of Tranquility
"The music is a dense wall of a conglomeration of psychedelic and space rock. At its most effective, with the Hammond blazing away, it sounds like a cross between Deep Purple, Hawkwind and Spirit - thinking of these bands' late sixties/early seventies periods of course.
Thanks for your friendship ! I have heard your music and it blows me away !!! A stunning psychedelic record and hope to see your performance in Europe !!!!!!!!!!!
look to the left of the screen and click on stompkee friday or stompkee saturday to see all the photos the album is split... so at a first glance it looks like there is only one photo.
more photos and videos on the way this is just the first guy to get back to me
Hey dear friend thanx to your help we are at number 2 of the indie top 100 chart... if we will arrive at the 1st. place we will get a big tour!!! but to do it I need your help. To vote Click here http://www.myspace.com/indietop100 and ADD yourself as a friend, then click the RED VOTE button and enter the Artist Name and Song Title in the message(The Twentythree - I'm Falling Down) You can vote one time a week! Spread it to your friends!!! Thanx a Lot!! God Bless U!
ITALIAN Indie top 100 è un concorso che tramite i vostri voti mi permetterà di vincere un tour nelle maggiori città USA. ho bisogno del vostro aiuto. Voterete. Sono certo di si. Indicate nel voto l'artista The Twentythree e la canzone I'm falling down COME FACCIO A VOTARE SU MYSPACE? Clicca sul link qui sotto e visita la pagina di Indie Top 100, dopo clicca sul pulsante rosso VOTE e inserisci nel messaggio il nome dell’artista e il titolo della canzone: http://www.myspace.com/indietop100
Dudes! Hope all is well. Your tour dates suggest that all is quite awesome. We listen to New Rituals on the reg. Looking forward to your next Texas trip, so please come back and see us again...
