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Kitty Rhombus

Kitty Rhombus Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Experimental / Progressive / Psychedelic

    Location Minneapolis, Madison, Un

    Profile Views: 49756

    Last Login: 9/23/2012

    Member Since 10/21/2007

    Website www.youtube.com/kittyrhombus

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    FOR BOOKING PLEASE CONTACT: kittyrhombus@hotmail.com

  • Members

    Lee Chato: guitar/lapsteel, The Wizard: bass/vocals, Matt Styrwoll: drums/vocals, Ian Stenlund: guitar/tongues

  • Influences

    Mistakes, Meat Loaf, McDonalds, Sartre, apples, beer, Cpt. Jean Luc Picard, Cpt. Hovercraft, Cpt. Clawthroat, Cpt. Kirk, Cpt. Beefheart, Cpt. Hook, Samuel Becket, DUIs, Mike Patton, King Crimson, WAX TRAX, subliminal repetitious noise, Ziggy and Al, donkeys, Data, blue fly level, Jesus, Fibonacci, BIG BLACK, irrational numbers, Leonard Nimoy, Lee Chato, strange attractors, pussy, pus-like, Battles, Sonic Youth, Brainiac, things that drip, Tom Waits, Ubermensch, L. Ron Hubbard, Melt Banana, Tool, YES, James Chance, Deerhoof, The non-beatles, OTR, Taco John's, the monkey riding the dog like a cowboy, Super Mariokart, smoking things, Dr. Who, vacuum cleaner, zombies, Grainbelt, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Zamboni, Dig and Save, Denny's, Obstacle Corpse, Agamemnon, Beelzebub, the episode of Macgyver where Pete goes blind, Dr. Joel Fleischman, Carl, David Lynch, Daniel J. Anderson and his best friend Syrus, Cornelius, The Causey Way, Adult, Sceamin' Jay, Ed, purple monkey dishwasher, NIN, breathing, Gay Rodeo Club, Crapsmell, Leon Theremin, Ms. Pacman, PBR, Grand Rapids MN, Ariman, Bill Hicks, b movies, Godzilla, boobs in spring (anytime for that matter), Japan, the golden ratio, casserole, the Mandelbrot set, your grandparents, death by snu-snu, Trin Tran, William Murderface Murderface Murderface, coffee, Ford Aerostar, clown art, Art Paul Schlosser, Michael O'sullivan, G&Ts, Stravinski, Lost, Yanni, Model-Actress and..... DINERS! ..

  • Sounds Like

    WHAT SOME HAVE SAID: "While this year's mighty Lips And Arms might not fully capture the transcendent live presence of vocalist-guitarist Ian Stenlund jumping into the crowd, jaggedly picking at his guitar, and screaming his surrealist verses into the faces of confused bystanders while donning a flashing strobe-light that's duct-taped to the helmet strapped to his skull, it comes damned close. From the inverted disco-punk of "Doug's Gone Manic" to the spastic, seven-minute epic "Divine Dramedy," the slick production adds a new dimension to both Stenlund and Lee Chato's conversational guitar work and the air-tight, rhythmic grapple between bassist Jason Stanek and drummer Matt Styrwoll."- A.V. Club's Top Ten Madison Albums of 2010......................... "Local band Kitty Rhombus is one of those groups that thrive on finding the layer of order that exists in chaos — then cracking its shell and unleashing an even more spectacular version of mayhem."- Jessica Steinhoff (The Isthmus) ......................... "Pretty soon, the band's segueing from layered pop harmonies to funky jams to deranged circus waltzes at warp speed, never skipping a beat. The overall effect is bound to make you crazy — crazy for Kitty Rhombus."- The Isthmus ......................... "Kitty Rhombus approaches their experimental, proggy noise rock like devious students of geometry. Most songs rise up out of unrelated musical pieces as the band interlocks riffs and quick-shifting time signatures into M.C. Escher-like mazes. But unlike Escher's drawings where staircases lead nowhere, the four-member band bends the music to their will and into unexpected, purposeful structures that are jarringly emotional."- Square 77, Madison.com......................... "Lips And Arms feels like the work of a bunch of hacker kids assembling a multi-faceted computer attack—only instead of malevolent strands of code, the members contribute sneaky 5/4 beats, elf-chorus vocals, or guitar lines that frantically itch their way through mangled melodies. Each song ends up lurching from one episode of controlled dissonance to another, and, even more strangely, the songs and album as a whole all flow together." - A.V. Club......................... "Aside from being knock-you-on-your-ass great, Lips and Arms is well thought out through the melody and production. A lot of credit should go to Dustin Sisson who took what could have amounted to a great deal of racket but turned it into a great album. I believe Lips and Arms should prove to be a Madison music beacon. While there aren't many people making the type of music Kitty Rhombus is turning out I can only hope it might inspire more bands to explore their sound." –Josh Trinkner Dane101........................ "your music sucks stay far far far away from summersville. scumbag.".. - .. Maximum Headlessness.. some dick hole from West Virginia.

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