Silvio Rodriguez, Leonard Cohen, Dischord Records, Ted Leo, Elliott Smith, Morrissey, Patty Griffin, Joy Division, Appleseed Cast, Maná, Thomas Mapfumo, Jawbox, R.E.M., Billy Bragg, Don Caballero, Sonic Youth, Public Enemy, Johnny Cash, Alí Primera.
Maybarduk's experimental indie rock, electronic & acoustic songs reflect the unique combination of cultures in which he grew up...a North American in West Africa & Latin America; a political wordsmith and punk rocker with a penchant for Spanish classical guitar.
Born on July 4, 1979, to an American diplomat and a social worker in Mexico City, Maybarduk has since lived and worked in Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Cuba and Venezuela, and across the United States from a last-ditch reform school in rural Maine, to Berkeley, California, where he attended law school and fronted indie rock band Last Clear Chance. In 2007, Maybarduk joined the non-profit advocacy group Essential Action, and now divides his time between music and work in Washington, D.C. and the Global South, helping countries improve access to critical medicines.
In "Darker Days," Maybarduk sings, "I only want to be of use. To protect a people or an idea." Many of his songs wrestle with the challenges of creating both personal and political change.
Maybarduk's sounds range from electronic sample-based compositions ("Siddhartha on his raft") to conversations on Spanish guitar ("Sundays") to full-tilt post-punk rock ("Dom Helder Camara"). He self-released his first album, "Passengers," a narrative of introspective songs bridged by field recordings, on New Year's of 2007.
Maybarduk released his second album "No Hay Pueblo Vencido" ("No Defeated People"), produced by J. Robbins (Jawbox/Channels), on March 19, 2009. Maybarduk and Robbins invested months imagining arrangements and calling in established musicians of the mid-Atlantic indie scene to draw out the character of each song. "Vencido" compels as pop, as art, and as statement on living unique possibilities despite oppression.
Paintings by Kelly McCann, kellymccann@hotmail.com
Management by Rachel Lews, moxiellc@gmail.com
RECENT SHOWS:
Mudhouse (Charlottesville, VA), Pianos (NYC), El Perro y la Calandria (Bogota, Colombia), Radio Diversia (Bogota, Colombia), Dia Mundial de SIDA en Parque Lourdes (Bogota, Colombia), Dahlak (Washington, D.C.), The Red & Black (Washington, D.C.), The Magic Bean (Quito, Ecuador), The Space (Washington, D.C.), Casa Iguana (Little Corn Island, Nicaragua), Jammin' Java (Vienna, VA), Callaway Awards (Washington, D.C.), Greater Reston Arts Center (Reston, VA), Busboys and Poets (Washington, D.C.), Strasburg Theater (Strasburg, VA), GWU Marvin Center (Washington, D.C.), The Meridian (Williamsburg, VA), All Asia Bar (Cambridge, MA), St. Elmo's Cafe (Alexandria, VA), Politics & Prose (Washington, D.C.), Jasmine Cafe (Reston, VA), Infusion Tea (Orlando, FL), Griffin Bookshop (Fredericksburg, VA), Warehouse Next Door (Washington, D.C.), Uptown Nightclub (Oakland, CA), Starbucks Plaza America (Reston, VA), 2042 Swans Neck (CD release in Reston, VA), Cafe Zeb (Berkeley), Starry Plough (Berkeley), Nabolom Bakery (Berkeley), Forge in the Forest (Carmel), 21 Grand (Oakland), A Cuppa Tea (Berkeley), Black Cat Bar (Penngrove), Harvest Farmer's Market (Del Monte), Steamers of Pismo (Pismo Beach), East Bay Sanctuary (Berkeley), International House (Berkeley), Jose's (Monterey).
SHOWS WITH LAST CLEAR CHANCE
Uptown Nightclub (Oakland, CA), Hotel Utah (San Francisco), Edinburgh Castle (San Francisco), BLF Auction (UC Berkeley), 2631 Shattuck (Oakland), 924 Gilman (Berkeley), 12 Galaxies (San Francisco), Red Devil Lounge (San Francisco), B Street Billiards (San Jose), Oakland Metro (Oakland), Blake's on Telegraph (Berkeley), Starry Plough (Berkeley), Bear's Lair (UC Berkeley), Unity Skateshop (Tri-Valley Cares benefit in Livermore).
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Hey Peter! I listened to the CD! IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!! Congrats, really! When are we gunna hang out? I realize I've hardly been home for the last month, but starting the second week of January I'll be around more. Are you really leaving?? *This is me very sad* again, lots of love and a big huge ginormous congratulations!
Can't believe you in your third year of law school. Oh how the time has flown. I figure I'll have my life back on track by the time I'm around, oh, 35. I'll be back in the states soon (though not yet sure if that's good or bad) and I don't know how I'll do it, seeing as I'm flat broke and don't really have any vacation time, but I'm going to get to Cali somehow. Viva la revolution! Hasta la victoria siempre! Let the music play.
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