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Schwervon!
Indie / Rock

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK
United States

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Member Since5/30/2005
Band Websitehttp://www.schwervon.com/
Band MembersNan Turner: Drums, Keys, Vocals/ Major Matt: Guitar, Vocals
InfluencesPixies, Sonic Youth, The Breeders, Sleater-Kinney, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jesus Lizard, PJ Harvey, Bikini Kill, Pink Floyd, Yo La Tengo, Archers of Loaf, Herman Dune, Prewar Yardsale, PJ Harvey, Sony and Cher, John Denver, Urge Overkill, The Amps, X, Joe Jackson, Melvins, Nirvana, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Velvet Undergound, Orenette Coleman, Quasi, Bob Dylan, NYC Antifolk, Gang of Four, Big Black, Slint, Jeffery Lewis, The Trashmen, Beat Happening, Throwing Muses, Belly, The Leader, Toby Goodshank, Neil Young, The Cramps, Mudhoney, Le Tigre, Live Skull, The Rolling Stones, Bitch Magnet, BAUHAUS, U2, Led Zepplin, Linus, The Vaselines, The Sonics, The Who, Brian Eno, Cecil Taylor, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, OS Muntantes, Liz Phair, Guided By Voices, Leondard Cohen, MC5, Teenage Fanclub, Pussy Galore, Kimya Dawson, Tad, CAN, Modern Lovers, Low, Bongwater, Spacemen 3, Sebadoh, Donnie and Marie, American Anymen, NYC DIY MUSIC SCENE
Sounds LikeTwo dogs making love in a canoe. "Party/ Folk Noise/ Punk band Schwervon! make cute fun out of the Big Black blueprint."
-Village Voice

"Pretty Slow" sounds like a bonus, unreleased track from Blue Album-eraWeezer, if Rivers Cuomo had teamed up with The Blow's Khaela Maricich."
-Rachel Kowal, NPR Second Stage

"Lower East Side couple-band Matt Roth (guitar) and Nan Turner (drums) make roughhewn, exposed-brick NYC indie rock with a freshly squeezed pop twist, their young life/ young heart songs drawing inspiration from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Pixies, the more twee side of Cibo Matto and beyond. The general rule of rock duos states that for a group to really explode,one member needs to be a brutal enough talent to igniteboth halves (White Stripes,etc.), butTurner and Roth seem to be enjoying themselves enough for three, and that is just fine, too."
-AM New York

"Considering that it started as a part-time side project for both members, with Nan learning to drum “on the job,” Schwervon!’s development to this point is remarkable. The album needn’t be compared;it succeeds on its own terms. Robert Schumann wrote, “Music is an orphan whose mother and father no one can determine. And it may well be that precisely in this mystery lies the source of its beauty.” That’s the sweet spot of Low Blow."
-Tony Rubin, Boog City


"Of course, Schwervon!’s secret has weapon has always been their proximity. Two songwriters who share a life offstage as well as on, Roth and Turner’s vocals intertwine with an unforced familiarity that comes from years of cohabitation and collaboration. Roth, the Kansas drawl undiminished by years in the city, has always sounded to me like the voice of reason, a narrator, while Turner’s bubbly (but never ditzy) alto serves as more of an atmosphere enhancer: more of a third instrument than what drives the lyric. On Low Blow, though, Schwervon! have really come together, often singing in unison or falling into a singsong-y, call and response. Lead single “Balloon” works so well because Roth and Turner are clearly enjoying each other’s company in the dance party-friendly verses, and in mimicking the between-verse lead guitar. Schwervon!’s music is comprised of two-person inside jokes that cruises on a wave of inclusiveness: sort of like Matt and Kim, Nan and Matt make their audience feel like the songs and the sound belong to everyone who comes across it."
-Brook Pridemore, Jezebel Music

"Schwervon! tunes remind us a great deal of many of the odd, obscure underground pop bands that were treading around the United States in the early- to mid-1990s. This might better be labeled as minimalist pop because there is very little of the ultra-layering that usually litters twenty-first century pop. Plenty of groovy cuts here including "Dodger," "What We Talk About When We Don't Talk About Love," "Glasses On," and "Dogs for Hire. 5 out of 5"
-LMNOP.com

"Low Blow is the perfect study on how to avoid the experimental bells and whistles, over-used by plenty of indie bands, in order to present a simple and highly effective rock record. Various classic influences can be found threaded heavily into some of the music, however, there is not a single moment where the balance shifts away from Nan and Matt's collective flavour. Not many bands can claim such a feat."
-milk milk lemonade

"...the urgency of Low Blow’s sound struck me immediately. A bunch of the songs here, “Balloon” or “Wake and Bomb” being a good examples, remind me of the hyperactive, edgy guitar rock of bands like late-period Sleater-Kinney and Deerhoof."
-Pop Headwound



Record LabelOlive Juice Music
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 9 2009 8:00P
Cakeshop (tour kickoff show w/ jeff lewis, jason anderson and the wowz!) new york, New York
Nov 12 2009 8:00P
Pop in (with formica) Paris
Nov 13 2009 8:00P
drugstore cafe (with formica) Lille
Nov 14 2009 8:00P
International Bar Paris
Nov 15 2009 5:00P
L’Assomior (with Angelo Spencer & Desolation Wilderness!) St. Etienne
Nov 16 2009 8:00P
L’Usine (w/Angelo Spencer & Desolation Wilderness!) Geneva
Nov 17 2009 8:00P
Up and Down Montpellier
Nov 18 2009 8:00P
Les Pavillons Sauvages toulouse
Nov 19 2009 8:00P
saint-ex Bordeaux
Nov 20 2009 8:00P
blockhaus dy10 (w/ formica) Nantes
Nov 21 2009 8:00P
1929 (w/ formica) Rennes
Nov 23 2009 8:00P
Der Bock Mannheim Mannheim
Nov 24 2009 8:00P
Blue Shell Koln
Nov 25 2009 8:00P
Alhambra Oldenburg
Nov 26 2009 8:00P
Schokoladen Berlin
Nov 27 2009 8:00P
AZ Conni Dresden
Nov 28 2009 8:00P
W1 Regensburg
Nov 29 2009 8:00P
Cayman Gunzenhausen
Nov 30 2009 8:00P
Kafe Kult Munich
Dec 1 2009 8:00P
Oetinger Villa (w/ Mine!) Darmstadt
Dec 2 2009 8:00P
Franzis Wetzlar
Dec 4 2009 8:00P
Music Inn Glasgow
Dec 5 2009 8:00P
Henry’s Cellar Bar (w/ withered hand, pineapple chunks & les enfant bastard!) Edinburgh
Dec 6 2009 8:00P
Head of Steam Newcastle
Dec 7 2009 8:00P
The Continental (w/ the lovely eggs!) Preston
Dec 8 2009 8:00P
saki bar (Underachievers please try harder night w/ the lovely eggs!) manchester
Dec 9 2009 8:00P
The Harley Sheffield
Dec 10 2009 8:00P
Take Five Crypt Norwich
Dec 11 2009 8:00P
Buffalo Bar (Twee as fuck night!) London
Dec 12 2009 8:00P
the lectern Brighton
Dec 17 2009 8:00P
Bowery Electric (Return from Tour show w/ The Roulettes & Beluga!) New York, New York

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sl records

sl records



Nov 9 2009 3:59 PM



LIVE
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SCHWERVON!

plus WITHERED HAND
THE PINEAPPLE CHUNKS
LES ENFANT BASTARD
Saturday 5th December
Henry's Cellar Bar
7pm - 10 pm £5


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Up and Down

Up and Down



Nov 8 2009 3:03 PM

Hi,

here's the fly.
Thx to cedric to make it
See you.

Stephane

 

With The Lights Out ...

With The Lights Out ...



Nov 7 2009 5:44 PM

YEAH! Your show in WETZLAR will be kool, I'm sure!!! We played there two weeks ago.
We'll be there on the December the 2nd!!!

cu there!

Greetings,
KRIS






Sound of fridge

Sound of fridge



Nov 2 2009 12:18 AM

Le rock c'est comment dire... ça fait bander... ça fait hurler... ça



fait suer... ça donne envie de baiser... ça donne envie de se



défoncer... ça donne envie de danser... ça donne envie de gagner un



match de boxe... ça donne envie d'aimer ses potes... ça donne envie de



parcourir le monde... ça donne envie de faire de la musique... ça fait



croire qu'ELVIS n'est pas mort... ça créer des mythe... Et ça fait



aussi des cafards anglais... ça rend joyeux... ça donne envie de te



lancer contre un mur... et de prendre sa moto pour Easyrider jusqu'en



Russie... ça donne envie d'allez dans des caves... Le rock c'est un



style de vie, une code d'honneur, dans lequel t'as signé un contrat à



vie avec ton sang. ROCK'N'ROLL is good for you, me and everybody around



the world...



JUGENDKULTURHAUS CAIRO

JUGENDKULTURHAUS CAIRO



Nov 2 2009 12:18 AM

Thanks for the request. If you want to play at the cairo please contact the booking-groups:

http://www.cairo.wue.de/info/wue/booking/

Greetings from Germany
Kitty Licks

Kitty Licks



Nov 2 2009 12:16 AM

Hattie (the band)

Hattie (the band)



Oct 19 2009 12:53 PM

Hey there, it's been a while! I've got a new song up.
Enjoy it, I hope you're doing well!
Hattie
Kansas State Flower

Kansas State Flower



Oct 6 2009 1:59 PM

Hey, November 9th is my friggin' 43rd b-day...Maybe I'll make your Cakeshop kick off show my b-day party?!?  That could be FUN!!
Null;

Null;



Oct 3 2009 2:26 PM

You two are perfect.
hotpants romance

hotpants romance
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Sep 17 2009 7:23 PM

we love  u too! we will be there!!!! xxxxxxxxxx
The Lovely Eggs

The Lovely Eggs



Sep 7 2009 1:41 PM

we cant WAIT for tomorrow!!! we'll give you a call or text when we get there! we are trying to hustle the cars to get there early! xx
SLOW CLUB ALBUM OUT NOW

SLOW CLUB ALBUM OUT NOW



Aug 16 2009 2:37 PM

THANKYOU!!! see you in nyc soon!
victory hall

victory hall



Jul 30 2009 12:55 AM

he he he
thanks guys!!!

see you soon

martial
Brian Speaker

Brian Speaker



Jul 30 2009 12:55 AM

see you tonight at the thing~!
Violet Scumbag

Violet Scumbag



Jul 15 2009 5:48 PM

Gnarly New tracks!:D
KnotPineBox

KnotPineBox



Jun 27 2009 2:58 PM

CUDDLEPUNK!!
Toby Goodshank

Toby Goodshank



Jun 19 2009 8:18 PM

Hattie (the band)

Hattie (the band)



May 29 2009 4:56 PM

Hey there, I've got 2 new songs.

Enjoy them,
hope you're well
-Hattie
Milo McLaughlin

Milo McLaughlin



Jun 3 2009 4:27 PM

Hiya, it was great to see you too, on your home turf! Next time I won't let a bartender lead me astray the night before though and may be able to actually hold a decent conversation ;-)
TIM AND PUMA MIMI (20. Nov im Exil/Zürich)

TIM AND PUMA MIMI (20. Nov im Exil/Zürich)
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May 28 2009 1:36 PM

hey Nan,
thanks for you nice comment!
actually you get a second chance, they just invited us, to play again at pianos. next friday, tomorrow actually. late night again...
hope to see a gig of yours soon,
Tim
Töffi

Töffi



May 29 2009 10:06 PM

hey, thanks a lot, nice to hear that! hope you'll come back soon maybe on your next tour... may you do well!  best regards, stephanie
FOOTHILL DRIVE

FOOTHILL DRIVE



May 19 2009 5:53 PM

you guys are amazing! Come back to Bordeaux, wanna hear some shit from NY :D
jo honey milk and sugar baby

jo honey milk and sugar baby



May 24 2009 4:52 PM

hallohallo Schwervon!
Thank you for the friendship and the very special concert in "Die gute Stube" in Darmstadt.
cu soon! jo
TIM AND PUMA MIMI (20. Nov im Exil/Zürich)

TIM AND PUMA MIMI (20. Nov im Exil/Zürich)
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May 18 2009 8:42 PM

hey schwervon! we come for one concert to new york, ok, mimi stays in japan, but will be live to, some digital live, but funny.... how are you? are you coming to switzerland soon? Tim

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May 17 2009 8:31 AM

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