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The Moviegoers
Rock / Indie / Acousmatic / Tape music

"SAT Killers"

San Diego & LA, California
United States

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Last Login:  10/15/2008
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Member Since8/24/2005
Band Websitethemoviegoers.com
Band Members

Jordan Heimer

Richard Hunter-Rivera

Jessica Monday

Carlos Robles

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Record Labelwww.mangooserecords.com
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Oct 22 2008 9:00PU-31San Diego, CA


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Jul 27 2008 8:00PThe CasbahSan Diego, CA
Aug 2 2008 8:55PThe Whistle Stop BarSan Diego, CA
Aug 23 2008 8:00PSlow Down CafeMexicali, Baja California
Oct 2 2008 8:00PCanesSan Diego, CA


New EP Or The Gun, is available at Lou's Records (Encinitas), M-Theory (Mission Hills), and Off The Record (North Park). You can also find it on CDBaby and on iTunes.
OR THE GUN OR THE GUN



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The Moviegoers are the band you might enjoy if you looked through all of your CDs and you didn't want to listen to any of them. Instead you wanted to listen to something that sounded a little like all of them, but recorded through less expensive microphones.

Known at the time as Your Future in Plastics, The Moviegoers was formed in 2004 by Richard Hunter-Rivera, Jordan Heimer, and Jessica Monday, who met while attending Columbia University in New York City. Richard's brother, Robert Hunter-Rivera, was roped into the project soon after. Formed initially as a recording project, the band began cultivating their indie rock sound with all members writing music and alternating on guitars, keyboards, bass, and vocals. Rhythm tracks were laid down using drum machines, samplers, and a variety of handheld percussion. In this manner, the band completed a large collection of songs by the end of 2004 and used five of those cuts to create its first EP, The Code is Obvious. While decidedly lo-fi, The Code is Obvious was a strong first step in the development of the band's sound, which can be described as a bastardized amalgamation of their musical influences, which include The Beatles, The Kinks, Talking Heads, My Bloody Valentine, The Magnetic Fields, Philip Glass, and Radiohead.

After graduating, the band’s founders left New York for the South. Richard and Jessica moved to New Orleans, Jordan to Austin. The group continued recording together and spent the summer of 2005 working on new tracks in a sweltering attic in Shreveport, Louisiana, Monday’s hometown. Robert continued to participate long-distance, doing vocal and guitar overdubs once the trio had finished the basic tracks. Richard enlisted the help of Monday's brother, Bobby, to play drums. During this time the band began writing songs in a more collaborative fashion. The recordings that ensued, though not released, were something of a turning point for the band, helping them to get comfortable incorporating their eager experimentalism with a more traditional indie rock aesthetic. Even more influences came into play during this period, including Sufjan Stevens, the Pixies, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Dylan, and Wilco. They realized that writing songs with catchy melodies and angular guitar riffs can be quite fun to play and listen to, which led them to pursue a more cohesive sound with a live performance component. Soon after that summer, Jordan moved to Los Angeles to pursue his screenwriting ambitions.

In September 2005, Hurricane Katrina forced Jessica and Richard to leave New Orleans. They decided to join Jordan in southern California in order to start focusing on the band's live sound. Richard soon met Carlos Robles, originally from Mexicali, and the band finally had a drummer. In October 2006, Richard entered a song-writing contest with one of the songs from those steamy summer 2005 recording sessions. The song "Andy" won the grand prize: two 8-hour recording sessions at Studio West in San Diego. By February 2007, the band was in the studio recording its second EP, Or the Gun. Robert, who had decided to become an upstanding citizen of Durham, North Carolina, flew out to San Diego for the sessions and appears on the EP as a special guest guitarist and vocalist. The band changed its name to the catchier, but equally referential, The Moviegoers and released Or The Gun with Mangoose Records in March 2008. Because they tracked much of it live, instead of using lots of overdubs, the EP has a more cohesive sound, harkening back to great studio records such as Pavement's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain and The Replacement's Tim. Featuring jangly guitars, upfront vocals, thick and spacey harmonies, and smart, soulful songwriting, Or The Gun represents the band's most collaborative and complete piece of work to date.

Since July of 2008, The Moviegoers has been playing live in support of their burgeoning label Mangoose Records and their new EP. They debuted at San Diego's mainstay The Casbah to a warm welcome, supported local music at the San Diego North by North Park Festival, and introduced their live sound to Mexicali, Mexico last month. The band has more San Diego shows lined up for the rest of the year and hopes to play soon in Los Angeles and other cities along the west coast.



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Jarah Jane





Oct 15 2008 2:47 PM

Hi :)

Dropping in to give you my latest news :)

New website is up, with the story of the making of my new album "Underwater Balloons"

You are invited to view it by visiting the address below.
http://www. underwater-balloons. com

Or visit my page and click on the top banner :)

Drop in anytime, and i'll get back to you asap!

~J.
Little Miss Sunshine





Oct 13 2008 12:50 AM

Binary





Oct 4 2008 1:29 AM

Hey!
Not sure if you saw, but we're having a Binary Party on Monday the 6th at the Dragonfly in Hollywood. All 7 of our artists will be performing! We'd love for you to come check out an entirely new kind of dance night in LA. No more lines or covers, just great LA music. Come out and party! Its free, and there are gonna be free well drinks from 9-10. It'll be a night of sick music you won't want to miss.

http://www. new. facebook. com/home. php#/event. php?eid=26640703463

Roll out!

-Binary

Jennifer Friend





Oct 1 2008 8:46 PM

Thanks for befriending me. Stop in when you have time. I hope you enjoy the music. Have a great day!
~Jennifer Friend
River City





Sep 30 2008 7:39 PM

Next Wednesday:

The Count of Miramar, Don Victor Rivera





Sep 28 2008 10:30 PM

DYLAN!
MELOVINE (California Street Team)





Sep 26 2008 9:22 PM

Thanks for the add and Thanks for supporting Melovine...

You Rock!
Hellyxx79





Sep 19 2008 9:06 PM

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piratepods (new youtube video posted)





Sep 19 2008 5:02 AM

thanks for checking out piratepods

non





Sep 19 2008 1:39 AM

puro tecolin aqui
♥FeiTa♥





Sep 18 2008 6:31 PM

Gracias por el add!!

Saludos!!

Y Padre Musica!!
Jeremy Michael





Sep 18 2008 3:39 PM

Sweet. I'm from Cali, so I'm sure I'll be out there again playing.
Hope to meet you! -Jeremy Michael
} No HáLO {





Sep 18 2008 3:51 AM

Cool tracks ss vaseline is pretty good.
Heather





Sep 14 2008 4:36 PM

thanks loves! you are kind and lovely altogether!
Batwings





Sep 12 2008 11:53 PM

Jeff





Sep 12 2008 2:41 PM

It's true, it's true. I love me some Jim Hanna.
He actually played your record for me last weekend. Sounds great! Reminds me of very early Pablo Honey Radiohead.
Manolo





Sep 11 2008 7:59 AM

FRIENDS, I was just looking at the live pics. I'm so happy for you guys, bring that shit out east.Dylan looks cute on yer page too and my quote I can't remember where it's from, but it's just some hater shit.
my neighborhood is gentrifying too fast for even the gentrifiers to take it themselves, ya dig?
Whole Hog





Sep 9 2008 8:30 PM

Alright...Now that we're friends and shit I just gotta say, 'WHOLE HOG's got yer back.'
When someone at the store says, 'Nah, you go ahead of me'...it was probably due to this friendship.
You go to tip the hot barmaid and she hands you back your dollar with a folded piece of paper with her number and a note that says, 'call me...please.', yep, probably due to this friendship also.
basically expect good shit to happen to you from here on out.
WHOLE HOG friendship has it's benefits.
Mindy





Sep 6 2008 7:50 PM

Hey! Yeah that's a boston terrier. His name is Jax. I love the little pug you have on your page. I almost got before I found Jaxie. Anyway I love your music! It's pretty sweet.
Hellyxx79





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Hi dear...
I hope you have a nice w-e!!
Greetings from Italy
Helly
XochipilliSR Powers. Yeah Baby, Yeah!!!!





Sep 1 2008 4:01 PM

El gusto fue todo mio, gracias por el CD y sus autografos, algun dia valdra mucho dinero.....
Sigan tocando asi de bien y llegaran muy lejos..
Renee Masochism™





Sep 1 2008 4:07 AM

muy bieen :D las bajaré..

gracias
Chase





Sep 1 2008 3:18 AM

thanks you too cheers!:)
Chase





Aug 29 2008 10:02 PM

Hi thanks for the add! stop by and check out the music some time i would LOVE some feedback :)
Little Miss Sunshine





Aug 29 2008 6:40 PM

y la foto de los tacos? haha!
Renee Masochism™





Aug 29 2008 6:32 PM

que buena musiquita, me gustó me gustó :)

cheers! que tengan un buen fin de semana.
non





Aug 26 2008 12:38 AM

slowdown sucks
Chip Canario





Aug 26 2008 12:33 AM

hey bro,
q lastima no pude ir a ver tu nueva banda (:
pero ojala a la proxima este ahi..
y de paso te digo que me gustaron dos de las rolas que tienen, la q canta la nena y la otra aca la ke tiene mas plays tsss (L)!
jajaja


pero tu sigues con tu tarola con sonido trash trash jajaja ntc :P!


saludos carlitos jezkar!



-cheke
Little Miss Sunshine





Aug 22 2008 5:04 AM

Hey guys, they mentioned saturday's show on the radio here in mexicali.
Sodica! NewSongs





Aug 20 2008 5:28 PM

hola, escucha nuestras nuevas rolas, retro love y nube caricatura, dejanos un comentario con tu opinion...
www. myspace. com/sodica
Little Miss Sunshine