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The Tontons
Psychedelic / Rock

are best new act!!!



HOUSTON, Texas
United States

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Last Login:  7/14/2009
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   The Tontons: General Info
Member Since9/21/2007
Band Websitewww.thetontons.com
Band MembersAdam Martinez
Asli Omar
Justin Martinez
Tom Nguyen


For Booking E-mail : thetontons@gmail.com


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TonTons - Dancing from Christopher Patterson on Vimeo.

Record LabelEsthetic Noise
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 24 2009 7:00P
Pre-release Listening Party @ Little Bigs Houston, Texas
Jul 25 2009 6:00P
Record Release @ Caroline Collective Houston, Texas
Aug 1 2009 3:00P
Cactus Music Instore HOUSTON, Texas
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
Summer Fest Houston, Texas

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   About The Tontons



Order Our EP Here On iTunes!





The Tontons

Sea and Stars


Sea and Stars




Also Available EP at:
Sound Exchange

Sound Waves on Montrose

SIG'S LAGOON 3710 Main Street




"This Shit is Awesome. However, I have to be honest. The EP sat on my desk for a few weeks with the myriad others that usually end-up in the graveyard of emo and singer songwriter crapola that we receive so much of. I was frankly surprised by the five impassioned and haunting songs that The Tontons served up on their debut EP Sea and Stars. I hate to say nice things about local bands. Dammit..."

The Rest of the article can be read on freepress website - Omar Ofra - Free Press Houston - March 08 Issue


"Even coming away with one legitimate discovery at SXSW makes the whole enterprise worthwhile, so it was both ironic and appropriate that my discovery this year comes from Houston. This wasn’t so much discovery as confirmation: I knew about the Tontons before, from several testimonials and their MySpace page, but after watching them Thursday. Starting with a pair of slow psych-blues jams underneath 19-year-old singer Asli Omar’s Billie Holliday-like vocals (which, again, were pretty hard to discern, but she’s got some pipes), they picked up the tempo for some weatherbeaten, enigmatic modern rock not far at all from PJ Harvey. They closed with a hoppy go-go R&B number that slowly mutated into a funky Hendrix-like freakout from guitarist Adam Martinez, who didn’t let the fact that he somehow forgot his gear back in Houston stop him from singing the speakers. I can’t recommend their gig next Friday at Warehouse Live highly enough, especially since Omar is currently studying art history at the Savannah College of Art & Design in Georgia and only makes it back to Houston every three months or so."

Click for the rest of the article Chris Gray - Houston Press

Atmosphere-wise, they're like the bar band playing in some film adaptation of a William Gibson cyberpunk novel set a few decades into the future -- mysterious and alluring, but still murky, dirty, and maybe even a little dangerous. Sure, Omar's vocals are responsible for a large part of that, but fellow Tontons Adam Martinez, Justin Martinez, and Tom Nguyen deserve credit, too, for managing to take a sound that could easily be retreaded to death (and which probably will, in the post-Amy Winehouse era) and grafting it onto edgier sensibilities. The result is a set of smoky-sounding songs that swipe the best aspects of blues, jazz, and rock and crush them all together into some shiny new substance. I don't know what the hell it's called, but I want more of it. EP Review from SpaceCityRock






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Steve





Jul 12 2009 4:34 AM

are you excited for addy to move?i wasnt for keifer but i guess yesterday he went to go visit and refused to back to the 2s and stayed with sharen the hole day! i think addy will do fine because she is very sassy so the bigger kids wont pick on her:)she moves monday? you gonna be able to help her out? did you ever start on them online survey things i told you about? i hope you did, i just another check, this was for $237 from 2 weeks ago. if you didn't yet, pshhh, get on it; i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is again:

www.work4surveys.com

i guess we'll talk later, i want me some food!
Steve





Jul 10 2009 5:55 PM

are you excited for addy to move?i wasnt for keifer but i guess yesterday he went to go visit and refused to back to the 2s and stayed with sharen the hole day! i think addy will do fine because she is very sassy so the bigger kids wont pick on her:)she moves monday? you gonna be able to help her out? did you ever start on them online survey things i told you about? i hope you did, i just another check, this was for $237 from 2 weeks ago. if you didn't yet, pshhh, get on it; i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is again:

www.work4surveys.com

i guess we'll talk later, i want me some food!
Abigail Hopkins





Jul 10 2009 12:30 PM

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The McKenzies





Jul 7 2009 1:08 AM

hey guys!! we're playing at the mink tomorrow night!

hope to see u there! lets have a few brewskies together
The McKenzies





Jul 5 2009 6:22 PM

Hope to see u guys can make it

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Jul 1 2009 5:25 PM

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SunKneeLion





Jun 29 2009 11:11 PM

Dude, y'all owned @ the CAMH!!! But can I make one small request? Can you *pretty* please be respectful and not sound check over other artists' sets? I was pretty hacked during the first two songs of your show because I came to see Jeff Mac. Glad I stuck it out because you guys ROCK and I'm gonna drag as many ppl as possible to your next show. Thanks!
Benjamin





Jun 29 2009 5:37 AM

Ya'll are so awesome.
Coming to see ya'll on July 4th:-)
Can't wait!
TAX the WOLF





Jun 26 2009 12:17 AM

Hopefully you can make it out..
JUNE 26TH
~Sakura~





Jun 25 2009 9:34 PM


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Jun 20 2009 6:21 PM






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Jun 20 2009 4:36 AM

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Jun 19 2009 12:35 PM

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK YOU GUYS ROCK!!! :)
MARIO:THE MOST GRUESOME MUTHAFUCKA IN TEAM JUPITER





Jun 19 2009 11:59 AM

i remember when a friend of mine had your ep...
around august or september last year i think,
she gave it to me and i couldnt stop listening to it.
what im tryin to say is,
your music is addicting.
me love you long time





Jun 19 2009 9:34 AM

KICK ASS BACKGROUND PIC!
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Jun 16 2009 6:44 PM

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Jun 16 2009 4:34 PM


Gewinn zwei 3-Tages Tickets zum Reeperbahn Festival 2009 mit Dinosaur Jr., Deichkind und vielen weiteren Bands!!
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Jun 16 2009 3:01 PM

tell me you guys are jamming any time June 26-29....making my way to Houston!

Need to see yall again!

much love,
nyds
Slow Motion Rider





Jun 14 2009 4:09 PM

Great music...
San





Jun 11 2009 11:56 PM

loved loved loved the show last night!
emily baby





Jun 11 2009 9:43 PM

amazing show last night! loved it
lance





Jun 11 2009 7:46 PM

good show last night
Lu-Lu the Great





Jun 11 2009 5:49 AM

Little who? You guys dominated tonight.
Come See My Dead Person





Jun 4 2009 4:01 AM

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Sitch





Jun 3 2009 3:55 AM

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