Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Sinkane is to Pitchfork as Gentleman Auction House is to Daytrotter
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Sinkane - Color Voice (Pre-Sale) on Insound.com
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Sinkane Postpones Tour Dates, Joins Forces with Caribou
Caribou Tour Dates
4/2 - 40 Watt Club - Athen's, GA
4/3 - Common Grounds - Gainesville, FL
4/4 - The Social - Orlando, FL
4/5 - Culture Room - Fort Lauderdale, FL
4/6 - Crowbar - Tampa, FL
4/7 - Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL
4/8 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN
4/9 - Wexner Center - Columbus, OH w/ Sinkane
4/10 - Illini Union Courtyard Cafe - Urbana, IL
4/11 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
4/12 - Triple Rock Club - Minneapolis, MN
4/13 - Royal Albert Arms - Winnipeg, Manitoba
4/14 - Amigo's - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
4/15 - Starlite Room - Edmonton, Alberta
4/16 - Grand Theatre - Calagary, Alberta
4/18 - Biltmore Cabaret (Early and Late shows) - Vancouver, British Columbia
4/19 - Sugar - Victoria, British Columbia
4/20 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA
4/21 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
4/23 - Independent - San Francisco, CA
4/24 - El Rey - Los Angeles, CA
4/25 - Plush - Tucson, AZ
4/26 - Club 101 - El Paso, TX
4/27 - Emo's - Austin, TX
4/28 - Palladium Loft - Dallas, TX
4/29 - The Continental - Tulsa, OK
4/30 - The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
5/1 - The Billiken Club - St. Louis, MO
5/2 - Waldron Auditorium - Bloomington, IN
5/3 - Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH
5/4 - Big Orbit's Soundlab - Buffalo, NY
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Gentleman Auction House sign with Noise Problem Booking
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
EU WELCOMES SINKANE AND GENTLEMAN AUCTION HOUSE TO THE FAMILY
Ahmed Gallab is the brainchild behind Sinkane. Born from the ashes of his work in various bands in Columbus, OH, Gallab provides a mix and meld of pop and jazz influences that create a melodic drone over an uneasy landscape stacked with reversing guitars, wall of sound keys, mounting percussion, sliding horns and distant intermittent vocals in four movements. For his live set he arranges and composes for three to eleven pieces. Sinkane will be hitting the road shortly after their release "color voice" hits stores in April 2008.
With a seven-member attack on the pop formula, Gentleman Auction House comes to us 125 miles east of our office. Armed with an arsenal of guitars, horns, keys, and multiple percussionists, GAH brings a wall of pop arrangements. For the past two years the group has become one of the must-see acts in St. Louis, MO and the rest of the Midwest. Now, after touring and performing at Tape-OP and SxSW 07 festivals in support of their self-released EP "The Rules were Handed Down", GAH is ready to bring you their first full length album. Look for "Alphabet Graveyard" in late May 2008 as well as their upcoming tour dates including SxSW 08 showcases.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
HOT SHOULDERS IN STORES TODAY!
...these dudes aren't just the flaming-guitar wielding, dead-baby joke-telling, pizza-jamming guys they appear to be." - Mary Nguyen (GO! MAGAZINE)
"Think fuzzed out bass guitar, sloppy drums, high-energy guitar antics and all the '70s rock influences you can possibly muster up in 30 seconds (AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Who) then remove the classy vocals and add some grating rawk-star lungs and you've got Bald Eagle." - Brian (QCLA INDEPENDENT)
"At times they come across sounding like Fugazi gone pop, which is a great thing in my opinion." - Jared Murdock (DECOYMUSIC.COM)
"The main reason for my enthusiasm is that this Columbia, Missouri quartet writes songs so infectious they seem to invade your central nervous system." - Tony Sclafani (POPMATTERS.COM)
"A throbbing rhythm section! Funkalicious rock n' roll riffs! Active, scratching-at-the-throat lead vocals! And a rough recording job to match it all! Woo! This is the stuff BALD EAGLE is made of and puts to use on Hot Shoulders, the band's latest release for Emergency Umbrella." - Corey Schmidt (PASTEPUNK.COM)
"It jams and jams until you think you can't jam anymore, then you jam some more." - Lauren Mooney (URB MAGAZINE)