Accordion Crimes
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
Hi-Dive
Saturday, July 23rd
5pm.
Do you have your cd for sale at Twist and Shout?
Yes, we have cd's and records available at Twist and Shout
How long has your band been together?
For nearly two years.
What was your band's first live show/ performance?
We played in a garage near D.U. for students playing beer pong.
What was the first album you purchased?
Madonna / Like A Virgin
Do you have any (quick) advice for new bands?
Play out of town at least once every few months.
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
Black Heart Procession
Best past UMS experience?
Performing at last years' festival.
Do you have any tips for festival goers?
Make an effort to see bands you ordinarily don't with an open mind.
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during the festival?
I really like Socorro's Street Tacos on Bayaud.
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
Land Lines
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what three albums would you recommend to our customers?
Rachel's 'The Sea & the Bells'
Jawbox 'For Your Own Special Sweetheart'
Uzeda 'Stella'
Is there anything we forgot to ask you about the UMS that you think people need to know?
Do we have any new products to offer our fans? Yes, we have some new screen printed tee-shirts that will be available for purchase after our performance at the Hi-Dive.
Pink Hawks
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
6pm Saturday 7/23, at Indy Ink!
Do you have your cd for sale at Twist and Shout?
Yessir!
How long has your band been together?
About 4 years...It evolved from a 2-piece free-form noise group to a 12 person ensemble. The pan-African dance styles we're doing now have been in the works for over 2 years.
What was your band's first live show/performance?
Khaira Arby and the Sway Machinery at the Hi-Dive
What was the first album you purchased?
Kris Kross: Totally Krossed Out
Do you have any (quick) advice for new bands?
Develop your soul
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
Khiara Arby, BWC, Varlet, Joe Sampson, Lil Thunder, Legendary River Drifters, Kingdom of Magic, Ian Cooke, Ross Etherton and the Chariots, Git Some, Ukulele Loki, Littles Paia, Pirate Signal, Tin horn prayer, Married in berdichev, Hearts in Sapce, the Dendrites, A.Tom Collins, Safe Boating Is No Accident, Wheelchair Sports Camp
Best past UMS experience?
2010 at Skylark was quite a surprise. Ppl got down hard.
Do you have any tips for festival goers?
You can dance a lot faster when you're not wearing skibbies... less friction, less restriction!
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during the festival?
Famous Pizza, Sputnik
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
BWC, Debajo Del Agua, Pee Pee
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what three albums would you recommend to our customers?
Fela Kuti: Coffin for the head of state, any Ethiopiques Complilation, Vicente Fernandez
Is there anything we forgot to ask you about the UMS that you think people need to know?
CRAZY DANCE PARTY AT INDY INK!!
Death Rides West (answers by Al Trout)
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
Death Rides West will be performing at 6pm Saturday July 23rd at the Irish Rover.
Do you have your cd for sale at Twist and Shout?
Yes, our 3 song EP is available for a mere $5!
How long has your band been together?
About a year and a half altogether, though it's only been about 9 months since we downsized to our current duo format.
What was your band's first live show/ performance?
An anti-Valentine's show at Paris Wine Bar with our friend's The Widow's Bane.
What was the first album you purchased?
My memory is a little foggy, but I'm pretty sure it was either Never Mind the Bullocks by the Sex Pistols or Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by the Dead Kennedys, needless to say Mom and Dad weren't too happy about it.
Do you have any (quick) advice for new bands?
As Tom Waits says "Get behind the Mule in the morning and plow!"
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
A whole bunch of B-named bands it seems... Bad Luck City, Bare Bones, Bonnie and the Beard, and Broken Spirits!
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during the festival?
For me, it would probably be the pulled pork at Moe's with some cornbread and a side o' beans.
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
It's a close race between Rev Deadeye and Sixteen Horsepower.
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what three albums would you recommend to our customers?
Al Trout would recommend... Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge, Josh T Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen, and Dexter Romweber Duo - Is that you in the Blue? (to be released next week).
Is there anything we forgot to ask you about the UMS that you think people need to know?
Cody and I are really excited to be performing at the festival and are looking forward to seeing you there! Al Trout - Death Rides West
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