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"Without a doubt, this is the most creative guitar-centric rock act working in Madison today." - The Isthmus
"El Valiente lurk and charge through spaces as broad and bleak as the Grand Canyon. The group's guitar, glockenspiel, bass, and drums prove boldest when drifting off into a skeletal void between slowcore, spaghetti western, and free jazz." - The Onion A.V. Club
"Just when you think the local instrumentalists are all about limitless desert vistas and parched bones glowing in the moonlight, they let loose with an explosion of guitars that takes you back to the glory days of post-punk." -The Isthmus
"El Valiente 's free jazz and spaghetti western washes are mind-bending enough to be the soundtrack to the dreams of surreal director Alejandro Jodorowsky." - Madison.com
"What better way to close out the week’s ticket orgy than with El Valiente. I will admit that I had never heard or heard of El Valiente until this post, but holy hell I am impressed. If nobody takes these tickets I will break ranks and take them myself. El Valiente are a post-rock group (man I am full of hyphens) who’s free jazz influenced rock slays me. If you are a fan of Mogwai or The Album Leaf you are already familiar with El Valiente. If you’re not as I am or was, then you are doing yourself a disservice by not catching this show." - Dane101.com
"Instrumentals surging with bursts of noise and wondrously drifting melodies. For three guys with such a humble stage presence, the group crafts some bold--perhaps even valient?-- work, spicing up the basic rock-trio format with glockenspiel and unwieldy song structures on the recently released El Topo. For an idea that sounds so interesting on paper, El Valiente is also quite respectable live, staying clear and tight even at a cramped King Club show last month." - The Onion A.V. Club

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Member Since: 10/17/2006
Band Members: Eric Caldera, Guitar
David Sperka, Bass
Joe Bernstein, Drums, Glockenspiel
Influences: Don Caballero, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, Tristeza, Sonic Youth, Album Leaf, Flaming Lips, Cougar, The Jade Monkey.
Sounds Like: “haunts like the lonesome cry of a cowboy's ghost” – The Onion

Type of Label: None

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El V. featured on the Daily Page MadTracks

The kind folks at the Isthmus Daily Page had some awful kind things to say.  Click the link and read the story and hear an MP3! MadTracks...
Posted by El Valiente on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:06:00 PST

El Topo will be available Nov. 10!!!

Hey!  You've been wanting to get your hands on us for awhile.  In fact, you've probably been asking yourself, "Self, I wonder when I will be able to listen to all of my favorite El Valiente ...
Posted by El Valiente on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:28:00 PST