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LEDASWAN

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Recent Press
Their music ostensibly geared toward the abstract dynamics of the heart and soul where music is not only heard but also felt—the S.A. Current
Ledaswan pulls you in with Gutierrez's voice, but underneath the sweetness is a darker edge, with pensive lyrics and a complex framework—210SA
With a lineup and collective personality eerily similar to Fleetwood Mac on Quaaludes, Ledaswan should only get better as it ventures on to the wider scope of a full-length album—Album review S.A Current January 2008
Ledaswan produces and records their music, which paid off: Verse of Truth, Trash and Beauty won Best Album of 2007, voted by San Antonio Current readers. Lead vocalist Erica Gutierrez won Best Singer-Songwriter. The group is rounded out by brothers Jaime and David Monzon on guitar, Amanda Flores on bass/keys/backup vocals and Delrick Colwell on drums. Ledaswan’s music is deeply textured, with lyrics and vocals ranging from ethereal to haunting. After the awards, working on a new album and helping organize local musicians, Ledaswan’s momentum builds in 2008, as they plan to tour the Southwest later this year.
Ledaswan came together over an urgent love for the Jesus and Mary Chain's echoed-stoned "Psychocandy," the fractured bass melodies of Joy Division's "Day of Lords," the sinister charm of Mazzy Star's "Halah."
Performing their very first show when they were invited to play at Emo's in Austin, TX for Ladyfest 2004, they've opened for such acts as Veruca Salt, the Umbrellas, Susan Gibson, Jim Ward of Sparta, and indie rockers Lydia.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/7/2004
Band Website: WWW.LEDASWANMUSIC.NET
Influences:

Ledaswan inhabit a terrain where the manicured noise of the 'White Light / White Heat' era Velvets meets the narcotic woozy world of Mazzy Star, synapse shredding sonics shaking hands with dreamy delerium.

The bands that made us fall in love with the music

THE INNOCENCE MISSION

MAZZY STAR

SPARKLEHORSE

BELLY

THE PIXIES

AFGHAN WIGS

10,000 MANIACS

NEIL YOUNG

GEMMA HAYES

HOPE SANDOVAL AND THE WARM INVENTIONS

DOVES

TRESPASSERS WILLIAM

THE CURE

NEW ORDER

NATALIE MERCHANT

COLD PLAY

THE BEATLES

THE ROLLING STONES

THE TURTLES

THE BEACH BOYS

PINK FLOYD

ELLIOTT SMITH

RADIO HEAD

JIMMY EATS WORLD

THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS

THE COUNTING CROWS

SIMON AND GARFUNKLE

U2

THE SUNDAYS

LISA GERMANO

JANES ADDICTION

NIN

NIRVANA

PEARL JAM

PLACEBO

SMASHING PUMPKINS

SONIC YOUTH

THE USED

MOTLEY CRUE

JAMC (THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN)

GLASSJAW


Sounds Like:

MELODIC ROCK, COUNTRY TWANGY, MOSTLY POPISH, SOOTHING, PLAYFULLY DANGEROUS


Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Ledaswan Gets Sponsorship

Ledaswan is happy to announce that we are now sponsored by Alamo Music Company!so we'll be using lots of those awesome things from Alamo Music musicians can't survive without, like guitar strings, pic...
Posted by LEDASWAN on Fri, 04 May 2007 02:55:00 PST

Ledaswan Rocking the Drag

Last night we played at Tycoon Flats on N. St. Mary's Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us we had a lot of fun. Thanks to Mario and Audry too! We will be playing there every 1st and 3...
Posted by LEDASWAN on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:59:00 PST

News

we played a hell of a lot of shows this past week and it was totally worth every sore body muscle, Thank you for coming out to all of our shows for those that came out! We appreciate you and your sup...
Posted by LEDASWAN on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:11:00 PST

S.A. Current Article August 2006

MusicFairytale synergy By Dawn Pomento 08/02/2006 Good looks are an obvious advantage for anyone performing on stage, so it's no coincidence that singers are usually above-average in t...
Posted by LEDASWAN on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:53:00 PST

Buy the New Album

Ledaswan's self-produced E.P. "How to Rearrange the World in 7 Days" will be available at our next show Fri December 29th at the limelight for $5.00  As of now you can only get the c.d. at our sh...
Posted by LEDASWAN on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:02:00 PST

New Photos Live

Here is a link to 21inSA's gallery they were kind enough to shoot some photos of our c.d. release party last weekend you can view the album here Ledaswan Pics...
Posted by LEDASWAN on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:04:00 PST

New Best Friend of 2007

hello i was just here listening to some of our new ledaswan tracks from the new album and now that i can almost listen to it without anylizing every single note I  nearly cried listening to the s...
Posted by LEDASWAN on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:55:00 PST

Ledaswan C.D. Releaase Party

Hosted By: Ledaswan When: Friday Dec 01, 2006 at 8:00 PMWhere: the Sanctuary1818 N. MainSan Antonio, TX 78212USDescription:Ledaswan c.d. release party with Fire in the Sky, Silverlined Tragedy, Yoshi...
Posted by LEDASWAN on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:13:00 PST

Confirmed Bill

Happy Holloween everyone.  this is going to be a long week i can already feel it but all the better for the weekend to arrive!  we will start shooting for our video Thursday. We have confirm...
Posted by LEDASWAN on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:37:00 PST

C.D. Release Party

so our c.d. release party is coming December 1st which is First Friday to you San Antonians.  We have a lot in store for you apart from the new album we plan on having a video for our upcoming "s...
Posted by LEDASWAN on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:04:00 PST