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Our new EP 'Attack of the Firebots' is out now!!

About Me

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Member Since: 7/23/2004
Band Website: argotheband.com
Band Members: Justin Benson, Matt Benham, Jon Wooster, Adrian Van Batenburg
Influences: The Sea and Cake, Tortoise, yo la tengo, Wilco, Blonde Redhead, Pinback, Built to Spill, Joao Gilberto, The Cure, The Smiths, David Bowie, Joy Division.
Sounds Like: ..
Record Label: Ana-Them/Fish the Cat
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Argo on Tour!

That's right, we're going to be on tour in less than a week!  Please come check us out in Portland, San Francisco, or Los Angeles if you live near by.  Here are the details:Wed. Aug. 22nd - ...
Posted by argo on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:22:00 PST

Georgetown Music Festival Tickets

Hey y'all!  You can now buy tickets for the illustrious Georgetown Music Festival (we play at 1:30 on the Glaceau Stage).  Go here http://ticketswest.rdln.com/EventDetails.aspx?evt=55473Ente. ..
Posted by argo on Tue, 22 May 2007 08:14:00 PST

West Coast Performer Magazine Feature!!

Check out this link for our feature in this month's Performer Magazine!! http://www.performermag.com/wcp.spot01.0704.php
Posted by argo on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:18:00 PST

Performer Magazine Review

Check out our review in Performer Magazine:http://www.performermag.com/wcp.recrevnew.php...
Posted by argo on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:55:00 PST

Argo on the Real World

Yes, Argo finally made it in to an episode of the Real World!!  Our song "Kicking the Clouds Off" from our first LP 'Jet Packs for Everyone' somes in about 3 minutes into episode 1710 of the Key ...
Posted by argo on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:06:00 PST

Yet more press...

Smother.net J-sin Editor's Pick Melodic pop maestros Argo hail from Seattle and their latest disc on Ana-them Records is a beautiful array of delicious hooks and indie pop magic.  Having garnere...
Posted by argo on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:01:00 PST

Meet Bizarro Argo.... "Arggo" from Lafayette, IN

These guys are awesome, and apparently "we" approved their reworking of our name.  We like it because we're just a couple of crazy, mutually exclusive Venn diagrams in this mixed up world.  ...
Posted by argo on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:12:00 PST

About Argo

When dreamy, hooky crunch pop is done right, it melts your heart with out even trying. Even though, Seattle, Washington's Argo is notoriously one of the hardest working bands in town, their preterna...
Posted by argo on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:28:00 PST

**More Press!!**

The StrangerHannah Levin...songwriting with a natural sense of melody and an effortless grace that should make them much more broadly successful than they currently are.  Sell the right song for ...
Posted by argo on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:50:00 PST

** Press **

"Argo will delicately finish the night with intricately woven xylophonic melodies in their tight indie-rock tunes." - Ari Spool, The Stranger, February 10-16, 2005 (Vol. 14)   "Argo's melodic...
Posted by argo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST