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HIALEAH

NOT JUST A DIRTY TOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA

About Me

.. Hialeah: “Where You’re Standing” (Blackbox Records) Few bands these days can pique my interest; it’s a rare thing for me to be blown away by new music since so much is derivative that one has to judge a lot of this stuff by different, diluted standards other than originality. OK, Hialeah are not the only ones to sound like this. What they did, though, is to whip the senses into a frenzy of cool receptivity. Hialeah fits into this interesting box – the better file, I guess you could call it. I was pleased by the deconstructed power pop, the cerebral, emotive musings. The music really gets a kick from the thundering bass and the pulsing, throbbing beats of the drums; they both anchor the noodling, jangle of the guitar and the understated plaintive angst of the vocals. Hailing from the San Diego area, down in the mellow sunshine of So-Cal, Hialeah has a similar vibe to other area bands like The Nervous Return or Dehra Dun. A concise power-trio, Hialeah consists of Mario Quintero playing guitar and singing, Justin Jay on drums and Mike Pereira on bass and vocals. They are a tight outfit, the CD is well-produced and the rhythm section – bass & drums – is turned up quite high in order to really add a synthesisic addition to all the songs on “When You’re Standing”. With songs like “Fault Line”, “Turn it Down” or the closer, “Forevermore”, these guys are taking emo-core to a new subtlety, with blissful results. From: http://reviewermag.livejournal.com/2007/04/03/Buy our album at these places:
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Member Since: 8/5/2004
Band Website: HIALEAHROCK.COM
Band Members: HIALEAH IS: MIKE PEREIRA , JUSTIN JAY & MARIO QUINTERO
Influences: FUGAZI, JAWBOX, QUICKSAND, THE CURE, THE PIXIES, SHINER, HELMET, BRAID, SHUDDER TO THINK, JANE'S ADDICTION, TOOL, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE...
Sounds Like: Brazilian Snap Rock with a healthy dose of Neo Kraut-Core, and a splash of Dom Deluise.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New songs! Motherfuckin yay!

Bite Your Tongue and Nothing's Automatic are the first two songs off our upcoming EP.  We hope you dig'em.  They were recorded at Black Box Recording Studios and we are super happy with the ...
Posted by HIALEAH on Mon, 01 May 2006 10:06:00 PST

Fuck Internet Squatters

We used to have a website at hialeahband.com, but the registry expired and somebody snatched it up before we even knew it happened. If it had something to do with Hialeah the town maybe that would be...
Posted by HIALEAH on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:18:00 PST

Thanks, City Beat!

So we got a write-up in City Beat's Local's Only 2005 edition. We were one of 14 bands across all genres they highlighted as EXTRASPECIALGOOD. Needless to say, we felt pretty honored to get picked o...
Posted by HIALEAH on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

About the songs you hear

So the songs we have on here are all self-recorded in our rehearsal space. We tend to record all the songs when they are a month or so old, so they're all pretty young at the time. It helps us to re...
Posted by HIALEAH on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Thanks for coming out...

Thanks to everyone who made it out to Scolari's on Friday. We were a little rusty, and we debuted a couple songs that aren't quite finished, but we had a great time. It was nice to see a bunch of fa...
Posted by HIALEAH on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

As the year comes to a close...

...it's a good thing to look back on where we've come from and where we're headed. This band was born March of 2004. Our first show was in early June, and we hit the ground running. The shows came ...
Posted by HIALEAH on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST