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Candyland Riots!

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About Me



REVIEWS:
“Impressive! Orange Sash and the President of the Galaxy effectively blends film imagery and poetic metaphors with psychedelic pop rock that is both dreamy and dramatic. Ice Jets, Our Molecules Have Finally Come Together, and Drifting ... Like a Real Canyon are powerful numbers with gripping melodies, dynamic arrangements and Lee's impassioned vocals.”
(~ Don Thrasher~~~~~~~~ Dayton Daily News)
"Candyland Riots! do not allow normal conventions to permeate their space. Instead, they break bread with genre defying independent bands that march to the beat of their own music found in their own heads. That can be liberating for artists who have a sound that cannot be compared. But certainly, fans of such independent challengers like The Flaming Lips will enjoy hearing Candyland Riots! develop."
(~Matt Rowe ~~~~~~~~ Music Tap Magazine)
“It's the cd that keeps on giving! Dreamy yet comprehendible, elegant yet extremely personal, Orange Sash and the President of the Galaxy is one of those fantastic albums that surprises you on every listen. Whether I'm sitting at home focused soley on what I'm listening to or in the car paying attention to other things, I'm constantly discovering new sounds, new quotable lyrics and new favorite songs.”
(~ Juliet Fromholt~~~~~~~ WWSU 106.9 ~ Dayton, OH)
“Has a certain surreal melodic style this writer believes sounds like a blend of Smashing Pumpkins and Modest Mouse.”
(~ Valerie Hunt ~~~~~~~ Troy Daily News)
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/22/2006
Band Website: candylandriots.com
Band Members: Jordan Lee
Mikael Karlsson
Tauvia Dawn
sometimes known as Candyland Riots!
Influences: The A-team, American Flags, Clark Gable, Oscar Wilde, Rene Adoree, Guided By Voices, Weezer 'Pinkerton', aviation, Flaming Lips, Silent Movies, F. Scott Fitzgerald, cemetery statues, Pavement, Bright Eyes, early Bee Gee's, Brainiac, Georges Meiles', The pioneers of silent film, Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter, transistor sounds, Sparklehorse, French Girls, Harps, Old slang, Holland Folk, Greek philosophy, U.S.Presidents, the after-life, time travel, Neutral Milk Hotel, the White House, Greatness.
Sounds Like: A man cutting open his chest with an ink pen. Yep,... And we never spill the blood.

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Monkey Show

So,  since we've been playing great shows all over town, we've tried to give it a go as an "L.A. band", but we're finding a few things out. That the crucial indie clubs in town for some reason ha...
Posted by Candyland Riots! on Thu, 17 May 2007 08:09:00 PST

Thank You, KXLU 88.9

We just heard 'Ice Jets' on KXLU 88.9 in Los Angeles.....Thanks for requesting it....Keep it up. Maybe we can get them to play 'You're Contemporary Art...' next...here's their request line!!!!!(310) 3...
Posted by Candyland Riots! on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:06:00 PST

Yer garage art.....

You're Contemporary Art... was awarded garageband.com's, Indie Rock Track of the Day, today! Also, Byron Hagen also has been named Best Keyboards in Indie Rock for last week, and this week. For both...
Posted by Candyland Riots! on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:06:00 PST

DAYTON DAILY NEWS: Troy native loves music, movies, Hollywood

By Don ThrasherContributing WriterFriday, December 01, 2006Jordan Lee of Candyland Riots grew up in small-town Ohio, but he always knew he belonged in Hollywood. The Troy native relocated to Californi...
Posted by Candyland Riots! on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:24:00 PST

TROY DAILY NEWS: 'Ear candy' has local flavor

'Ear candy' has local flavorBy Val HuntStaff WriterHOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Taking risks took Jordan Lee to the West Coast and has helped him premiere the debut album of his band, Candyland Riots!Lee descr...
Posted by Candyland Riots! on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:28:00 PST

Handel walks in, raises his arms, and the chorus begins

Mikael Karlsson is back on U.S. soil and had his first meal at Carl's Jr. He was very excited to have an american meal again..  And very excited to see his sewage didn't back up and flood his bed...
Posted by Candyland Riots! on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:50:00 PST