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sweetthieves

the town's painted red with your blood

About Me

sweetthieves began their journey into bandhood in july of 2003. they have since toured the world three times and have acquired much acclaim from critics. after viewing a live show in tokyo, one critic stated that, "sweetthieves warm my heart and soul with their angular, yet beautiful sound . they pull me into their web of lies, spit in my face, and then leave my rotting corpse on the ground. yet, as i am dead, i still remember the shimmering and brilliant guitar, the raw, deceitful bass, the smooth, yet frenetic drums, and sing/scream, boy/girl vocals. they make my bodiless soul cry out for more. it is truly genius." unfortunately this critic cannot be reached for comment, because he is now dead...
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YOU CAN BUY OUR CD
VIEW FROM A GLASS TOWER
HERE

thanks!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/11/2004
Band Website: sweetthieves.com
Band Members: dave martinka--baritone guitar/vocals
hilary jones--bass/vocals
mike viele--drums
(jay mayoh--drums, 2003-2006)
Influences: unwound ::: sonic youth ::: mission of burma ::: qotsa ::: blonde redhead ::: black sabbath ::: shellac ::: led zeppelin ::: vaz ::: the kinks ::: the buzzcocks ::: helium ::: pj harvey ::: jawbox ::: the cure ::: fugazi ::: the melvins ::: sleater-kinney ::: the shipping news ::: satan
Sounds Like: dissonance vs. harmony + boy vs. girl vocals
Type of Label: None

My Blog

what the hell are sweetthieves up to?

hi there.  it's been a long time since we rock and rolled.  well... not really.  we played this friday, and it was pretty rad.  thanks to all who came out to the show (and thanks...
Posted by sweetthieves on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:28:00 PST

recording was awesome

yeah.  that pretty much says it all.  we had a great time and whipped out 5 songs in 2.5 days.  everything sounds amazing so far, and we are psyched to write 5 more songs, and go b...
Posted by sweetthieves on Sat, 26 May 2007 12:18:00 PST

mike viele, man of many words

..> we recently did an interview with the college hill independent.  initially, we thought we sounded like assholes because a lot of what we said was sarcastic.  but after reading it...
Posted by sweetthieves on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:24:00 PST

in case you were curious...

this is what we've been up to lately:   --we had a great time playing the women of providence rock fest!!  thanks to bob otis for setting it up, and to all of the other amazing bands who pla...
Posted by sweetthieves on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:16:00 PST

live block & comp

so, we had a great experience tonight playing live block on BSR 88.1fm.   you can stream it on the internetz here! you can also stream most of friday night of providence ...
Posted by sweetthieves on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 07:41:00 PST

our robot drummer is complete!!!

for weeks, dave has been toiling away at his work bench trying to build a robot who can fulfill sweetthieves' drumming needs. today, after wiping the sweat from his brow, the robot is complete... &nbs...
Posted by sweetthieves on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:01:00 PST

re-viewwwwwww

from copper press! Sweet ThievesView From a Glass TowerSelf-Released 8.11.06 While this may go down as the well duh statement of the millennium, indie rock bands that have a well established back ...
Posted by sweetthieves on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:59:00 PST

PARL comp & lotsofnoise review

our song "save your breath" is featured on a benefit compilation for the providence animal rescue league put together by the fine folks at 75orless.  it is called "rock out with your tail ou...
Posted by sweetthieves on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:22:00 PST

another! review

from scenepointblank.com Sweetthieves View From a Glass Tower (Independent, 2006) Not too long ago, I was talking about a small band out of Providence, Rhode Island making references to some of my fa...
Posted by sweetthieves on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:27:00 PST

two new reviews

From the Agenda   From 75orless.com Thursday, June 01, 2006 Sweetthieves - View From a Glass Tower (self released) [audio and upcoming shows]Although the emphasis leans towards heavine...
Posted by sweetthieves on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 05:27:00 PST