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Dread Astaire

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About Me

Sonically striking, hard to categorize, and burdened by the failure of their country's any positive disposition towards oddity, Dread Astaire are indeed fascinating-and full of paradox. They crave to be heard; yet, they chose to launch their own Fuzzie label in order to record and distribute a series of vinyl releases, in an era dominated by i-Poddity. They nod to ambition; still, their ambition's accomplishable through shitty rehearsal rooms and scrappy concert spaces. Indeed, Dread Astaire often admire each other too much to care about recognition. They respect no expressional boundaries, spanning blues, noise, punk, repetition, improvisation, straight-out rock'n'roll, and more. However difficult it is to give an accurate definition of their cultural location, we can clearly inscribe them in one importand genre: Fuzzbass. Fuzz is about surface, fuzzbass about depth. Fuzz about pleasure, fuzzbass about intensity. Fuzz about the spirituality of electricity, fuzzbass about reaching out to you. But are you gonna be there? The trio's Hipbeat/Bassassination 10-inch is available while stock lasts. The new, double 7-inch EP, entitled "Take Time To Hate Me", is out now.

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Member Since: 2/13/2006
Band Website: dreadastaire.com
Band Members: Bruce: Vocals / Fender Mustang / Danelectro 56U1 / Guyatone Jazz Reverb. Bateman: Fender Jazzbass / Fender Precision / Fender Bassman. Makiss: Rogers drums
Sounds Like: Norman Records: "A hip swivelling cross between The Fall, Death in Vegas & Spacemen 3".Dusted Magazine: "2006’s answer to Loop".Overdub Zine: "Dread Astaire's creative use of the teachings of The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Fall, and most recently of Oneida, situates them in a brew that steps deeply into the past to humbly look towards the future".Sonik Magazine: "Beyond talented wordsmiths, Dread Astaire are the greatest hope of bad ass rock’n’roll in Greece".
Record Label: Fuzzie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

«HELVETICA» DIRECTOR GARY HUSTWIT ON DREAD ASTAIRE

Gary Hustwit has produced five feature documentaries, including I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, the award-winning film about the band Wilco; Moog, the documentary about electronic music pioneer Rober...
Posted by Dread Astaire on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:56:00 PST

UPCOMING SHOWS

Our "upcoming shows" MySpace section is a mess, folks. Therefore, we couldn't come up with a more appropriate way of communicating our next live dates but a blog entry.So, Saturday the 16...
Posted by Dread Astaire on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:10:00 PST

NOTE TO "WE'RE HAVING A BABY" RECORD OWNERS

It's about time to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who participated in the "We're Having A Baby" project. We respect the fact that you've spent good money on sharing the experience...
Posted by Dread Astaire on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:19:00 PST

ATHENS VOICE, LIFO, ELEFTHEROTYPIA INTERVIEWS

That's right; we talk too much and incourage domestic violence strictly between us.For all of our March ramblings at highly respectable items of the national press, follow these links: http://w...
Posted by Dread Astaire on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:39:00 PST

APO TIS 4 STIS 5 INTERVIEW & MIXTAPE

Lucky us, did an interview with the blog that gives blogs a good name, http://apotis4stis5.blogspot.com. We've been also asked for an accompanying mixtape, both of which can b...
Posted by Dread Astaire on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:43:00 PST

KZSU 10'' & E.P. REVIEWS

Pictured on bass, Dr. Furious.We treasure his friendship, admire his musicianship, (www.myspace.com/thefuckingocean), we follow his radio program,(http://kzsu.stanford.edu/), religiously. Latest ...
Posted by Dread Astaire on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:28:00 PST

JASON DEAN E.P. REVIEW

Jason Dean, based in New York, runs what we consider to be the best 7inch information resource on the net.Here's what he thought of our E.P.: 2.06.2007Dread Astaire double 7 inchI have to hand ...
Posted by Dread Astaire on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:48:00 PST

TRANZISTOR INTERVIEW

Cool people at Tranzistor.gr have recently interviewed us for their superlative webzine.For a direct link to the text, please click here:http://www.tranzistor.gr/index.php?option=com_content&a mp;task...
Posted by Dread Astaire on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:29:00 PST

DUSTED MAGAZINE EP REVIEW

Dusted Magazine's Doug Mosurak wrote on his latest "Still Single" feature: Dread Astaire - Take Time to Hate Me 2x7" EP(Fuzzie) No sooner did I file Dread Astaire's 10" away that this double 7" ...
Posted by Dread Astaire on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:04:00 PST

RECORD NUMBER TWO: PRESS RELEASE

Dear all,we're so glad to announce that the band's new double 7inch EP, sharply titled, "Take Time To Hate Me", is out and available while stock lasts.For those of you eager to purchase, pleas...
Posted by Dread Astaire on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:13:00 PST