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THE VANDELLES

STEREO WAVE OF SOUND

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Thanks to their ripping guitar lines- and even finer harmonies- The Vandelles define the distaff side of the Noir Rock sound. Their biggest hits, including Lovely Weather (DBA) and Swell to Heaven (TTB), remain among the most potent and enduring recordings of their era. Formed as a merger of two local vocal groups, The Mercenary Gang and Del Black Aloha, The Vandelles take aspects of Link Wray and The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Ronettes and My Bloody Valentine, Buddy Holly and The Ramones, to create a sound thats uniquely theirs.
While crooning softly in the background, they take old school rock and roll your parents used to listen to and run it through screaming, blown out amplifiers. Having played shows from austin tx to nyc The Vandelles have developed an infamous live show that is an audio and visual assault. Garage cats, cowboy beat poetry, and the Wall of Sound. This is Noir Rock and Roll.
"As the final note of [their] EP comes to an end you’ll feel one hundred times cooler because through their music The Vandelles will have created you the perfect Noir/Surf Rock n’ Roll persona. "
-Athens Exchange
"The sound is pretty much exactly what I would have hoped for from a band called the Vandelles. Just the right amount of classic surf guitar and girl group influence running straight into a solid wall of shoegazer noise."
-squaregirls
"They cherish the dirt and grit, the bare bones and dark carvernous echos of this shell of a genre. Then they dig deeper by adding layers of distortion and drums, builting something completely new and fresh on top of the corpse. It is one the best debut ep's I have heard in along time."
-What To Wear During An Orange Alert
The Vandelles take us on a fuzzy, feedback-fueled trip down memory lane with their ghostly vocals and itchy riffs. A sound reminiscent of the epic early 90's alternative rock scene with a earnest hint of John Doe from X, and a dash of old, noisy Sonic Youth - The Vandelles create a unique and nostalgically fresh sound that plucks at our music-lovin' heartstrings in more ways than one.
-L'etoile Magazine
"Think The Jesus and Mary Chain. Think Skywave. Think The Raveonettes. Think The Cramps. This is less indiepop and more straight up leather jacket wearing rock'n'roll."
-indie-mp3.com
"I've submersed my head in The Vandelles' ocean of fuzz and wave upon droning wave of shimmering surf guitar has washed over me with soothing results. [They] are on the verge of christening a new genre: Wave of Sound."
-3hive
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WEB: www.thevandelles.com
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The Vandelles @
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Management: Dexter "Toshi" Cudros @
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Label (US): Safranin Sound and Design - Jake Reid @
safranindesign -at- yahoo.com
Licensing: Aural Pleasure Music - Dana Forrester @
dana -at- auralpleasuremusic.com
Promotion: Fanatic New Media - Andy @
andy -at- fanaticpromotion.com
Radio: Dan @
dan -at- fanaticpromotion.com
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PSYCHEDELICA VOL: 1 (COMP)
Released March 2006
northern star records
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THE VANDELLES EP
*****OUT NOW in the US*****
SAFRANIN SOUND AND DESIGN
_______In the US_______
$7
____Outside the US____
$12
(c) 2007 the vandelles publishing co.
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Member Since: 11/22/2004
Band Website: thevandelles.com
Band Members: Honey : drums, percussion, projections & drum machine.

Lisha : bass, instruments, vox.

Jason : guitar, vox, instruments.

Christo : guitar, instruments, vox.

Dave : instruments, projections.
Influences: jesus and mary chain, elvis, X, suicide, the Zombies, Velvet Underground, Buddy Holly, Ramones, the Cramps, Phil Specter, the Crystals, the Ronnettes, Link Wray, Davie Allan, the Beach Boys, the Shangri-las, swans, the birthday party, roy orbison.
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Spacemen 3 Cover
Sounds Like: pulp, savage, surf beat-noir
a white noise heart attack.

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The Vandelles Cyberpunk Friends. 12162: neon-dead:

The Vera Violets

A Place To Bury Strangers

freelovebabies (will carruthers)

dead combo

the morning after girls

Serena Maneesh

First Communion Afterparty

The Black Angels

Spindrift

The Raveonettes

Singapore Sling

the december sound

Darker My Love

LSD and the Search for God

The Dandy Warhols

The Dolly Partners

Martin Rev

Davy Love ~ Pirate Esq.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives

The Warlocks

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Watch us in Virtual Lower East Side and on MTV2 on December 31st, 2007! Catch Kickstart update segments on MTV2 Subterranean and in vLES all of January!



Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tour supporting The Warlocks to Los Angeles

We are heading out on the road with The Warlocks--This trip will include driving through some of the hottest parts of the country while gas prices are the highest they've ever been! Be sure to come ou...
Posted by THE VANDELLES on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:31:00 PST

Philadelphia Popped! Festival

Catch us this weekend at the Philly Popped! Festival. The three day passes are sold out, but you can still get dailys. We are playing sunday at 5pm, check their site for the whole sc...
Posted by THE VANDELLES on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:32:00 PST

Bomb the Surf

Another track from Del Black Aloha, this song was written several years ago durring the days of The Mercenary Gang when Dave and I would set up our amps in the living room of my apartment and play to ...
Posted by THE VANDELLES on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:00 PST

if you cant see the videos in our blogs, here are the links...and also Billboard

"Roving Rex" on the MTV2 New Years Eve Show: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=2451123&vid=205502   Subterranean Mini Documentary (youtube part 1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad4pCh9G...
Posted by THE VANDELLES on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:24:00 PST

Deep In the Desert

I’ve posted Deep In the Desert off of our upcoming LP Del Black Aloha to be released sometime this year...the song was one of the original demos, but we decided to hold off on it until the full ...
Posted by THE VANDELLES on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:11:00 PST

District Weekly Interview with Dave

...with mugs like these how can we not be more attractive that iggy pop..! peep the portrait... REBEL ROUSER Chris ZieglerWed. January 09   The Vandelles kill Surf City ILLUSTRATION by L...
Posted by THE VANDELLES on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:34:00 PST

The Delis Artist of the Month Poll + NYE video of Roving Rex on MTV Overdrive & Subterranean

We are up for artist of the month over at the deli mag...www.thedelimagazine.com, other acts include:Bell Hollow Black Taxi Dawn Landes I Love you Airlines Murder Mistery Saint and Lovers *** The Vand...
Posted by THE VANDELLES on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:59:00 PST

Subterranean Mini Documentary on The Vandelles

via youtube here's part 1 of a mini doc shot by vice for subterranean the full thing is at http://www.vles.com/node/7394 under the "extras" section toward the bottom of the page...chec...
Posted by THE VANDELLES on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:21:00 PST

Interview clips on Subterranean and vLES

Here's a clip from our interview on subterranea about our projections - and one of the promo spots for mtv's virtual lower east side (feat. Dead Wave) - ...
Posted by THE VANDELLES on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:02:00 PST

Little Radio Long Beach Feature

The Vandelles: Live @ The Prospector 1.18.08 The Prospector was transformed into a psychedelic den on Saturday night with the strong line up of The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, LSD and the Search For ...
Posted by THE VANDELLES on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:48:00 PST