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DAMEMAS

About Me

DAMEMAS RELY HEAVILY ON THE GOWANUS CANAL NOT ONLY AS ITS MAIN FOOD SOURCE BUT ALSO AS ITS SOURCE OF INSPIRATION.

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Gimme more.
NY PRESS review-"No problem there, because DAMEMAS is hard to ignore. Beat-heavy, angular and melodic all at once, this band’s name—literally, a play on the Spanish term for “give me more”—translates to their attitude. They demand a little more from themselves, their songs and from you.On the new EP, Let Your Tape Rock, on Gern Blandsten’s new imprint Part Mine Records (Rye Coalition, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists), DAMEMAS does indeed rock. The songs groove and pound with texture and soul, sonically owing more than a little to the band’s hardcore roots while lifting beats from Hawaiian tribal folk, tunefulness from New (or maybe No) Wave, and a bit of glam’s swaggering bombast, courtesy of singer Ian E. Shaw"
411mania.com review-"Damemas is built on a typical garage rock sound, with plenty of fuzz and a deep, deep groove. However, there are several details that Damemas throw in that help them sound instantly more polished than your standard club warriors. First off, you have vocalist Ian Shaw, who has an infectious swagger to his delivery, not to mention a decent range on display here. Damemas’ press calls him a mix of MC5’s Rob Tyner and Carl Barat of The Libertines, but, while I can definitely hear the MC5’s wail influencing Shaw, it wouldn’t be far fetched to compare him to rock gods like Chris Cornell or even Robert Plant.Meanwhile, you have the amazing rhythm section of Kevin Kajetzke and Riley Sumala, which rumbles along like a jet engine. Sumala incorporates some Hawaiian influence to his playing, making for some neat fills in these three driving rock cuts. When you throw in John Ariz and Dave Castillo’s fuzzy riffage, you have a more than apt rock outfit that’s just poised for a big hit.Castillo also does a good job on the production side here, as Let Your Tape Rock is filled with a calculated kinetic energy that your typical young indie act rarely conveys to disc. The muffled highs and throbbing bass are counterbalanced well here, while the drum recording in particular comes off as pristine. Definitely a strong sound for a debut."..

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Member Since: 08/03/2006
Band Website: DAMEMAS NET SOON COME
Band Members: VOCALS: IAN
DRUMS: RILEY
GUITARS: DONNIE DONNIE & DONNIE
Influences: RIOTS PROTESTS BLACKOUTS & SIRENS
Sounds Like: A BOTCHED NYPD DRUG RAID (IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY?)
Record Label: PART MINE Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

about the benefit we are playing at Southpaw 01/22/09

My friend works at Sanctuary for Families. I asked him to write about them.Since we are playing a the benefi I though you folks might want to know a little bit about the very important organization an...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:23:00 GMT

DMAS cancelled for 09/20 but Riles, John and their other band Blacksonny will be playing

..TR>   P.I.C., Jack Lords, Taiyo Na Quartet, and Blacksonny live at the Knitting Factory! The line-up of the night is...-Taiyo Na Quartet-Jack Lords-P.I.C.-Blacksonnycome on the early s...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:44:00 GMT

how great is that lineup for Europa this Wednesday?

There is going to be a benefiit show for Scott Harding this coming Wednesday May 28th at Club Europa. Its a amazing lineup with Damemas goes on at 8:30. Two Tears(ex Red Aunts) will follow s...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 20:54:00 GMT

75 OR Less Records & blog- + TONY show blurb

had this to say about us. I didn't count the words but I think they live up to their name.. "Let Your Tape Rock sounds like a cross-breeding of desert rock with early New York punk. The loud guitars, ...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:42:00 GMT

Pop Matterxs review

Damemas Let Your Tape Rock (Part Mine Records) US release date: 22 January 2008 UK release date: Available as import by Chris Catania   Amazon.... -->- end sbItemBox --> Sometimes side pro...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:07:00 GMT

Treble: Spring Singles Selection

Damemas - Let Your Tape Rock (Part Mine)Then again, there are bands like Damemas, who harness the fearsome power of Drive Like Jehu, The Jesus Lizard and many early ’90s Touch & Go acts in their...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:26:00 GMT

another review on 411mania.com

http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/68630
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:37:00 GMT

first round of reviews for LET YR. TAPE ROCK

http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=8400http://lucky 13zine.com/content/view/132/37/http://www.stonerrock.com/for ums2/allposts.asp?Forum=ap809241559&ID=39748&StartAt =0* "Arzgarth" didn'...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Archive of DMAS live on WFMU

you can bring that beat back if you go here:http://wfmu.org/playlists/PDListen to Pat Duncan's show(12/14) via RealAudio or via an mp3. If I remember correctly we went on about 30 minutes in. Then sc...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:48:00 GMT