The Washington Post Express says: "The Bonapartes are so hot that spontaneous combustion is an ongoing concern." (2/2/06)
Well, we haven't spontaneously combusted yet, but most of us do get hot flashes. So that could have been the reference there.
EP is out now! It is being distributed by the very nice folks at Dischord Direct
You can always order it here, straight from us
...Or, it is also available at these fine area stores:
Crooked Beat Records (DC)
Revolution Records (DC)
Smash Records (DC)
CD Cellar (Arlington and Falls Church)
DCist wrote this about it :
"We're just excited right now about The Bonapartes, because we just wrote about them, and because on Saturday they're releasing the kind of short, buzz-worthy EP that's going to get people writing lots of blog entries about how awesome they are so that one day they'll sell out 9:30 out of nowhere, but we'll all have known, won't we have?"
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A Brief History of the BonapartesBen played guitar with a band (Ambassador Now!). Ben met Scott (who liked to sing and joined AN!). That band called it quits. Then Scott said, "This is Brad." Brad played guitar, but decided to play bass because he had dreamt about it one day while driving through the countryside near a radar tower. At about the same time, they all met Dex, who used to drum for the Shakedowns and liked to make healthful alcoholic concoctions and serve it in hospital mugs; the irony was not lost. They were four, but incomplete; another guitarist was needed.After meticulously casting about the DC scene with seemingly forlorn ambition, they met Eamonn, who had been playing with Bellflur. Interestingly enough, he had been biding his time for the day when he might rule the world. Eamonn agreed to join.Now they were, The Bonapartes.For a while they practiced, wrote, and talked accordingly in a decrepit little shack that bespoke of their emergent sound: evoking but not limiting itself to garage, that is to say. Soon enough, they started performing. Djordje pooped in the bathwater. Before long they were playing shows all around the metro area, at places like the Black Cat, DC9, IOTA, Velvet Lounge, Galaxy Hut, etc., and earning quite a reputation for their onstage verve, which always teetered on the edge of complete breakdown.TO BE CONTINUED...
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Shows of the Recent Past:
Black Cat (DC) w/ The Oranges Band Brillobox (Pittsburgh, PA) w/ Ennui, A Great Fall, Chalk Outline Party The Brewery (Raleigh, NC) w/ the Capulets Caledonia Lounge (Athens, GA) w/ Iron Hero IOTA (Arlington, VA) w/ Metropolitan and the Third Programme The Fire (Philadelphia, PA) w/ Ar Duvall Trash Bar (Brooklyn, NY) Cake Shop (NYC) w/ Gregor Samsa and A Northern Chorus Velvet Lounge (DC) w/ Two if by Sea, Your Black Star, Avec Galaxy Hut (Arlington, VA) w/ the Guins The Fire (Philadelphia, PA) w/ the Yarrows Arlene's Grocery (NYC) Black Cat (DC) w/ The Whips and Army of Me WMUC Radio 88.1 FM (College Park, MD) Arlene's Grocery (New York, NY) Velvet Lounge (Washington, DC) w/ the Bolophonics and the Mittens DC9 (Washington, DC) w/ the Limbs and the Cassettes Black Cat (Washington, DC) w/ Sid Space IOTA (Arlington, VA) w/ R.P.M. and Greenland DC9 (Washington, DC) w/ The Hint, Hello Tokyo, The Pawns Silk City Lounge (Philadelphia, PA) The Black Cat (Washington, DC) w/ Bellflur Galaxy Hut (Arlington, VA) w/ Sid Space Velvet Lounge (Washington, DC) w/ Bona Roba, Jerra, and the Phobes DC9 (Washington, DC) w/ Bellflur and City-State Darkhorse Tavern - Roustabout! (State College, PA) w/ the A-Sides Galaxy Hut (Arlington, VA) w/ Sid Space DC9 (Washington, DC) w/ The Think & The GreenlineCheck out the cool posters
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