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IQEQ (is recording a new album!!!!)

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"The title of IQEQ's second album is indicative of the quartet's music mantra: Insanity sometimes seems to be the purpose. IQEQ experiments with grooves and prog-rock ideas, builds toward a crest of roaring guitars, vocals, keys, and, yes, clarinet ... then plunges headfirst into infinity.Strangeness rules, whether it's the lounge-lizard f-bomb during "Animals" or swirling noise freakout near the beginning of the title track. As was the case on IQEQ's debut CD, "Loco/Motive" is an acquired taste - especially if clarinet makes you want to hurl. But the sound quality has improved, as has the songwriting and execution. Much like jam bands, IQEQ dabbles too often, and vocals -though better - aren't this group's strongest suit. But IQEQ is darker, heavier and more avant-garde than jam bands, even if the smell of Phish permeates some of this disc's quirky tracks.The final third of the album contains IQEQ's most dynamic, spacey and interesting music. "Melodramatic, overdramatic, primadonna," vocalist Tom Kershaw sings on the hard-hitting "Bridges," right before IQEQ cannonballs into its own melodramatic, overdramatic pool of prog. The title track is self-indulgent, trippy, even spastic. It also triggers Pink Floyd flashbacks. Which means it's pretty great. Eccentric listeners will bump up the volume on their headphones and remind themselves that this encouraging, improving band is from Boise." - Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman
"...you have to appreciate IQEQ's trip..." - Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman
“When I first heard IQEQ, I was intrigued by their unique, difficult-to-define sound, and was--then and there--a fan.” – Amy Atkins, Boise Weekly

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/05/2006
Band Website: http://cdbaby.com/all/ncgrecords
Band Members:
tom kershaw
acoustic and electric guitars, voices, percussion*, synths*, programming*
kyle letner
fretless bass, bass, guitar, voices, percussion*, chimes*
dan mcmahon
keyboards, voices, clarinet, piano*
nate paradis
drums, voices, noise machine, percussion*, acoustic guitar*, banjo*, harmonica, chord organ*
chris cullinan
live drums, live voices

* = studio.
Influences:
...band of gypsys, jai alai savant, radiohead, flaming lips, mars volta, the beatles, van morrison...

Sounds Like:
schizo rock!

Record Label: boise records, no-car garage recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

TRANSMit/RECEiVE will be with you shortly...

ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTISDNFO FN A TIUOPNATEISATTTENTIONIONSD ATNISNOsomewhere between 6 and 10 new IQEQ tunes.sponsored by hard work, prayer and discipline. anything less would be uncivilized.a ga...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 23:02:00 GMT

Subject Indeed!

A lot has changed since IQEQ has collaborated. America elected its first black president. The American economy, and consequently the global economy has gone to shit. America's national debt has exceed...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:59:00 GMT

new boise weekly review

    A few weeks ago, local band IQEQ performed an acoustic set at The Record Exchange. Dan McMahon, Kyle Letner, Nate Paradis and Tom Kershaw are creative fellows (extending their tale...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:39:00 GMT

Arbiter Online’s LOCO/MOTIVE feature...

IQEQ's 'Loco/motive'ROSE DEMENTCulture WriterIssue date: 3/10/08 Section: CultureIQEQ's second album, "Loco/motive," is a progressive rock/alternative release that fuses styles from a plethora of genr...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:46:00 GMT

LOCO/MOTIVE review from Idaho Statesman

CD review: IQEQ By Michael Deeds - [email protected] Edition Date: 02/29/08Loco/Motive IQEQThe title of IQEQ's second album is indicative of the quartet's music mantra: Insanity so...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:32:00 GMT

New Review at CDBaby.com

author: Doug FergusonSmart and sophisticated, the boys from IQEQ really have put together some inventive rock and roll. Although some moments in the album drag a bit, they have the creative instincts...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:34:00 GMT

sigh...

*i'd like to shed some thoughts, feelings and memories from a stretch of time from 6 or so months ago up until right...about...now:-holy moly we pulled it off. and it pretty much worked! what a relief...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:09:00 GMT

The Album is Done!!!!

oh heavens.... tom here, a very tired tom here. all the boys here at iqeq have been pulling all-nighters all this week. all in the effort to make that final push in finishing the album. the boise reco...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:31:00 GMT

thanks for a great year

hello everyone:) tom here. just thought that with the year coming to a close, i would reminisce a bit and take an opportunity to thank some folks. 2007 was easily iqeq's best year, and possibly my bes...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:49:00 GMT

we now join this blog in progress...

...we're way too excited for the upcoming full-length. lloyd at boise records is like the father we always had. except for when he denied it on Ricki Lake. then the test results came out like BLAM! "I...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:57:00 GMT