bikos

Bio:

bikos [hint: rhymes with "be close"] -------------------- Record # 1 , 'M∆ke your Sound S o u n d', out November 8th! w/mixing and production by Dean Nelson (Beck, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Thurston Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg) -------Album release show/celebration at Silverlake Lounge on November 10th, at 9pm. --------------------------------------------'you want it'... is our first single!... it can be found @ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/you-want-it-single/id378338088------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 2007, bikos happened. Friends from several overlapping circles started meeting up and playing in an empty bedroom at Gabriel’s Dad’s house. At first the room was spacious with just Gabe (vocals/rhythmic guitar) and Austin (drums). Still roomy with Jaron (keys) in there too. Then came Daniel (lead guitar), and Dave (bass). And things got tricky. Yet somehow, when Miki (vocals, tambourine, glockenspiel) came through everything worked itself out. Everything, and everyone fit. Nonetheless, a bigger space was soon needed, so a move to Dave’s garage was in order.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With unique musical backgrounds, each piece of bikos brought something that everyone else was really into. Originally carrying bass duties with Magnolia Thunderpussy (the first high-school band to earn a contract w/SST Records), Dave has also, at one time or another, held down the low end for El Vez, Josh Haden, That Dog, and Carnage Asada, with whom he still plays with regularly. And for Gabriel, Miki, Daniel, Jaron and Austin, bikos would mark their first opportunity to create music in a group setting. All together they would find themselves making their sound sound.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That true bikos sound is a homemade occurrence, achieved in the garage. This sound is high energy and eclectic, and embodies an ethos of grit and substance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bikos plays shows around LA at, among other venues, Pehrspace, Spaceland, Hotel Cafe, The Strange, La Cita, L'KEG, Hyperion Tavern, Mr. Ts Bowl, the American Legion, Tribal Cafe, the Mint, and Cinema Bar. The band has also earned airplay on KXLU 88.9 fm's show, Demolisten, with the songs "You Want It", "Make Your Sound Sound", "Movie-set Weights" and "Spirit of Change". Demolisten featured a live bikos on-air performance in July of 2010. ---------------------- ------------------------ - - - - - ---- ----- --- --------- ----- -- -- --------------------------- -- - - ------- contact = bikosiloveyou@gmail.com---------------------- -------------------------- --- ------------------------------------------------- --

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Member Since:

July 03, 2007

Members:

austin wester - drums------------------- -------daniel hur- - lead guitar---------------- ----dave jones - bass--------- -- -----gabriel swan pearlman - vocals, guitar- -- jaron halmy - piano/keys---- -- - --miki burton- vocals, tambourine, harmonium. . .and glockenspiel. .. ......FB.init("d16f784bbdc6fb221077c34db7d3e16d");........Bikos Youwantit

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Influences:

Within each of these artists' music are inspirational moments that influenced us in some way some how: Built to Spill, Television, Radar Bros, The Clash, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, the Replacements, Morrissey/the Smiths, the Modern Lovers, Sleater-Kinney, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, PJ Harvey, the Mountain Goats, Woody Guthrie, Pixies, Daniel Johnston, Neutral Milk Hotel, Aceyalone, Cafe Tacvba, Junior Kimbrough, Wolf Parade, Elliott Smith, Wilco, Talking Heads, the Dismemberment Plan, Pere Ubu, Velvet Underground, the New Pornographers, Art Brut, the Cure, Silver Jews, the Hold Steady, Smashing Pumpkins, Neko Case, National, Jimi Hendrix, Daft Punk, Quasi, Weezer, Saul Williams, the Staple Singers, the Decemberists, Bloc Party, Buddy Holly, Nilsson, the Wrens, Tijuana Panthers, MTP, Mirah, Sigur Ros, Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, bikos