Fidotrust Bands
- Arrow Down
Arrow Down is:
Jorge - Drums
Paul - Bass
Gabriel - Vocals
George - Guitar
>> - Bella Novela
Bella Novela is:
Jackie Ojeda - Vocals/Keyboards
Jannea McClure - Drums
Jacob Heath - Guitar
Oscar Rey - Bass
>> - BlowUpBlow
An all-star Long Beach lineup playing at peak potential, BlowUpBlow...tap out immaculately calculated post-punk that peels Krautrock hum into a Burma/Ubu ramjet...they don't push out a sound so much as an atmosphere, a jittery, thick-as-cough-syrup prog-jam-fogbank as hypnotic and urgent as the blip on a heart monitor." - OC Weekly>> - Chase Frank
"If you want to be fearless, you've got to bleed," sings Chase Frank on her last album, Winter Is My Summer. She reaffirms her well-earned wisdom on this newest project, The Midnight Manor EP. >> - Crystal Antlers
"Meet your new favorite band. Perhaps you've heard the legend of their live show, an orgy of psychedelic sex rock with a double helping of freaky funk on the side, starring the percussion pimp known only as Sexual Chocolate. These guys bring it so righteously and have such good karma that when their van full of vintage gear was stolen, it was found a few days later with all of their instruments intact. Feel the love." - Scott T. Sterling is Music editor for Metromix Los Angeles.>> - Deadly Finns
>> - dios (malos)
dios (malos) is Joel, Jimi, J.P., Patrick, Edwin Hello. We were dios, but now we are dios (malos). We could be dios again. It's hard to tell because we are in a legal battle with a heavy metal elf/witch. We hail from the South Bay. Ed lives in Long Beach. Patrick used to, but he got kicked out. - d>> - FaSt DrAgOn
After death apon death of our beloved rock icons, and the continuing mush of medioric overdone college rock, slash, sweater core. We four beer swilling caballeros found a light at the end of the watered down tunnel. Quoteing Jeremy "To Bring The Shit.". So with one goal and two rules it was clear what had to be done. Make a whole in the Earth. No one can weigh under 180 . And take this music gumbo to the f@%kin streets. Word DrAgOn. >> - Forcefield ON
Off the beaten path of passed projects and musical relationships, ForceField ON only has one objective; to accomplish the task of writing completely from the heart. If you think it sounds like something else, that could be accurate, music has grown immensely, and is always going to be somewhat duplicated. If you feel that is sounds like nothing you've ever heard before, that would also be correct. All I can promise you is this; everything created by this band is orchestrated from the inside to the outside. >> - Free Moral Agents
Free Moral Agents is the brainchild of Isaiah Ikey Owens (Keyboardist for The Mars Volta). Starting as a solo project and expanding with Isaiah in his decade-long career of collaborations with Mastadon, Sublime, Z-trip, El-P, Saul Williams, and De Facto. FMA has become a collective musical force from Long Beach, CA. >> - Greater California
"subdued dreamy melodies and sleepy tempos . . . a lovely, serene, psychedelic interlude" - HARP "lush, densely layered slices of pop that awaken the senses , an Andy Partridge wet dream" - Paste>> - Horns
>> - Knives of the Official Disappointment
Knives of the Official Disappointment is:
Travis Laws - bass, vocals
Jackie Ojeda - vocals, keys
Chris Clawson - drums
Erik Bartolacci - guitar
>> - Los Mysteriosos
From deepest darkest parts unknown, the land of chorizo and chupacabras. Los mysteriosos are on a musical assault of el norte!! Playing for citizenship and beer. Spinning epic tales of lost love and bullfighting, these matadors of sound are unlike anything you've heard before. >> - Maritime Academy
Maritime Academy is: Matt Guy - guitar/vocals/bass (on the recording) Thad Paulson - drums/background vocals Eric Golding - bass "Seis Ocho" was recorded specially for the Fidotrust comp on 1/31/08 at Hanging Horse Den by Ryan KH www.myspace.com/maritimeacademy...>> - Repeater
After the disintegration of The Main Frame in 2005, Steve and Rob decided to forge ahead, starting a new project with the general goal of achieving a modern sound, taking pieces of all of the best influences from the 1980's...>> - Slippers
"SLIPPERS" are an instrumental, funk-jazz sextet from Long Beach, CA. They are currently in their first decade of performing and recording as a group. Original members include... Mike Cody (guitars, flute, soprano sax, percussion), Brandon Laws (drums, cymbals, percussion), Blake Peterson (electric bass, emcee) and Victor Zahn (Rhodes electric piano, organ, synthesizer, melodica). Brian Beeken (saxophones, flute, clarinet, percussion), has been with the group since 2002. New member Bryan Watson (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion), has rounded out the lineup in 2005 and solidified the "Slippers" sound. >> - The Soft Hands
I've got a mile of numbers and a ton of stats and the Soft Hands still do not add up--probably America's only good band to ever unswamp from an Internet ad and besides that they're all content and pleasant roommates now, too, an overlap of impossibility that reveals the rare mercy of the most intricate mechanics of the universe. This is how I am told it was in the old days, when bands tuned their instruments only to make sure the tension of their guitar strings felt good against their fingertips--likely personalities attached together by destinic imperative, like the Mission of Burma guys starting a band because they both did the same dance to a Ramones song, or the encounter with the rare twin EML synthesizers that made sure Pere Ubu knew to keep going as a band.>> - Telomere Repair
>> - Thinking Aloud
Obsessed with creating energy from even the simplest of sounds, Thinking Aloud plays with an honest intensity that is sparse in today's age of modern rockers. They have championed music of an entirely different breed, and have done so without sparing any human element. With three releases under their belt and a determined, do-it-yourself attitude, this band is maturing at a powerful pace. Whether it's a fast, electric thrasher or a moderate, building anthem, you'll find your attention victim to their control, and before you know it you will feel alive again.>> - Tijuana Knife Fight
TIJUANA KNIFE FIGHT is like bad sex: fast, loud and over before you know it! A combination of rock, punk, and fury that will set your ears on fire. Their 2006 self-titled EP is just a taste of how this band delivers live. Expect a new, hard-hitting release in early 2008.>> - The Valley Arena
The Valley Arena is:
Chris Stevens, Michael Nielsen, and Warren Woodward
>> - The Year Zero
THE YEAR ZERO LIVE IS: Rodney Sellars
Lili De La Mora
Jennifer Galdean
Chris Clawson
Inspired by the sun, moon, stars and all that moves and happens in between.
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