Potato Stars: the band they couldn't root, shoot or electrocute are not "back", we never went away. Only now we give even less of a fuck than we didn't used to give before.

Twenty fucking five years! Satan help us!

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Hey All, Just to let you know we have 13 of the Usury on Vinyl with the digital download card left to order on our website. Go Go get em get em!

The Giraffes have shredded, burned, and leveled every audience from their hometown of Brooklyn, through the Lone Star State, to the Sunset Strip, and back again. 

 The Giraffes live shows, are notorious for their fierce musicality and unbridled audience participation and has generated an intense and extremely dedicated fan base.  Over the years the band has Toured alongside stalwarts such as Local-H, Eagles of Death Metal, The Vacation and Skeleton Key, as well as sharing the stage with Interpol, Fishbone, the Yeah Yeah Yeah's, the Strokes and bookings at the Amsterjam, Voodofest, Monolith, SXSW and  Bonnaroo festivals.

 With limited US show dates set for the fall, this one-off Omaha show at the Slowdown will be in support of their latest EP Usury.

"...A pile-driving riff-fest that's over before you wonder why your eardrums exploded."
- Metal Injection

 "Metallica and Black Sabbath are the obvious touchstones, but the rhythm section clearly owns a copy of The Who's Greatest Hits as well. Drug addiction and soccer riots provide fodder for the lyrics, while the flammable guitar work could have only come from someone that's walked some of life's hard roads."
-SpinMagazine.com

"...Crafting their driving, guttural rock songs since 1996. There are shades of Motorhead and Hot Water Music, so see the Giraffes play tonight in usual form: heavily intoxicated"
- The Village Voice

  "To put it simply: The Giraffes are what great rock ‘n’ roll forgot it was. They’re incomparable on CD, and in-your-face The Giraffes live shows deliver time after time, even if you’ve seen them over and over again. The show is dangerous, comical, sinister, raunchy, and over the top all at once – they’ll impress you technically while blowing out your ears, sharing cigs, whiskey, and beer, and of course, truly entertaining you in every sense of the word.’ 
-QRQ Magazine

  “A front row seat at a Giraffes show meant getting caught in a beer rainstorm, as the band and audience members alike went flying into the crowd with wild abandon. Beer and bottles of Jameson were passed. Aaron made a noose out of the mic cord, wrapped it around his neck and gave it to the crowd to choke him while he forced lyrics past his collapsing trachea. A Giraffes performance is a spectacle you will never forget’ 
~ Brooklyn Vegan

  "As much as the next guy, I’m tough and like to chug whiskey, crack skulls, put cigarettes out on my wrist, and screw chicks. Ok, well, maybe I’m not, but I like bands that are. And seeing the Giraffes’ live show is like getting shanked in the face with a soaring microphone. Booze swilling and all the rest, they display good theatrics, commandeering vocals, artful shredding, and it’s flat out impossible not to listen up’
 - L Magazine

Signal XY’s latest EP is aptly-titled “Response.” The five songs are unabashed rockers, delivering hooky arrangements, brooding melodies and unembarrassed riffage amid a wash of dramatic sonic textures. An analog rock-and-roll kick-in-the-ass in today’s unfortunate indie-rock climate of twee digital-chirping and self-important navel-gazing. This album is not just a response, it’s an antidote.

The band is comprised of veteran journeymen from the San Diego mathcore, Inland Empire stoner gloom and Long Beach dirt rock scenes. That melding of styles and meshing of sounds isn’t merely a throwback. Signal XY has re-contextualized their backgrounds in a stew of influences to create something altogether different. Throughout the EP, there are shades of the spookier side of post-punk (Joy Division, Christian Death, Sisters of Mercy), meaty desert rock guitars, and maybe even a hint of mid-90s post-grunge. However, “Response” clearly has a sound of its own. A brand new kind of heavy, heavy darkwave.

The universe Signal XY inhabits is a cosmos of the Illuminati, time travel, global demise and alien abduction, but bassist/singer Shawn Bathe doesn’t revel in cold sci-fi spaciness. The songs never shy away from the emotional core behind the subject matter, driven by the aggro, punk-rock backbeat of drummer Mik and the soaring solos/angular riffs of guitar-shredder Steve Luna.   

If you like your indie-rock to actually rock, “Response” is the answer.

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