| Dinowalrus | |
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| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | psychedelic rock, experimental rock, post-punk revival |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Kanine Records, EXO |
| Website | www.dinowalrus.com/ |
| Members | |
| Pete Feigenbaum Liam Andrew Max Tucker |
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| Past members | |
| Josh Da Costa Kyle Warren Anton Hochheim Christopher Weingarten Andy Bond Etienne DuGuay |
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Dinowalrus is an American band from Brooklyn, New York.[1] The group was formed in 2007 by vocalist/guitarist Pete Feigenbaum and synthesizer/bass/clarinet/guitar player Kyle Warren. After working on a batch of loose krautrock-inspired improv pieces with a rotating cast of drummers including Andy Bond (who would later join Friends) and Etienne DuGuay (who would later join Real Estate (band)), Feigenbaum and Warren began settled down with 18-year-old Belgian drummer Josh Da Costa and began writing and recording the album that would become % (pronounced "percent") throughout 2008, while playing gigs regularly around New York with the likes of Titus Andronicus, Parts & Labor, Aa (Big A Little a), A Place to Bury Strangers, DD/MM/YYYY and Grooms.[2]
In late 2008 they released their first 7". Electric Car Gas Guitar/Cage Those Pythons. It was distributed via the labels Impose and RVNG. A 2nd 7" followed in February 2009: a split with Bachelor of Arts from Melbourne, Australia on the label EXO.[3]
Dinowalrus signed a one-album deal with Kanine Records in June 2009 to release their debut album %. Meanwhile, Feigenbaum also began touring and recording as a guitarist in Titus Andronicus[4] for the 2nd half of 2009 while production on % finished up.
%, a sprawling and experimental debut was released in January 2010. Comparisons were made to Chrome, Can, DNA, Liars, PiL, Sonic Youth and early New Order—the album received positive reviews from XLR8R,[5] Tiny Mix Tapes,[6] Prefix Magazine, and Consequence of Sound,[7] and mixed reviews from Pitchfork Magazine[8] and PopMatters.[9] Mini-tours with Fang Island,[10] Tempo no Tempo, Aa (Big A Little a) and Signals followed during the first half of 2010.
Significant lineup changes occurred in the summer 2010 as Dinowalrus began to write their 2nd album. Warren was replaced by Liam Andrew on synthesizers and bass. Christopher Weingarten, writer and former drummer of Parts & Labor, came out of retirement to play a handful of shows with the band in the summer of 2010.[11]
A new single, "Phone Home from the Edge", originally written in February 2009, was premiered on Stereogum[12] in fall 2010, and subsequently received positive attention from the NME[13] blog and airplay on the BBC 6 Music show of Lauren Laverne.[14]
Former The Depreciation Guild drummer Anton Hochheim was brought in during the fall and winter of 2010 for studio sessions. Drummer Max Tucker, formerly of Francis and the Lights and Patrick Cleandenim, joined full-time in March 2011.
Their second album, entitled "Best Behavior", is slated to be released in February 2012.
Dinowalrus has been remixed by The Mae Shi,[15] Pink Skull[16] and A Certain Ratio.
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