Shiloe Press

Some press for our new singe "By The Daggers In Your Eyes" (from upcoming full-length, title TK)

"If you like your shoe-gazing pop to be a little darker then this is for you. Fuzzy sharp riffs bring My Bloody Valentine to mind, but have no doubt Shiloe are doing their own thing." - Nic Harcourt (KCRW)

"on the new song that Shiloe just unveiled, "By the Daggers in Your Eyes," it's shaped to give way to a '90s-era pop-gazer song. They nailed this one" - Buzzbands.la

"If the dark, driving melodic assault of By the Daggers In Your Eyes is anything to go by, the album should be well worth the wait. Skittish drums set an edgy tone for Ken Ramos' vocals in tight, subdued verses before the whole thing explodes into a truly memorably chorus that will stay with you the rest of the day." - The Organ Grinder

"...it’s nice to have a band take listeners up to a higher level of intelligence through their cerebral lyrics. Brooding, post-punk, shoe-gaze may all describe Shiloe, but Ken, Melissa, and Dan pull together a dark sound with gritty indie rock tunes that will have you succumb to delightful derangement for a few minutes." -Beatcrave

"All fuzzgauzed atmosphere and razor riffs that tightrope from brooding shoegaze to rhythmically unhinged rock, Shiloe is a something of a rarity within their genre tag (always some variant of ‘post-punk revivalism’) in that they don’t stop at the revival—they actually push the music beyond the echoes of whatever bands inspired it." -Web In Front

"Shiloe scraped the skin off my face with the rough side of the grunge-gazing rock." - Classical Geek Theatre

"...features the shared-track Alarms and even though it's early January, I think this song is likely to end up on many year-end best-of lists. Mine, at least! Highly recommended." -Local Vertical

"an indie rock exploration of sound that leads listeners into a dark and droning post-punk world... and focuses lyrically on dark and intellectual themes."-Performer Magazine (Dec '08)

"...features the shared-track Alarms and even though it's early January, I think this song is likely to end up on many year-end best-of lists. Mine, at least! Highly recommended." -Local Vertical

"…And Now the Screaming Starts is a solid 5 track release showcasing Shiloe’s unique style and consistent songwriting throughout." Absolute Punk

EP Review
Big Takeover Magazine
"...the vocals slide in like Sonic Youth throwing a punk rock through the windows of a goth club, and I'm hooked. There's a full-on joy of noise rock, but mixed with a healthy dose of dark Britpop, shoegazed swirls, and an undeniable punk rock snicker in the vocal delivery." - Big Takeover

EP Review
Post-Punk.com
"...the dense sonic display that Shiloe put forth on their EP, And Now The Screaming Starts is something that grabs you right away but also has a growing effect as you listen to the songs over and over." - Post-Punk.com

Live Review
CWG Magazine
"The first song ended and the audience erupted in applause. The venue began to fill up as Shiloe played through their set, making for a very decent turn-out (the best I've seen for an opening band in my history of going to L.A. shows) My one and only complaint about Shiloe's Troubador show was that there was no encore!"

EP Review
Prefix Magazine
"Songs like the spiraling postpunk livewire of “Alarms” and the slow-motion thunderclouds of “Gone” prove that, had Kevin Shields decided to stay home last year, the genre he wrenched from obscurity to greatness would be in good -- if white-knuckled and intense -- hands."

EP Review
Performer Magazine
"Los Angeles three-piece Shiloe has a love for EPs, and the band’s most recent, ...And Now the Screaming Starts, is an indie rock exploration of sound that leads listeners into a dark and droning post-punk world... The material on ...And Now the Screaming Starts captures the hard-edge essence of punk music while giving it a Gothic spin and focuses lyrically on dark and intellectual themes. The five-song EP begins with “Gone,” a driving and intense track that introduces vocalist/guitarist Ken Ramos’ fuzzed-out guitars and unexpectedly melodic vocals. Melodic as they may be, his vocals still maintain a punk inflection throughout the album as he delivers heavy and sometimes haunting lyrics layered over the band’s atmospheric sound. “Alarms” is a more forceful track, picking up the pace midway through the EP. While Shiloe may be classified as indie rock, the band’s sound is undoubtedly somber and heady, tiptoeing around the macabre. They close the EP out with the epic track, “The Death of Madame Mustache,” which bangs out a slow, menacing drumbeat as droning guitar and Ramos’ lyrics seem to preach an apocalyptic and paranoid warning of impending doom. The lasting effect of ...And Now the Screaming Starts is a moody one, dousing listeners with a gloomy daze." (New and Used Records) www.shiloe.com -Veronica YoungEP Review

Local Vertical
"...some great new music from Shiloe's And Now The Screaming Starts helps unwind on a Friday night that at times seemed like it would never get here. Shiloe is the trio of Ken Ramos (vocals/guitar), Melissa Pleckham (bass) and drummer Dan or Daniel and they've got a dark Sonic Youth/Interpol sound that isn't hard to become addicted to. Their not-enough-of-a-good-thing 5-track EP features the shared-track Alarms and even though it's early January, I think this song is likely to end up on many year-end best-of lists. Mine, at least! Highly recommended."

The Organ Grinder
"Shiloe's dark psychedelic rock draws frequent comparisons to the similarly brooding output of Creation Records in the early 90's, but this L.A band's sound stretches far beyond the restrictive realm of shoegaze, especially on tracks like the full-throttle punk guitar rush of 'Alarms.'" - The Organ Grinder

Live Review
BeatCrave
Performing in their home town, at the eminent Spaceland January 30th, Shiloe gave an amazing exhibition of their collection. It is easy to say that this trio is uniquely gifted, but it is their presence on stage that feeds the crowd to set the drinks aside and lose themselves on the dance floor. Truly a band to keep your ears and eyes open to.

Dunlop Band of The Week
Dunlop says...
"Fuzzy tunes to skate pools by. These guys rock and bring that old-school tone with a new production value. Killing!"

Live Review
Amateur Chemist
(or check out the post on Little Radio!)
Shiloe started off the evening with a sound heavily influenced by the Pixies mixed with some Sonic Youth. Ken Ramos (Vocals/Guitar) had a vocal delivery that resembled Thurston Moore and was squeezing a sharp fuzz from his Gibson SG. Melissa Pleckham (Bass) had a Rickenbacker bass that was filling the room with low notes. Their latest release is "Please Remove Your Teeth From My Neck" which you can download from itunes. I will have to check them out again.

Noisy.com.mx A very nice article about us.

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EP Review
Music Emissions - 4 1/2 Stars out of 5!!
"Shiloe’s Please Remove Your Teeth From My Neck is their sophomore EP release, gearing up hopefully for a full-length LP sometime in 2007…because six songs just leave the listener drooling for more." -Michael Schmitt

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EP Review
Organ Magazine
"SHILOE – Please Remove Your Teeth From My Neck – Another six track demo from the LA band with a rather 80’s Cure meets Fuzztones meets X set of flavours, once you let them breath and get under your skin a little they’re really rather good."

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EP REVIEW
Losingtoday.com
"L.A.'s Shiloe build on the momentum of their previous EP "Guardian Ear Of The Radio Nurse" with their new six song offering "Please Remove Your Teeth From My Neck" (another odd title choice). The focus of the trio's sound is still on the dirty fuzzed out guitars of Ken Ramos...but there's also new elements this time out to keep it from getting stale. The band seem to have (re-)discovered 1980's British New Wave groups like The Cure, Joy Division and Echo And The Bunnymen and incorporated their dramatics and atmospherics heavily into their already potent Sonic Youth-meets-BRMC arsenal...I like what these guys (actually two girls, and one guy) are doing and I expect them to keep making cool music while improving as they go along." -DAVID MANSDORF

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"Now I know why they're calling this the year of The Rat."
-Tony Soprano

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"The Rat"- RadioNowhere (UK) most requested song three weeks in a row for June 2006 and...featured in "Best of 2006" Dec. 18th!!

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Demo Of The Week
Guardian Ear Of The Radio Nurse EP - Organ Magazine Demo of the week (August 2006)
- Slightly psychedelic sounding melodic and slightly frazzled America indie rock of a rather confident Black Rebel Motorcycle Club meets X nature. Two girls and a boy from LA. Fuzztone riffs, droning guitars, they’re rather refined and rather good.

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Untapped Talent-Shiloe
Tastes Like Chicken
3 page interview in issue #7 of the nationally distributed magazine Tastes Like Chicken.

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EP Review
No-Fi Magazine
SHILOE "Guardian Ear Of The Radio Nurse"
EP CD review by Vahe Vahe
Each song on this EP is well crafted with haunting almost tribal beats (I love tom toms) and stargazer type vocals. The recording quality is straight-forward with just the right amount of guitar layers. I don't think I would want to hear it any other way. The CD kicks off with the song called "The Rat". The song reminds me of THE CRAMPS meets DEADBOLT meets THE GROOVY GHOULIES (If members of SHILOE are reading this then I would take it as a compliment). The next song "Lady in the Attic" takes a different turn from the opening track. This is more of an angular song which I like a lot. This song reminds me of PIXIES covering a song off the TSOL album "Dance With Me." Very haunting guitar riffs with excellent vocals that compliment. The song "Delay" would be the song to play if you were high and were getting the best oral of your life! A+. Last but not least the song "Black". Has a melodic indie vibe to it. It reminds me of something you would hear on KXLU in the early 1990's. Ya know the stuff you really had to look hard for in record stores because all the major releases sucked! All in all I really dig the disc. I can't wait to hear more!

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Live Review
Indie Indeed
Shiloe make missing out on Coachella a good thing.
April 30th, 2006
If I could describe Shiloe in one word, at first glance, it would be timid. They casually walked on stage and slowly progressed into their first song with a Tool-like feel. Their musicianship is anything but timid. They are a very talented young trio. Each song had it's own sound, from a mysterious vibe all the way across the spectrum to a very dancey, Pulp-esque sound. All around, their sound was very balanced and locked in. The drummer had incredible energy. I saw sticks and feet flying around everywhere. Their set was very diverse and that's good for a nightclub kind of setting. If I could compare them to a drink, it would be vodka and sprite; bubbly and sweet, but will get you messed up at the same time. -Amanda Allgood

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Buzz Bands
Los Angeles Times
Featured in "Buzz Bands" in Los Angeles Times March 2, 2006 with recommened download side bar for "The Lady in the Attic".

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EP REVIEW
Losingtoday.com
This LA trio's EP may not have the coolest name but it definitely has some cool songs and a pretty unique sound. Lead singer Ken Ramos sounds a bit like Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, but the music Shiloe makes would sound a lot more at home at a drug-den than at an East Village Art gallery. "The Rat" opens things off with a driving fuzztone riff, rolling drums and a cool detached-yet-desperate vibe that gets a big indie-rock thumbs up. Things a get a bit more dynamic and dark on "Lady In The Attic" and "Delay", but they're not in the slightest bit boring. I don't think Shiloe know the meaning of the word. "Black", with its droning guitars, and repeated refrain of "she brings me down", ends things off on a beautifully bleak note. All I'm left thinking is, "I want more Shiloe songs". -DAVID MANSDORF

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EP REVIEW
Skratch Magazine
SHILOE
GUARDIAN EAR OF THE RADIO NURSE
SELF-RELEASED
Shiloe's press packet quotes a DJ who calls them the best rock band from L.A. since X. Well, in the years since punk's heyday, we've seen greats like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns N' Roses come along, which means a quote like that raises expectations sky high. Shiloe is guitarist/lead singer Ken Ramos, Melissa Pleckham on bass, and Jenean Farris at the drums. They sound like a garage band during "The Rat", while "Lady in the Attic" has a creepy gothic, Bauhaus/The Cure thing going for it. Although this disc is a mere four songs long, the band sounds confident throughout. Time will tell if we'll be mentioning Shiloe in the same breath as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns N' Roses...but this small musical slice certainly holds promise. -Dan MacIntosh

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Year Of 'The Rat'
Pasadena Weekly
By Shannon Kofahl
Shiloe's songs "Lady in the Attic" and "The Rat" are receiving radio play on Indie 103.1 FM, and the band is creating a buzz in Glendale as the resident band at The Scene Bar, which recently expanded and plans to host more free shows. Shiloe is currently headlining Club Neutron Bomb, a night boasting the best underground punk, garage, new wave and indie rock bands Los Angeles has to offer.

The name of their debut EP, 'Guardian Ear of the Radio Nurse,' comes from a wireless baby monitor designed in response to the paranoia that broke out when Charles Lindberg's baby was kidnapped. Lead singer and guitarist Ken Ramos, an LA native, explains that "we felt it illustrates a connection between the atmosphere of paranoia in the country circa World War II and our society's current sense of paranoia."

...The band members describe their music as noisy alternative, and their influences range from the Pixies and Sonic Youth to Joy Division and the Cure.

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Song Of The Week
Indie Indeed
Our song "The Rat" is featured as Indie Indeed's Song of the Week for Mar.26th-Apr.1st 2006.

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Quotes
My Little Underground L.A./LittleRadio.com
"Some of The Best Stuff I've heard in a long time."
-Dave Freeman

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Quotes
KBVR 88.9fm
"The best rock band from L.A. since X"
-DJ Lizz (88.9 KBVR)

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Song Review
Two Louies Magazine
Shiloe- "The Rat"
Full of up-tempo angry guitar reverb, this fast and dangerous song is like listening to the sound track for a spy movie; it's what you hear in your head when you're pretending you're a secret agent. With a line like, "I don't care too much for you and you don't think at all of me," Mrs. Bond should check the minivan for exploding briefcases before she picks up the kids from soccer practice.

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E.P. REVIEW
The Rockit
Reviewed by: D. Frnkiln
Guardian Ear Of The Radio Nurse is an energetic, yet melancholy first offering...much in the vein of early Sonic Youth. This conspicuous four-song EP recorded, mixed, and produced by the band is an impressive start to what hopefully becomes a long, adventurous career...Residing in Los Angeles, the band fits well into what is quickly becoming a revival in noisy, experimental, post-punk music. I suppose we can call it Post-No Wave, if somebody hasn't already. Guardian... starts out quite strong with a distorted bass-driven song entitled "The Rat." Ramos' singing has a believable urgency, the guitars are haunting and distinctive, and the drums simply put, rock. It's a well-written song that plays carefully between verses, choruses, and musical interludes, all within a grand 2:45. "Lady in the Attic" makes for a smooth transition with beautiful guitars and cryptic, slowed down breaks.... Clearly, this recording shows promise and is worth buying when you get around to seeing the band live or pass by it at your favorite local record store.

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Quotes
Coast Is Clear - der Indie-Pop-Blog
"Das Trio Shiloe aus Los Angeles hat sich dem etwas psychedelischen Rock Marke Black Rebel Motorcycle Club verschrieben - und der Song ´The ratª geht wirklich gut ab! Zwei weitere Lieder sind auf der Myspace-Seite zu h^ren."
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