+ABOUT+
This Band used to be called Experimental Dental School - now it is called XDS.
Bio by XDS:
The guitar bends to the breaking point. Drums pump. Drums crack.
Synthesizer samples crisp & crackle.
A sea of bass over a lake of pedals.
Here is some really nerdy dirty Jazz punk. hmm..or is it vintage garage
pop?
psychedelic world music?,, synth fractured dance beats.
Pretty? yes. Ugly? yes.
Experimental Dental School is a duo living in Portland Oregon.
Jesse Hall: guitar, voice, noises & sounds.
Ben Tyler: Drums & synth sounds.
Shoko Horikawa: On "maternity leave" She is still writing songs for the band, but is not currently playing live.
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US Booking:http://www.ballisticmissilebooking.com/
US Publicity: xdsmusic@gmail.com
USA Label : Cochon
Records
Distribution : Red
Eye
EU Distribution : Cargo
UK
European Label : Deleted
art (Sweden)
European label : TCWTGA (Germany)
Australian Label : Tenzenmen
Europe Booking: www.paperandironbooking.com
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Press Quotes:
"XDS took a set of drums and a guitar and electrified the anxious crowd."
-Jennifer Monteagudo, CMJ.com (Irving plaza CMJ 2008 show review)
"simply phenomenal"
-Andrew R Tonry, Portland Mercury
"surprisingly gnarly riffs"
-Nate Chinen, nyTimes.com
"Experimental Dental School is one of the most exciting and stunning bands I've heard in a while.", "There's a life and energy behind their work that's rare and jaw-dropping"
-Michael Mannheimer, bibabidi.com (Jane Doe Loves Me review)
"There's nothing not to love about these 12 off-kilter stabs of exuberantly creative freak rock."
-By Scott A. Gray, Exclaim Magazine (Jane Doe Loves Me review)
"In a Word: Bold", "Grade: A-"
-Aidan Castori, Aquarian magazine (Jane Doe Loves Me review)
"some of the strangest, yet musically impressive melodies concocted within the past three years."
-Jay Ziegler, consequenceofsound.net (Jane Doe Loves Me review)
"Experimental Dental School's second full-length album is as fun and clever as it is categorically indefinable." (2 1/2 Creatures review)
-Samuel Sharkey, Performer Magazine
"it's is easy to understand why the band's music sends their fans into hysterics at their live shows."
-Stephen Cramer, AllMusic.com
"This is the affirmation of the thesis that music can indeed be art. "
-yellowisthenewpink.com
"Experimental Dental School creates music filled with vision, wit, and vitality"
-Alex K. Fong, SF BAY GUARDIAN
"All in all this record kicks an unreasonable amount of ass"
-Ryan Powers, Slug Magazine
Best of The Bay 2004 .. "If you haven't checked out EDS's debut album, Hideous Dance Attack!!!, do so immediately!"
-SF BAY GUARDIAN
"the perfect soundtrack for cruising through the city on a beautiful day." "these are the dance traxx!!!! you will not be disappointed with this record!!!!" -- Noella Marie, KUSF review of 2 1/2 Creatures
"2 1/2 Creatures confirms that E.D.S. are more than capable of making themselves equally at home in indie post-rock and no wave basements, jazz joints and circus tents." "very coo!" -- aquariusrecords.org
"I was so amazed by their creativity" -- Brian Shevlin, Heckler Magazine Portland OR
"EDS kick up a furious racket over the 10 tracks of Hideous Dance Attack!!!. " -- Matt Fink, Skyscraper Magazine
"The band's full-length debut, Hideous Dance Attack!!! was recently released to excited, if not baffled critical acclaim." -- Dusted Magazine
MORE REVIEWS >>
PERFORMANCE HISTORY click here>>
HI-RES PHOTOS FOR PRESS USE:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/xds_2010_300dpi.tif
http://www.experimentaldental.com/xds_closer_2010_300dpi.tif
Some bands we have shared the stage with:
Spoon, Deerhoof (2 months of touring), Mates of state, Joe Laly (Fugazi),
The Shins, Deerhunter, Trans am, The Make up, Matmos, Explode Into Colors,
The Vivian Girls, Starfucker, Earth, kid 606, Black Dice,
USAisAMonster, Coachwhips, Hella, Xbxrx, Mae shi,
Discography:
Forest Field (2009 full length - free download)
Jane Doe Loves Me (full length on TCWGA & Cochon records)
2 1/2 Creatures (full length on TCWGA, Deleted Art & Cochon records)
Hideous Dance Attack!!! (full length on TCWGA, & self released CD)
Split CD with Germany's Eniac
Eccentrics#3 (Australian comp with sabot, astro can caravan)
Split 7'" record with Japan's Limited Express Has Gone
Split CD with Japan's Limited Express Has Gone (Memory Lab, JP)
Split 7'" record with Japan's Limited Express Has Gone (Deleted Art, SE)
Split 7'" record with Italy's Blown Paper Bags - Split 7" (Cragstan Astronaut)
Amoeba Music Compilation Vol. 5
Lovers & Lollipops Compilation (Portugal)
Drop Dead Magazine Compilation (Prague)
