Cymbals Eat Guitars
Biography
An indie rock band from New York City, Cymbals Eat Guitars made their critically acclaimed full-length album debut in 2009. Founded one year prior, the band comprises Joseph D'Agostino (aka Joseph Ferocious; vocals, guitars), Matt Cohen (guitar), Neil Berenholz (bass), Matthew Miller (drums), and Daniel Baer (keyboards). D'Agostino, the band's chief songwriter, first began playing with Miller in high school. Starting in the tenth grade, the two performed covers of songs from the first two Weezer albums; by the end of their senior year, though, they'd begun performing original material and recorded a demo titled Joseph Ferocious. As a college student, D'Agostino worked toward forming a full band. He placed an ad on craigslist and steadily assembled a full-band lineup that was christened Cymbals Eat Guitars upon its formation in early 2008. . An early live performance drew the attention of Kyle "Slick" Johnson, who had previously engineered mainstream indie rock albums by Modest Mouse (We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, 2007) and the Hives (The Black and White Album, 2007). Impressed by the band's live performance, Johnson contacted the bandmembers and offered to produce their songs. Cymbals Eat Guitars made their recording debut in 2008 on Indiecater, Vol. 1: An MP3hugger Compilation with the song "Share." The following year, the band made its self-released album debut with Why There Are Mountains. Produced by Johnson, Why There Are Mountains became one of the more critically acclaimed debut albums of 2009, especially once it was crowned a Best New Music selection by the tastemaking website Pitchfork.
Top Albums |
1. Lose
| 2. Why There Ar..
| 3. Lenses Alien
| 4. Hawk Highway..
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Warning | Lose | 3:20 | $0.99 | |
2. | Jackson | Lose | 6:14 | $0.99 | |
3. | Chambers | Lose | 3:48 | $0.99 | |
4. | Child Bride | Lose | 3:25 | $0.99 | |
5. | ...And the Hazy Sea | Why There Are Mountains | 6:13 | $0.99 | |
6. | Xr | Lose | 2:34 | $0.99 | |
7. | 2 Hip Soul | Lose | 6:19 | $0.99 | |
8. | Laramie | Lose | 8:07 | $0.99 | |
9. | Place Names | Lose | 6:15 | $0.99 | |
10. | Lifenet | Lose | 3:23 | $0.99 | |
11. | Gary Condit | Lenses Alien | 4:19 | $0.99 | |
12. | Secret Family | Lenses Alien | 3:29 | $0.99 | |
13. | Wavelengths | Lenses Alien | 2:54 | $0.99 | |
14. | Current | Lenses Alien | 2:07 | $0.99 | |
15. | Another Tunguska | Lenses Alien | 3:12 | $0.99 | |
16. | Definite Darkness | Lenses Alien | 4:52 | $0.99 | |
17. | Plainclothes | Lenses Alien | 4:13 | $0.99 | |
18. | Keep Me Waiting | Lenses Alien | 3:00 | $0.99 | |
19. | Shore Points | Lenses Alien | 2:35 | $0.99 | |
20. | Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name) | Lenses Alien | 8:31 | $0.99 | |
21. | Hawk Highway | Hawk Highway - Single | 3:22 | $0.99 | |
22. | Gleemer | Sing for Your Meat - A Trib.. | 2:51 | $0.99 | |
23. | Like Blood Does | Why There Are Mountains | 7:33 | $0.99 | |
24. | Living North | Why There Are Mountains | 2:31 | $0.99 | |
25. | Wind Phoenix (Proper Name) | Why There Are Mountains | 5:16 | $0.99 | |
Top Music Videos |
1. Some Trees
| 2. Cold Spring
| 3. Some Trees (L...
| 4. And the Hazy ...
| 5. Tunguska
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6. Wind Phoenix
| 7. Indiana
| 8. Plain Clothes
| 9. Living North
| 10. Share
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