Born in an art school dorm room, SQUAAKS is the lovechild of a toy wurlitzer keyboard and a four track cassette recorder. This passionate union resulted in a diverse litter of tunes.
Squaaks: Rock Control (2008, Flatmeat Music)
Debut Full-length Album Available Here Directly From Our Distributor's Warehouse for Only $9.98! Buy It Now!
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RIYL: T-REX, PIXIES, NIRVANA, the KINKS
“Rock Control is nothing if not fun: 30 minutes of fun-before-fashion bop-along guitar rock that recalls Warhol contemporaries T. Rex, The Kinks, and maybe some Beatles for good measure...Put ’em together with Squaaks’ warehouse of guitar hooks...and Rock Control‘s a fine ride. It’s an exciting take.” -Michael Byrne (City Paper, 9/26/07)
“The band’s description of their own sound as ‘visceral guitars, driving rhythm and catchy melodies’ is right on the money. Part sixties garage rock, part eighties post-punk, their new album Rock Control is filled with songs that are lighthearted and catchy." -(www.bagofsongs.blogspot.com, 10/10/07)
"You think you're going to hear the standard pop tunes all the way through, but Squaaks tweaks their sound a little on each song leaving you off balance, but craving more. They're risk takers...and it pays off in the end. In 2007 they released Rock Control on Flatmeat Records. I suggest you go get it!" -(http://pastaprima.blogspot.com/, 01/08/08)
"Damn good and energetic live." - Al Shipley (City Paper, 4/4/08)
"This clip for Rock Control's "Everything Twice" alternates between live show footage and some rather interesting low tech flying sequences. This is one of the most entertaining local videos that I have seen all year." -(http://instrumentalanalysis.blogspot.com, 10/09/07)
Thanks so much for adding me. You all are AWSOME! I would love to visit Baltimore and stop by Dizzy Issies, and see Duff's building, and of course see you perform.
okay so i was getting my planner to put in the date of the show when i realized that 07 is not august it is july. yeah my memory is not functioning, so i got sad that i cant go cuz im in jersey right now and i will be in phily this whole weekend and weekend. im sorry i guess next show but come to new jersey there are plenty of places to play. sorry. =(
hey elena, its barbara the girl you met at the parade who kept coming to you like a weirdo, anyways caught the next day of the show for your band actually those days are perfect cause i will be back in laurel that week to go camping at the beach so hopefully i see you there. bye.
Hey, thanks for friending me! I'm just a local who never knew where 2 go so I built this site in my spare time. It's all user generated so I really need some help uploading cool bars and specials. I also made up a place where we can post events too. Check it out and let me know what you think. I am still building it so if you have any suggestions, I can usually put them in right away. The site's address is yourareacode.com. Thanks again!
Harvey went safely to the animal hospital...where he will be handed over to wild animal rescue... then stuffed with bread crumbs, basted, then............................................given a massage.
1.We love Squaaks! In fact, we're playing with them three times in the next three months!
2.There are three brand new Notions songs up on our MySpace page!
3.Vote for Gary B & the Notions to win the Sound Off! Baltimore! Unsigned Bands Competition, so they can rock at Artscape this year! Just go to www. artscape. org and vote as many times as you please for us. Voting lasts the whole month of May, '08! Thank you all so much!
Hope your show was a smashing success! Sorry I couldn't make it, but my kids do a much better job of not killing each other when I'm around to put a stop to it... MUST...HAVE.....ROCK.....CONTROL........STICKERS.....!
Have a grand weekend on the road, my lovely family! Say hi to Kandesia at Johnny Brenda's for me if she's working. She's the best bartender and owns an art gallery in the neighborhood. FYI: they have yummy food and a great sound system!
you thought of us in puerto rico. that may be the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to us. as has always been the case we [heart symbol here] you too! see you wednesday at the talking head? hope so.
