New Banderas Video!!!!!!!!!!!!

You were probably wondering what the hell we were talking about on our 8/31 post, that is if you aren't always wondering what the hell we're talking about. Well kids, we've just posted our new video for "$50 Dollar Pyramid Scheme". The video is our tribute to late 60's/70's era grindhouse movies and like those movies was directed by Perm and Todd with a grindhouse budget of $20 (we had to buy some light bulbs and more duct tape).



You can also go to http://www.duneboogie.com/50dps.html and see it in hi-fi or download to your iPod!


Cheers!,
Banderas

Posted by Banderas on 11/07/2008


Obama and Banderas!?!?!




The 2008 Cea (Cincinnati Entertainment Awards) nominees have just been announced and your favorite shack shimmiers are up for Best Hard Rock and Album of the Year! This means we get to gussy ourselves up in our finest polyester and pleather and rub elbows (maybe bump uglies) with many of the bands that are making it happen in Cincy. Obama isn't the only person that needs of your vote in November:

go to http://cea.citybeat.com click on the ballot link and vote for Banderas and the rest of your almost as favorite bands.

Also, there are some great shows on our schedule coming up with a lot of great bands you do not want to miss.


Ciao!,
Jeremy

Posted by Banderas on 10/17/2008


Big in the Netherlands




Hans Werksman, blogger extraordinaire at Here Comes the Flood has posted his musings and mp3's from our new record. Pay a visit to his little musical piece of internet real estate discover something new.

http://blogger.xs4all.nl/werksman/archive/2008/09/26/414730.aspx

ciao!,
Jeremy

Posted by Banderas on 9/26/2008


XO Jenny Lewis. XO, Indeed.



As you may have already noticed, Jenny Lewis is sprawled out all over the front page of myspace today like Thanksgiving dinner. I just wanna let you know that her twangy vocals, fire red hair, and soccer star thighs give me hope for the future as well as a semi.

Here's to you Ms. Lewis. I've had it out for you since you screamed "Ahh! He touched my breast!" at that guy during your award winning performance in The Wizard.

We stumbled a bit when you did those tracks with Cursive. Those prudes should have stayed on hiatus. We both knew it but you went ahead and did it against my wishes. It took me a long time to forgive you for that.

I had to take you back when you released Rabbit Fur Coat. I understand what you meant with the lyrics. Your sincere apology was gladly accepted.

But I'll tell you this... I see you've been slumming around with Connor Oberst again and I'll tell you, he's bad news bears. Don't let those sissy pants fool you. I'll never break your heart like he will.

XOXOXO
T.R.

Posted by Banderas on 9/11/2008


A Taste of things to come.



consider yourself broke off.

<3 Banderas

Posted by Banderas on 8/31/2008


iTunes!!1!!!!!1!!!!!1!!!!!!



That's right. We're fucking cutting edge.

iTune Store Link

It's priced at $9.99 for the album or $.99 a song. You're a sucker if you buy each song individually and pay $11.88.

The songs are encoded in iTunes+ as well, so there are no worries about DRM or sharing them with your best pals. We think it's lame to buy something and have a company tell us that you can only burn it to a CD 5 times, too.

Does anyone who owns the disc already find it cool that you can now put the disc in your computer and have the artwork automatically download, too? I'm nerdin' out here.

Before my nose starts bleeding I'll let you go on your way...

ITUNES!

BUY!

<3>

Posted by Banderas on 8/26/2008


Retail Assault!

You can now pick up Beast Sounds and Parlour Tricks at Shake It Records in Cincinnati, OH and Everybody's Records in Pleasant Ridge, OH for the low low retail price of $9.99. Support those stores if you're in the area.

We're in the process of working out some further distribution deals to get these beautiful silver beauties closer to your town. Stay sleazy and stay tuned for updates.

<3 Uncle T.R.

Posted by Banderas on 8/04/2008


In case you didn't feel like showing up.

Taken from the Southgate House Parlour on 7/24



Take note of Ringo (of Mad Anthony) and his sweet pelvic action on top of the piano.


More surprises to come,
-Jeremy

Posted by Banderas on 7/28/2008


The Male Sack.


Time to take a peek inside the Banderas Mailbag......


"Oddly enough got that Cd tho, which is odd because every time I send sometime out of this shit hole it takes a good month to get back to Ohio.

Cd turned out to be a pleasant surprise, hadn't seen you guys in forever so I wasn't entirely sure of what to expect. For some reason I just feel like you could film a porn in the basement of a southern shopping mall to this CD, except for Ground Out Heel, which is total road head music.

But now that you guys have that new fangled van you should drop a couple grand on the gas and drive out here. If the Melvins can play Missoula, you guys can too (and you both can lose money). Come stay at the haunted looking rundown ass furry house we're all living it up in, we'll cook you pancakes (fecal omelet? I dunno, Japanese people love their anal syringes) and shit.

Nothing like whiskey and pancakes."
-The Masked Man


Well, MM we're glad you approve of the Cd and that it arrived expediently. Thanks for the offer for the place to stay with you and your furry friends. Missoula isn't on the itinerary as of yet and after this letter i can't say it will be anytime soon.
-Jeremy


"Hey shitbags. How is the album doing? I haven't been out of Dayton for a while due to various warrants out for my arrest."

-Angry Ryan (The Lethargy Machine/Angry Ryan and the Nosebreakers)


Fanfuckingtastic. I was wondering why i haven't seen you sitting on the couch, sipping a tall boy when I walk downstairs at 9 am to check the mail. Don't let the man hold you down.
-Jeremy


"Dear Banderas,

Previously you announced that T.R. would eat a cicada for every 50 people that came to your last Southgate House performance. I was there and there were at least 50 people at the show. You guys are liars.
Sincerely,"
-Disappointed in Cincy


Disappointed, don't get your panties all in a bunch. As Jack Burton says: The check is in the mail. Oh,wait...Hold on...here it is...
-Jeremy




Send all of your mail to: banderasmusic@gmail or hit us up on MySpace.

Posted by Banderas on 6/29/2008


WIN BIG! NAME OUR NEW VAN!


"Not that you afflicted son of a bitches know anything about this, but you're sitting in a Ford E350 Super Duty van. In some circles... this is considered a piece of automotive art."

Thanks to the runaway success of our debut album, Beast Sounds and Parlour Tricks, we have purchased a brand new (to us) van. This brings our long term logistics plan full circle, and we'll be heading into your town soon.




The front comfortably seats six, the A/C works, it has low miles, and the back was converted into a mobile workshop by a racing team. This bodes well for us seeing as how we now have a place to work on our dune buggies somewhere other than the front yard.

All that's left to do is get an airbrushed painting of Dimebag Darrell on the side and give it a name that strikes fear in the hearts of Smokies everywhere. That's where you come in.



Send us your ideas on what to name this beast of steel and oil. If we use your idea maybe I can swing something with our airbrush guy and get you painted on the other side of the van. Of course you'd be dressed as a wizard and fighting a dragon, but it would most def be you. If I can't swing that, maybe a free t-shirt would suffice.

<3 T.R.

Posted by Banderas on 6/25/2008


Bugs and Beats.



The East side of Cincy is singing that old familiar song. It's Cicada season, and they're driving me fucking crazy.

I'd like to do my part of eliminating this vile species by offering to eat one live Cicada for every 50 people that show up to our show Friday night. It's gonna be a banger. Banderas + Voyageur + The Host.



In other news things have been relatively calm here in the Banderas camp since the CD release. We've just been hanging out with our dudes from Foxy Shazam while they're in town, hot off of the Fall of Troy tour. They'll be heading back out in a few weeks with Finch. They're full of new tricks we taught 'em, so be sure to catch em if they come by your burg.

The store is up and fully functional. We've been selling the hell out of these discs online now for about a week with no hiccups. If you haven't had a chance to pick up a disc at a show yet, you can hit up the store link and make magic happen. Plus, if you use a credit card that's almost like getting a cd for free! BUY TWO!

I'm gonna go now and try to catch some of these little buggers in a mayonaise jar with some leaves and a stick to simulate his natural environment. Poke a hole in the lid, because they're darn sure used to air.

T.R. <3

Posted by Banderas on 6/11/2008


Sunday Morning Coming Down


We've had some time to collect our thoughts and to catch up on all of the episodes of Wifeswap and Walker, Texas Ranger that we've missed while making the record and it feels good to just sit down and scratch myself without wondering why the art proofs are green instead of red or who in the hell put Todd in charge of anything other than making the pot of coffee.

The cd release was a huge success and if you missed it, then you definitely missed one of the best Banderas shows to date. Kevin "Juice" Mcnair from Lost Hands Found Fingers conjured our Bass wizardry for the evening and backed us in a hour plus set of songs from our new record as well as a few covers which to our surprise, still left people in demand for more.

The Upset Victory came in on short notice and certainly set the tone for the night, which may or may have not been brown, seeing how everyone in attendance collectively dropped a payday in their pants when all was said and done. Following promptly (and i do mean promptly, because these bands are perforated invoice style professional)Arms Exploding who blazed through a few songs from their soon to be released album. While I tried to figure out how Donkey managed to always have a free drink ticket in hand when i was wandering aimlessly about in the chicken shack parking lot across the street looking for quarters for draft. Angles of Meth blew up the stage and gave everyone a lesson on how it should be done in Ohio's downunder and "Diamond" Joe Caruso managed to pencil us into his hectic schedule of golfing and gun sporting to run the sound board for our set not before making us put his toucher mustache on the guest list.

We want to thank all the bands that played as well as all of the other bands and people that came out to see us in action for the evening and a big smooch goes out to everyone that bought a cd, a t-shirt, or a poster. For all of the people that missed their chance at Banderas merch that night; put down the knife and don't cut yourself just yet. We'll be offering our goods online through this website and through iTunes in a matter of days, not to mention at all the shows (check the calender) we have coming up. stay tuned.

Ciao!
-Jeremy

Posted by Banderas on 6/04/2008


What the brown did for me.


Monday morning.........

11:30am I wake up to hear something clatter on the roof of the Banderas mansion. I would normally jump out of my bed to see what the commotion is all about but I had a booger the size of Texas blocking my breathing rights. After I sweet talked the Gorgon-sized booger out of my nasal passage, I ran downstairs to see what was the matter. To my suprise, it was not a chubby, rosacea-faced lard ass wearing all red, but a well kept man dressed head-to-toe in brown. At first I had thought that I must have violated my probation somehow (since that is my first reaction to everything), but to my suprise 8 packages were being delivered to me. That is right kids!

The CDs have arrived!

So start digging in your parents couch cushions for money, cause this fucking thing is so good you might buy 2! For one night these little audaic miracles will only be $5. Also, new t-shirts will be available for purchase at the show for $10.

The word on the street is begining to buzz like a cicada infestion, except it doesnt piss you off when you are trying to mow the lawn.

Click here to read Willistg of Cincypunk.org's review of the album!

also, Click here to read Mike Breen of Citybeat's review of the album!

and... Click here to read Rich Shivener from Cin Weekly's interview with Banderas.

listen.loveit.fuckme

-cu.silvio

Posted by Banderas on 5/20/2008