adio Moscow are a hard/blues/psychedelic rock (stylized to 70s) band
from central Iowa consisting of Parker Griggs on guitar and vocals, Zach
Anderson on bass and Paul Marrone on Drums. Their self-titled debut
was released on 2007 by Alive Records, and was produced by
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Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach.
Dan was given a demo by Parker after a Black Keys gig in Colorado, and
he liked it so much that he offered to produce their debut album in his
own studio, The Pie Co, in Akron OH. Griggs originally cut his teeth
playing garage punk, but his sound, although heavily influenced by
sixties garage music, is also channeled through the blues, with
experimental breakdowns, unpredictable tempo changes, crazy rave-ups and
fuzzed out psychedelic guitar work; the result is an exciting and truly
distinctive sound.
Parker plays all the instruments on the album except for bass, played by
Duff, and slide guitar on “Deep Blue Sea” which is played by Dan.
A new album will be released in April 2009.
“Brain Cycles” is Radio Moscow’s second album, a new psychedelic trip
into the musical territory originally charted by artists such as Randy
Holden, Groundhogs, Peter Green and Flower Travellin’ Band, just to to
name a few. Hailing from Ames, Iowa, an unlikely rock n’ roll town if
there was one, and formed in 2006 by guitar prodigy Parker Griggs (24
years old), Radio Moscow released their self-titled debut in 2007, with
Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys handling the production. Stoner Rock
called the album “an astonishingly good debut,” Pop Matters hailed it as
an “awesome record-…….fun and slutty and cool,” and Modern Fix
described their sound as “dirty-ass psych-powered blues rock ” After a
full year on the road, Parker Griggs has headed back into the studio to
cut the long awaited follow-up. (from last.fm)
http://www.myspace.com/radiomoscowI was really impressed by theese guys, a great suprise. And two awesome psychadelic blues rock pieces.