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05.08.08

Final preparations for the UK tour are underway; please check the shows page for the latest show info/venues/etc.

Shahiin, Zock!, Steyv, and Kiid Ziil have been practicing up for our UK TOUR so we hope you have too. Free advice for how to do this is here. The sets will be a heavy handed mix of past imperfect, present, future present, and future perfect. Steyv Fyve has once again promised to ruin your ears with his "creative" sound engineering so get pumped.

We are playing a short set with our big sisters ONEIDA this Saturday May 10th at Secret Project Robot in Williamsburg, an $8 concert being for the benefit of Eat Records that will be over by 11pm.

Andy Beta trudged around China with us and wrote a thing for SPIN. Check out page 38 in the 'Noise' section (do we really belong there?).

We have begun posting portions of demos of tracks for a forthcoming album whose working title is White Psychosis/White Dementia on our MySpace page. We thought you would enjoy these scrappy scraps, and hoped their imperfections would inspire you. Everything else posted there is like licking God's ass: beauty and Oneness.

For a good time YouTube "Knyfe Hyts".

Ta

03.35.08

White Psychosis/White Dementia 2008
Shahiin, Zaak, Steyv, Kiid Zillions premiere tunes from the new album!

14-May Dublin, IRE Skinny Wolves Club at Transformer

15-May Oxford, UK Cellar

16-May Manchester, UK Islington Mill
w/No Age, Atlas Sound, Soiled Mattress

17-May Leeds, UK Chinchilla Fest
w/Eats Tapes, That Fucking Tank

18-May Northampton, UK Decades

19-May Glasgow, UK TBA
surprise support for secret neighbors!

20-May Glasgow, UK Admiral

21-May London, UK The Dome
w/No Age, Soiled Mattress+Springs

22-May Bristol, UK Mother's Ruin

23-May Brighton, UK Engine Rooms

24-May Sheffield, UK Pomona

01.28.08

KNYFE HYTS is Shah (guitar) Shahin (drums) and Zach (baritone) hitting the pipe hot knifing big knife hits and then attempting to cover Hendrix. Only 40 years of punk noise stands in their way:

KNYFE HYTS / GOLDEN TRIANGLE MARDI GRAS MARCH:

29-Jan Washington, DC Black Cat
w/Double Dagger 30-Jan Winston-Salem Werehouse

31-Jan Memphis, TN Buccaneer
w/Golden Triangle 2-Feb New Orleans, LA Saturn Bar

3-Feb New Orleans, LA The Pearl
w/Golden Triangle

5-Feb Oxford, MS Jubilee
w/Golden Triangle

6-Feb Hot Springs, AR The Exchange
w/Golden Triangle

7-Feb Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
w/Golden Triangle

8-Feb Athens, GA Secret Squirrel
w/Golden Triangle

9-Feb Greenville, NC Sociology
w/Golden Triangle

10-Feb Baltimore, MD The Depot

14-Feb New York, NY Cake Shop
w/The Apes, These are Powers, Mixel Pixel

14-Feb Brooklyn, NY Death By Audio
w/Golden Triangle

Golden Triangle sounds like 13th Floor Elevators and B-52s and they know how to party, trust us.

China was amazing, by the way. Write us, or google it or something.

11.14.07

It's happening:

15,102 Mile Piece / Expanded Field China 2007

14-Dec Beijing, CHINA D-22
w/Carsick Cars, Knyfe Hyts, Speak Chinese or Die!

15-Dec Beijing, CHINA Yugong Yishan
w/PK-14, Ourselves Beside Me

18-Dec Beijing, CHINA 2Kolegas
w/Ma Fei San

20-Dec Shanghai, CHINA 4Live
w/Snapline

21-Dec Nanjing, CHINA Castle Bar
w/Carsick Cars, Snapline

22-Dec Shanghai, CHINA YuYinTang
Early show 8pm w/Carsick Cars

22-Dec Shanghai, CHINA LOGO
Midnight show as KNYFE HYTS

10.25.07

I like how we update this thing once a month, denoting a 200% improvement from last year.

As many of you already know, being fans and whatnot, Pterodactyl's Matt Marlin has been accompanying us on our tours for the past two years with his trusty camera, good looks, and occasional moustache, saying things to you like "You know, I'm a director shooting a documentary on these guys" before buying your underaged ass a drink. Well, his story checks out, at least in the age of digital reproduction. The as yet untitled Ex Models (working titles: "Brothers in the Wind", "Chrome Hearts", "We like America and America likes Us") documentary is due in 2008.

As few of you know, WE'RE TOURING CHINA. There's a couple of dates up on the shows page, but it's gonna be something like 5 shows mid December. Who plays five shows in China? The same band that manages to play an 11 show tour of Japan, a 12 show tour of England... How can one band be so.. lucky? I'll tell you how: we met the promotor at the Common Ground benefit we played in July.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. It is one of the few days on which a person is forced to reveal his or her self.

9.23.07

So kinda dropped the ball on this, probably because I was busy jamming with On Golden Bong that day and the rest of us were at a wedding that day, but the MODELS have some art tunage up at McCaig-Welles, show goes through October something:

UPCOMING EXHIBITION: SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 8-11PM

"Wide Open"
For Immediate Release: Brooklyn, New York (August 14, 2007)

Hi everyone. Come to the show on Saturday, September 8th at McCaig-Welles Gallery, 8-11pm. It's a Benefit for Food Not Bombs and there are like 100 rad artists in the show. It's gonna rule!

Thanks, R Nicholas Kusyzk, Curator/Official Courier : "Wide Open" 2007

Featuring artists:

Marty Reisman, Swoon, Eric Orr, Bonnie Collura, Sacha Jenkins SHR, Rich Jacobs, Maya Hayuk, Keith Mchenry, Matt & Kim, Japanther, Yojimbo, Jasper Patch, Tim Diet, Tunde Adebimpe, Tim Barry, Dan Friel, Peter Sutherland, Josh Small, Sto, Kelie Bowman, Rob Ericson, Ed Trask, Cycle, Eric Oobust, Richard Roth, Bengamin Maddox, Bruce Wilhelm, Brainworms, Carter Gilliss, James Davis, David Cook, Kyp Malone, Pat Berran, Ex Models, Kevin Hooyman, Paulo Arao, Jason Brunson, Andy Mcarthy, Chris Gwyn, Corndawg, Woods, Squirm Orchestra, Rambo, Drew Liverman, Dana Bell, Amir Fallah, Donald "Scribe" Ross, Jim Callahan, Jonston Foster, Solo Dos En Tijuana, George Ferrandi, David Mcqueen, Acht(en), Ports Bishop, Johnerick Lawson, Ghastly City Sleep, Kai Vierstra, Jason Griffith, Maseo Eagle, Sara Shapouri, Apeshit, Miami Ice Machine, Baroness, Jimmy Cousins, USAISAMONSTER, Bobby Puleo, Charlie Nunn, Alex Miller, Tommy Tracey, Jay Sheldon, Chip7, Peter Corrie, Dave Choi, Langdon Graves, Bill Fisher, Gavin Stevens, Ryan Jacob Smith, Marshall Higgins, Bradley Baconface, Brooks Bikedude Alley, Brent Loverde, Travis Lindquist, David Gyuk Hochbaum, Jason Ellis, Dee Dee Cheriel, Jonathan Mehring, Annica Lydenburg,

The exhibition will be on display until October 7th, 2007.

9.08.07

Holy shit we're playing with SILVER APPLES. The info from Todd P:

Thursday, September 13th @ SILENT BARN

:: Silver Apples
:::: Ex Models
:::::: The Moon Upstairs
:::::::: Tristan Perich (1-Bit Music)

[ SILENT BARN ]
915 Wyckoff Ave @ Hancock | Ridgewood/Bushwick, QNS/BKLYN
L-Halsey or M-Myrtle/Wyckoff | 8pm | all ages | $10
-- MYSPACE --> http://myspace.com/thesilentbarn

How about that PS1 show on Saturday? Sightings' set was the best performance piece ever put on in Attica.

A lot of people have been asking us things like "is the 4-piece recording?" and "did you break up?".

We have in fact recorded, but not as a 4 piece, and we do not have an EX MODELS album yet. Instead we have 3-4 KNYFE HYTS albums, tapes, singles, etc. The first eponymous KNYFE HYTS c-40 cassette will be 'released' later this month on Awesome Allison (of AWESOME COLOR's) tape label PARTY STORE, and will be available in Europe via X-MIST mail order once Awesome Color shortly. Extremely limited hand made/painted, so play nice and share with your friends.

And no, we didn't break up. We never break up, we just like to see other people.

7.17.07

Friends,

We're playing a great benefit for Common Ground at the beautiful Prince George Ballroom in Manhattan. Common Ground is a 501 c3 non-profit that combats homelessness by, among other things, providing and maintaining supportive permanent housing for 416 low income or formerly homeless persons at the Prince George.

The show is $20, but when you consider that most of that money is a tax free donation to Common Ground, and the rest gets you no fewer than three drinks and free red bull (do what you will..), it could be a lot cheaper than a night at, say, certain other manhattan ballrooms we've played at recently. anyway, Telepathe and These are Powers and Miracles and the Modz will all play great sets for you, but there are a lot of other reasons to feel good about coming out and making a donation.

for more info on the event: http://www.jezebelmusic.com/ballroomparties.html

for more info on Common Ground: http://www.commonground.org

xo *s
----
Jezebel Music presents a monthly Ballroom Party Benefit to support Common Ground's work to end homelessness. These events will support Common Ground's new green initiative, which will incorporate eco-friendly design elements in its affordable housing residences.

Prince George Ballroom
15 East 27th St (btw. 5th & Madison)
Manhattan, NY

===
Ex Models
Telepathe
These Are Powers
Miracles
===

7:30 pm $20

6.08.07

23-Jun New York, NY East River Amphitheatre
2pm FREE OUTDOOR SHOW!
ERMP and Secret Project Robot present:
Ex Models, S-s-s-Spectres, Hundred Eyes, Mikey Bones

11-Jul New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
w/Deerhunter, Blues Control $15

Shit's going down! We got fuckin Shah and Hefty Jake back and we're going to concatenate/ conflate/ confabulate our entire history and ultimately blow it to bits at these shows. If listening to us play "three weeks" for ten minutes is your idea of a good time, buy your tickets now. Do introduce yourself too; you're our kind of people.

12.17.06

Not so big on the news updates this year, sorry.. whatever it's a pain in my assholes. Crazy though, right? Four piece tour was a blow up, if you caught any of those shows consider yourself lucky because it turns out making that happen required just such an alignment of celestial spheres and terrestrial dispositions. That means more hybernation, tinkering, arguing, and eventually, gui-tar. I'd like to thank the Yeahs for basically sponsoring the 4 piece in 2006.

KNYFE HYTS dude. Hot. knife. hits. SHAH, ZYAKH and SHAHIN's stultifyingly stoned band miraculously recorded their debut album with Barry London at the vaunted OCROPOLIS, though no one remembers it. Barry swears there are 8 tracks, swirling maelstroms of vocal harmonies, sticky, superheated solos that sublimate violently into sweet clouds of smoke, and a 12 minute soundtrack to the best head Angus Young's ever given. No shit, his words.

Zakh's band THE SECONDS played shows, a sure sign that we've all been taken away by the pod people and have only recently returned to the rewound earth. Shahin returned from playing guest guitar with AWESOME COLOR on their recent trip to the UK. It is not known how any of them survived the buzzsaw at the center of the metallic black hole that was ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2006 but at least one member of the entourage had to have his head bandaged together. Not even kidding.

So that's it. The laying will probably be low in 2007. Pterodactyl's Matt Marlin will be busy editing down his footage of over 2 tours worth of Chrome Panthers shows, both fundustrial and 4 piece, and we're once again struck by the crazy idea of compiling a live EX MODELS disc. or two. Let us know if you'd like to play drums. Happy holidays, xo.

08.20.06

We've been doing shit, seriously. Shahin, Z, and Luke Brody previewed material from Shahin's upcoming solo project at the Creation/Destruction art opening at Secret Project Robot, KNYFE HYTS are preparing to record at least one full length record at the Ocropolis, Oneida's new studio they helped build, Shahin went on tour with ONEIDA as a 3rd guitarist, because apparently Oneida are neither trippy nor loud enough. You can hear some of the more tasteful results captured by the geniuses at NPR here.

The new EXM lineup--S, Z on guitars vs Kid Millions and Luke Brody on drums-- is working up new material, and new arrangements of old material, for a FALL EASTERN U.S./CANADA TOUR. This tour will only last two weeks, so we will not be able to play everywhere, but the idea is to play out some new shit and have a record out in Spring 2007. Dates will be posted as soon as the major pieces are in place.

In the meantime the four piece has some killer warm up shows:

8-Sep Philadelphia, PA Haverford College

9-Sep Brooklyn, NY 1105 Metropolitan Ave
Outdoor show w/Comets on Fire, Excepter, Aa, +tons

23-Sep Bard College SMOGfest
2 day fest w/tons of bands inc KNYFE HYTS!!

Kid and Shahin will be performing with Oneida on WFMU saturday August 26th, and later that night:

Saturday August 26th @ STUDIO B

:: Oneida
:::: Black Dice

[ STUDIO B ] ~~ air conditioned! ~~
259 Banker St @ Calyer | Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L-Bedford/G-Nassau | ALL AGES | $8 | 9PM | 718.389.1880

xo

07.04.06

Apologies for the total lack of interest in updating the site. It's summer, you know? Put the gun down. Here's the story:

KNYFE HYTS is smoking hot metal hyts featuring ex-EXM guitarist FUCKING SHAH on guytar, ZML on the barytone, and SHAHIN on the skyns (of children). If you're wondering what it sounds like, this is our set list:

Gnome Eaters
Knyfe Hyts
Hyts of Summer
Feelin' Stoned
Screaming Lovv
Running Free (Harris/Di'Anno)

These are our sessions:

4-Jul Brooklyn, NY 330 Melrose
w/Japanther, Parts and Labor, Pterodactyl+more

6-Jul Brooklyn, NY Place
w/The Coughs, Bret Gand is Dead

13-Jul New York, NY Knitting Factory
Oneida record release party

14-Jul Brooklyn, NY Syrup Room
w/USAISAMONSTER, Icy Demons, Effi Briest

EX MODELS is preparing material for a new album as a 4 piece guitar duo vs. drum duo. The 4 piece is blowing your mind:

8-Sep Philadelphia, PA Haverford College
w/TBA

9-Sep Brooklyn, NY ToddP outdoor show
w/Matt and Kim, tons TBA

and then on the east coast in October.

Presumably MATT MARLIN of PTERODACTYL is completing the edit of his EXM live doc shot at the burned end of the Fundustrial tour November 2005. I haven't seen it, but I heard it's got us deliriously air-performing Ram Jam's cover of "Black Betty" in all its glorious and intricate stupidity. We may even release it. xx

05.19.06

Since you asked, the double drum EX MODELS GNOME EATERS, backed by the MIGHTY ROBOT A/V, powered by the maniacal STEVE FIVE on the mixer, did indeed LEVEL thousands of English at All Tomorrow's Parties over the weekend. Saturday ended up being the blowout everyone thought it would be. IMAGINARY FOLK pretty much erased any memory anyone might've had of Friday's straight-r

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10-May Brooklyn, NY Secret Project Robot
EAT Records Benefit w/ Oneida, Ex Models 8pm

White Psychosis/White Dementia 2008

14-May Dublin, IRE Skinny Wolves Club at Transformer

15-May Oxford, UK Cellar

16-May Manchester, UK Islington Mill
w/No Age, Atlas Sound, Soiled Mattress

17-May Leeds, UK Chinchilla Fest
w/Eats Tapes, That Fucking Tank

18-May Northampton, UK Decades

19-May Glasgow, UK TBA
surprise support for secret neighbors!

20-May Glasgow, UK Admiral

21-May London, UK The Dome
w/No Age, Soiled Mattress+Springs

22-May Bristol, UK Mother's Ruin

23-May Brighton, UK Engine Rooms

24-May Sheffield, UK Pomona

15,102 Mile Piece / Expanded Field China 2007

14-Dec Beijing, CHINA D-22
w/Carsick Cars, Knyfe Hyts, Speak Chinese or Die!

15-Dec Beijing, CHINA Yugong Yishan
w/PK-14, Ourselves Beside Me

18-Dec Beijing, CHINA 2Kolegas
w/Ma Fei San

20-Dec Shanghai, CHINA 4Live
w/Snapline

21-Dec Nanjing, CHINA Castle Bar
w/Carsick Cars, Snapline

22-Dec Shanghai, CHINA YuYinTang
Early show 8pm w/Carsick Cars

22-Dec Shanghai, CHINA LOGO
Midnight show as KNYFE HYTS

4 Fragments, 1 Skull 2007

23-Jun New York, NY East River Amphitheatre
w/S-s-s-Spectres, Hundred Eyes, Mikey Bonez

11-Jul New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
w/Deerhunter, Blues Control

20-Jul New York, NY Prince George Ballroom
w/Telepathe, These Are Powers, Miracles

1-Sep Queens, NY P.S. 1 MoMA
w/Oneida, Sightings

13-Sep Brooklyn, NY Silent Barn
w/Silver Apples

14-Sep Poughkeepsie, NY Vassar College
w/Cause Co-Motion

26-Oct Bard College, NY Smog
Halloween Parrrrteee!

29-Nov Brooklyn, NY Death By Audio
w/Deathset, Marnie Stern, Teeth Mountain

Fall 2006

8-Sep Philadelphia, PA Haverford College

9-Sep Brooklyn, NY 339 Scholes St@Bogart
w/Comets on Fire, Growing, Excepter, Aa, lots more

23-Sep Bard College SMOGfest
w/Knyfe Hyts, Aa

29-Sep Philadelphia, PA Surreal Sound Studios

30-Sep Baltimore, MD The Depot

1-Oct Washington, DC Warehouse Next Door

2-Oct Raleigh, NC King's Barcade

3-Oct Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn

4-Oct Nashville, TN Ruby Green

5-Oct Memphis, TN Murphy's

6-Oct Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room
w/Yeah Yeah Yeahs

7-Oct Austin, TX Stubb's
w/Yeah Yeah Yeahs

8-Oct Houston, TX Warehouse Live
w/Yeah Yeah Yeahs

9-Oct Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
w/Yeah Yeah Yeahs

10-Oct Chicago, IL Empty Bottle

11-Oct Pittsburgh, PA ON Space

12-Oct Toronto, ON Sneaky Dee's

13-Oct Montreal, QC Zoobizarre

14-Oct North Adams, MA Contemporary Artists Center

15-Oct Boston, MA TT the Bears

Spring 2006

7-Apr Middletown, CT Wesleyan University
w/Oneida

8-Apr Brooklyn, NY Northsix
w/Oneida, Parts and Labor, Kyp Malone

7-May Brooklyn, NY Union Docs
w/Shoplifting

13-May Rye, UK All Tomorrow's Parties
w/YYYs, Liars, Oneida, Celebration, Blood Brothers, Magik Markers etc

Winter 2006

7-Dec Providence, RI 29 Okie St.
w/Parts and Labor, Lucky Dragons

2-Feb New York, NY Knitting Factory
w/Young People, Growing

Chrome Hearts North America Fall 2005

8-Oct Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute GZ Basement

22-Oct New York, NY Tonic
CHROME PANTHERS CD RELEASE w/Magik Markers

26-Oct Ottawa, ON Babylon
w/Get Hustle

27-Oct Quebec City, QC Rouje
w/Duchess Says

28-Oct Montreal, QC El Salon
w/Chinese Stars

29-Oct Toronto, ON X-pace
w/Get Hustle, Chinese Stars

30-Oct Lansing, MI Mac's
w/Chinese Stars, Cartridge Family

31-Oct Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
w/Quintron & Miss Pussycat

1-Nov Omaha, NE O'leavers

2-Nov Lawrence, KS Replay Lounge

3-Nov Denver, CO Monkey Mania

4-Nov Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge

5-Nov Boise, ID ELK

6-Nov Seattle, WA Funhouse
early show 5pm

6-Nov Seattle, WA Gallery 1412
late show w/Chris+Devin of Shoplifting

7-Nov Olympia, WA Yes Yes

8-Nov Portland, OR Berbati's

9-Nov San Francisco, CA Hemlock
w/Death Sentence: Panda

10-Nov Oakland, CA Stork Club
w/Death Sentence: Panda

11-Nov Los Angeles, CA Il Corral
w/Death Sentence: Panda

12-Nov San Diego, CA Che Cafe
w/Death Sentence: Panda

13-Nov Los Angeles, CA The Smell
w/Death Sentence: Panda

14-Nov Flagstaff, AZ 519 N. Kendrick

15-Nov Tucson, AZ Vaudeville
w/Get Hustle

17-Nov Austin, TX Emo's
w/Best Fwends

18-Nov Denton, TX Rubbergloves

19-Nov Houston, TX Proletariat

20-Nov Jackson, MS W.C. Don's

21-Nov Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
w/Deerhunter

22-Nov Greensboro, NC White House

Fall 2005

8-Sep Brighton, UK Freebutt

9-Sep Milton Keynes, UK Bletchley Leisure Centre

10-Sep Exeter, UK Cavern Club

11-Sep Bristol, UK Louisiana

12-Sep London, UK Garage

13-Sep Liverpool, UK Heaven and Hell

14-Sep Glasgow, UK Stereo

15-Sep Leeds, UK The Fenton

16-Sep Norwich, UK Arts Centre

17-Sep Nottingham, UK Horn in Hand

18-Sep London, UK Catch 22

Summer 2005

28-Jul New York, NY @ The Frying Pan
w/Oneida, Battletorn
plus MIGHTY ROBOT A/V

21-Aug New Brunswick, NJ 134 Louis St.
w/1995 Dads, Door, Scream! Hello plus more

3-Sep Brooklyn, NY @ S 5th bet Berry/Wythe
w/Oneida, The Double, The Hospitals
Fireball, Telepathe, Hot Fire

Spring 2005

23-Mar Brooklyn, NY Glasshouse
w/Touchdown

14-Apr Brooklyn, NY Northsix
Ex Models feat. Kid Millions, Electroputas, Touchdown

19-Apr London, UK Buffalo Bar

20-Apr Amsterdam, HOL Paradiso

21-Apr Gent, BEL Charlatan

22-Apr Groningen, HOL Vera

23-Apr Den Haag, HOL SCSI Cell

24-Apr Mulheim, GER AZ

25-Apr Wiesbaden, GER Schlachthof

26-Apr Bremen, GER Romer

27-Apr Hamburg, GER Hafenklang

28-Apr Berlin, GER Rubble

29-Apr Leipzig, GER Fruhauf

30-Apr Prag, CZ 007

1-May Wels, AUS Schlachthof

2-May Wien, AUS Planetarium

3-May Budapest, HUN Suss Fel Nap

4-May Zagreb, HR KSET

5-May Mezzago (Milano), ITA Bloom

6-May Verona, ITA Interzona

7-May Bologna, ITA Il Covo

9-May Bari, ITA Fleurs Du Mal

10-May Ancona, ITA Thermos

11-May Zurich, CH Kalkbreite

12-May Stuttgart, GER Schocken

13-May Brussel, BEL Recyclart

14-May St. Etienne, FRA Elephant

15-May Nantes, FRA Blockhaus DY 10
w/Oneida

16-May Paris, FRA Nouveau Casino
w/Oneida

17-May London, UK Buffalo Bar

19-May Madrid, ESP Revolver

21-May Lisboa, POR Ze Dos Bois

3-Jun Brooklyn, NY Narchitect Castle
w/Need New Body, Deerhunter, Breaker! Breaker!

Winter 2005

1-Feb Greensboro NC @ Gate City Noise

2-Feb Atlanta GA @ MJQ
w/ Chinese Stars, Deerhunter

3-Feb New Orleans LA @ End of Banks (4820 Banks St.)

4-Feb Austin TX @ Red's Scoot Inn (1308 E. Fourth)
w/ Dumb Haircuts/Best Fwends, Tuxedo Killers Video Screams

5-Feb Houston TX @ MaryJane's FatCat

6-Feb Ft Worth TX @ 1919 Hemphill

8-Feb Flagstaff AZ @ Cogdil Recreation Center (301 S Paseo Del Flag)
w/ Warbler, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle

9-Feb Tempe AZ @ Stinkweeds

10 Long Beach CA @ Koo's
w/Warbler, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, FM Bats

11-Feb Corona CA @ Showcase
w/The Locust

12-Feb San Diego CA @ Epicentre
w/The Locust

13-Feb Los Angeles @ 2685 E. Marengo
4:30 pm w/ Fast Forward, FM Bats, sO sO sO, + more

14-Feb Pomona CA @ Glasshouse
w/ Dance Disaster Movement, FM Bats + Special Sexxee Secret Valentine's Guests tba

16-Feb Oakland CA @ Grandma’s
w/ Death Sentence: Panda

17-Feb Los Angeles CA @ Troubadour
w/The Locust

18-Feb San Francisco CA @ Slim's
w/The Locust

19-Feb Portland OR @ Meow Meow
w/The Locust

20-Feb Seattle WA @ Neumo's
w/The Locust

21-Feb Missoula MT @ Area 5 (732 S. 1st W.)

22-Feb Boise ID @ Riot Factory

23-Feb Salt Lake City UT @ Kilby Court

24-Feb Denver CO @ Monkey Mania
w/Pretty Thigh

25-Feb Lawrence KS @ Jackpot Saloon
w/This is My Condition

26-Feb Lincoln NE @ Knickerbocker's
early show 6pm

27-Feb Chicago IL @ Texas Ballroom
w/The Coughs, Red Eyed Legends

28-Feb Bloomington IN @ Second Story
w/Racebannon, Holy Bible, Ari Ari

1-Mar Newport KY @ Southgate House

4-Mar Brooklyn NY @ Llano Estacado
w/Touchdown, Breaker! Breaker!, Pterodactyl

Fall 2004

1-Oct Brooklyn, NY Tommy's Tavern
Ex Models feat. Kid Millions, Deerhunter, Pterodactyl

2-Oct Wesleyan University Eclectic House
Ex Models feat. Kid Millions, The Apes

13-Oct Brooklyn, NY Northsix
Ex Models feat. Kid Millions
Troubleman Unlimited CMJ Show

Summer 2004

17-Jul Brooklyn, NY Mighty Robot
w/Oneida, Pterodactyl

Spring 2004

19-Apr New Haven, CT Toad's Place
w/Tortoise, Beans

20-Apr Boston, MA Roxy
w/Tortoise, Beans

23-Apr Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts
w/Tortoise, Beans

24-Apr Washington, DC 9:30 Club
w/Tortoise, Beans

25-Apr Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
w/Tortoise, Beans

26-Apr Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
w/Tortoise, Beans

27-Apr Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
w/Tortoise, Beans

28-Apr Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
w/Tortoise, Beans

After Party at I-Defy (1055 Center St)
w/Sids, Deerhunter, Blame Game

29-Apr Orlando, FL The Social Pavillion
w/Tortoise, Beans

30-Apr Miami, FL The Polish American Club
w/Tortoise, Beans

1-May Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
EXM solo

2-May New Orleans, LA Twiropa (Tchops room)
Superfly during Jazzfest! w/Tortoise, Beans

3-May Memphis, TN Young Avenue Deli
w/Tortoise, Beans

4-May Nashville, TN Exit/In
w/Tortoise, Beans

5-May Louisville, KY Jillian's
w/Tortoise, Beans

6-May Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
w/Tortoise, Beans

7-May Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
w/Tortoise, Beans

Winter 2004

13-Dec Wesleyan University Eclectic House
w/Oneida

6-Feb S. Williamsburg 76 Rutledge
w/Oneida + Crazy Rhythms DJ crew Mike Simonetti, Dan Selzer

13-Feb New York, NY Mercury Lounge
w/Rogers Sisters, Sightings

20-Feb Brooklyn, NY Mighty Robot
w/Numbers, Les Georges Leningrad, X27

10-Apr Bard College Old Gym
Eli's Senior Show

Fall 2003

10-Oct Sendai, JPN Parksquare

11-Oct Tokyo, JPN Shimokitazawa Era

12-Oct Nagoya, JPN Club Daughter

13-Oct Osaka, JPN Shinsaibashi Sunhall

14-Oct Kitakyushuu, JPN Kokura Megahertz

15-Oct Fukuoka, JPN Kiethflack

16-Oct Okayama, JPN Pepperland

17-Oct Kyoto, JPN Metro

18-Oct Tokyo, JPN Shimokitazawa Era

19-Oct Tokyo, JPN Shibuya Nest

20-Oct Tokyo, JPN Kouenji 20000v

22-Oct New York, NY Knitting Factory
w/Les Savy Fav, The Apes

27-Oct Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
w/Dance Disaster Movement, This Moment in Black History

28-Oct Toledo, OH Masonic Temple
w/Thunderbirds are Now!, DDM

29-Oct Chicago, IL Fireside Bowl
w/King Cobra, DDM X27

30-Oct Iowa City, IA Gabe's Oasis
w/Black Keys, DDM

31-Oct Omaha, NE The Orifice
w/DDM, Beep Beep

1-Nov Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
w/DDM

3-Nov Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
w/DDM, Daughters

4-Nov Boise, ID J.D. and Friends
w/DDM

5-Nov Seattle, WA Graceland
w/AST, DDM

6-Nov Portland, OR Millions
w/AST, Silver Palms, DDM

7-Nov San Francisco, CA Hemlock
w/DDM

8-Nov Oakland, CA 40th St Warehouse
w/Tussle, DDM

9-Nov Santa Barbara, CA Biko House
w/DDM

11-Nov Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
w/the Distraction, DDM

12-Nov Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
w/Moving Units, DDM, Your Enemies Friends

13-Nov Los Angeles, CA Q*topia
w/DDM

14-Nov San Diego, CA Che Cafe
w/Rob Crow, DDM

15-Nov Phoenix, AZ Stinkweeds
w/DDM

16-Nov Albuquerque, NM Atomic Cantina

18-Nov Austin, TX Emo's
w/Xiu Xiu

19-Nov Denton, TX Rubbergloves
w/the Sneeze

20-Nov Houston, TX Fat Cat's
w/Groceries

21-Nov Jackson, MS Martin's
w/Cherry Valence

22-Nov Atlanta, GA The Earl
w/Deerhunter

23-Nov Mt. Pleasant, SC Village Tavern

24-Nov Greensboro, NC Gate City Noise

25-Nov Richmond, VA Nanci Raygun

Summer 2003

2-Jun Hamburg, GER Hafenklang

3-Jun Nuremburg, GER K4

4-Jun Munich, GER Kafe Cult

5-Jun Cologne, GER Gebaude 9

6-Jun Bremen, GER JH Friesenstr.

7-Jun Trier, GER Ex Haus

8-Jun Saarbrucken, GER Hellmut

9-Jun Rennes, FRA Mondo Bizarre

10-Jun London, UK Buffalo Bar

11-Jun Manchester, UK Roadhouse
w/Erase Errata

12-Jun Glasgow, UK Barfly
w/Erase Errata

13-Jun Nottingham, UK Rescue Rooms
w/Erase Errata

14-Jun London, UK Egg club
w/Erase Errata

15-Jun Gent, BEL Charlatan Club

17-Jun Berlin, GER Magnet
w/Erase Errata

19-Jun Paris, FRA Nouveau Casino
w/Erase Errata

20-Jun Strasbourg, FRA St Etienne

21-Jun Hoogstraten, BEL Cahier De Brouillon

22-Jun Zurich, SWZ Ego City

23-Jun Genova, ITA Somewhere. It was hot.

24-Jun Loreto Aprutino, ITA Coffee Shop House

25-Jun Finale Emilia, ITA Cortile Cinema

12-Jul Columbus, OH MORE THAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

15-Jul Brooklyn, NY Northsix
w/The Locust, Young People, Chinese Stars

17-Aug Brooklyn, NY Northsix
w/Deerhoof, Semiautomatic

6-Sep Hartford, CT University of Connecticut
w/Daughters

7-Sep Boston, MA Middle East
w/Daughters, Chinese Stars

10-Sep New York, NY Knitting Factory
w/The Ex

22-Sep Purchase, NY SUNY Purchase
w/Blood Brothers

27-Sep Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
w/Fiery Furnaces

Spring 2003

6-Apr Washington, DC Black Cat
w/Yeah Yeah Yeahs

7-Apr Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
w/the Kills

8-Apr Atlanta, GA Echo Lounge
w/the Kills

9-Apr Tallahassee, FL Beta Bar

10-Apr New Orleans, LA Mermaid Lounge

11-Apr Houston, TX Fat Cat's
w/the Kills

12-Apr Austin, TX Emo's

13-Apr Denton, TX Rubbergloves

15-Apr El Paso, TX Club 101

16-Apr Tucson, AZ Club Congress
w/the Kills

17-Apr Flagstaff, AZ 111

18-Apr San Diego, CA Che Cafe
w/Holy Molar, XBXRX

19-Apr Phoenix, AZ Modified
w/Holy Molar, XBXRX

20-Apr Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
w/Holy Molar, XBXRX

21-Apr Los Angeles, CA The Smell
w/Holy Molar, XBXRX

22-Apr Goleta, CA Hard to Find
w/Holy Molar, XBXRX

23-Apr Bakersfield, CA Jerry's Pizza
w/Holy Molar, XBXRX

24-Apr Sacramento, CA Capitol Garage (early show)
w/Holy Molar, XBXRX

24-Apr Sacramento, CA Capitol Garage (late show)
w/Holy Molar, XBXRX

25-Apr Berkeley, CA 924 Gilman
w/Holy Molar

26-Apr Portland, OR Disjecta
w/Holy Molar, XBXRX

27-Apr Seattle, WA Graceland
w/Holy Molar, XBXRX

28-Apr Missoula, MT Jay's Upstairs

30-Apr Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry

1-May Madison, WI University of Wisconsin

2-May Chicago, IL Fireside Bowl

3-May Detroit, MI Magic Stick
w/Thunderbirds are Now

6-May Boston, MA Paradise
w/Yeah Yeah Yeahs

7-May New York, NY Irving Plaza
w/Yeah Yeah Yeahs

9-May New York, NY Knitting Factory
w/Apes, Party of Helicopters

Winter 2003

17-Feb Northampton, UK Soundhaus

18-Feb London, UK Buffalo Bar

19-Feb London, UK Little Dingwalls

20-Feb London, UK On the Rocks

21-Feb Brighton, UK Freebutt

22-Feb Cambridge, UK Boatrace

24-Feb Glasgow, UK University of Glasgow
w/Yeah Yeah Yeahs

25-Feb Cardiff, UK Barfly

26-Feb Nottingham, UK Rescue Rooms

27-Feb Sheffield, UK Sheffield University

28-Feb Leicester, UK Sumo

1-Mar Coventry, UK Colloseum

Fall 2002

1-Oct New York, NY Knitting Factory
w/Melt Banana

3-Oct Brunswick, ME Bowdoin College

4-Oct Middletown, CT Wesleyan College

12-Oct Baltimore, MD Ottobar
Monitor Records B-Day party

23-Oct Chicago, IL Schubas
w/Hella, Party of Helicopters

24-Oct Kalamazoo, MI the Space
w/Hella, Groovie Ghoulies

25-Oct Detroit, MI Lager House
w/Hella, Party of Helicopters

26-Oct Rochester, NY Bug Jar
w/Hella, Party of Helicopters

27-Oct Pittsburgh, PA Platters
w/Hella, Need New Body, Party of Helicopters

28-Oct Philadelphia, PA the Pontiac
w/Hella, the Mercury Program

29-Oct Brooklyn, NY Northsix
w/Hella, Need New Body, Young People

1-Nov Providence, RI The Met Cafe
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

2-Nov Washington, DC The Black Cat
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

3-Nov Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

4-Nov Atlanta, GA The Earl
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

5-Nov Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

6-Nov Tampa, FL The Orpheum
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

8-Nov Orlando, FL The Social
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

9-Nov Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder (FSU)
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

10-Nov New Orleans, LA Mermaid Lounge
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

11-Nov Denton, TX Rubbergloves
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

12-Nov Houston, TX Mary Janes
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

13-Nov Austin, TX Emos
w/Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves

14-Nov Oklahoma City, OK The Green Door

15-Nov St. Louis, MO Gargoyle (Washington Univ)

16-Nov Fayetteville, AR Clunk Music Hall

19-Nov Kansas City, MO Hurricane

20-Nov Lincoln, NE Duffy's

21-Nov Chicago, IL The Metro
w/the Dismemberment Plan, French Kicks

22-Nov Detroit, MI The Magic Stick
w/the Dismemberment Plan, French Kicks

Summer 2002

4-Jul New York, NY Brownies
w/Ted Leo/Pharmacists

19-Jul Boston, MA Middle East
w/Scene Creamers

12-Aug New York, NY Knitting Factory
w/Erase Errata

21-Sep Princeton, NJ Princeton Univ
w/Dalek

Spring 2002

2-May New York, NY Mercury Lounge
w/Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars

4-May Philadelphia,PA Khyber Pass
w/the Seconds

5-May NewBrunswick,NJ Rutgers University
w/the Seconds, Arab on Radar, Thrones, Orthrelm, Pixeltan, Rye Coalition

6-May Richmond, VA Hole in the Wall
w/the Seconds

8-May Knoxville, TN Pilot Light
w/the Seconds

9-May Baton Rouge, LA Thirsty Tiger
w/the Seconds

10-May Austin, TX Emo's
w/Orange Goblin, Alabama Thunderpussy, the Seconds

11-May Denton, TX Rubbergloves
w/the Seconds

12-May OklahomaCity,OK Green Door
w/the Seconds

13-May Santa Fe, NM Aztec
w/the Seconds

14-May Flagstaff, AZ One Eleven
w/the Seconds

15-May Santa Ana, Ca Drop In Center
w/Hella, the Seconds

16-May Los Angeles, CA The Smell
w/Hella, the Seconds

17-May SanFrancisco,CA Kimos
w/Hella, the Seconds

18-May Portland, OR Blackbird
w/Hella, the Seconds

19-May Seattle, WA Graceland
w/Replikants (ex-Unwound),Hella, the Seconds

21-May Denver, CO 15th St. Tavern
w/the Seconds

22-May Lincoln, NE Duffy's
w/the Seconds

23-May St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
w/the Seconds

24-May Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
w/Enon, the Natural History

26-May Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom Tavern
w/the Seconds

28-May Washington, DC Black Cat
w/the Seconds

29-May Boston, MA Middle East
w/the Seconds

9-Jun New York, NY Knitting Factory
w/Fucking Champs

Early 2002

15-Feb Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
w/Les Savy Fav, Oxes

6-Mar New York, NY Knitting Factory
w/Pinback

26-Mar New York, NY Knitting Factory
w/Pink and Brown, Flying Luttenbachers

Fall 2001

24-Nov Raleigh, NC Kings
w/Keelhaul

26-Nov Athens, GA 40 Watt
w/The Apes

27-Nov Mobile, AL The Splash
w/The Apes, The Brought Low

28-Nov New Orleans, LA Dixie Tavern
w/The Apes

29-Nov Austin, TX Emo's
w/Les Savy Fav, The Apes, Cutthroats 9

30-Nov Dallas, TX Clearview Cafe
w/Cutthroats 9

1-Dec OklahomaCity,OK 66 Bowl
w/Cutthroats 9

2-Dec St. Louis, MO Hi Pointe

3-Dec Chicago, IL Fireside Bowl
w/Flying Luttenbachers

4-Dec Cleveland, OH Speak in Tongues
w/Flying Luttenbachers, Allergic to Whores

5-Dec Rochester, NY Bug Jar
w/Flying Luttenbachers

6-Dec Providence, RI Munch House
w/Flying Luttenbachers, Ninja vs. Wrestler, Whore Moans

7-Dec Boston, MA Middle East
w/Flying Luttenbachers

8-Dec New York, NY Brownies
w/Flying Luttenbachers, Turing Machine, Orthrelm

9-Dec Philadelphia,PA The Fire
w/Liars

10-Dec Pittsburgh, PA Millvale Industrial Theatre
w/Flying Luttenbachers, Conelrad, Pay Toilets

11-Dec Columbus, OH Little Brothers
w/Flying Luttenbachers

12-Dec Kalamazoo, MI Harvey's
w/Flying Luttenbachers

14-Dec Oberlin, OH Oberlin College
w/Flying Luttenbachers

16-Dec New Haven, CT Tune Inn
w/Liars

Summer 2001

4-Apr New York, NY Brownies
w/ Arab on Radar, Black Dice

4-Jun Jersey City, NJ WFMU
Radio Show

6-Jun New York, NY Brownies
w/ the Faint, Interpol

21-Jun Boston, MA Middle East
w/ Rival Schools

27-Jun Philadelphia,PA 5-spot
w/ Rival Schools

29-Jun Princeton, NJ WPRB
Radio show

5-Jul New York, NY Knitting Factory
w/ Burning Airlines

6-Jul Providence, RI Green Room

9-Jul Pittsburgh, PA Millvale Industrial Theatre
w/ Bellini, Stars

10-Jul Washington, DC Black Cat
w/ Snuff Project

11-Jul Richmond, VA Hole in the Wall

12-Jul Carboro, NC Go! Studios
w/ Little Red Rocket, Mitch Easter

13-Jul Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
w/ Little Red Rocket

14-Jul Mobile, AL The Splash
w/ Flying Luttenbachers, The Locust

16-Jul Austin, TX Room 710

19-Jul Phoenix, AZ Big Fish Pub

20-Jul San Diego, CA Scolari's Office

21-Jul Los Angeles, CA KXLU
Radio show

21-Jul Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
w/ the Frogs

22-Jul San Jose, CA Cactus Club

24-Jul SanFrancisco,CA Paradise

26-Jul Portland, OR Blackbird

27-Jul Seattle, WA Break Room
w/ Tourette's Lautrec, Last of the Juanitas

28-Jul Bellingham, WA 3B Tavern
w/ Tourette's Lautrec, Last of the Juanitas

30-Jul SaltLakeCity,UT Kilby Court

1-Aug Denver, CO Lion's Lair

2-Aug Lincoln, NB Knickerbocker's

4-Aug Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
w/Peaches, Betty Blowtorch

6-Aug Chicago, IL Fireside Bowl
w/My Name is Rar Rar

8-Aug Detroit, MI Gold Dollar
w/The Dishes, The Dirtbombs

9-Aug Kalamazoo, MI Harvey's on the Mall

10-Aug Colombus, OH Bernie's
w/ Party of Helicopters

16-Aug New Haven, CT Tune Inn
w/ Burning Airlines

24-Aug Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
w/Liars

2-Sep Brooklyn, NY North Six
w/ Arab on Radar, the Seconds

7-Oct New York, NY Brownies
w/ Fucking Champs

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"Oneida's Kid Millions guests on the new LP by Ex Models. Dunno if that's the reason that Chrome Panthers is such a lovely chalice of prog-raunch agression, but it's a possibility."
-- Byron Coley/Thurston Moore, Arthur

"This truly is the bastard child of The Velvet Underground circa mid sections of Sister Ray and White Light White Heat and most contemporarily related to the second LIARS incarnation. You remember those industrial techno tracks that made you finally turn John Peel's show off, Ex Models blow those guys clean out of their avant garde pants with this. The unrelenting taped pound actually released our two guitarists to innovate and extend tracks as they wished, rather than limit things in preset arrangements. Once again Ex Models set jaws dropping by reinventing themselves and challenging us again. The peaks reached during this set actually surpassed the standard set by the previous extraordinary Ex Models. See them."
-- Paul Cox, Artrocker UK / co-founder Too Pure Records

"After going underground for a spell, Ex Models reemerge with Oneida's Kid Millions on drums and a batch of fucking severe--think early Neubauten, early DNA, early Cop Shoot Cop, early presence of life on earth-- that sort of desperation... Forget what you know about this band--it's taken a sharp left into the severe."
-- Mike Wolf, TimeOut NY

"Right from the get-go, this offering from art rockers Ex Models reestablishes that they are not here to deliver a finely crafted, well-polished piece of work that will tickle the senses and delight the ears. On the contrary, with Chrome Panthers they have decided to deliver a sonic onslaught to shred your inner ear with the audio equivalent of a razor blade. Imagine the Go Team if they had developed a serious addiction to methamphetamines and decided to make a project's worth of material about how much they wanted to assassinate someone and you will get the general gist of the production values at hand here, as well as a reasonable profile of the group's state of mind. Many of the songs rely on long episodes of repetition and tension-building before releasing it all into a series of shrieks and indecipherable howls that come close to replicating the formulas found on earlier records. It may seem like a bunch of dudes getting drunk and rocking out in their parents' basement as they record demos, but the musicianship is complex and top-notch. Clocking in at 27 minutes, it's their longest offering to date and almost perfectly timed; any more and it would have disintegrated into pretentious noise, and any less would leave a feeling of incompleteness."--All Music Guide

Praise for Zoo Psychology

Did you ever see Bela Tarr's brilliant film The Werckmeister Harmonies, which was (generally) about the peace and clarity possible after the total destruction of everything? Yeah, well, this is sorta like that. Ex Models are only happy after all pretense of calm has been shattered, bashed, kicked in, crumbled, and twisted 'round their heads like a helicopter. They sound like they're vandalizing something, or about to, or just building up the courage to go balls-to-the-wall loco. That this band can be utterly in sync and on the pants-peeing edge at once, plus presenting entire philosophical and mathematical principles under the guise of sexually charged, aggressive post-punk, while still having enough humor to title their problems "Hey Boner" and "Brand New Panties" is the answer to a question only Guy Debord could present. Tres incroyable. - Pitchfork (8.2)

"The New York renaissance may have turned out some commendably classic-sounding bands, but, as ever, it's the weirder groups frozen in the city spotlight that turn out to be the most interesting... Big Apple vogue might have led us to Ex Models, but this ain't no pretty boy fashion thing. This is New York evolution at work." - NME (8 of 10)

"I saw EM live before I heard them on record and...they wanked with such ferocious power that night the jizz-tsunami was unbelievable, the way they just spilt over a stage, cleaned out their pipes, put one end of a dirty rag up their ass, pulled it out their jap's eye and exorcised their inner filth. Now I'm worried that Zoo Psychology is proving ever so useful around the house...Ex Models are in hock to nothing but their own fizzing synapses, tutored by nothing but the adrenaline and testosterone coursing around their nubile young bodies. Each moment's capability to either explode or derail itself into silence is seemingly down to whether all four EMs are pulling together or apart, whatever unmediated impulse is buzzing within them...." - Careless Talk Costs Lives

"Éseizing and stretching the legacy of CBGB in its heyday: rock that's smart, skeletal, and recklessly ambitious, eager to provide an antidote to synthetic pop and self-important mainstream rock." - The New York Times

"New York noise that's more Sonic Youth than Strokes...a very loud, very strange and playfully destructive album of explosions attached to titles like "Fuck 2 to the Music"... It sounds as if Ex Models are driving through the window of a jewelry store with the emergency brake still on, and in every track they back up and do it again and again and again...making Zoo Psychology a funny and relentless advertisement for atonal living." - Rolling Stone

"At last the no-wave revival has produced a band with the genuine weirdness to match the original late-70's movement and the furious chops to follow such later jazzcore bands as John Zorn's Naked City... The disc last only 20 minutes, but it would take weeks to unravel all the hypertense riffs and squeals." - Blender

"[Zoo Psychology] sounds like an extremely horny dog humping your leg" - Village Voice

"Art-rock pushed to the extremes of sound and tipped over the edge of insanity. Each choppy outburst of noise makes no sense and yet with each yelp, bass throb and tsunami-like wave of guitar and incessant pounding, everything becomes clear. Confusing, chaotic, and utterly mesmerising." - Kerrang! (KKKK)

"The kind of chaotic explosion last heard in the chemistry lab when the technicians accidentally came up with a mini H-bomb." - i-D

"New York calls it a 'revival', but it's actually a cannibal dinner party, a celebration of a musical legacy being devoured... and Ex Models are sitting at the head of the table... So sink your teeth into these atonal, dissonant guitars. Wrap your tongue around these deconstructed song structures. Put that quivering strand of Arto Lindsay's flesh to your lips and wash it down with a warm glass of James Chance's blood. Close your eyes and take a bite." - Washington Post

"Each and every song is delivered with gusto by the four worryingly manic individuals on stage, as they gurn and shimmy through a set of punked-up, funked-up and totally fucked-up rock 'n' roll.. They are bizarre, clearly somewhat wrong in the head, and quite, quite brilliant." - Logo

"Who likes this album? People tired of trite uninspired plop pop schreeching at them from TV, radio and more. TV...Atonal no wave noise for the betterment of humanity. This is what music is becoming." - Stuff

"Ex Models put the 'ex' in 'sex' with their unique brand of hyperintellectual party-boy panic rock... With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the Models set out on their mission of rock and roll simulation packaging soulful high pitched vocals, call-and-response guitar work, and bouts of audience participation into catchy 90 second bursts suitable for advanced levels of Dance Dance Revolution." - San Francisco Bay Guardian

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Contact

Band: wailingandruling@gmail.com
Publicity: Marisa Handren | Four Paws Media
Booking US: John Chavez | Ground Control Touring
Booking Europe: Andreas Oberschelp | Puschen
Labels (US): Troubleman ThreeOneG
Label (Europe): X-Mist

Links

Myspace: myspace.com/exmodels
Publicity/bio/imaging: Four Paws Media
Hi-res photos: here
DVD trailer: here

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Releases


U.S. Pop Life Vol. 20: Mighty Robot
Sleep When You Are Dead DVD
(Contact Records 2007)
73 Mins/Color, NTSC format. Includes footage from the legendary outdoor festivals in Brooklyn, presented by Twisted Ones and the artist collective known as Mighty Robot Audio/Visual Squad. Rare footage from the final shows at the legendary Mighty Robot loft including live performances by Liars, Lightning Bolt, Oneida, Oakley Hall, Ex Models, Sightings, Hospitals, Jah Division, and more. Also features Mighty Robot visual pieces, including "Every Bite Tastes Like More" (music by Mighty Robot A/V Squad), "That's Funny I Don't Feel Like a Shithead" (music by Ex Models), and "Sleep When You Are Dead" (music by various artists). Show flyers and liner notes about Mighty Robot and Twisted Ones.
Order here.


Unicorn Mountain Vol. 2 Anthology
(Unicorn Mountain 2007)
216-page deluxe soft cover anthology consisting of comic stories and art, fiction, essays and a 21 track CD compilation featuring Ex Models, Oneida, USA is a Monster, Zombi, Dirty Faces, Frog Eyes, Elf Power and more.
Order here.


Release the Bats: The Birthday Party as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of Three.One.G
(Three.One.G 2006)
Compilation also featuring Get Hustle, Some Girls, Melt Banana, Les Georges Leningrad, Daughters, Rah Bras, Year Future and more
Order here.


Chrome Panthers CD/LP
(Troubleman Unlimited Oct 2005)
Ex Models feat. Kid Millions of Oneida!
Insane triage/trio renderings of the fundustrial set
Rad art by Mighty Robot/Kayrock and Wolfy
Limited edition color vinyl available

Preview "That's Funny I Don't Feel Like a Shithead"
Preview "Headlines"
Order here.


Chrome Panthers LP (European Edition)
(X-Mist 2005)
Limited edition of 1000
Art by Bradford of Deerhunter
Out now (Europe only) order from X-Mist


Ex Models/Holy Molar split 7"EP
(Three.One.G 2004)
Out now! Rules!
Hear "Buy American"
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Zoo Psychology CD
(Frenchkiss Records 2003)
15 new tracks.
Hear "Pink Noise"
Order here.


Zoo Psychology LP
(X-Mist Records 2003)
Released Europe only by X-Mist. Buy at live shows or order from overseas.


Sonik Mook Experiment Vol. 3: HOT SHIT
(Mute/Blast First 2003)
Compilation also featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs, !!!, Erase Errata, Radio 4, and others. UK only.
Order here.


Raw Wild Love 7"
(X-Mist Records 2002)
White vinyl edition of Pink EP. Released Europe only by X-Mist. Buy at live shows or order from overseas.


Ex Models/The Seconds Pink EP
(My Pal God Records 2002)
2 tracks from EXM and 2 from the Seconds.
Hear "U Got what I need (shake)"


U.S. Pop Life Vol. 13 Northeast New Core
(Contact Records 2001 Japan only)
Compilation also featuring The Rapture, Avey Tare and Panda Bear, Oneida, xbxrx, Orthrelm, and others.


This is Next Year
(Arena Rock Recording Co. 2001)
Brooklyn-based compilation also featuring Les Savy Fav, Enon, The Walkmen,French Kicks, The Seconds, Rainer Maria, Stereobate, and others.


Other Mathematics CD
(Ace Fu Records 2001)
Hear "Girlfriend is worse"

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