Gringo Star are a rather good 4-piece guitar band from Atlanta, Georgia - US of A. They have recently toured Europe with ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, and the UK with hometown buddies Black Lips. Their current European tour includes dates with Wavves and A Place To Bury Strangers.
Their latest album "All Y'all" was released in the US in 2008 to strong reviews:
"A little scuzzy, a little jangly and a lot awesome" BLENDER
"All Y'all" is an exuberant rush of early Kinks guitars, tambourines, handclaps, multi-part harmonies, and bits of tinkly piano, all catchy." PITCHFORK
“With their excellent debut album, All Y'all, this Atlanta garage-rock band validate the CMJ buzz.” SPIN.COM
“This Atlanta, Georgia foursome add layers of rural lilt to their Brit-ish pop, garagey grit to others, while sneaking out slight-psych guitar blasts and gang yalps when least expected. If not the wheel rebooted, their self-titled full-length on My Anxious Mouth is stunningly seasoned for a debut.” CMJ.COM
"Gringo Star should be literally showered with the same kind of exasperated stammering and fawning heaped onto the stars of the early days of rock and roll, as if these guys were new versions of the Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Beatles’ and all of the American standards in doo wop and R&B that were raging through Detroit and Memphis and Harlem." DAYTROTTER
Gringo Star play a free gig at Oporto on Tuesday 17th November with James Owen Fender & Wonderswan.
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You'll be seeing more from these fellas...
Gringo Star - Come On Now from Justin Malone on Vimeo.
I love these guys
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