Artist description "I know who has Sonic Youth's gear. They play in NoCal and shred like a motherf**ker. A snug,Sleater-Kinney/Pixies-ish, yin-yang vocals kinda thing is the one constant of 20ML -- that and the superior songwriting. Touted as "original music for the hook-hu ngry mob [and] the nervous foot," this debut from the band of the same name is a keeper. With lyrics that are ee cummings-quaint yet Slim Shady-clever, and a producer who's worked with NWA, what more do you want...?" San Diego Music Magazine¯

Music Style Alternative, Power Pop, Freak Pop

Musical Influences XTC, Pixies, Throwing Muses

Similar Artists Pixies, PJ Harvey, XTC

Artist History Greg Giles formed the band two years ago after many curious adventures with an eight-track and theoccasional open-mike in San Francisco, howlingdemented pop tunes along with his beaten 12-stringto an audience primed for diluted folk music. Kelly Atkins has the clarion voice of a fallen angel with a penchant for crickets and white noise, and together with Greg, they are determined to rattle their audience as well as delight them. Hookworms, Russian airlines,toothless Moroccan women, serendipitous car accidents, are all grist for the lyrical mill?nothing is spared our sympathy. Life is very difficult, and at every show we offer jubilation in the face of total panic.

Group Members Greg Giles: Acoustic guitar and vocals,Kelly Atkins: Keyboards and vocals,Joe Ostrowski: Electric guitar,Ethan Turner: Drums,Nils Erickson: Bass

Instruments girl-boy vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, retro analog keyboard, bass, drums

Albums With God on the Dogteam Trail, 20 Minute Loop, Decline of Day

Press Reviews Greg Giles and Kelly Atkins are the primary songwriting partnership behind 20 Minute Loop. The band has nothing to do with loops and everything to do with good, old-fashioned alienated roots of alterna-rock (the territory formerlyoccupied by other mighty, mixed-gender bands like X and the Pixies). They'redisenfranchised all right, but the music doesn't necessarily reflect the singers'distress. Instead, happy hooks, cute keyboard passages, new wave beats ("FaceLike a Horse"), climactic anthems ("You Know So Much") and tidy but glorious pop ("Bunnyman and Chickengirl") are the tuneful accompaniments to the requisitemillennial themes of hardship in all of life's quarters. Former member of the beloved,cult pop band Jellyfish, producer Chris Manning ties it all together into asuper-sweet indie-rock-box. ~ Denise Sullivan (AMG)ˇ

Location San Francisco, CA - USA

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