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Ella Riot calls it "Dancethink Music." Some might call it high-brow guilty-pleasure dance music.
At the end of the day, it's hard to find a genre to apply to a band of music degrees shamelessly enamored with catchy hooks, who sing through a giant megaphone in French, shred Van Halen on electrified Irish bagpipes, write 80's tribute dance-rock anthems in 5/4, and re-sample themselves doing it live -- all to create a modern-day musical Frankenstein that will pull even the most self-conscious listener on to the dance floor.
Formerly named My Dear Disco, the band is continuing a musical metamorphosis that ultimately resulted in its new name. Ella Riot symbolizes not only the "Dancethink" sensibility cultivated with their fans over the past three years, but also the full-out explosion of expression, sound and movement their live shows are widely known to generate.
Since the bandʼs inception in 2007, they have performed over 250 live shows, including national festivals such as Lollapalooza, SXSW, Wakarusa,CMJ, Summer Camp and Floyd Fest and college campuses across the country. They have been recently featured in Seventeen and VenusZine magazines; Fox Network's "Fearless Music;" Superstation WGN- TV; were named the BMIʼs Artist of the Month; and have shared the stage with Neon Trees and OK GO! among others.
Their latest release "Love Child" is scheduled for spring 2011, along with a new live-action video and a tour schedule that remains as busy as ever.
Age
27
Hometown
Ann Arbor
Country
United States