http://do512.com/band/strange-boys http://do512.com/band/strange-boys.xml Playing 1960s Nuggets that belie their age, the Strange Boys quickly inserted themselves in Austin’s garage rock and pop revival of the mid millennium alongside bands like <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Black" class="bbcode_artist">The Black</a> and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Ugly+Beats" class="bbcode_artist">The Ugly Beats</a>. Beginning as a duo in 2001, the Dallas group congealed into its current quartet of brothers Ryan and Philip Sambol alongside Matt Hammer and Greg Enlow in 2004. The following year brought the release of their appropriately titled debut EP, States Newest Noise Makers, Ryan’s slurred, slacker vocals texturing their classic riffs and rhythms. Moving to Austin in late 2006, the group began recording their first LP with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Gris+Gris" class="bbcode_artist">Gris Gris</a> man <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Greg+Ashley" class="bbcode_artist">Greg Ashley</a>. Second EP Nothing came out as a 7-inch fall 2007 on Dusty Medical Records. <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Strange+Boys" target="_blank">Listen at Last.fm</a> thestrangeboys http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/90063/strb_poster.jpg 7220012 http://www.myspace.com/thestrangeboys Austin TX http://www.thestrangeboys.info rrAYzLmtliI Eccentric, whiny, punk blues played by three – ahem – young men from Dallas.<a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:346238">more at austinchronicle.com</a> If everything old is new again, the Strange Boys are way ahead of the curve. Beneath the clamor of Ryan Sambol's fierce nasality and herky-jerky riffs, urged on by brother Philip's bass and drummer Matt Hammer's powerhouse thump, plus the newly added grease of Greg Enlow's organ, the Dallas fourpiece plows a wormhole through time immemorial. <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A456945">more at austinchronicle.com</a> AustinChronicle Eccentric, whiny, punk blues played by three – ahem – young men from Dallas.<a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:346238">more at austinchronicle.com</a> AustinChronicle If everything old is new again, the Strange Boys are way ahead of the curve. Beneath the clamor of Ryan Sambol's fierce nasality and herky-jerky riffs, urged on by brother Philip's bass and drummer Matt Hammer's powerhouse thump, plus the newly added grease of Greg Enlow's organ, the Dallas fourpiece plows a wormhole through time immemorial. <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A456945">more at austinchronicle.com</a>