Yukon (band)

Yukon is a three-piece band from Baltimore, MD whose style is often described as progressive rock as well as math rock, and often compared to Genesis, Drive Like Jehu, and Don Caballero. According to the band's one-sheet, all these comparisons are ambiguously stated that they "may or may not be accurate."

The currently active band (formed in 2004) features members of Brooklyn's Extra Life, Hex Screw, and ex-members of Economist and the legendary Charm City Suicides. The band has toured the American West Coast in 2005, Midwest with Rick Weaver (of Baltimore band, the New Flesh) in 2006, and the East Coast with Charlotte band, Calabi Yau, in which they performed at the International Noise Conference in Miami, FL in February 2007.

Yukon completed their first full U.S. tour in the summer of 2007 with Brooklyn band, Archaeopteryx. Yukon also performed at Whartscape in 2007, a festival curated by Baltimore collectives, Wham City and Wildfire Wildfire.Members of Yukon co-curated with fellow Brooklyn math-rock band, Stay Fucked, the Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches festival in Philadelphia, which was held December 2006 and featured current innovative music from bands such as Dysrhythmia and Zs. [http://metropoint.metro.lu/20061215_Philadelphia.pdf] Philadelphia Metro. Dec 13-15, 2006. "Spiked Punch," article on Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches show, pg.23 ]

On November 23rd 2007, Denny Bowen made his final appearance with Yukon to further pursue his drumming-related endeavors, Double Dagger and Smart Growth.

Members

*Sam Garrett – (guitar)
*Nick Podgurski – (drums/vocals)
*Brad Smith – (bass)

Former Members:
*Denny Bowen (guitar/vocals, until November 2007)
*Tom Ferrara (guitar, until June 2006)

Discography

*"Gough (Starter Home)" 7" (2005) - Human Conduct Records [HC-033]
*"Gerard" (2006) - Self-Released Tour CD
*"Mortar" (2006) - Terra Firma Records [TFR-003]
*"Medallion" EP (2008)

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/yukon Yukon Myspace page]
* [http://www.yukonbaltimore.com Official website]
* [http://www.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=11350 Article on Yukon and 'Mortar' from the Baltimore City Paper]
* [http://www.humanconduct.org Human Conduct Records]
* [http://www.terrafirmarecords.com Terra Firma Records]
* [http://darkforcesswing.blogspot.com/2006/12/yukon-always-get-what-you-want.html Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches article on Yukon]

Reviews of "Mortar":
* [http://www.beatbots.com/view.php?audio=101 Beatbots, July 2007]
* [http://harpmagazine.com/reviews/cd_reviews/detail.cfm?article_id=5656 HARP Magazine, June 2007]
* [http://www.missoulanews.com/index.cfm?CFID=1872216&CFTOKEN=80297388&do=article.details&id=4A78A4CA-2BF4-55D0-F1F5E96E0D33D68C Missoula Independent, June 2007]
* [http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=2445 Foxy Digitalis, 22 May, 2007]
* [http://www.aidabet.com/issues/285/285reviews.html Aiding and Abetting Magazine, May 2007]
* [http://www.razorcake.org/site/modules.php?name=News&file=categories&op=newindex&catid=6 Razorcake, May 2007]
* [http://www.punknews.org/review/6105 PunkNews.org, March 2007]

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