A Hawk and a Hacksaw

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A Hawk and a Hacksaw (ofta förkortat AHAAH) är en folkmusikgrupp från Albuquerque, New Mexico, för närvarande under kontrakt med The Leaf Label. Bandet består av slagverkaren Jeremy Barnes, som tidigare var trummis i Neutral Milk Hotel och Bablicon, och violinisten Heather Trost. Musiken är inspirerad av Östeuropa och särskilt Balkan traditioner, och är mestadels instrumental med tillfällig sång, rop och jubel. Bandet har turnerat med The Olivia Tremor Control och Beirut. Deras CMN-turné i Storbritannien under 2007 utfördes tillsammans med The Hun Hangar Ensemble.

Bandets självbetitlade debutalbum är filmmusik till dokumentärfilmen Zizek!

I en intervju med tidningen Splendid förklarar Barnes ursprunget till gruppens namn så här: ”the reason that I use it is the book Don Quixote, by Cervantes.” Han tillade: ”It’s basically that someone who has gone mad can’t tell the difference between a Hawk and a Hacksaw, that’s what they say in Don Quixote.”
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  • heavydiscipline skrev:
    lördag morse
    I tried listening to Neutral Milk Hotel but this is so much better. I honestly can't take Jeff Mangum seriously.

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  • lizardking-0 skrev:
    senaste månaden
    come to turkey again !

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  • strajnic skrev:
    senaste månaden
    Balkan Music!

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  • SvayamBhagavan skrev:
    senaste månaden
    Makes me want to walk through an Arabian bazaar in the 14th century.

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  • rustedembrace skrev:
    december 2011
    I like to watch youtube videos of gigantic circle pits and walls of death on mute while playing this band. Very amusing.

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  • Qpoppy skrev:
    november 2011
    For anyone who likes the weirdness of early A Hawk and a Hacksaw (I'm thinking largely of "Darkness at Noon") should try Zelwer/Jean-Marc Zelwer/La Kumpania Zelwer. I find his music a good pair to much of A Hawk and a Hacksaw. I would start with "La Fiancee Aux Yeux De Bois" or "Daissa".

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  • sky_baran skrev:
    oktober 2011
    some of their songs remind me of Hebrew rhythms ! -BTW they are amazing .

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  • christinaaaap skrev:
    oktober 2011
    Can I just say Brilliant show at The Space Gallery this Monday. It was the best way to start my week dancing to your music. Such a powerful and wonderfully talented musicians. Honestly your show was so moving and I can not say enough how wonderful this band is!

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  • Adriat1c skrev:
    oktober 2011
    since i'm from balkan, i can say it they sound too "balkan" actually, it would be better if they ease off a bit and add more western or pop sound too it. also the fact that they are americans doesnt change a bit, they would fit just fine in any of the gypsy "orchestra" bands like Goran Bregovic's etc.

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  • Pen-Cap-Chew skrev:
    september 2011
    They are amazing. outstanding musicians and beautiful people

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  • CoreyEllis skrev:
    september 2011
    would anyone mind uploading their self titled?

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  • ColonelTheSlav skrev:
    augusti 2011
    There's nothing wrong with people outside the Balkans playing music from those parts. Music is not an exclusive right.

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  • CoffeeBarGirl skrev:
    juli 2011
    i tend to tag this sort of thing indie-folk, and music from the balkan region, tag balkan. i don't see anything inferior about indie-folk - i love it specifically in some ways, eg certain connotations of wanderlust/escapism - but i've heard ripplings of this debate before, with definite pejorative tone towards it, as being some sort of western plastic sham. i find that annoying

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  • plagueship skrev:
    juli 2011
    i'm not really understanding it either but i think the point was made not that beirut, hacksaw or their fans are "fake" (??) but that it's not really "balkan" music, it's balkan-inspired american indie music. obviously hacksaw sticks a lot closer to traditional styles though and beirut draws on a lot of different stuff.

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  • CoffeeBarGirl skrev:
    juli 2011
    so if i like beirut etc, i'm a fake, this is just vacuum-packed ready for consumption music for my Western ears??? not really understanding this debate.

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  • plagueship skrev:
    juli 2011
    @buhajj - what exactly are you saying? it seems like you want to have it both ways. if it's a new genre then you don't need to hold them to the standards of tradition. of course, even taraf de haidouks mix it up style wise. maybe we don't need to be so concerned with drawing lines and just say that it's balkan-influenced music made by americans, although they have recorded and played with trad groups. i also didn't used to like the guy in hawksaw's vocals, i still don't like some of them but some have grown on me, particularly kertesz. to me, talking about how bands suck for violating some stylistic guidelines is one of the most boring and pretentious things to say about music.

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  • VOUSVOUS skrev:
    juli 2011
    I just died a little bit.. this is awesome!

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  • lucasoutloud skrev:
    juli 2011
    I do love their music.

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  • ChronicDespair skrev:
    juni 2011
    This is next gen future beats

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  • runout_groove skrev:
    juni 2011
    AHAAH play the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival in Asbury Park, NJ curated by Portishead this September - on sale from http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymasburypark.php Line-up features Jeff Mangum, Bonnie Prince Billy, Shellac, Chavez, Swans, Battles, Deerhoof, Ultramagnetic MCs, The Horrors, The Pop Group, Mogwai, Thee Silver Mt Zion, Earth and many more

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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

20 okt 2011 | från ahawkandahacksaw.blogspot.com/

AHAAH will be performing a live music score to Sergei Paradjanov's classic 1964 film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors." The idea is not to accompany a silent film but to work with the …

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