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toof’s subversive pop songs are typically about boobs, drugs, or the end of the world.
his live shows are marked with his musical dexterity and audience engagement.
toof has completed 3 tours of the US and Canada, and has been accepted to SXSW, NXNE and the Pop Montreal Music Festival. he is also the four-time winner of Bud Light’s Best Buns Contest.
His new album, Jennifer Love Handles, can be found on cd baby, the itunes music store, waterloo records in austin, and end of an ear records in austin.
“What I like is the budding pyschopath vocals…” - The Big TakeOver Magazine
“…[toof] fires up the drum machine for a journey into a realm where killer starfish mutate into stoner-rock riffs and breakdancing robots shoot lasers from their eyes.” - Austin Chronicle
“Trey D’Amico’s mom thinks he’s cool. You will, too.” - NOW Toronto
press:
Spacecityrock.com - April 2007
Annie Lin
You would have to ground a teenager and then lock him in his room with nothing but a laptop and some vintage Playboys to get music as outrageous, hormonally-charged, and wonderful as this.
Arizona Night Buzz - May 2006
Jonathan Bond
…the silly content and presentation couldn’t hide the real musicianship taking place.
Amarillo Globe-News - May 2006
Trent Brunson
As the one-man band Toof, Trey D’Amico of Austin combines his musical talents with a sharp, quick-witted humor to entertain audiences.
His lyrics are akin to the Flaming Lips, and his sound sits somewhere near Aphex Twin and The Postal Service.
Austin Chronicle SXSW Picks and Sleepers - March 2006
Darcie Stevens
Meet Toof, a one-man band of surprising diversity and imagination. Austin’s
Trey D’Amico is an electronic wizard, performing with scarcely more than an
electric guitar, keyboard, and his God-given falsetto. With the recent Jennifer
Love Handles (Propeller), Toof brings silliness to a new level: It’s all chains,
cannibalism, and hangovers.
The Big Take Over #57
Jennifer Love Handles Review - December 2005
Jack Rabid
Toof, AKA one Trey D’Amico, would have fit OK on a 1979 bill with The Normal, Tuxedomoon, and UJ3RKS, his impertinent culture take expressing itself via humorous titles such as Jennifer Love Handles (ha!), “The Theme Song to Boobies,” and “The Ballad of Mean and Nasty,” as well as synth loops, simplistic icy organs, samples, and old drum machine ticking. It’s an electronic minimalist primal primer. What I like is the budding pyschopath vocals the Austin-by-way-of-Brooklyn nutter bestows, as if he went down there to sit at the right hand of Gibby Hanes of Butthole Surfers which electronic music could stand more of. If he really does lots of LSD like his bio claims (believable!), this will make you want to tune in, turn on, and drop out on 6th Street.
Austin Chronicle Jennifer Love Handles Review - November 2005
Darcie Stevens
One-man bands are all the rage these days, but none of them has as
much fun as Trey D’Amico, aka Toof. Rocking out with scarce but for a guitar
and keyboard, Toof hits the chain restaurants (”The Theme Song to Boobies”)
with the Secret Machines (”The Ballad of Mean and Nasty”) while combatting cannibalism
(”Pink”) and hangovers (”Beeline”). Somewhere between comedy and genius, Toof
will make you dance with laughter.
NOW Toronto - Critic’s Pick NXNE - June 2005
Tim Perlich
Trey D’Amico’s mom thinks he’s cool. You will, too.
Austin Chronicle - Recommended sxsw 2004
Christopher Gray
A spiritual cousin to Austin’s Casio-addicted Pong, Toof comes across like early Beck after staying up all night reading Isaac Asimov. His entirely self-performed 2002 EP Bus Stop Style fires up the drum machine for a journey into a realm where killer starfish mutate into stoner-rock riffs and breakdancing robots shoot lasers from their eyes.
NOW Toronto - Critic’s Pick NXNE - June 2004
Austin beatmaker/bassist Trey D’Amico (aka toof) distills thoughts on topics ranging from LSD to pretty girls in his unique sci-fi disco
Austin Chronicle
Christopher Gray
“. . . Here [is one of the] reasons Austin is still a better music town than wherever you live . . . Lone Casio-keeper wards off impending robotic invasion with sci-fi disco, but a beguiling backward-looped break steals his eyebeam-shooting heart.”
music:
JenniferLoveHandles
click here to buy JenniferLoveHandles from iTunes
click here to buy the JenniferLoveHandles CD from CDBaby.com
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Busstop Style
click here to buy Busstop Style from iTunes
click here to buy the Busstop Style CD from CDBaby.com
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previous shows:
06/26/08 - Austin, TX - Elysium - w/ Automusik - Mistress Stephanie and her Melodic Cat
09/08/07 - Austin, TX - Trophy’s - Damon O’Banion benefit - w/ Jad Fair - Honky - Pong - the HighDivers (feat Gibby)
03/18/07 - Austin, TX - Austin Convention Center - Rollerderby SXSW show - w/ Near Miss
03/17/07 - Austin, TX - SingularAudio/ LoneStarMusicSchool - w/ mossyrock
03/16/07 - Denton, TX - 715 Panhandle - w/ mossyrock - the big art show
03/14/07 - Austin, TX - The Parlor - w/ mossyrock - the big art show
03/13/07 - Houston, TX - SuperHappyFunLand - w/ mossyrock - the big art show
03/10/07 - Murfreesboro, TN - Espresso Joe’s- w/ mossyrock - the big art show!
03/09/07 - Knoxville, TN - Ironwood Studios - w/ mossyrock - the big art show
03/08/07 - Chattanooga, TN - Black Sheep Pub - w/ mossyrock
03/07/07 - Wilmington, NC - Laundro-Lounge - w/ mossyrock - the big art show
03/06/07 - Greenville, NC - Spazzatorium Galleria - w/ mossyrock - the big art show
03/05/07 - Raleigh, NC - Kulture - w/ mossyrock - the big art show!
03/04/07 - Richmond, VA - Gallery5 - w/ mossyrock - the big art show
03/04/07 - College Park, MD - WMUC Radio 88.1FM - w/ mossyrock
03/03/07 - Baltimore, MD - The Ottobar - w/ mossyrock - the big art show
03/02/07 - Philadelphia, PA - The Rotunda - w/ mossyrock - feverfew
02/28/07 - Brooklyn, NY - Matchless - w/ mossyrock - the big art show
02/10/07 - Austin, TX - Lovejoy’s - w/ Hug - Assacre - Cry Blood Apache - Seizures - Pataphysics
01/25/07 - Austin, TX - The Room 710 - w/ Masonic - Ghosties - Cellar Door
01/20/07 - Austin, TX - Trophy’s - w/ A U X - the Mercers - Go Nova
12/16/06 - Austin, TX - Ego’s - w/ Damp Heat - MrandMrs Mays - Neal Kassanoff
11/26/06 - Austin, TX - Long Branch Inn - w/ The Fakers
11/25/06 - Austin, TX - Room 710 - Handsome Joel’s BDay - w/ Honky - The Quick and the Dead - Oklahomos
11/09/06 - Austin, TX - Creepout at Beerland
10/05/06 - Austin, TX - Headhunter’s - w/ Pretty Pretty - the High Divers
09/14/06 - Austin, TX - Room 710 - w/ Arab League - Jimmy Flemion (the Frogs)
09/07/06 - Austin, TX - BeerLand - w/ Hit By A Car - Rubber Robot - The Roller
08/24/06 - Austin, TX - Room 710 - w/ A U X - Ringo Death Starr - Pocket Symphonies
07/08/06 - Austin, TX - Snake Eyes Vinyl - w/ HUG - Crapulence - Assacre - Seizures - Destroyed By Comfort - Confuzatron
06/21/06 - Austin, TX - BeerLand - w/ Attic Ted - Slow Poisoner - Pat A Physics
05/31/06 - Austin, TX - Headhunter’s - w/ The Hot Carl Show - Hell Half Acre
05/20/06 - Juarez, MX - Segundo Piso - w/ Fast Fourier Transformation - mossyrock
05/19/06 - Phoenix, AZ - CounterCulture Cafe - w/ Twin Towaz - mossyrock
05/18/06 - San Diego, CA - The Beauty Bar - w/ mossyrock
05/17/06 - Las Vegas, NV - The Divebar - w/ mossyrock
05/16/06 - Salt Lake City, UT - Captain’s Quarters - w/ mossyrock
05/15/06 - Denver, CO - Monkey Mania - w/ Excepter - Picture Plane - mossyrock
05/14/06 - Amarillo, TX - Nat Ballroom - w/ the kickin wookies - mossyrock
05/13/06 - Austin, TX - Headhunter’s - w/ HUG - Cry Blood Apache - mossyrock (from nyc)
04/17/06 - Austin, TX - Room 710 - w/ Captured by Robots! & Pretty Pretty
04/06/06 - Austin, TX - Carousel Lounge - w/ Bugs and Landlords
03/16/06 - Austin, TX - Woody’s South - Australian Cattle God Records Day Party
03/15/06 - Austin, TX - Spiro’s Patio - SXSW Showcase
01/21/06 - Houston, TX - The Meridian - w/ Honky - Drunken Thunder
12/17/05 - Austin, TX - End of an Ear Records - w/ Keg Vultures
11/19/05 - Austin, TX - The Ritz Upstairs - w/ TunaHelpers - Rubberlegs
09/02/05 - Houston, TX - Wired Java - w/ Sense of Reason
08/12/05 - Toronto, ON - The I.V. Lounge - w/ mossyrock
08/11/05 - Guelph, ON - The E-Bar - w/ mossyrock
08/10/05 - Buffalo, NY - Broadway Joe’s - w/ mossyrock
08/09/05 - New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine - w/ mossyrock
08/08/05 - Philadelphia, PA - Silk City - w/ mossyrock - Hopalong Queen Anseleis
08/07/05 - Baltimore, MD - WMUC 88.1 - w/ mossyrock
08/06/05 - Pittsburgh, PA - Z:Lounge - w/ mossyrock
08/05/05 - New York, NY - The Knitting Factory - w/ mossyrock
08/04/05 - Brooklyn, NY - Voxpop Coffee House - w/ mossyrock
07/30/05 - Houston, TX - The Orange Show - w/ Kathy McCarty - Keg Vultures
07/16/05 - Austin, TX - The Ritz Upstairs - w/ The Heart Project - Kazki
07/08/05 - Houston, TX - The Warehouse - w/ Sense of Reason
06/12/05 - Brooklyn, NY - Buttermilk - w/ mossyrock - Kevin Omen
06/09/05 - Oshawa, ON - The Velvet Elvis - w/ mossyrock
04/29/05 - Austin, TX - Church of the Friendly Ghost - w/ Foot Foot
04/07/05 - Austin, TX - Room 710 - w/ TunaHelpers - sparkel motion - mossyrock
04/05/05 - Albuquerque, NM - Burt’s Tiki Lounge - w/ mossyrock
04/04/05 - Denver, CO - Walnut Room - w/ mossyrock
04/02/05 - Boise, ID - Neurolux - w/ mossyrock
04/01/05 - Coeur d’Alene, WA - The Tea House - w/ mossyrock
03/31/05 - Portland, OR - Ash Street Saloon - w/ mossyrock
03/30/05 - Reno, NV - The Reno Jazz Bar - w/ mossyrock
03/29/05 - San Francisco, CA - The Skylark - w/ mossyrock
03/28/05 - Santa Barbara, CA - Mercury Lounge - w/ mossyrock
03/26/05 - Phoenix, AZ - Trunkspace - w/ Twin Towaz - mossyrock
03/25/05 - Juarez, MX - El Segundo Piso - w/ Fast Fourier Transformation - mossyrock
03/23/05 - Houston, TX - The Proletariat - w/ Go Spread Your Wings - mossyrock
03/18/05 - Austin, TX - Alamo Drafthouse - SXSW Film Festival Tag Video Screening
03/17/05 - Austin, TX - Lovejoy’s - w/ Scott H. Biram
03/12/05 - Austin, TX - Dobie Theater - SXSW Film Festival Tag Video Screening
02/25/05 - Austin, TX - Ruta Maya - w/ Hug - Zom Zoms
02/11/05 - Austin, TX - Cafe Mundi - w/ Commune EK
01/13/05 - Austin, TX - Room 710 - w/ Johnny Gobbs - Keg Vultures
11/29/04 - Austin, TX - Emo’s - w/ Bahrain - Transmography - Black Earth
10/22/04 - Austin, TX - Room 710 - w/ Cat Scientist - Awesome Cool Dudes
10/02/04 - Montreal, QC - Hemisphere Gauche - Pop Montreal Festival Showcase
09/25/04 - Columbus, OH - Skully’s - w/ Manda and the Marbles
09/18/04 - Austin, TX - BeerLand - w/ Pong - Golden Arm Trio
08/27/04 - New Orleans, LA - Mermaid Lounge - w/ Sam Sarah
08/13/04 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s - w/ Diamond Smugglers
08/07/04 - Austin, TX - Room 710 - w/ TunaHelpers
06/11/04 - Toronto, ON - Swallow Lounge - NXNE Showcase
05/30/04 - New Orleans, LA - Mermaid Lounge - w/ Intergalactic Faerie Funk
03/19/04 - Austin, TX - Hideout - SXSW Showcase
02/28/04 - Austin, TX - Rockstars - Rufuspalooza Benefit
propellerrecords.com
nounandverb.com
myspace.com/toof
more info: 512-536-0527