Links to Articles:
Maui Times News Feed
Congrats @thethrowdowns for the Na Hoku Hanohano Award Nom, Rock Album of the Year
FLUX Magazine
Moustache Music With The Throwdowns
Maui Weekly, August 6th, 2009
The Throwdowns:
One of Maui’s hottest bands is ready to take over the world.
808 Scene Zin
The Throwdowns Hit Heavy & Hard
Metromix - Honolulu Advertiser
The Fray, Throwdowns and Panic at the Disco’s Urie promise big fun at Shell
Midweek Article
Throwing Down High-energy Tunes
Honolulu Advertiser
Most promising artists: The Throwdowns
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List of Quotes:
"Despite being together for less than 2 years, the band has already garnered a significant following in the islands. Equal measures great music and possessing a humble spirit, The Throwdowns put on one hell of a live set...With their infectious energy and good time tunes, expect huge things from The Throwdowns in the following years."
- Innov8 Magazine, 2010
"The Throwdowns hold the experimental guts of The Clash—who attempted
every genre—and provide compositions reminiscent of the Yeah Yeah
Yeahs, who recently branched out production-wise and added dance flare
to alternative rock angst. Throw in the fun and flirty nature of No
Doubt and thoughtful songwriting reflective of PJ Harvey, and voilà!
Nearly every song on the seven-track EP is contagious, with appealing lyrics and hooks that refuse to leave your cerebral cortex."
- Trish Smith, Maui Weekly,
August 2009
"It's tough not to be impressed by The Throwdowns."
- TGIF Staff, October 2 2009,
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
"As one of the premier indy-rock-with-a-touch-of-dub bands in Hawaii,
I'm not alone in my infatuation with The Throwdons"
- Free Surf Magazine, November 2009
"The Throwdowns are Hawaii's newest hottest band."
- Surfline.com, September 2009
"The Throwdowns have that je ne sais quoi; that sound, that presence,
that energetic magnetism that needs to be present in music to really
draw people in. It’s that special chemistry that no one can really
define, but that so many bands and musicians strive for, but only very
few hit upon. The Throwdowns have hit a bullseye."
- 808 Scene Zine, November 2009
"Maui-based group The Throwdowns is here to change the architecture of
Hawaii’s music."
- Melissa Moniz, Midweek November 2009
"From Maui, you have up-and-comers The Throwdowns, a powerful foursome
fronted by the immensely talented Canadian import Erin Smith. The
band’s sound can best be described as Island punk, with elements of
ska, Sublime and The Pretenders. What the future holds for them is
anyone’s guess, but the talent is there."
- Chad Pata, Metromix, Honolulu Advertiser November 2009
"(Don't Slow Down) is an impressive seven-song CD...With original
material like this, it shouldn't be long before they achieve
mainstream visibility nationwide."
- John Berger, Star-Bulletin, October 2009
“Kihei Town,” a reggae-tinged homage to the beach town on Maui, is a
drifty, somewhat languorous track featuring a flirtatious melody
catchier than swine flu."
- Mitchell Kuga, Honolulu Weekly, October 2009
"The Throwdowns — Maui-based and marvelous, led by Toronto transplant
Erin Smith with Ian Hollingsworth, Kimo Clark and Ola Shaw — have
become radio and club darlings with hits like "Kihei Town."
- Wayne Harada, Honolulu Advertiser TGIF, November 2009
"Most promising artist of 2009, The Throwdowns, who have the goods
and resources to connect their reggae flavas and Maui mixed-plate moods
with a dash of Gwen Stefani sass..
-Wayne Hirada, Honolulu Advertiser, January 2010,
Waynies Awards
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