"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 4/12/24)
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Critic Consensus
Based on 13 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that A Hawk and A Hacksaw is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. A Hawk and A Hacksaw concert reviews describe live shows and performances as intricate, indefinable, hypnotic, and charismatic.
Albuquerque, United States (2002 - present) (2002 – present)
Bio
A Hawk and a Hacksaw is a band from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The band mainly consists of percussionist Jeremy Barnes (formerly of Neutral Milk Hotel) and violinist Heather Trost (formerly of Foma).
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Critic Concert Reviews
Yorkshire Evening Post (UK)
July 3, 2016
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At some indefinable point during A Hawk And A Hacksaw’s set, Heather Trost’s violin starts to make the self-same sound as a nest of peeved wasps.
Established in the early 2000’s by Jeremy Barnes (formerly the drummer for cult group Neutral Milk Hotel), and now featuring Heather Trost, A Hawk and a Hacksaw take a currently uniquely traditional approach to representing the melodies and rhythms of Balkan, Turkic and/or formerly-Soviet Europe. They eschew
A Hawk and a Hacksaw have always kind of intrigued me with their Eastern European jams, but until now, I have not fully appreciated what they've got going on.
Former Neutral Milk Hotel dude combines frenzied frugging up the Danube jazz-folk and a liberal use of the f-word. Getintothis’ Jamie Bowman hangs on to his every expletive.
To say A Hawk And A Hacksaw are a slightly unconventional group is like saying July has been a little wet.
Formed by charismatic ex-
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