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"Americana by way of pagan cabaret" - Bay Area Reporter
"The band creates sounds both mystical and ethereal and have drawn comparisons to Gogol Bordello, David Lynch, Dresden Dolls and Dead Can Dance" - Stitched Sound
"You can almost smell the gas lamps in the street & the absinthe being poured." - Americana Highways
SOUND AND SHADOWS
âMagic & Mayhem sweetly tickles the darkness inside youâ
RADIORADIOX
CHORUS.FM
AMERICANA HIGHWAYS
VANYALAND
NIPPERTOWN
ROCK&ROLL GLOBE
BUZZSPROUT
FAN TO BAND
SOUND DIGEST
WILDFIRE MUSIC
15 QUESTIONS
100PERCENTROCK
PET LIFE RADIO
MICHAELS MUSICLOG
THE BUZZ
SINISTERGIRLZ
FIFTY3
NIPPERTOWN
NYS MUSIC
TINNITIST
NYRDCAST
NPR/WNYC SOUNDCHECK
VENTS MAGAZINE
MXDWN ARTICLE
MUSIC BOUTIQUE
âThe Plague Garden is a carnival of beguiling delights, ready to whirl you around the dancefloor of your mindâ Gillian G. Gaar
ROCK&ROLL GLOBE
âa freewheeling carnival set up on the outskirts of a small town. Dark, mysterious interludes are balanced by bright tangos and horahs, driven by uplifting backbeats.â J. Poet
AMERICAN SONGWRITER
"Itâs not everyday that you stumble across a band who combines carnival aesthetics, occult symbolism, 19th century romanticism, gothic imagery and psychedelic folk all into one, big artistic presenceâŚ" Joe Vitagliano
RADIORADIOX
STEAMPUNK JOURNAL
JEFFREY READS
GROUNDSOUNDS
SPOTIFY TOP 10: THE ALT ROOT
TINNITIST
INSTINCT MAGAZINE INTERVIEW
POST MAGAZINE
SOUNDER.FM
OUTBURN ARTICLE
DIVIDE&CONQUER
âI wanted to pour myself an Absinthe, wear a monocle and gather with my steampunk friends to enjoy this unique sliver of artistic visionâ Matt Jensen
CHRONOGRAM
"Ryder Cooley is a fearless folklorist....she's also head mistress of the gypsy-folky Dust Bowl Faeriesâstroking a warbling saw, squeezing an accordion, strumming a uke, and bleeding out curious poetry in goth attire with girlish vox, a taxidermied ram's head worn on her back." Haviland S Nichols
BROADWAY WORLD
MINORITY TIMES ARTICLE
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"Blending elements of goth, rock, cabaret, vaudeville, and folk, (the Plague Garden) presents a myriad of themes not only relating to the current global situation, but also addressing social and mythical themes" - ReGen Magazine
âAt once winsome and terrifying, charming and bold, Dust Bowl Faeries is fast becoming an East Coast phenomenonâ - Michael Eck (award-winning cultural critic & freelance writer)
âA Dust Bowl Faeries concert is something like a deep, dark mystical-musical tragi-comedy, often centering around extinct and/or endangered members of the animal kingdomâ - Greg Haymes, Nippertown
âWhen she beckons a lover down to the river or onto a dream-ship for a dark ride, she means you too, and you go, because why not? Okay, sheâs wearing a stuffed ramâs head, with whom she has a close relationship, but sheâs also wearing a beautiful black dress with a skirt like the petals of a dark flower. And yes, she plays accordion and ukulele, but unlike any accordion or ukulele youâve heard before. Theyâre still deeply quirky and hard to categorize, although they call themselves âethereal gothic-folk,â whatever that is, but, they make mesmerizing music together, now newly accessible, even entertaining, thanks, at least in part to the self-titled debut albumâ -
Enid Futterman, IMBY
âCooley, a captivating performer, seems at times to be almost floating outward toward the audience, temporarily evacuating her corporeal space so the souls of extinct beasts have room in the vessel of her body to fill as she sings them forthâ - Alexa Chase, Seat of Perception
"Charlie Chaplin meets Clockwork Orange with a peppering of Alice in Wonderland and a shot of absinthe to take the edge off" - Ahmad Garland
âCarnival, circus, cabaret, silent-movie-era, fin de siecle, Lynchian...baroque with a touch of Jethro Tull.â -
Ric Kallaher
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