biographical info
Pony Da Look
Pony Da Look is Temple Bates (composer/keyboards/vocals), Amy Bowles (lyrics/vocals/keyboards), Rebecca Mendoza (drums) and Catherine Stockhausen (keyboards/vocals).
This Toronto band’s unusual sound has been described as “Medieval ghost pop”, “Sexy robot make-out music” and “ABBA and the B-52s meets a history of organ music”. The ladies themselves prefer “4 gargoyles spewing juices from our throats”.
With two CD releases completely sold out (2001’s self titled debut and 2003’s “The Forcefield Weakens”) Pony Da Look is very excited to share their new disc with fans this spring. “Shattered Dimensions” contains 10 tracks and two rerecorded audience favourites.
The band is also very pleased to be releasing “Shattered Dimensions” through Sloan’s label Murderecords. Though artistically diverse Pony Da Look and Sloan have been fans and friends of each other for years. Mendoza and Chris Murphy recently celebrated the birth of their son Francisco, who is already sporting a Pony Da Look T-shirt!
With Mendoza and Bowles both taking a break to have babies, Pony Da Look has been out of the spotlight for a while. But all that is about to change.
Accolades for Pony Da Look:
Song “Hungry Again” featured in Life’s “Foodjammers” - 2007
Vice Magazine’s Hot Summer guide bands to look for - 2006
Seventeen Magazine Style section - 2006
Eye magazine cover story - 2004
Sloan covered “Dirty Nails” on 7” single
Hidden Camera’s Joel Gibb picked “Forcefield Weakens” as Dessert Island pic in Mojo Magazine
Final Fantasy quotes Pony da Look on “This Lamb Sells Condos”
Final Fantasy’s Owen Pallett on Amy Bowles – “She's, I think, the most brilliant female lyricist in the world... she's really going out on a limb and writing incredibly bizarre songs that have a lot of resonance.” – ‘Sup magazine
This current line-up of art students turned art professionals has been playing together since 2003. Bates and Bowles continue to paint and exhibit regularly Mendoza is a modern dancer and choreographer
Stockhausen is a TV producer and photographer.
lineup
amy bowles vocals/ keyboards
temple bates keyboard/ vocals
rebecca mendoza drums
catherine stockhausen keyboards