Polvo

Polvo is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The band formed in 1990 and is fronted by guitarists/vocalists Ash Bowie and Dave Brylawski, with Steve Popson playing bass guitar and Brian Quast playing drums. Eddie Watkins was the band's original drummer, but did not rejoin the band upon its reunion in 2008, after breaking up in 1998.
The band are widely considered to be standard bearer of a genre which came to be known as math rock, although in interviews the band disavowed that categorization. Their sound was defined by complex and dissonant guitar harmonies and driving rhythm, complementing cryptic, often surrealist lyrics. Their sound was so unpredictable and angular that the band's guitarists were often accused of failing to play with correctly tuned guitars. Polvo's songs and artwork frequently featured Asian/"exotic" themes and references. Additionally, their music had a pronounced Eastern feel that came not only from the Indian and Middle Eastern-style drones in their compositions, but actual Eastern instruments like the sitar as well.
The band was critically acclaimed from the outset, at least among those critics who were into non-traditional/underground rock. The band's name means "octopus" in Portuguese and "powder" or "dust" in Spanish; in Spain it also is a slang word for sex.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel played Polvo's music regularly between 1992 and 1996, including two sessions for his programmes. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 1993, Peel claimed many of the good bands were coming from America and Canada. He included Polvo as an example of this, where he mentioned that their songs were all out of tune and you sometimes could get the impression that their music have two records played simultaneously. 
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1992-10-06. Broadcast: 13 November 1992. Repeated: 05 March 1993
*Cars / Bubbling Volvic / Tread On Me / Snake Fist Fighter (Instrumental)
2. Recorded: 1993-05-26. Broadcast: 02 July 1993. Repeated: 19 November 1993
*Watch The Nail / Thermal Cupid / Six Leaf Clover / Double Scorpio
== Other Shows Played ==
;1992
*thumb|330x330px03 April 1992: 'Vibracobra (7")' (Rockville)
*10 April 1992: 'The Drill (7 inch - Vibracobra)' (Rockville)
*12 April 1992 (BFBS): Vibracobra (7") (Rockville)
*12 April 1992 (BFBS): The Drill (7" - Vibracobra) (Rockville)
*17 April 1992: Vibracobra (7 inch) Rockville
*24 July 1992: Channel Changer (album - Cor-Crane Secret) Touch And Go
*25 July 1992: Can I Ride (LP – Cor-Crane Secret) Touch And Go
*25 July 1992: Sense Of It (LP – Cor-Crane Secret) Touch And Go
*25 July 1992: In The Hand, In The Sieve (LP – Cor-Crane Secret) Touch And Go
*01 August 1992: The Curtain Remembers (album - Cor-Crane Secret) Touch And Go
*03 August 1992 (BFBS): In The Hand, In The Sieve (LP - Cor-Crane Secret) Touch And Go
*17 August 1992 (BFBS): Can I Ride (LP - Cor-Crane Secret) Touch and Go
*26 September 1992: In The Hand, In The Sieve (album - Cor-Crane Secret) Touch And Go
;1993
*23 April 1993: 'Lazy Comet (LP – Today’s Active Lifestyles)' (Touch And Go)
*23 April 1993: 'My Kimono (LP – Today’s Active Lifestyles)' (Touch And Go)
*23 April 1993: 'Sure Shot (LP – Today’s Active Lifestyles)' (Touch And Go)
*23 April 1993: 'Stinger (LP – Today’s Active Lifestyle)' (Touch And Go)
*24 April 1993: 'Tilebreaker / Shiska / Time Isn't On My Side (LP-Today's Active Lifestyles)' (Touch And Go)
*01 May 1993: Action Vs. Vibe (album - Today’s Active Lifestyles) Touch And Go
*01 May 1993 (BFBS): 'Sure Shot (CD-Today's Active Lifestyles)' (Touch And Go)
*01 May 1993 (BFBS): Lazy Comet (LP - Today's Active Lifestyles) Touch And Go
*03 May 1993 (Ö3): 'Sure Shot (CD-Today's Active Lifestyles)' (Touch And Go)
*08 May 1993: Gemini Cusp (album - Today's Active Lifestyles) Touch And Go
*13 May 1993 (Radio Mafia): Lazy Comet (LP - Today's Active Lifestyles) Touch And Go
*15 May 1993: 'Time Isn’t On My Side (LP - Today's Active Lifestyle)' (Touch & Go)
*15 May 1993 (BFBS): Gemini Cusp (album - Today's Active Lifestyles) Touch And Go
*17 May 1993 (BBC World Service): Time Isn't On My Side (LP - Today's Active Lifestyles) Touch And Go
*28 May 1993: ‘Wild Turkey (Various Artists CD - Pyloric Waves )’ (D-Tox)
*29 May 1993: ‘Sure Shot (LP - Today’s Active Lifestyle)’ (Touch & Go) (JP: ‘I saw them [Polvo] play this afternoon in Vinyl Experience in Hanway Street London. Seventeen of us actually went along to see them. Fifteen adults and two children. Not sure too sure of the attitude of the two children, but the fifteen adults enjoyed them enormously.’)
*11 June 1993: ‘Tilebreaker (LP –Today’s Active Lifestyle)’ (Touch And Go)
*19 June 1993: 'Tiara Fetish (7 inch – Tilebreaker)’ (Merge Records)
*25 June 1993: Tiara Fetish (7" Tilebreaker) Merge
*26 June 1993: Vibracobra (7" Vibracobra) Rockville
*26 June 1993 (BFBS): My Kimono (LP: Today's Active Lifestyles) Touch And Go
*08 July 1993 (Radio Mafia): Tiara Fetish (7" - Tilebreaker) Merge
*09 July 1993: The Chameleon (7" - Tilebreaker) Merge
*17 July 1993 (BFBS): The Chameleon (7" - Tilebreaker) Merge
;1994
*thumb|330x330px15 April 1994: Colonial Arms (10” – Why Do You Think They Call It Pop?) Pop Narcotic
*16 April 1994 (BBC World Service): Colonial Arms (2x10" album - Why Do You Think They Call It Pop? - The Pop Narcotic Compilation) Pop Narcotic
*23 April 1994 (BFBS): Colonial Arms (2x10" album - Why Do You Think They Call It Pop? - The Pop Narcotic Compilation) Pop Narcotic
*07 May 1994: 'Fractured [Like Chandeliers] (CD - Celebrate The New Dark Age)’ Touch And Go
*13 May 1994: ‘Tragic Carpet Ride (CD - Celebrate The New Dark Age)’ Touch & Go
*14 May 1994: ‘Solitary Set (CD Single - Celebrate The New Dark Age)’ Touch And Go
*14 May 1994 (BBC World Service): City Spirit (EP - Celebrate The New Dark Age) Touch And Go
*21 May 1994: ‘Every Holy Shroud (CD - Celebrate The New Dark Age )’ Touch And Go
*21 May 1994 (BFBS): City Spirit (EP - Celebrate The New Dark Age) Touch And Go TG133CD
*21 May 1994 (BFBS): Fractured (Like Chandeliers) (EP - Celebrate The New Dark Age) Touch And Go TG133CD
*27 May 1994: ‘Old Lystra (CD - Celebrate The New Dark Age )’ Touch And Go
*28 May 1994 (BFBS): Fractured (Like Chandeliers) (EP - Celebrate The New Dark Age) Touch And Go TG133CD
*04 June 1994 (BFBS): Tragic Carpet Ride (EP - Celebrate The New Dark Age) Touch And Go TG133CD
*11 June 1994: Virtual Cold (CD - Celebrate The New Dark Age) Touch & Go
*11 June 1994 (BFBS): Every Holy Shroud (EP - Celebrate The New Dark Age) Touch And Go TG133CD
*18 June 1994 (BFBS): Old Lystra (EP - Celebrate The New Dark Age) Touch And Go TG133CD
;1995
*thumb|330x330px04 November 1995: Titan Up (EP - This Eclipse) Touch And Go
*10 November 1995: 'Bat Radar (EP-This Eclipse)' (Merge)
*11 November 1995 (BFBS): 'Bombs That Fall From Your Eyes (CDS-This Eclipse)' (Merge)
*11 November 1995 (BFBS): 'Bat Radar (CDS-This Eclipse)' (Merge)
*22 December 1995: Bombs That Fall From Your Eyes (EP - This Eclipse)) Touch And Go
;1996
*thumb|330x330px28 April 1996: ‘High-Wire Moves (CD – Exploded Drawing )’ Touch & Go
*05 May 1996: ‘Feather Of Forgiveness (CD - Exploded Drawing )’ Touch And Go
*11 May 1996 (BFBS): 'Feather Of Forgiveness (2xLP-Exploded Drawing)' (Touch And Go)
*May 1996 (BBC World Service): High-Wire Moves (2xLP - Exploded Drawing) Touch And Go
*02 June 1996: Light Of The Moon (album - Exploded Drawing) Touch And Go
;2000
*16 April 2000 (BFBS): 'Tiara Fetish (7"-Tilebreaker)' (Merge)
== See Also ==
*Gigography 1993 
== External Links ==
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