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"Recording > Aural Pleasure"

A musically inclined family affair (with the exception of freshly welcomed bassist, Lalo Rodríguez), Ledaswan graces their SA faithful with an eagerly anticipated third stab at gloomy pop-rock ingenuity. Every track is aptly named in relation to the album’s title, save for the opening dance anthem, “Faulkner,” which begs for a sing-along. Ledaswan generally keeps their music repetitive and on the lighter, less complex end of the rock ’n’ roll spectrum, but vocalist Erica Monzón’s shadowy lyrics provide an intoxicating contrast with utter honesty and passion. Monzón’s pouty, Gwen Stefani-esque vocals are blindingly evident in “25 Years” (reminiscent of “Spiderwebs,” an early No Doubt hit) and “What a Way Two Drown,” a heavy guitar-driven ballad layered with airy filtered vocals. Surprisingly, the gang took their dicey chances and included an instrumental interlude halfway through the six-song EP. Genius, I say! “A Missing Fifth” accurately flaunts the fact that, though Monzón’s vocals often carry the songs, the band has enough instrumental muscle to produce a quality jam. With any luck, NUM83R5 Vol. 2 (set to release in the spring) will render similar flexing we’ve only caught a glimpse of thus far. - SA Current


"Live & Local: Ledaswan CD release party at Nightrocker Live (with video)"

By Adam Coronado

If Ledaswan don’t already have a reputation for being one of the most courteous indie bands in South Texas, I’m going to start the buzz right here. “If everyone could please buy our album, that would be great,” said guitarist Jaime Monzón — as if he was informing a congregation of upcoming church functions — before opening the set with “25 Years.”

Primarily composed of cuts from NUM83R5,the EP-release show was a shoe-gazy affair. Jaime and his brother David took turns playing lead and harmony on their electrics, producing an excellent give-and-take over the amps. Jaime worked his pedal board over, evoking The Edge, Martin Gore, and Minus the Bear’s Jake Snider where appropriate. David used the odd solo to lend the band’s balladry some heft, keeping them loud and rockin’ even if the music was more suitable for journaling at 3 a.m. Unfortunately, the dreamy bluster of the brothers Monzón made the moments when lyricist/singer Erica Monzón (Jaime’s wife) played guitar seem extraneous. Her voice is an easy bone of contention. She does “disaffected” expertly, using an atonal attack to seemingly emphasize the discomforting emotions associated with her lyrics. Her style is “take it or leave it” and can grow on a listener with time. Live, it helps that she’s boosted by such excellent backing musicians.

Anchoring the band were new bassist Lalo Rodríguez and “on again-off again” drummer Oscar Linares. Rodríguez hails from rocanrol band Frequencia. Rather than bring a heavier aesthetic to Ledaswan, he grooved along like a rock statesman. But Linares hit the kit like it owed him money, betraying what may be a love of ’90s post-punk bands Jawbox or the Dismemberment Plan.

Altogether, Ledaswan managed a sonic force without relying on excessive power-chording or sheer volume. Instead, they focused on weaving between anthemic choruses, pensive verses, and explosive codas. The wordless, criminally short “A Missing Fifth” displayed this song formula at its most compact. Inversely, Ledaswan stretched themselves to the limit on the slow rocker “What a Way to Drown,” with Erica pushing a harmonica melody through the mix on the song’s climax. The moment was an appropriate end to a set of songs that touched on suicide (“.357”), being miserably medicated (“Six is Better”), and simply needing a vacation (“25 Years”). With the guitars wailing, drums pounding, and amps blasting, Erica made the modest pocket harp seem victorious. - SA Current


"The NUM83R 3, sort of"

By Enrique Lopetegui

Since forming in 2004, Ledaswan has earned a solid following as one of the most active bands in San Antonio. With two EPs under their belt, the group’s third self-produced — and most ambitious — recording will be released on January 21. For it, they re-enlisted the services of Matt Brown (from the Seattle-based band Trespassers William, who also mixed 2007’s Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty), and the long-awaited, two-years-in-the-making result is … another EP!

Judging by three advance tracks we were able to hear, NUM83R5, to be released with a party at Nightrocker Live, is Ledaswan’s best-sounding album so far. “Faulkner,” the first single, is a guitar/drum/bass attack that sounds cleaner and louder than previous recordings; this ain’t a demo-sounding local band. But you should’ve seen singer Erica Monzon’s eyes when she told me how the band decided on an EP instead of a full-fledged album. The conversation took place on a freezing night on the North Saint Mary’s strip.

“I actually had my heart set with NUM83R5 being a full-length, but … ” She stopped talking and looked at hubby/guitarist Jaime, and I don’t want to speculate, but it was a playful I-told-you-we-should-have-released-the-full-damn-thing-you-jerk look.

“The music industry has changed a lot,” said Jaime. “Do we really want to put out a full album and then wait for a couple of years because that’s what everybody else has always done? If we write a song that we love and say, ‘Hey, these subscribers are going to love it, let’s put it out now!’ What’s wrong with that? We can do that now. Not that that’s the way we’re going to do things always, but we want to keep that door open.”

The band recorded a total of 14 songs, six of which found their way onto NUM83R5.

“We chose the songs that got a better response, the ones we felt, ‘This should be out now,’” said Jaime. “The other ones are also good, but have the potential to be even greater, so we decided to keep working on them.” One of the songs included in “Vol. 1” is a whole new version of “The new 60s,” included in Ledaswan’s 2006 debut album.

The second part of the album, tentatively titled NUM83R5 Vol. 2, will be released within six months, possibly followed by a release of both albums together, according to Jaime. “We wanted to have a more constant stream of music coming out, instead of putting [out] a full album and then not having anything new for another two years. That way we keep people on their toes.”

Each song of the album will have its own video, the first of which (the aforementioned “Faulkner”) premiered on January 11 at a Nightrocker party. Watching — and hearing — the video shows a more mature, ass-kicking Ledaswan.

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By Enrique Lopetegui

Since forming in 2004, Ledaswan has earned a solid following as one of the most active bands in San Antonio. With two EPs under their belt, the group’s third self-produced — and most ambitious — recording will be released on January 21. For it, they re-enlisted the services of Matt Brown (from the Seattle-based band Trespassers William, who also mixed 2007’s Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty), and the long-awaited, two-years-in-the-making result is … another EP!

Judging by three advance tracks we were able to hear, NUM83R5, to be released with a party at Nightrocker Live, is Ledaswan’s best-sounding album so far. “Faulkner,” the first single, is a guitar/drum/bass attack that sounds cleaner and louder than previous recordings; this ain’t a demo-sounding local band. But you should’ve seen singer Erica Monzon’s eyes when she told me how the band decided on an EP instead of a full-fledged album. The conversation took place on a freezing night on the North Saint Mary’s strip.

“I actually had my heart set with NUM83R5 being a full-length, but … ” She stopped talking and looked at hubby/guitarist Jaime, and I don’t want to speculate, but it was a playful I-told-you-we-should-have-released-the-full-damn-thing-you-jerk look.

“The music industry has changed a lot,” said Jaime. “Do we really want to put out a full album and then wait for a couple of years because that’s what everybody else has always done? If we write a song that we love and say, ‘Hey, these subscribers are going to love it, let’s put it out now!’ What’s wrong with that? We can do that now. Not that that’s the way we’re going to do things always, but we want to keep that door open.”

The band recorded a total of 14 songs, six of which found their way onto NUM83R5.

“We chose the songs that got a better response, the ones we felt, ‘This should be out now,’” said Jaime. “The other ones are also good, but have the potential to be even greater, so we decided to keep working on them.” One of the songs included in “Vol. 1” is a whole new version of “The new 60s,” included in Ledaswan’s 2006 debut album.

The second part of the album, tentatively titled NUM83R5 Vol. 2, will be released within six months, possibly followed by a release of both albums together, according to Jaime. “We wanted to have a more constant stream of music coming out, instead of putting [out] a full album and then not having anything new for another two years. That way we keep people on their toes.”

Each song of the album will have its own video, the first of which (the aforementioned “Faulkner”) premiered on January 11 at a Nightrocker party. Watching — and hearing — the video shows a more mature, ass-kicking Ledaswan.


“We did numerous retakes to make sure we got everything the way we wanted it to sound,” said Jaime. “We wanted to sound big, like our favorite albums. We wanted an album that sounds big back-to-back, from beginning to end.”

“We learned from our mistakes, and this one sounds a lot better,” said Erica. “We now know how to mic the drums, for example.”

Ricky Reyes, who left the band in good terms, recorded all the drums in the album.

“Can’t wait to hear the way the album turned out,” Reyes told the Current in an email. (The band has been auditioning drummers who can “play, rehearse, tour, record, and devote all his/her time to Ledaswan.”)

And then there’s Lalo! When I ask Jaime and Erica about Eduardo “Lalo” Rodríguez, the new bassist (who comes from rock en español band Freqüencia and joined in the middle of the recording), they look at each other and start laughing uncontrollably.

“He’s a very funny character; we love him,” said Erica. Lalo is Ledaswan’s first “real” bassist ever. “This is nothing negative about anybody, but it is the truth: up until now we had guitarists playing bass. Having a real bassist makes all the difference.”

“[Lalo] put that glue that was missing in certain songs,” said Jaime. “[Before,] sometimes our bass sounded like another guitar. We wanted a big foundation and he definitely brought that in.”

The band actually had all the bass tracks done, but when Lalo came in they decided to re-record them all. “The difference was night and day,” Jaime said. “You have the foundation down, and then you can throw in more colors everywhere. It’s so beautiful to now be able to have that freedom.” - SA Current


"LIVE & LOCAL"

by Jeremy Martin

Ears are practically still leaking gray matter from local metal act Water Became Blood’s vicious final notes when Ledaswan’s ready to play.

“We’re going to change it up a bit here,” Ledaswan lead vocalist and sometimes guitarist Erica Gutierrez says, and it’s a huge understatement. Gutierrez addresses the mic on tiptoes, looking less like a rock goddess than a porcelain doll in her small plaid dress. She’s tiny, but opener “Where Birds Go” takes no time proving her voice is huge, and confident enough to repackage guitarists David and (former Current staffer) Jaime Monzon’s Bloody Valentines and pull the audience’s gaze from its shoes. New bassist and backup singer Jackee Flores provides echo-chamber harmony; together their vocals propel a song that might coast on guitar jangle alone. “The New 60s,” which actually finds Gutierrez adopting the jaded sing-speech of late ’70s English-suburb punk, is less exhilarating for the rest of the band’s largely staying the hell out of her way. Gutierrez can carry a song by herself, no doubt, but, considering the number of talented musicians onstage, there’s no reason to.

Dreamy suicide ballad “.357” strikes a better compromise — Gutierrez pauses often enough for the meticulously crafted instrumentals to create a hazy atmosphere, and the rest of the band clears space for her voice to sound lonely and haunted in all the right spots. “Bruised by Default,” on the other hand, finds beauty in the struggle, but Gutierrez refuses to drown beneath the Monzon brothers’ no-wave; she grows defiantly more melodic each time she resurfaces. To put it another way, “Head On,” the Jesus and Mary Chain cover that closes the set, sounds conventionally poppy in comparison.

A new song with the working title “56 Chevy” is something else entirely, fitting Gutierrez’s sock-hop delivery to drummer Delrick Colwell’s relentless pace — nearly frantic yet precise enough to qualify as baggy — upping the tension by never giving the sonorous guitars room to resonate. The penultimate “Class of 88” culminates in the distorted release of the all-out guitar war promised but never fully delivered by the evening’s previously restrained instrumental breaks. The band reveals impressive depth when they let the song open up, but I respect them for making me wait.

Ledaswan
Friday, June 19
Scout Bar
19314 US Hwy 281 N., Suite 110
scoutbarsa.com
- SA Current


"Voted Best Album "Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty""

Best Album of 2007 San Antonio First Annual Rammy Awards

Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty,
Ledaswan
This moody, enigmatic collection bested worthy efforts from Druggist and Dog Men Poets.
- San Antonio Current


"EP Review: Ledaswan"

Formed in 2004, Ledaswan is a fledgling San Antonio-based group who’ve recently released their 2nd EP. The new 7-song EP, Verse of Truth, Trash, and Beauty, is a gentle blend of The Cure and Trespassers William.

Lead vocalist Erica Gutierrez sounds like Hope Sandoval and, to a lesser degree, Alison Shaw. Guitarists Jaime Monzon, David Monzon and bassist/keyboardist Amanda Flores are essentially the Ledeswan sound, and are adept in creating a layered, atmospheric soundscape. Though he seems relegated to the background, drummer Delrick Colwell supports the group well while adding his own element of rhythmic style.

Most of he songs dwell in the sleepy, guitar-driven realm of reflection. But there are a couple of uptempo numbers to break the dour mood. “How to Rearrange the World in 7 Days” opens with fast, cure-esque guitars that soon slows down to brood. “Closure” is slow and relaxing and reminiscent of a Trespassers William number — easily my favorite track on this release. The highlight of the EP has the band paying tribute to one of their influences, The Jesus and Mary Chain, with a great rendition of “Head On”. Gutierrez’s vocals tends to veer a little sharp in places, but I’m sure that’ll get ironed out in time. The group’s strongest point are the atmospherics; it’s always melodic, layered, and with a hint of 90’s alt-rock.

by: the Mozzer
- The Plugg "Music and Entertainment Community"


"LOOK & LISTEN: Listen to the layers in Ledaswan’s ‘Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty’"

THE SOUND: Dreamy melodic pop. Gutierrez's hauntingly beautiful alto drifts over richly textured guitars, delivering lyrics such as “I dreamt of a gun and a dead friend” and “I'm sorry I let you believe me/I've got a pocket full of charm.” Guiterrez calls the sound “modern, but trying to stay true to a songwriter's roots.”

THE 210 TAKE: Ledaswan pulls you in with Gutierrez's voice, but underneath the sweetness is a darker edge, with pensive lyrics and a complex framework. “We layered so many instruments, when you hear it five years from now, you'll say, ‘Wow, I never noticed that part’,” Gutierrez said. There are some unexpected sounds, too — Ledaswan recorded much of the new album in a cabin in Boerne. “If you listen really closely, you can hear the chicharras,” Jaime Monzon said.

THE WEB: ledaswanmusic.net, myspace.com/ledaswan

ALBUMS: How to Rearrange the World in 7 Days (2006); Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty (2007)

THE BACKGROUND: Ledaswan formed in 2004 when Guiterrez and Jaime Monzon, the primary songwriters, began collaborating. They formed a foursome with a bassist and drummer who were later replaced by Flores and Colwell. “We sort of stalked Amanda on MySpace. She was actually a huge fan of Ledaswan,” Guiterrez said. They recently added David Monzon, Jaime's brother, in the middle of recording their forthcoming album, to add more intricate guitars and allow Gutierrez to concentrate on vocals.

THEIR WORDS: “Having guys and girls in the band is a nice, cool balance,” Gutierrez said. What about the fact that the men now outnumber the women? “It's OK; we're still the bosses.”

WHERE TO SEE THEM: The CD release party for Verse is Friday, Nov. 16, at Rock Bottom Tattoo Bar, 1033 Avenue B.

- 210SA


"Fairytale Synergy By Dawn Pomento"

Good looks are an obvious advantage for anyone performing on stage, so it's no coincidence that singers are usually above-average in the looks department. It's rarer to find all four members of a band in the upper quartile of attractiveness. Add singular musicianship, throw in an endearing lack of ego, and San Antonio band Ledaswan has pretty much hit the rock-band jackpot. The video on the band's website only hints at the charisma the band exudes on stage.

Ledaswan has been performing as a band for two years, but it took a lot of time and shuffling of members to come up with the current line-up. Singer–songwriter Erica Gutierrez began by performing solo under the name Leaves and later paired with a viola player under the name Ledaswan. She made a tape of her music and passed out 50 copies to people she thought might be interested. One of those copies landed in the hands of guitarist Jaime Monzon, who was then in the band Drughoney. He remembers listening to it over and over again after one of his shows. Monzon says what captured his attention was the feeling Gutierrez put into her songs. "I've always been about music that makes me feel something. It gave me chills when I first heard it. You hear lots of bands and they're pretty good, but it's pretty much background music. But when someone actually makes you stop because they're putting their heart and soul into it . . . " Monzon trails off in wonder.

Gutierrez felt a connection with Monzon because he seemed to understand her music. She says simply, "He appreciated what I did." It might sound like musical kismet, but it took two years of sporadically running into each other before Gutierrez and Monzon finally got together to play music as Ledaswan. Now they're on the band's second bassist, the poised Amanda Flores, and third drummer, the very colorful Delrick Colwell.

Monzon recalls Flores's audition for the band. Flores had seen Ledaswan once at Salute and had never been in a band before. They gave her tapes of the band's songs to prepare. "She played kind of the right thing," Monzon says, emphasizing "kind of". "You could tell there was something more to her. She really loved it. That's what we picked up on. In a couple of months, she had improved 500 times." But Monzon warns her with a laugh not to let the praise go to her head.

Colwell is the most recent addition to Ledaswan (and not the drummer in online video). The band has gathered a cadre of regular fans, but Colwell regrets that he hasn't had a chance to meet many of them. He doesn't get a chance to hang out before or after shows because he's usually guarding his set, setting up his drums, or packing them up. But he doesn't mind the relative isolation. "I like to be at one with my drums before I play," he says. "I like to play every show like it's my last."

Flores recalls Colwell's first gig with the band: "Before the first show he asked us what he should wear. We were like, 'I don't know. We never talked about it before.' We said he could wear whatever he wanted." But they regretted the lack of direction when he arrived in a Hawaiian shirt. He has since converted to what he calls basic "rock-show" black, which suits the other band members' aesthetic.

Although the four musicians are not oblivious to their visual impact, they haven't made it a priority or capitalized on it the way they could if they were more mercenary. They're focused on the music first. Watching the band perform for a crowd at Ruta Maya – with a significant number of heads bowed to laptops – proves that guitarist Monzon is serious when he says that no matter what the sound or the crowd is like, they aim to put on a good show.

"The reason I started to play music is because it's fun," says Monzon, who has been in bands for more than 10 years. "I don't ever want it to stop being fun. It is a business, but I need to enjoy myself." Gutierrez agrees. "There is a lot of competition, but you try to remember why you started playing in the first place – because you like it."

But on stage, Gutierrez on acoustic guitar and Monzon on electric, the two don't look as if they enjoy playing music so much as have an urgent need to play, to communicate. They have a focused intensity that matches the band's sound, which is a thoughtful, guitar-heavy rock that draws obvious, too-simple comparisons to a more energetic Mazzy Star. But Ledaswan isn't afraid to push in a new direction. Gutierrez sometimes straps on a harmonica, and Flores adds backup vocals that meld beautifully with Gutierrez's lead.

Ledaswan recently began recording an EP with the new San Antonio-based First Amendment Records. Fans taking it home after a show may well be able to experience the same wondrous emotional connection that Monzon did when he first heard Gutierrez.
- San Antonio Current


"CD Release Top Calender Pick"

The band steers their music into the less genre-specific realms of interpretation, translation, and raw emotion, their music ostensibly geared toward the abstract dynamics of the heart and soul where music is not only heard but also felt.

- San Antonio Current


"Review-Aural Pleasure"

By Ryan Markmann/Gilbert Garcia

Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty
Ledaswan
(Self-released)

Sometime in the 1990s, the semi-sleazy cable channel, USA Network, got into the business of producing made-for-TV movies (sort of anti-After-School-Specials) starring some of the legendary teen TV stars of the day. But in 1997, USA created a true gem with Friends ’Til the End, starring 90210 “party-bitch” Shannen Doherty.

She was actually the good girl this time around, playing in a college rock band à la Mazzy Star and the Cranberries. Unfortunately for Doherty’s character, a childhood friend became obsessed with her singing and people started dying as the psycho vied for her spot on the stage.

Disregarding the violent plot twist, San Antonio’s own Ledaswan could have scored that small-screen sucker itself. On the group’s new seven-song EP, Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty, singer Erica Gutierrez, bassist Amanda Flores, drummer Delrick Colwell and brothers/guitarists Jaime and David Monzon induce the TV movie’s same sentiments of heartbreak, frustration, and missed chances.

The songs are slow and swaying and they’re meant to be. The opener “U vs The City” is a possible ode to SA: “Everyday is not the same in the city (Everyday is the same).” While the song is beautiful in its brevity, tracks such as “Closure” and “The Art of Goodbye” meander off too far with one another. But the rock breaks the monotony as delivered on The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Head On.” The song is probably best remembered as an iconic Pixies cover, but Ledaswan creates its own imaginative version with female harmonies and interesting TJMC radio feeds.

A comparison between anyone’s voice and Doherty’s should be taken with a grain of salt, but the Mazzy Star connection is apropos for Gutierrez, especially on the suicide-laden “.357.” Flores’s backup vocals bring some balance to Erica’s sharper voice while the Monzon brothers lay the guitar layers down thicker than a soupy fog.

With a lineup and collective personality eerily similar to Fleetwood Mac on Quaaludes, Ledaswan should only get better as it ventures on to the wider scope of a full-length album. And to the people at USA, Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty is a much better title than Friends ’Til the End.



- San Antonio Current


"Ledaswan: On the verge of release"

San Antonio band, Ledaswan is fresh from the studio with a seven song EP to be released this Friday the 16th at the Rock Bottom Tattoo Bar.

Ledaswan is Erica Guitierrez on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards, Jaime Monzon and David Monzon on guitars, Amanda Flores on bass and Delrick Colwell on drums.


You'll hear a distinctive nod to Mazzy Star and the Pixies in their music but they claim a much wider range of influences. When I hear Erica's voice I think of Lisa Loeb with a much wilder edge. There is a strong literary quality to their music and you'll hear an array of textures complete with samples and audio clips that punctuate Erica and Jaime's collaborations. A nice addition to the EP is Ledaswan's rendition of 'Head On' by the Jesus and Mary Chain. They draw it out and add a bit of their own 'texture' that will grab the attention of fellow JAMC fans. But, of the originals, I'd have to choose '357' as the single on the EP. I like the clarity of the lyrics that come through nicely over subdued guitars.



It's been a long time since I've seen the band perform live but I look forward to going out and supporting a band that gives their all for their local scene. Chances are, you will see them featured in several of the local magazines so be sure to take notice. Transfers and Meryll will be joining them for the release. For a preview of the music visit them on myspace at myspace.com/ledaswan .

Laura Marie
lauramarie@igosa.com
- IGOSA.COM


"Live Review May 2007 at Rock Bottom"

Ledaswan was next and played a set that displayed their unique style of alternative rock with true rock and roll bombast added for flavor. Led by singer/guitarist Erica, the band reminded me of the big guitar hooks and intelligent lyrics of the 90s alternative nation—bands such as the Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, and Collective Soul, among others. However, the band does have more influences than what you would find on the Singles soundtrack and, with the help of guitarist Jaime and drummer Delrick, also adds a bit of rock and roll crunch to the sound.

Erica and bassist Amanda, who I actually thought were sisters, occasionally share vocals and complement each other very well, especially on a song like "Discover." And "the Art of Goodbye" was the perfect marriage between the band's rock and alternative styles and was, I think, the best representation of what the band had to offer. Gentle and shimmering, this song steps off the accelerator and allows this near-ballad room to breathe and give Erica's vocals as well as everyone's musicianship a chance to shine.
- www.sarocks.blogspot.com


"Austinist Show Preview"

San Antonio churns out its fair share of quality bands and Ledaswan are the latest to emerge from our neighboring city. The five-piece self recorded and produced their latest EP Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty last year and it was officially released earlier this year. A full-length can be expected later this year or in early 2009 according to lead vocalist Erica Guiterrez. (Ledaswan released their debut EP How to Rearrange the World in 7 Days in 2006.) The San Antonio Current was impressed enough to bestow multiple awards upon the band in March. Guiterrez’ voice is often mesmerizing and occasionally sugary sweet; “Closure” and “357” are poignant, soothing ditties while the band’s penchant for melody is apparent in songs like “The New '60s” and “Where Birds Go.” And they do pop-errific cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Head On” -- stream it via their MySpace page.

Band members Gutierrez and Jamie Monzon are also doing their bit for the music community in San Antonio; the duo co-founded the non-profit organization Local 782 -- per Local 782’s MySpace page, “Local 782 was established to bring awareness, support, and innovation to San Antonio’s music community. Uniting musicians to create opportunity by organizing, educating, and performing.”

Check out Ledaswan live tomorrow night at Beauty Bar.

[Ledaswan MySpace] - Austinist


Discography

-How to Rearrange the World in 7 Days - Dec 2006

-Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty - Nov 2007 Release Digitally January 2008, mixed by Matthew Brown (Trespassers William, Lucinda Williams)

-You are Here We are Here - Local782 Album Compilation
Released Digitally - June 2008 (featuring "Where Birds Go")

-NUM83R5 E.P. January 2011 mixed by Matt Brown Produced by Ledaswan

-Weirdo single released September 2012

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“So…my final ruling on Ledaswan? I like ‘em. Not a little, but a lot. Go to iTunes. Get NUMB3R5. Learn it. Live it. Love it.” -Drago Froglix

Ledaswan is singer/guitarist Erica Monzon, and guitarist/hubby Jaime Monzon, Brother/guitarist David Monzon, bassist Lalo Rodriguez, and Nick Ochoa on drums. Together Ledaswan creates a definite melodic-rock sound with tinges of punk, and heartfelt vocals. Their first attempt at a self-produced EP “Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty” was voted by San Antonio Current readers for “Best New Album.” Erica Monzon won best “Singer-Songwriter.” Their 3rd EP NUM83R5 was released last year and was voted top 3 best new album of 2011, and Ledaswan was voted top 3 best indie-rock band by the SA Current. The band helped produce and release three music videos for “Faulkner," What a Way Two Drown" and "Six is Better" with wide-spread circulation using relentless social media. Ledaswan toured with Girl in a Coma and Miss Derringer, they also shared the stage with stellar bands such as Nico Vega, Veruca Salt, Jeremy Inigk and Lydia. They plan to release a full-length album early in 2013.