The holloys is the hallucinatory brain-child of Los Angeles visual artist Jim Brown, crafting intricate and cosmic dance pop adventures.  A five piece – double drum, double bass, trumpet, guitar & synth – dance band. Amidst the funkiness is the philosophy that they are channeling their songs from an alternate dimension called Lake Land. Some peyote traditions were involved in the revelation. The band’s ranks have been filled with former members of Mars Volta, The Breeders, and At The Drive In. Last fall they played at the invitation only festival, All Tomorrow’s Parties, released a cosmically funky album called Art Wars—you could say sounds like Phil Collins leading the Talking Heads—and have a new split 7-inch with Dengue Fever.

“…A singular vision propelled by the type of creators that defy convention yet immediately engage with a catchy musicality all their own. Think of Sun Ra’s ‘cosmic’ philosophies and the many permutations of his band that touched on genres ranging from ragtime to the psychedelic, which in turn helped to shape the far-out phonic funk of George Clinton and his otherworldly notions of what music could be. Operating at least on the periphery of this tradition, Jim Brown has created an alternate realm in which the holloys lay out a most pleasing invitational sound track for us to explore.” -THE RED ALERT

“The Holloys produce sound structures; similar to the way sand and wind, over thousands of years, can hack away at rocks and produce eerie and precise architectures.”  -L.A. RECORD

“I don’t ‘make’ the tree. I don’t make sunlight or water or earth. What happens is magic. I just do my best to help facilitate that. The same way a ritual makes a space for the Spirit to enter.” -Interview with THE ORGAN GRINDER

“So what we’re treated to is succinct, crafted to perfection pop songs, the likes of which fans of Foals, Battles and even Vampire Weekend will lap up.” -THE LIVERPOOL ECHO

“But make no mistake this is music with substance, full of a variety of cultural influences and sounds from prog to dance to trance to afro-pop.” -MUSIC MULE

“The red road has colored my eyes and all I do is an extension of my personal relationship with the mystery power. My art and music is the way I recreate that relationship in a way that I can share its energy.” -Interview with NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS CINEMA AND ARTS

The band’s former bands:

Jim Brown (Blue Bird, Idaho, Jackie O-Motherfucker, John Frusciate w/ Joe Lally,
The Red Krayola, Glenn Branca)
; Bryan Lee Brown (Blue Bird, Dick Dale, Dave Grohl, Louie Bellson)
; Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta, Golden, One Day as A Lion, Will Oldham)
; Jose Medeles (The Breeders); 
Tony Hajjar (At The Drive In, Sparta); 
Jon Gonnelli (Rye Coalition, The Black Hollies)
; Alfrado Ortiz (The Beastie Boys, Morning Wood, Freska)
; Cliff Bryant (Isis, Red Sparrows)