Read what the critics are saying about The Hall Monitors:

“This band gives me faith in the future of rock & roll.” - Eddie Angel of Los Straitjackets

“Their bluesy, old-school approach is sure to ring with comparisons to The Black Keys and The White Stripes, but what you really sense when you see these guys play is a great respect for the history of rock & roll - from Chuck Berry and the sounds of Motown, to more modern adaptations like rockabilly and punk.” - DCist.com

“One of DC’s Best Live Acts, with a set full of R&B fueled garage rock Nuggets & showmanship to spare.”- The Washington Post

“Every town needs a garage rock scene, and a pretty fine one is emerging in D.C. Who needs Little Steven Van Zandt to bring his past-their-prime relics to town when we’ve got fine bands like the Hall Monitors? The quartet plays fuzzy, bluesy garage rock that sounds like it came straight off the “Nuggets” box set. Or at least one of those dozens of “Pebbles” compilations that soon followed. Garage rock is a genre in which originality is about the 43rd most important trait for a band to have; it’s much more important to get those guitars just right and to be able to convincingly pull off the retro sound. And the Hall Monitors do that with ease. Catch them at the Velvet Lounge with the Fishnet Stalkers and the rockabilly-flavored Have Mercys , another fairly new local garage entity.” -The  Washington Post

“Old-school garage calling to mind ‘60 groups like Paul Revere and The Raiders… surfing carefully that crest between the end of the sixties and the start of the seventies, between The Count Five and MC5; they loose crazy energies guided with a light touch by essentially sweet pop structures.” - On Tap Magazine

“AS LOUD AND FAST AS ANYTHING THE RAMONES EVERY PUT OUT. WOWSVILLE!” - The Washington Citypaper

I’d also like to shine a big fat The Kids Are All Dead spotlight on a new local DC band called The Hall Monitors who came on last night and fucking ROCKED THE HOUSE DOWN! Throw in two shit-hot garage guitarists, a rumbling bottom end, and a batshit insane drummer who beats his snare drum bug-eyed while they compress all that’s awesome about Teenage Shutdown (the best garage rock comp series ever, dork) into loud, foot-stomping, ass-shaking, sweat-pouring burst of electric white boy blues, and you got yourself a band to make the boys drink and the girls cream, and vice versa. They supposedly have a CD coming out sometime in the next few months, and I sure hope to God they bottle all the excitement of their stage show. None of this reined-in, I-can-hear-vocals-over-the-guitars nonsense they have up on their MySpace. DC, get ready for the rebirth of maximum rock ‘n’ soul.“ - The Kids Are All Dead blog

“The Sonics meets The Count Five with the intelligence of the Pixies.” - Jon Weiss of The Vipers & Cavestomp

“The Hall Monitors’ bluesy, blistering set oozed equal parts bravado-infused R&B and snarling punk, shredding through seven songs in just 20 minutes or less. Their influences, ranging from the Rolling Stones to The Cramps, were manifested in Crowley’s Buddy Holly-stance at the mic, Richards’ Chuck Berry-rife riffs, and Matt’s Stones-infused bass rhythms, all the while Mike keeping time in Ringo-meets-Keith Moon fashion. The Hall Monitors, holding their own among the living legends of garage rock, proved to be a worthy appetizer for what was to follow.”
-The Eagle newspaper, American University

CLICK TO READ INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS:
D.C. garage band opens for New York Dolls — November 30, 2006 — American University’s The Eagle
Nightlife Agenda: Dec. 9. Hall Monitors Show Pick — December 7, 2006 — The Washington Post

Why You Should Listen to The Hall Monitors — January 13, 2007 — The Kids Are All Dead Blog

Three Stars: The Hall Monitors — June 26, 2007 — DCist.com

The Hall Monitors — July 2, 2008 — The Paisley Umbrella

The Hall Monitors in the studio — July 4, 2008 — WAMU 88.5 METRO CONNECTION

The Hall Monitors: Tune in to Local Music — March 13, 2009 — Washington Post Weekend Section