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...it's safe to say the seven-piece band is successful in producing controlled chaos. At a perfectly portioned
24 minutes and 48 seconds, Casino Economy is local shoegaze at its finest.
~ from album review of CASINO ECONOMY in the Pitch.

Casino Economy from Kansas City's High Diving Ponies takes me back to my own musical awakening. It is
a record that is drenched in the sweat of the bands that taught me that rock and roll didn't have to sound safe
and fun to be good...High Diving Ponies have put together a fine collection of short songs which remind us
that not all music is made for pretty people. It's a record that serves the purpose of affirming that not all
is well with us, and with the world. But if that's not what you need out of your rock and roll, there are plenty
of other records out there for that.
~ from present magazine's review of CASINO ECONOMY.

If The Pixies and My Bloody Valentine double-dated with The Beatles and The Shangri-Las, then a mashup
of them all making out would sound like "Muppets." ~ present magazine

Traditional song craft, melody and structure stand
hand in hand with anarchy and chaos. ~ the tripwire

The song "Muppets" features a slowly evolving guitar riff with a 90's angular, early Built to Spill feel
and the fuzzy, distant vocal melodies familiar to fans of My Bloody Valentine. The stellar
pop-gem "I Smell Like Smoke" could be a Guided By Voices b-side with its addictive
lo-fi melody that rises above punky acoustic guitar strumming ~ the rathaus

upcoming shows

April 26th 2012

recordbar
w/ Knife Crime, Til Willis
kansas city, missouri

past shows

March 16th 2009

recordBar
w/ witch and hare & me and my arrow (MN) & loveLikeFire (CA)
kansas city, missouri

March 19th 2009

all ages show @ Troost Haus
w/ sump pumps (IN) & mannequin skywalker
kansas city, missouri

April 1st 2009

davey’s uptown
w/ the beautiful nothings
kansas city, missouri

April 6th 2009

chomp womp family night @ the taproom
lawrence, kansas

April 18th 2009

tornado bait fest @ the shamrock lounge w/ Peerless Princess,
Norway Agenda, Hell City Rollers, Virgin Mary Satellite, Dream Supreme
wichita, Kansas

May 12th 2009

the pistol
w/ Felix and Demon Horse
kansas city, Missouri

June 19th 2009

CHOMP WOMP SODA FEST @ THE PISTOL | FOUNDATION
w/ burger kingdom, the calamity cubes, fortuning, rooftop vigilantes, boo and boo too,
goodwillies, spell master, the factory workers,
bleachbloodz, nonreturner, and echo of the elms.
13 bands, free soda, free cake, free freedom.
kansas city, Missouri

June 26th 2009

uptown bar
w/ sharp teeth
minneapolis, Minnesota

July 24th 2009

cafe berlin
w/ burger kingdom
columbia, Missouri

August 1st 2009

the brick
w/ goodwilles, wrong crowd, calamity cubes
kansas city, Missouri

August 21st 2009

FOUNDATION
w/ deah top, n.nomasuri, holy mother exhaust, matt dill
kansas city, Missouri

August 30th 2009

eighth st taproom
w/ juffage and i love you
lawrence, Kansas

October 2nd 2009

LEMP
w/ .e, luxora, the zapruder soundtrack ( all ages)
st. louis, missouri

October 3rd 2009

emerald space
w/ baby birds dont drink milk, mr history, burger kingdom
kansas city, missouri

October 17th 2009

recordBar
w/ the life and times, black christmas
kansas city, missouri

November 3rd, 2009

pistol social club w/
batrider, biker chick and the riff raffs
kansas city, missouri

November 14th 2009

the brick
w/ witch and hare, burger kingdom
kansas city, missouri

March 27th 2010

replay lounge
w/ tre orsi (TX) & karma vision
lawrence, kansas

March 29th 2010

recordBar
w/ brasstronaut (Vancouver) & camera
kansas city, missouri

May 1st 2010

replay lounge
w/ noah's ark was a spaceship
lawrence, kansas

May 4th 2010

riot room
w/ pharmacy spirits (NE) & lite loins
kansas city, missouri

May 28th 2010

riot room
w/ noah's ark was a spaceship
kansas city, missouri

June 2nd 2010

the news room
w/ annabel & dreamwolf
kansas city, missouri

June 10th 2010

replay lounge
w/ wheels on fire (OH) && chick fights
lawrence, ks

September 24th 2010

the brick
w/ GOODWILLES && .e
kansas city, missouri

November 12th 2010

nick and eddie
w/ TBA
minneapolis, minnesota

November 13th 2010

The Old Orfice (2406 Leavenworth)
w/ yuppies, noah's ark was a spaceship, && hominoid
omaha, nebraska

December 17th 2010

AJS Memorial Hall (19th and charlotte)
w/ THEE CONQUERORS
kansas city, missouri

December 18th 2010

Scion Lab (18th and Oak (behind grinder's))
emptyland comp release show w/ strident weasel, tired league,
the leotards, meth horse, mosquito bandito, and strong smells.
kansas city, missouri

March 26th 2011

The Brick (18th and mcgee)
w/ noah's ark was a spaceship, yuppies, & the conquerors
kansas city, missouri

April 22nd 2011

The Barley Street Tavern (2735 N 62nd St)
w/ yuppies, baby tears, and death of a taxpayer.
omaha, nebraska

June 1st 2011

The Ghost Parlor (1005 Poyntz)
w/ yuppies, solid attitude
manhattan, kansas

June 3rd 2011

PIZZA POWER AT THE MIRTH (8th and new hampshire)
w/ yuppies, solid attitude, and the beatles
lawrence, kansas

July 16th 2011

recordBar
w/ mammoth life
kansas city, missouri

video for sleeping bag from the album fractals in heat

video for easy from the album casino economy

video for the world has no plans for you from the album broken sunbather

release date: 04/05/2010

1. you get paid when you die
2. i smell like smoke
3. muppets
4. meatheads
5. forever and never
6. nothing i do matters anyway
7. lunacy
8. what a relief it is to be dead
9. drugs in my dreams
10. sleeping bag

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release date: 04/05/2010

1. pissing off all the right people
2. entitlement
3. massive debt
4. urine
5. kids know
6. open doors
7. easy
8. meaning is colorless
9. overeating
10. watered down
11. waiting to die
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release date: 11/30/2010

1. details
2. shockwaves
3. disappointed
4. selfish pleasure fiend
5. trickster
6. archetype
7. the owrldhas no plans for you
8. search engine
9. freezing fog

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