"Riot-grrrl furor, arena bombast and klezmer stomp" -Rolling Stone
"Giddy garage melodics with Sleater-Kinney twist" -Entertainment Weekly
"Radical politics, power-pop melodies, traditional Jewish music, + punk vitriol" -Pitchfork
"Exactly what I need in my ears right now" -Washington Post
"Completely arrestin
g" -Venus Zine
"The Shondes make bold, brassy lonely-heart rock with the snarl and swoon of classic '90s Northwestern indie--all riot grrl bluster, K Records sentimentality, and a keening, wailing violin that's more Nirvana Unplugged than Raincoats unhinged... Separating themselves from Sleater-come-latelys, the Shondes have a little bit of steampunky clatter underneath their crunching riffs and a keen ear towards the Jewish music that raised each of its four members."
-The Village Voice
“A powerful new sound…It is quite possible that The Shondes are making the only music that truly matters.”
-H**b Magazine
"This is a tough crew, and now they’re coming back stronger than ever with Searchlights, an album of ’90s-style pop punk and indie anthems loaded with incendiary rave ups and heart bursting whoa-oh-ohs."
-MTV Iggy
"One of the real world's favorite bands of the next decade" -3 Imaginary Girls
“Ready for an indie break out....radical politics, inspired riffs, textured harmonies and pure s*x appeal”
-Curve Magazine
"Louisa Solomon...charged at the mic as if to push the song forward with her body. Her powerful voice rose and fell with the other members’ voices and Oberman’s weeping violin, which gave the songs an ethereal, theatrical tone, while Temim Fruchter’s head-long drumming ensured that prettiness never compromised fire. Eat your heart out, Gogol Bo****lo."
-Venus Zine
"When these four take the ideology to the amps, things fall in line...the speed-crunch power chords, a couple f-bombs, the call-and-response chorus...slathered with Oberman's fiddle...wailing anti-downtrodden by means of mournful manifestos."
-Spin
“Riot grrrl radicalism wed to classically structured songs, distortion pedals, clashing vocals, and powerful lyrics.”
-The Village Voice
"Hard-driving, politically savvy rock 'n roll.”
–Flavorpill
“[Louisa Solomon is] a frontwoman to fear and fall in love with.”
-Performer Magazine
"This is a band that rocks as if they just don't give a f**k but has crafted their art in a manner that shows they clearly do."
-Earfarm
"Are The Shondes the next Sleater-Kinney?'
-VH1's Best Week Ever blog
