The Amygdaloids

Rank #29 New York, NY Rock / Pop/ Alt Country / Mind/Brain Rock

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Members: Joseph LeDoux, Tyler Volk, Daniela Schiller, Amanda Thorpe (and sometimes Tamas Madarasz, Jon Kanen)

Bio: The Amygdaloids are a New York City band made up of scientists who shed their scientific garb at night and take to the stage with songs about love and life peppered with insights drawn from research about mind and brain and mental disorders. NYU neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux, a pioneer in the stud... See Full Bio

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Mind, Music, Magic: 2nd Annual Heavy MeNtal Variety Show http://rvrb.fm/19f4cOa

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"This 5-song EP is by far the best outing yet from The Amygdaloids. A fresh, collection of what they do best, songs about the inner life of our minds and feelings, weaving science artfully into the conversation."

— Daniel Levitin, author of "This Is Your Brain on Music."

"Using the language of love, regret, and all the other entries in the lexicon of rock and roll, Theory of My Mind translates the inquisitiveness of the laboratory onto the forceful expression of the stage."

— Frederick Foxtrott

"Dr. Joseph LeDoux, a professor of neuroscience at New York University, strode to the stage of the Cornelia Street Cafe in Greenwich Village...the audience--graduate students, publishing executives and scientists--greeted Dr. LeDoux with the enthusiasm usually reserved for rock stars."

— Roja Heydarpour, New York Times

“The Amygdaloids...perform songs whose lyrics are based on the scientists’ own research. The unique connection between science and rock music relates a new understanding of the human condition that reflects the increasing role of science in issues of the mind, body and social relations.”

— PubCrawler

"Roots rock shares a longneck with power pop at a legendary pub in a Nick Lowe dream. These songs, with their jangling Fenders and hooks that bounce off the Brill Building all the way to Topanga Canyon, will free your mind, and you know what happens next..." -Pete Kennedy (The Kennedys)

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"The Amygdaloids offer a unique interpretation of what it means to think, and in these songs examine the scientific basis for our artistic impulses....the lyrics speak to the layman in all of us, our shared sense of cortex and medulla, and the way music makes our backbone twitch, our butt funky, and our feet keep a-slappin' on the floor, whether we're thinking about it or not." -Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group)

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"Catchy melodies with lyrics inspired equally by the heart and the brain. What's not to like?" -Daniel J. Levitin, Author of "This Is Your Brain on Music"

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“The Neuroscience Rocker: Inside the LeDoux Lab”

— Noah Hutton, The Beautiful Brain (thebeautifulbrain.com)

“Joseph LeDoux's Heavy Mental”

— Jonathan Cott and Karen Rester, salon.com

“Five Questions for Daniela Schiller”

— Discover Magazine

“Rocking the Brainwave to Its Finish”

— Noah Hutton, The Beautiful Brain (thebeautifulbrain.com)

“A Band of Scientists Who Really Are a Band”

— Roja Heydarpour, New York Times

“Joseph LeDoux and The Amygdaloids”

— Constructing Horror

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May 18

Helix Center, New York …
New York, NY, US | 6:00pm
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New York, NY, US
Sat May 18 6:00pm
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THE BRAIN IN WORDS, MUSIC, AND MAGIC: Second Annual Spring Heavy Mental Variety Show Featuring the meandering musings of neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux, the musical mélanges of The Amygdaloids, and the mysterious magic of Mark Mitton will explore mind and matter, the unconscious, thought, memory, emotion and psychopathology.
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Feb 8

(le) poisson rouge (sma…
New York, NY, US | 7:00pm
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New York, NY, US
Fri Feb 08 7:00pm
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Feb 8

Le Poisson Rouge
New York, NY, US | 6:30pm
Le Poisson Rouge
New York, NY, US
Fri Feb 08 6:30pm
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GROUP THERAPY FRIDAY, Feb 8th // 7pm-10pm @ le poisson rouge (158 Bleecker Street NYC) An unprecedented opportunity to see and hear—for the first time—the scientists, shrinks and film scholars of New York University rocking out together for three hours of nonstop, action-packed, & fun-filled Group Therapy. All proceeds from this concert will benefit the Robert Sklar Memorial Scholarship to fund a student scholarship in the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) program at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Tickets available now! Fill out the attached form and return it to Liza Greenfield to get your tickets today. Please NOTE: credit card purchases must be submitted via regular mail to: NYU Cinema Studies, attn: Liza Greenfield, 721 Broadway, 6th floor, NY, NY 10003. The Bands in Group Therapy are: SIG!!!, featuring Lewis Aron (guitar), Andrew Tatarsky (guitar), John Shaw (guitar/vocals), Tori Mierlak (lead/ backup vocals), Frank Bosco (bass), Steve Knoblauch (sax/percussion), & Steve Solow (drums). The Amygdaloids, featuring Joseph LeDoux (lead vocals/guitar), Daniela Schiller (drums), Tyler Volk (lead guitar), Amanda Thorpe (bass), Tamas Madarasz (cello), & Jon Kanen (saxophone) Thaumatrope, featuring Richard Allen (vocal and guitar), Sid Gottlieb (lead guitar), Tim O'Brien (drums) and Cullen Gallagher (bass) Special guest appearance by Jack and Eliza, featuring Eliza Callahan and Jack Staffen. In 2011, Eliza’s song “Bridge Song” won the coveted John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Concert will begin promptly at 7:00pm and end at 10:00pm
2012
Dec 10

The Bowery Electric
New York, NY, US | 6:30pm
The Bowery Electric
New York, NY, US
Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:30pm
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Qualia Fest--philosophers and scientists rockin the night away. We go on at 8:30 (or so). 30 min set.
2012
Sep 11

NY Academy of Sciences
New York, NY, US | 8:00pm
Private Show: NY Academy of Sciences
New York, NY, US
Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:00pm
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Private Show: The Amygdaloids will play songs about Fear during the cocktail hour of the Psychobiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder at New York Academy of Sciences

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Skarred Kage
Nice sound! Alex Skarred Kage
Jaylin McInerney
Loving your music.... Wishing you much success in 2013 Love Jaylin
Johnny Bonkers
Fabulous musical food for thought,also watched all your wonderfully creative vids,the left side and right side of my speakers sound brill,have a top week, Peace and World Lo...
Awesome Chick
My cat and I are cuddling and listening to "Your Dreams". He seems really into it :)
want2bfrench
You are a riot to listen too. Then to know what you do on your jobs and to combine everything. That just blows my mind.I love to listen to you guys. Bet your far out in pers...
Alis Angelae
I LOVE what The Amygdaloids are about! Your music (and especially Joe's vocals) has that Velvet Underground feel to it ;) Hope you play again soon, I would love to see you...