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"He has the unique ability to make us laugh while simultaneously prompting thought." - Jacquelyn Vaughn, Cincinnati CityBeat

"He yearns to create unique, unpredictable experiences, endeavors where both the artist and its recipient have a role to play." - Jason Gargano, Cincinnati CityBeat

02.07.08 - Cincinnati Enquirer Arts Blog - Minumental is coming ... the Minumental is coming ...
07.25.07 - Cincinnati CityBeat - Workin' on the Weekend
07.24.07 - The Downtowner - Pizza Duo Delivers up Indie Films at Lite Brite
05.27.07 - Cincinnati Enquirer - Celluloid Fringe back
05.16.07 - Cincinnati CityBeat - The 'Best of Underneath' Festival Continues to Thrive
03.28.07 - Cincinnati CityBeat - Best of Cincinnati 2007

08.30.06 - Cincinnati CityBeat - Young Influentials Take Root in Cincinnati
07.28.06 - Cincinnati Enquirer - Music Fusion hits high note
07.26.06 - Cincinnati CityBeat - Man of the People
07.26.06 - Cincinnati CityBeat - Screen Gems
07.19.06 - Cincinnati CityBeat - Articulations: Inside Artists' Heads
07.12.06 - Cincinnati CityBeat - To Do List: Eclectic Images
06.28.06 - Creative Loafing Charlotte - Comix and Flicks: It's not unusual
05.31.06 - Cincinnati CityBeat - To Do List: Celluloid Fringe
05.28.06 - Cincinnati Enquirer - Expanded Visual Fringe a bit more organized
05.15.06 - The Haircut Premiere PRESS RELEASE
05.08.06 - Mission: Ridiculous PRESS RELEASE
03.29.06 - Cincinnati CityBeat - Best of Cincinnati
02.10.06 - Explosive Results PRESS RELEASE
01.05.06 - The News Record - Art exhibit 'Borrowed Time' to be performed tomorrow
01.04.06 - CIN Weekly - Music appreciation
01.04.06 - Cincinnati CityBeat - One Good Cover Deserves Another

10.02.00 - Cincyring.com - Red Square film fest attracts hundreds to Mt. Adams on a sunny Sunday afternoon
05.18.00 - Cincinnati CityBeat - On The Move

music reviews

Cincinnati CityBeat
"And How is the latest musical foray from everyone's favorite prolific eccentric, Kendall Bruns, An active multimedia artist in Cincinnati for almost a decade, he joined forces with Jane Carver a year ago to create this quirky but effective project. Don't let the whimsical implementation fool you -- the song writing has real teeth." - Ezra Waller, Cincinnati CityBeat

Neus Subjex 40 review of KENDALL BRUNS "RT2K" CD-R
"You might remember this name from a split 7" with the 11th Symphony, a band he joined ion their latter era.... Imagine Ween and Gene Defcon mixed with Devo and Anton Maiden (a guy who used computer programs to provide music for his rendition of his favorite Iron Maiden songs; interesting shit and to me, a million times better than iron maiden himself). Like Gene Defcon, Kendall Bruns uses his songs as observations, turning music into thoughts into music into thoughts ect.ect. Like Anton Maiden, Kendall recorded this in his bedroom. Like Ween Kendall’s music genres are varied. As with Devo, kendall is just out there! OUT THERE! Personally, I like the faster material like the last part of "Danny Greene", the heavy and caustic "Mint", the techno wave beginning of "L.A.", the restless "Destination" (PACK IT UP!) or perhaps the Defcon-like "Make me Like It". I do wish Kendall would explore more with guitars and more conventional instruments because I think he could really do some cool shit with them. All in all, its just fine what he is doing. Kendal is thinking outside the I-275 beltway. Everyone in Cincinnati will hate this CD, well, almost everyone. Thats a GOOD thing... I can only hope that he has a live version of what he is doing. Cincinnati needs people like Bruns." -Shawn Abnoxious


Theory Of Everything review of RT2K
"This is good. Ten times better than any KB stuff I've heard in the past. Imagine Atom and His Package meets the Rentals, and you still don't have an accurate description. It's just the closest I can come using other bands as reference points. My only complaint, Kendall should sing louder more often. In the first song, there are these short bursts of energy where we get to hear his yelling voice, but it stops right there. The rest of this his voice is mostly kind of somewhat subdued. Sometimes I get the impression he lacks confidence in his voice. But anyway, I like this much. This is nerdy (not an insult at all, by the way), one-man, homemade synth/indie rock music, so it has that homemade feel, which isn't a bad thing at all. At first, $8 might seem pricey for a cd-r with no jewel case, but when you look at the cover art and think about the time and work that went into putting it out, it seems pretty fair. But what do I care anyway? I'm a bigshot reviewer, so I get my shit for free." -5>6

listen.com
"Cincinnati Singer-Songwriter Kendall Bruns creates whimsical electronic Indie Rock, and gentle, melodic Punk-Pop.  His songs have a charming tunefulness to them, whether they are entirely electronic or feature a band." -Tom Heyman

www.kendallbruns.com