Sinaloa

(1) is an emotive hardcore band from Massachusetts.
(2) is the electronic music created by Derek Graf, from St. George, Utah.

(1) Since forming in 2001, Sinaloa has been constantly writing songs and touring, while continuing to work their day jobs. Over these years Sinaloa has released two full-length records: Fathers and Sons (2003 - Word Salad/Chernobyl) and Footprints on Floorboards (2005 - Waking/Owsla); a Split Recording with Ampere (2006 - Ebullition); and appeared on various compilations and split 7"s with bands such as Wolves, Life at These Speeds, Catena Collapse, Circle Takes the Square, Stop It!!, and La Quiete. Each recording has offered a progression in their musical style and insight into their thought process through their honesty and lyrical explanations.

Often compared to the distant early nineties scene of Vermin Scum, Dischord, and Gravity Records, Sinaloa brings the fire of that era's DIY punk and combines it with a grown-up sensibility and a lot of life experience. This is music as lifestyle, and lifestyle as music: deep personal history meets a life in independent music, and the results are a rare breed of idealism and practicality.

Sinaloa's new full length, Oceans of Islands, is to be released in the Spring of 2008 by purepainsugar and Level Plane Records.