Horse Lords
Baltimore quartet for microtonal, polyrhythmic rock
Based in Germany · From Baltimore, United States
Guitar lines, bass, and drums lock into repeating cells that shift by small increments until the groove turns elastic. Their live set is built for pressure: dense interlocks, long builds, and a hard rhythmic pull; recent material adds vocals to the mix.
More about Horse Lords
Horse Lords come out of Baltimore's experimental rock scene and have stayed a fixture there even after moving to Germany. Their records connect the downtown-music and minimalism axis with krautrock pacing, Saharan guitar pulse, and a strong politics-of-form streak; the band describes themselves as a quartet and has leaned into increasingly structured composition over time.
A story
They now live in Germany, though the band started in Baltimore.
Playing
- 2026-11-06 2026-11-06T23:30:00 · Horse Lords · De Helling
Labels
Start here
- Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! (2026) · RVNG Intl.
Latest album; the current live vocabulary is here. - The Common Task (2020)
Clean entry point to the band’s rhythm engine. - Interventions (2014)
Early statement of their modular, threaded writing.
Worked with
- Andrew Bernstein band member
- Max Eilbacher band member
- Owen Gardner band member
- Sam Haberman band member
For fans of
The Ex, Stereolab, Glenn Branca, MagmaOfficial links
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