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Combining the three-piece power of Sleater Kinney with the dark atmosphere of Interpol and the rough edges of Sonic Youth, Shiloe have been winning over some of the most influential tastemakers in music. Formed in 2005, Shiloe has received airplay and praise from the likes of KROQ, Indie 103.1, KXLU, Bagel Radio, WOXY, Filter, and the LA Times. DJ Lizz of KBVR has gone so far as to call them, "The best rock band from L.A. since X." Formed in 2005 with singer/guitarist Ken Ramos and bassist Melissa Pleckham, Shiloe has earned such praise from maintaining a commitment to releasing music with familiar influences but with a fresh and exciting sound. Ramos grew up on a healthy diet of classic and punk rock, while Pleckham's education was fostered by goth and riot grrrl.

"Sometimes I feel like we don't fit in 100% because our music is a little darker and louder than some of the bands that play a lot around town," Ramos says. Despite the differences, the band has shared the stage with some of LA's top acts including The Henry Clay People, Gliss, and the Human Value.

Ramos and Pleckham played in other bands together before ultimately deciding to collaborate on their own project. In 2005, with help from a few drummer friends, Shiloe was born, and an EP was released shortly thereafter. While the band acknowledges that they have since become "much more comfortable with our instruments," accolades quickly followed the young band. In 2006, Shiloe were selected as finalists in the Zig Zag Live Club Tour sponsored by Spin and CMJ, which found the band opening for Pretty Girls Make Graves, Giant Drag, and The Court and Spark in Austin. Just a month later, the band headlined the Two Year Anniversary party for one of Mexico's top radio stations, Radio Alterno. In 2008, the band signed to New and Used Records and released ...And Now the Screaming Starts to much critical praise...

"...the dense sonic display that Shiloe put forth on their EP, And Now The Screaming Starts is something that grabs you right away but also has a growing effect as you listen to the songs over and over."
-Post-Punk.com

"Shiloe's dark psychedelic rock draws frequent comparisons to the similarly brooding output of Creation Records in the early 90's, but this L.A band's sound stretches far beyond the restrictive realm of shoegaze, especially on tracks like the full-throttle punk guitar rush of 'Alarms.'"
-The Organ Grinder

"Songs like the spiraling postpunk livewire of 'Alarms' and the slow-motion thunderclouds of 'Gone' prove that, had Kevin Shields decided to stay home last year, the genre he wrenched from obscurity to greatness would be in good - if white-knuckled and intense - hands."
-Prefix Magazine

"...it’s nice to have a band take listeners up to a higher level of intelligence through their cerebral lyrics. Brooding, post-punk, shoe-gaze may all describe Shiloe, but Ken, Melissa, and Dan pull together a dark sound with gritty indie rock tunes that will have you succumb to delightful derangement for a few minutes."
-Beatcrave

"All fuzzgauzed atmosphere and razor riffs that tightrope from brooding shoegaze to rhythmically unhinged rock, Shiloe is a something of a rarity within their genre tag (always some variant of ‘post-punk revivalism’) in that they don’t stop at the revival—they actually push the music beyond the echoes of whatever bands inspired it."
-Web In Front

"Slightly psychedelic sounding melodic and slightly frazzled America indie rock of a rather confident Black Rebel Motorcycle Club meets X nature...Fuzztone riffs, droning guitars, they’re rather refined and rather good."
-Organ Magazine

"... an indie rock exploration of sound that leads listeners into a dark and droning post-punk world... and focuses lyrically on dark and intellectual themes."
-Performer Magazine