What is "totimoshi"

Totimoshi, founded in Oakland, CA in 1997, is an American rock band based in Los Angeles. The trio, who now reside in sunny Southern California, has been unrelenting and uncompromising in their vision. Their music incorporates all that's Cali. Raised in the high desert mountains of California just 30 minutes from the home town of Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, Antonio Aguilar shares Beefheart and Zappa's air of adventure and uncompromising spirit. He writes songs that sound like his mountains look: dark, mysterious, dry and powerful. Each song has a breath of its own. You won't find a record where every song sounds alike. In Totimoshi you'll find passion and feeling. Pitchfork saidi: “It reaches the luminous place that Charlie Sexton's Under the Wishing Tree occupied, the union of "roots" and "rock.” Totimoshi have toured extensively across the US, Canada and Europe with Mastodon, High on Fire, Helmet, and Melvins. Countless reviewers have tried unsuccessfully to pigeonhole this California trio as it's easier to say - "they sound like" or "it's reminiscent of" than it is to listen, comprehend and articulate. “Genres aren’t for us,” says Aguilar . Why? “Well, because we sound like no one else, never wanted to. I made up my own tuning. I basically had to re-learn how to play guitar. It sets us apart though, all that effort.