This page contains info only about my solo work-- please check out the rest of the site to read about bands and collabs. Solo is me, unchaperoned, on guitar, vocals, and electronics.

“At times, her noise-baked badlands blues plays like some epic, elemental cross of Sir Richard Bishop and Earth, but with a wild-child streak. sonic landscapes that are gorgeous, foreboding and sonically feral, it’s a sound at once forward and ancient.” (Bao Le-Huu, Orlando Weekly).

“it’s Brooklyn-via-Oakland six-stringer Ava Mendoza deconstructing of blues and punk into brutal shredfests that’s causing a ruckus in NYC’s DIY hubs." (Brad Cohan, Noisey.Vice)

"Mendoza plays these songs. She makes them sing. Her technique is impeccable, but her playing is astonishingly expressive. She doesn't just bend blue notes; she wads them up into a ball and throws them up against a wall... Mendoza knows what she does well, which is tell stories with her guitar. Check that. Mendoza knows what she does better than almost anyone else on the planet, which is tell stories with her guitar." (Aiding and Abetting).

“A wizard on a semi-circle of effects pedals, but… equally adept with FX-less technique," (Lars Gotrich, NPR).

She was featured as one of Guitar World‘s “10 Female Guitarists You Should Know”.