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***Hall of Fameis third full-length album finds these NYC indoor miners forging even deeper into their secret cave of gems (financed with new picksinishovels on the Siltbreeze tab). Like their previous output on the Amish label, this oneis a melange of tribal thump, eastern drone, raga concrete and melodious melancholia. Hall of Fameis unique, not easily identifiable sound has been compared to revered oufits such as Flies Inside the Sun and The Shadow Ring, sometimes even in English. If, like the young scribes from Hayfever magazine, your recollection and your record collection go back further than a time we like to call ithe early i90s,i itis okay to shout iking me!i and move on. But if you really wanna sit around the oli checkerboard discussing strategy, then your next stop is a Lower East Side of the late i60s; Hall of Fameis healthy smattering of influences stretches back to Ludlow Street-era Velvet Underground, Prestige-era Moondog, The Godz and Angus MacLise. Recently the band played a series of shows with The Red Krayola, impressing the hell out of that old Quixotic Dadaist Mayo Thompson and his erstwhile Sancho Panza, David Grubbs. Senor Grubbs was so impressed that he enlisted HoFis Dan Brown to do some drumming for his forthcoming release of covers from various performances from the King Biscuit Flower Hour. Only in New York! - Available on both CD and the rarely discussed limited edition LP format.
- Samara is also a member of Tower Recordings, Metabolismus and Sonora Pine. Dan Brown has done time in Stratotanker and God Is My Co-Pilot. Theo Angel wears a long, full beard that he fills with birds and diamonds.
- The band has played with such luminaries as Cat Power, Arab Strap, Ghost, Red Krayola & Azusa Plane, sometimes in small, European countries such as Philadelphia.
30-second RealAudio excerpts: Vistas of Pasadena
Waves of Stations
Whirly Bird
Feedback Rising
Fruits of the Earth
Energy Plan for the Western Man
Cuneiform Calling
Motion Passings
FM Relic
Sooner Seeing Eyes
Space Disposed into Silence If you have a recent version of iTunes software on your computer, clicking on the link immediately below should open the iTunes application and take you to that album's iTunes page-- where you can listen to samples and buy this album, or individual tracks: go to iTunes to browse downloads for Hall of Fame "s/t" [please note that, due to international licensing agreements, not all Midheaven titles may be available for download in all territories]. For a complete listing of Midheaven exclusive albums available for download from the iTunes Music service and emusic.com, please visit the Midheaven Mailorder/Revolver USA Downloadables page. |
