new all india radio album - fall = available now!

Our good friends All India Radio have recently released their gourgeous new album! Go check em out on myspace and pick the album up at itunes!

Latest reviews:

“a beautiful landscape…”Morning Drops” is the track on the album that would always wish I was in bed just about ready to fall asleep. The track is so sweeping and touching that it just hits a chord with me and transforms me into this ultra relaxed state.

The group has created a really delicate and gorgeous record” - John Siwicki comfortcomes. com

“Enough unexpected twists and turns in their sound to keep your ears on their toes to the end.
Finally, the perfect album to do some hazy relaxing to” – insound

“Reminds us of when Portishead used to not suck” - Sensory Overload 

coupla new shows

what up yall,

so we have been taking some time off from playing shows so that we could focus on our new album! since the album is getting closer to being finished, we have a couple of shows that we just confirmed! these will mark our first time playing in a few months and we are super excited about them!

the first one is : 7/17/08 @ pehrspace w/ unrecognizable now (another band tbd!) this happens to be dave’s birthday and he couldnt ask for a better present than coming to fill up the pehrspace for a night of amazing jams!!! go add it to your last.fm calendar! http://www.last.fm/event/654590 

a month later: 8/10/08 @ pehrspace w/ balmorhea and bexar bexar (another band tbd!). If you love beautiful music and havent heard these bands, go pick them up today and come hang on the 10th of august! go add it to your last.fm calendar! http://www.last.fm/event/654587 

in album news, we are still looking good to complete all of the tracking early july. we will keep you all posted on the progress!

thats all for now

team sh

yo!

yo!

so it looks like the remaining work for the new album will begin happening around the first week of july! our good friend patrick murphy who plays in the la band “heliphino” (who also happened to record the beware of safety ep and their upcoming full length album “dogs”) will help assist us with the next phase of recording. we are super excited to be sending some upcoming weekends with him :)  as we get back into the process, we will keep you all updated on our progress.

we just got word that our ep is now available for download on amazon! Click Here to purchase or review the ep on amazon!

we hope all of you are having a great summer thus far and we are working on a couple of shows for august…. stay tuned!

sh

studio update!

yo,

so this weekends studio adventure was a success! we accomplished our goal of tracking drums and bass for 8 songs! major thanks to our friends at the compound studio in signal hill. jeff and aya were amazing, and we had such a great time (baja sanora’s and jamba juice anyone?).

the tracks which we recorded are: the dead vineyard, luna park, flourit, intention 64, a stunning clarity, men before us…,  … and more after we’re gone, llangolen. we also recorded guitar and piano for a new song called an afternoon lull…

here are a few pics from the pound courtesy of jeff lewis (thanks jeff!)  more updates on our progress as we get them!

signal hill full length coming soon

howdy everyone!

so team signal hill hits the studio may 16th to begin tracking for a full length album! our tracking will begin (as it did with the ep) at the compound studio coincidentally in signal hill ca. we will posting progress reports on both myspace and signalhillmusic.com (maybe even samples of the tracks too!!!)

the working titles for the songs - in no particular order:

the dead vineyard

luna park

intention 64

men before us…

more after were gone

a stunning clarity

llangolen

floruit

untitled

untitled

untitled

we hope the 3 untitled tracks will have proper names by the time we finish

anyhow… wish us luck! we are hoping this thing is wrapped up by mid summer and cant wait to share it with you all!

all the best,

sh

quick update

howdy all,

weve been a bit quiet as of late due to both non-signal hill stuff as well as agressive prepping to hit the studio for our first ever full length album! we will begin tracking on May 16th (recording 11-12 songs) with hopes of finishing early summer.  the plan is to spend a couple of days with our good friend jeff lewis at the compound studio  (by coincidence or destiny? you decide!) located on top of signal hill to begin this process.

we are super excited to share these new songs with you, and will keep you posted on our progress!

thats it for now! hope things are all good in your world(s)!

your pals,

sh

16 free downloads of LA artists (including signal hill)

courtesy of our friends radio free silverlake:

 Mouse from Classical Geek Theatre wrote the other day about how Amnion’s ATonn is one of his favorite songs to hear live in LA right now and it got me thinking about what my own favorites are… And so I put together a collection of tracks from local artists — some new, some older — that just fucking kill me when I see them performed here in town.

DL and assemble them in the following order for maximum enjoyment, but, most importantly, try to hunt down the bands’ next shows and go see them live so you can get the full mind-blowing experience.

go here to grab the tracks from all of these excellent la bands!
 

april 5

west without a word night two - tonight!

Hi Everyone,

Thank you all who were able to come hang at West Without a Word Night One last night We appreciate it. The show was to say the least, incredible!
We are honored to be a part of the show, and to share the stage with such amazing bands (the littlest viking, el ten eleven, and the drift).

There is a second night to this instrumental fest which happens tonight @ the cocaine in downtown los angeles, and features some incredible bands.   if you love face melting instrumental madness, you should absolutely come!

Beware of Safety
Form and Fate
North
Arc of the Aurora
Hellas Mounds/Empires

thesilentballet.com for additional details.

Also, our friends You May Die in The Desert from Seattle, have their new split ep with Gifts From Enola dropping this week! pick it up by going to differentialrecords.com.

All the best,
sh

west without a word this weekend!

THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!! Instrumental Extravaganza - Featuring 10 bands (including yours truly)…. come hang both nights for $5 bones a night (wha wha what!!!!)

 special thanks to the silent ballet and beware of safety for setting this up and including us to play!

The Silent Ballet Presents West Without a Word  

Night One (3/14) at Pehrspace:
08.30pm - The Littlest Viking
09.30pm - Signal Hill
10.30pm - El Ten Eleven
11.30pm - The Drift

Night Two (3/15) at The Cocaine:
08.30pm - Arc of the Aurora
09.30pm - Form and Fate
10.30pm - Beware of Safety
11.30pm - North
12.30pm - Hellas Mounds/Empires (split set)