In a span of three short years, Tall Tall Trees has gone from bedroom recording side
project to one of New York City's most unique live bands. Bluegrass purists might shake a
finger when lead singer and principal songwriter Mike Savino plugs his 5-string banjo
into a series of stomp boxes and cranks up his amplifier but for fans, the results are
strinkingly fresh and original. The band, which also features guitarist Kyle Sanna,
bassist Benjamin Campbell, and eccentric percussionist Mathias Kunzli, has been honing it's
live chops performing at NYC's Highline Ballroom, The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.,
and most recently opening for jam band Donna the Buffalo.
Their self-titled debut album was released in the summer of 2009 and widely received by
college radio stations all throughout North America making a couple of appearances on the
CMJ top 200 charts. Using a similar formula to fellow New Yorkers Vampire Weekend and
Dirty Projectors, Tall Tall Trees mix American folk and rock with elements of Brazilian and
African music, providing polyrhythmic support to Savino's melodically and lyrically twisted
tunes. Live, the band is energetic and masterful, reflecting years spent collaborating with a
diverse roster of artists including Moby, Yo Yo Ma, and Vieux Farka Toure. "We're all
ex-jazz heads and world music junkies," says Savino. "I became obsessed with music
from Pernambuco, Brazil and that has become a big part of my musical landscape."
What exactly does that mean for the listener? Two words: triangle solo.
"It's Impossible not to smile at their folk-driven pop tunes"
-CMJ
"A perfect storm of catchy songwriting"
-Jezebel Music
"The Allman Brothers meet the Muppets"
-Alan Murray

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The Shift are:
(1)An Indie Rock Band from Lancashire, UK
(2)An Indie Rock Band from Boston also tagged 'electronic' and 'psy-trance'.
(3)An Horror Rock Band from Orange County, CA


(1)The Shift are:

Walshy - songwriter / singer/ rhythm guitarist
Influences:
The Beatles, The Doors, Bob Dylan

Andreas Andrews (Dré) and Lee Walmsley (Walms) have left The Shift, and are now in a rock 'n' roll band called Spitfire. www.SpitfireRnR.com

The Shift come from Lancashire, England


(3)The Shift are:

www.myspace.com/entertheshift

Howlin' Jim Angelo - vocals
Jack Knife - drums
Craven Moorehead - bass
Dylan Bateman - guitar


BRIEF HISTORY:

IN OR AROUND 1994 HOWLIN' JIM ANGELO, CRAVEN MOOREHEAD & DYLAN BATEMAN STARTED A DEATH METAL BAND CALLED "BURIAL". THIS BAND PLAYED THE CORONA DEATH METAL CIRCUIT UNTIL MUSICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALL TOOK OVER. CRAVEN MOOREHEAD CONTINUED BURIAL WHILE HOWLIN' JIM ANGELO & BATEMAN STARTED ANOTHER DEATH METAL BAND "DIE" LATER CHANGED THE NAME TO "BEYOND 7" WHO OPENED FOR THE LIKES OF "DEICIDE", "SUFFOCATION","CANNIBAL CORPSE","6 FEET UNDER"AND OBITUARY.

THINGS FELL APART AND ENDED, ALL WENT THEIR SEPERATE WAYS. IN THE SUMMER OF 2000 HOWLIN' JIM ANGELO STARTED WRITTING EARLY 80'S INFLUENCED PUNK ROCK SONGS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET BACK TO HIS ROOTS HE EMPLOYED THE HELP OF "CHEVA" FRONTMAN SANTOS CAMACHO AND CURRENT GUITARIST DYLAN BATEMAN AFTER SEVERAL ROSTER CHANGES HOWLIN' JIM ANGELO FINALLY HAD THE CORE LINE UP WITH JACK KNIFE ON DRUMS & DYLAN BATEMAN ON GUITAR. WHO WOULD PLAY BASS??

IT WAS ONLY NATURAL TO RECRUIT LONGTIME FRIEND CRAVEN MOOREHEAD WHO AFTER HIS COURSE WITH BURIAL HAD RUN, ENTERED THE WORLD OF ADULT FILMS DIRECTING FOR THE LEGENDARY PETER NORTH. FATE HAD COME FULL CIRCLE WITH WHAT HOWLIN' JIM ANGELO CONSIDERS THE BEST LINE UP YET FOR THE SHIFT. LIKE EM OR NOT THEY DON'T CARE THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY LIKE AND IF YOU DON'T .......FUCK YOU!!!!!!!

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