Nu Tones
05.12.2006Technorati tags: music NOMO HNIA
I didn't get to squeeze off (many) good pictures (I was working the door much of the time). But last night's Rocket Star show was a rare treat. Bill's been trying to book His Name Is Alive for a long time, but it's probably not going to happen. If you don't know, HNIA (which has a constantly changing lineup & sound) is an indie music legend from Livonia, Michigan, going back to the 1990s. Oh, and they're on tour for the first time in ten years!
Instead, we got NOMO (w/ members of HNIA & Saturday Looks Good To Me) from Ann Arbor. It was advertised as "hot horns & heavy drums" — and it was just that. Wow. Very Afro-Brazillian, jazzy, soul-heavy, instrumental, danceable stuff. Great to listen to live. Can't wait to get their newest CD.
Oh, HNIA is playing w/ NOMO 11 June in Chicago at The Empty Bottle. I am so there.
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ADDENDUM: Here's a brief history of HNIA from Wikipedia.
Posted by Miguel at 12:41 PM