The Silos

The Silos are celebrating the 35th Anniversary of their seminal album “Cuba” with the release of a double LP version that includes a live recording of the Bird album songs on the second LP. They will be performing the Cuba album, plus songs from the Bird album, from the new album “Family” and lots of favorites from all the subsequent albums. Kind of a greatest hits show for the Silos super fans.

Heralded at their outset by Rolling Stone as “America’s Best New Band,” the Silos mix punk, roots, rock, and sage art-damaged truth-telling. They’ve created a sound that’s hard to pin down. “The band’s austere style inflects the astringent twang of The Velvet Underground with the drone of R.E.M. and adds countryish echoes that recall Gram Parsons,” offered The New York Times. “

“We get compared to everybody,” says main Silo Walter Salas-Humara. “To some people, we’re a country band. To other people, we’re a rock band. To other people, we’re an acoustic band. Some people think we’re rootsy, and others think we’re arty.” He pauses to take a breath and to chuckle at the breadth of it all. ‘We’re all of those things.”