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T Arts & Entertainment N^kan U Monday, March 28,1988 Silos satisfy musical appetites By Geoff McMurtry Senior Editor With a name that seems found on an abandoned farm and a sound straight from the isolated, dusty back roads of roots-rock country pop, the Silos — from New York City, no less (get a rope) — have suddenly become the American music press’s new criti cal darlings. MNRHMNbMMMNMNHMNMMI They’re the darlings even though their two independent albums arc all but unavailable to the unwary masses. Using a layered guitar-pop sound textured with pedal steel guitar and fiddle—violin if you’re in New York — the Silos have managed to endear themselves to nearly every rock critic in the nation while confusing and even downright confounding most of them. While the musical press raves about how the Silos are their favorite new band, the band gets compared to everyone from the Velvet Under ground to Camper Van Beethoven with a few side mentions of Gram Parsons-era Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers thrown in. Take all of these wildly disparate sounds, weave them together and set Walter Salas-Humara’s atypically poetic lyrical topics against them and you begin to understand what everybody’s talking about. Instead of the more typical rock ‘ n ’ roll themes — drugs, cars, running away, personal failures, “rockin’ you all night” — Salas-Humara uses seemingly small, personal topics of little or no interest to us such as weddings, family reunions (someone else’s, not even his) — and ends up reminding the listener what’s really been important all along without sounding mundane or middle class. The Silos have two albums out on New York’s tiny Record Collect la bel: 1986’s“About HcrSteps”andlhc recently released “Cuba.” Both al bums arc, as they say, “critically acclaimed,” and present an engag ingly interesting band coming into its own. It’s worth a look. The Silos will be at the Ranch Bowl, 1606 S. 72nd St. in Omaha, Wednesday. Opening band will be Omaha’s Tipsey Alligator. The show starts at about 9:15 p.m. Cover charge is $2. Theatrix will present musical this weekend “Broadway Melodies,” a three act musical revue of memorable Broadway productions, will be pre sented by Theatrix Thursday, Fri day and Saturday in the Temple Building’s Studio Theater, 12th and R streets. The revue will be directed by Keith Grant, a University of Nc braska-Lincoln assistant professor of theater arts. Act 1 features a series of love songs that trace a relationship from the lovers’ first meeting, to their separation and then to their reunion. Act 2 has music from “Sunday in the Park With George.” Act 3 high lights five selections from “Sweeney Todd.” Heading the cast is Kevin Paul Hofeditz, an associate professor of theater arts. The rest of the cast includes UN-L students Karen Zrust, Vince Learned, Shaun Harncr, Kim Walker, Craig Elling son, Todd Brooks and Yvonne Anderson. Admission is SI for students and $2 for the public. Reservations can be made in advance by calling 472 2073. Performances begins at 8 p.m. FOR SALE 19" Color TV newer/portable, excellent condition, S9C 435 3851. 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