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About Me

"What a difference a year can make. The shoegazing mood swings of Zelda Pinwheel’s earlier material have segued into a dense post-prog sprawl on the new For Safekeeping Warm. The Philly-Jersey armada opens with the creepy marathon “Deathcamp Jamboree,” summoning King Crimson and Yes by way of Yo La Tengo. Then “Hands off My Parade” adopts shades of heavy blues, still burying the vocals and keeping the bass way up front, whereas “Puente for Dummies” is a left-field stab at samba. These guys clearly have ambition to burn, and yet somehow their mining of such varied terrain never dispels the shadows and fog clinging to every single song."

(Doug Wallen-Philadelphia Weekly)

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Music:

Member Since: 24/02/2005
Band Website: www.zeldapinwheel.com
Band Members: James, Brian, Steve, Ralph, Vince
Influences: FOR SALE:

our diamonds so quiet

for safekeeping warm

the laundry room ep

...one tear to this fabric...

Record Label: transparent voice (self releases)... earSnake
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

the Monkey Moo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKrxecAuGc a performance for the nyc fringe festival at the cherry lane theater. james, steve and ralph are hiding off to the side making the sounds of th...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:07:00 GMT

Asbury Lanes 1.31.09

steve and james of zelda pinwheel will be playing this night.Hey we are putting a show on the 31st of jan. its a saturday night. all friends. james is playing that's touchy feely; steve q's new projec...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:09:00 GMT

zelda reunion shows!!!

ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls:it's been a long time since we've played, but we'll be returning shortly two nights only. we'll be at silk city in philadelphia on the 20th of august and then agai...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:50:00 GMT

215 magazine review of 'our diamonds so quiet'

By Rick Sieber excerpts:"Zelda Pinwheel are just as interested in pushing structural boundaries as sonic ones... this Philly/Jersey foursome strings out spidery melodies, shifting ...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:32:00 GMT

’our Diamonds so quiet’ released today!!!

hey, thanks to our good friends at earSnake records, the new zelda pinwheel album is available today!!! it's called 'our Diamonds so quiet' and you can get it by going to http://www.earSnake.com !!! ...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:20:00 GMT

'for safekeeping warm' released

our new record, FOR SAFEKEEPING WARM, is now available online (here or www.zeldapinwheel.com ) and at our upcoming shows. here's what philadelphia weekly's doug wallen had to say:"The shoegazing mood ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:04:00 GMT

reviews and interviews

reviews:review of OUR DIAMONDS SO QUIET, 215 magazine, by rick sieberhttp://www.twoonefivemagazine.com/reviews_detail.cfm/r eview/715/page/1/rcat/2/review of FOR SAFEKEEPING WARM, philadelphia weekly, ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:08:00 GMT

iTunes

we have arrived! now you can search out the pinwheel on iTunes. you can find everything off our last 4 releases except anything over 10 minutes (which to my head count is 6 songs, but that's probably ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:37:00 GMT

upstage interview

On the eve of our release of FOR SAFEKEEPING WARM, upstage magazine has posted a recent interview with steve. check it out here: www.upstagemagazine.com/articles/getarticle-new.php?ID=4238& amp;wherefr...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:02:00 GMT

2006 aSBURY mUSIC aWARDS

zelda pinwheel wins top avant garde band @ the 2006 Asbury Music Awards. thanks to everyone who voted and also for all the support. that's 2 years running. unfortunately we have already had a theft an...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:13:00 GMT