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	The American Analog Set - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The American Analog Set or The AmAnSet is an Austin, Texas based United States indie-post-rock pop band.
		The group is led by singer and guitarist Andrew Kenny.
		Their name derives from their preference for analog rather than digital recording media.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_American_Analog_Set (119 words)

	American Analog Set - New Equation 7" (Tiger Style)
		Considering the band's recent singles compilation, Through the 90s, one would expect this new American Analog Set 7" to be worthwhile, as all their previous singles have had great songs and great packaging.
		As a result, the 7"'s cover is an uninspired copy of the album cover, and the vinyl is of such low quality that some of the kids have started to call it a "flexi." Although both songs on the disc are otherwise unreleased, the music (the little of it there is) isn't so hot either.
		Maybe American Analog Set stuck all their remaining decent songs on the singles compilation.
	www.fakejazz.com /reviews/2001/amanset3.shtml (414 words)

	Set Free, The American Analog Set goes nowhere - The Daily Utah Chronicle - A & E
		The members of The American Analog Set prefer recording their albums in the comfort of their own living room.
		There, they recorded Set Free, a remarkably calm album considering that the band just lost their record label-something that would cause any other 10-year-old band to panic or turn to narcotics.
		On this album, The American Analog Set proves that they've perfected their terrific, signature sound-only, they proved that two albums ago.
	www.dailyutahchronicle.com /news/2005/09/23/AE/Set-Free.The.American.Analog.Set.Goes.Nowhere-996622.shtml (273 words)

	Mundane Sounds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first time I heard American Analog Set was on a country road driving home to Dallas from Austin with Andy Young, the drummer from Lift to Experience.
		The principle behind music like American Analog Set is this: begin with one thing, change it just a little bit four measures later, change something else four measures later, and in several minutes you’ve got an entirely different song going on.
		This is one of American Analog Set’s best releases to date, but don’t expect to be immediately overwhelmed by how wonderful it is. That’s not American Analog Set's way.
	www.mundanesounds.com /printview.php?id=219 (508 words)

	Junkmedia: An interview with the American Analog Set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Since forming in Texas in 1995, the American Analog Set have come close to releasing an album a year, while building up a faithful fan base that reaches far beyond the borders of their home state.
		If the EP—which features two new American Analog Set songs, one of which is a Her Space Holiday cover, and four remixes—isn't exactly cohesive, it's certainly diverse.
		Although a stark contrast to the four click-hopped and glitched-out remixes, the two songs performed by the American Analog Set provide a frame of reference, making the EP accessible to listeners who may be less familiar with the group—something most remixes fail to do.
	www.junkmedia.org /?i=259 (802 words)

	The American Analog Set - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
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		The American Analog Set was formed in Ft. Worth, sometime in 1995.
		In 2001 American Analog Set released what MOJO called "their forth and finest album" entitled Know By Heart on Tiger Style Records.
	music.download.com /amanset/3600-8591_32-100064442.html (508 words)

	SOUTHERN \| american analog set > biography
		The American Analog Set was formed in Fort Worth, sometime in 1995.
		American Analog Set return to Europe for more dates this Summer, and to celebrate they are releasing Updates, a mini album of remixed and reworked songs.
		And for the grand finale, American Analog Set offers up two never released (and newly recorded) tracks of their own.
	www.southern.com /southern/band/AMANS/biog.html (524 words)

	The American Analog Set: Set Free - PopMatters Music Review
		The American Analog Set are the indie rock equivalent of a stage whisper.
		Set Free is an entire disc of quiet, gentle, and pleasant music.
		The American Analog Set have discovered what they do well: brief, general lyrics that vaguely allude to people and stuff (junk like that) backed by whispered vocals and simple instrumentation.
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/a/americananalogset-setfree.shtml (882 words)

	American Analog Set - Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A couple of American Analog Set fan sites have merged into a single new site called Amansetnews - that and the official website are the best places to go...
		The official American Analog Set site is up and running but is already out of date and doesn't appear to have a news page.
		The American Analog Set/Explosions In The Sky mailing list is still alive and kicking (although I haven't been paying too much attention to that lately either!) and is probably the best way fo keeping up-to-date with Amanset goings on - it's also a valuable tool for discovering other great music.
	www.grange85.co.uk /amanset/index.php (775 words)

	sfweekly.com \| Music \| The American Analog Set \| 2005-09-21 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The American Analog Set's latest full-length, Set Free, should provide the score to some pretty quintessential autumn moments this year: the donning of new sweaters, the anticipation of kisses on the quad, first leaves falling, nostalgia for the summer's laughter and sunlight.
		Set Free, like all AAS records, realizes what the sounds of rock instruments whispering are, favoring repetitive, hypnotic instrumental passages and words sung so quietly you can hear the breath rubbing against Kenny's lungs before it exits his mouth.
		The sparse accents of the brush-hit drums, low-register organs, and slow-blooming guitars set an intimate, moody tone.
	www.sfweekly.com /Issues/2005-09-21/music/reviewed.html (195 words)

	American Analog Set: Know by Heart: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The American Analog Set make the kind of music that wraps around you like a home-knit sweater-- the sleeves may be a little irregular, but the elements can't get you.
		Low, Seely, and the New Year played through a pillow are good points of reference for the American Analog Set, but over the course of four albums and a rarities compilation, the band has grown far too unique to bare direct comparisons.
		Instead, the American Analog Set create quietly engaging hymns that make you want to pay attention.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/a/american-analog-set/know-by-heart.shtml (474 words)

	Waterloo Records - The American Analog Set : The Golden Band (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		However American Analog Set distinguishes itself with longer, traditionally timed songs and Farfisa accompanied melodies.^On "The Wait," handclaps signal the end of the song, with Stone Roses-era simplicity.
		American Analog Set's Brit-pop influences wink at Ride's spacious pop and furtively wave at The Verve's orchestrations.
		A piano begins the following suite of three songs, "New Drifters I," "II," and "III," evolving into an organ, which then turns into a guitar-based storyline, proving that the subtleties of composition are paramount in this band's songwriting.
	www.buymusichere.net /rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=13&upc=03617284282 (236 words)

	Fort Worth Weekly Online -- fwweekly.com \| Music \| American Analog Set
		Yet after about two minutes of high-note hypnosis (and as we anxiously await the sonic boom), American Analog Set's Promise of Love turns the corner on us.
		A tambourine chimes in from left field, and keyboardist Lisa Roschmann's sedative whirrrrrs mark the beginning of a string of breezy ballads, perfect to lock and load in the c.d.
		Still, the sounds of American Analog Set will complement any c.d.
	www.fwweekly.com /issues/2003-07-09/listenup2.html (214 words)

	THE AMERICAN ANALOG SET - SXSW 2000 INTERVIEW
		The annual South by Southwest Music Conference took place last week (March 15-19) in Austin, Texas and I had the pleasure of attending a very unique concert at Emo's in the Austin Downtown district by a really slow and quiet band called 'The American Analog Set'.
		Band members Andrew Kenny and Lee Gillespie talked with me Dey Martin of 'Pop Up Radio' outside the convention hall while street musicians were playing quietly in the background.
		This is The American Analog Set and your from Austin?
	www.popupradio.net /american_analog_set.htm (800 words)

	American Analog Set - Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free and Legal MP3 Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Nothing about their songs feels indulgent, as so often seems to be the case with groups working the slow and quiet indie pop tip, and that proves very refreshing.
		The American Analog Set keeps the tempos moderate and steady, skating lightly across the surface of your consciousness with a winning mixture of soft, carefully considered vocals, warm dreamy guitars, a languid rhythm section, and occasional gentle ripples of organ.
		Since forming from the ashes of a group called Electric Company back in 1994, the American Analog Set has been recording records at a fairly steady rate, issuing three on Emperor Jones Records before moving on to Tiger Style, which put out their beautifully low-key album Know By Heart in 2001.
	www.epitonic.com /artists/americananalogset.html (400 words)

	The American Analog Set
		The Texan kids in The American Analog Set breathe deep the hot Southwestern air and breathe out icy smoke.
		The changes the band has made are small but stunning, adding a phalanx of vibraphone, Eno-like piano and hardly noticeable cello to the quavering mix.
		That same Farfisa organ, held happily at one note in previous settings, now sounds restless and strained on the four-part "New Drifters," buzzing behind like a swarm of bees or Manzarek droning behind Morrison on "Waiting For The Sun." Ultimately, it’s that California jazz that defines Golden Band.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/080599/mus.dq3.shtml (199 words)

	Delusions of Adequacy Concerts - American Analog Set, Certainly, Sir, The Burning Paris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The crowd was mellow, gently bobbing heads in time with the mid-tempo tunes, but seemed to appreciate what it was seeing, which was largely instrumental soundscapes spattered with repeated and overly emotional lines like “I will be there for you, she said” and “You have ruined everything” that occasionally came off as a bit whiny.
		The beautiful “In Ruins” was a definite highlight, setting a somber tone that would soon be smacked upside the head.
		I missed part of the set thanks to my bumping into an old acquaintance from college whom I hadn’t seen in a couple of years, but so it goes.
	www.adequacy.net /music/concerts/s1.shtml (716 words)

	Review: From Our Living Room to Yours, American Analog Set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If ever there was a way to bottle that feeling for repeat visits, it's the music of American Analog Set.
		While the instrument is making a big comeback among bands that use it as a revved-up noisemaker, AmAnaSet's Farfisa sets itself back and steers the ship with a slow and steady tiller.
		The song title, "Using the Hope Diamond as a Doorstop," one of the many great titles on this album, may just be the best way to sum up American Analog Set -- complete beauty, working in the humblest ways and utterly flawless.
	www.metrotimes.com /music/rr/17/rr50analog.html (374 words)

	Willamette Week - Rock Preview - Analog Set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For its current tour, the American Analog Set has added an extra musician, Shawn O'Keefe, a multi-instrumentalist who'll mostly play guitar.
		Quiet and low-key, the American Analog Set has released three albums in the past two years: The Fun of Watching Fireworks; the follow-up full-length From Our Living Room to Yours; and an EP, Late One Sunday and the Following Morning.
		Unfortunately, the band not only has to confront the stereotypes associated with its home state, but the notion that because it combines analog synthesizers with guitars and gentle vocals, it's simply a Stereolab knock-off.
	www.wweekarchive.com /analogset121097.html (795 words)

	Luna Kafé - The American Analog Set: Know By Heart
		And yet there must be something simple that keeps me grounded, keeps me at my roots, even if they are a different color other than fl as a heart, as the other denizens of the city still and course about me, down the veins of Broadway.
		I mean, don't I know The American Analog Set, whose latest is now blaring over the in-house speakers, whispering over the rafters of the loft space?
		So back I go to leaning over the counter, gobbling some popcorn, flirting with the little art students that come by for coffee, enjoying bachelorhood and the last of the warm weather and gentle notes as the CD spins to an end.
	www.lunakafe.com /moon62/ustx62.php (523 words)

	American Analog Set - Promise of Love - Review on Shmat Records
		Although I purchased this CD months ago when it came out, the review of it has been kicking around in my head for awhile but just has never come out onto paper.
		American Analog Set (that's Amanset for those in the know) presents 8 tracks of well constructed and smart post rock tunes for the perpetually somnambulent.
		Never known for jarring listeners over their near 10 year history, Amanset cultivates its crop of followers carefully with brooding melodies that jell perfectly with droning keyboards and guitar lines.
	www.shmat.com /reviews.php?page=detail&rev=81 (797 words)

	American Analog Set Reviews
		Fortunately, Texan new wave rockers the American Analog Set are wise to this: the sleeve to Know by Heart--featuring two guitar leads, loosely coiled into a heart shape--smartly points out that there's a very human warmth in the depths of this circuitry.
		As it happens, for the most part, Know by Heart is a pretty relaxed take on rock experimentalism: AAF seem intrigued by the prospect of crafting pretty nuggets of tune out of the most atypical building blocks--drone, repetition, feedback, and a studied and a largely successful restraint.
		The American Analog Set succeed because they put the songs--and a whole lotta love--right at the center of their design.
	www.iq451.com /music/american-analog-set.htm (480 words)

	The American Analog Set - Promise of Love - Stylus Magazine
		American Analog Set’s fifth full-length release has a familiar palette of indie-rock influences: Galaxie 500, Velvet Underground, Yo La Tengo and My Bloody Valentine being the most apparent.
		This is a group that likes to take its time: guitars are strummed tenderly while organs wheeze gently in the background.
		The only real duff cut is penultimate track "Fool Around", a tuneless, overlong attempt to hypnotise the listener where for once American Analog Set’s lovingly crafted music outstays its welcome.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /review.php?ID=58 (506 words)

	Indie-pop: American Analog Set in Hamtramck - 10/28/03
		Although Texas has a thriving country scene, cities such as Austin and Dallas are fostering a growing indie scene as well.
		Case in point: American Analog Set hails from Texas, which has been diligently plugging away during the last eight years and is fast becoming a worthwhile member of the national-indie community.
		The band performs with Lion Fever, Bluebird and Dios at 8 tonight at Small's, 10339 Conant St. in Hamtramck.
	www.detnews.com /2003/bestbets/0310/28/e04-309349.htm (101 words)

	Splendid Magazine reviews American Analog Set: Set Free
		As Set Free demonstrates, the band has grown musically while retaining the core identity their fans love -- wry, smart lyrics and mellow rhythms.
		"Sharp Briar", one of Set Free's highlights, is a bit more uptempo, but still very much in keeping with the album's overall moodiness.
		It remains to be seen whether this is the record for which American Analog Set's fans have been waiting a decade, but Set Free is definitely one of the most consistent, mature albums they've made to date.
	www.splendidmagazine.com /review.html?reviewid=1125312745570953 (348 words)

	NPR : AMERICAN ANALOG SET
		All Things Considered, January 8, 1998 · Jacki talks with Andrew "Kenny" Kenny, who plays guitar, sings and writes songs for an Austin, Texas quartet called The American Analog Set.
		Kenny says the band records on older analog equipment to achieve a warm and rich sound that cannot be achieved through digital recording.
		He believes the band's mellow sound is a reaction to some loud, aggressive music of the past few years.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1036845 (180 words)

	BBC - collective - the american analog set 'set free'
		Occasionally, murmuring singer, Andrew Kenny, gets buried in the mix but shimmering guitars, brushed snare drums and dulcet vibes will ensnare you pleasantly even as you scrutinize the lyric sheet.
		The American Analog Set - Set Free, released 05 September 05 on Morr Music.
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	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A5465720 (217 words)

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