Famous Class is a team of artists and musicians based in Brooklyn, NY who have been collaborating on projects since 2003. Known both as an art collective and as an independent record label, Famous Class has slowly built up an impressive catalog of unique and handmade CDs, EPs, DVDs, comics, shirts and zines. Famous Class releases are distinctive and immediately recognizable; CDs, DVDs, and comics are frequently packaged together in a style and format that reflects the spirit of the clubs, galleries and house parties from which they originated.
Anthem magazine described Famous Class as, 'a collective with one hand on Prince's knee and another in Jack Kirby's pocket'. Famous Class artists share a classical pop sensibility which is sometimes expressed clearly and cleanly, and sometimes expressed obliquely or entirely obscured by the aesthetics of noisy, experimental, art-rock. Vice magazine wrote, 'This is exactly what I always hoped all those Paper Rad/Load bands would sound like...casual little guitar melodies with broken-y keyboards and extended Cosby Show samples'. 2009 will see significant activity for Famous Class with the bands Snakes Say Hisss!, Darlings, Boogie Boarder, and Huxtables all slated to release full-length albums early in the year. Check famousclass.com for updates, tour info, and downloads.
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