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Sunday, February 19
Pillows
Dena Connelly (Giant Value)
Linda Moody (Excuses for Skipping)
8:00 pm
free
Their favorite color is bitter sweet. From the ashes of Oakland's Run
for Cover Lovers rises an urban folk, pop-like duo called Pillows.
Jessica Cowley & Julia Shirar switch up the instrumentation to include
a spare but driving mix of guitar, bass, drums, electronic gadgets and
found instruments. The result is a sonic landscape that compliments
and complains beneath lush harmonies and straight ahead gritty vocals.
"Where weak-kneed and headstrong meet, Oakland duo, Pillows stake
their claim. Sepia-toned guitar rolls over the bewitching, slightly
twangy vocal landscape like melancholy tumbleweed--not desolate, just
simple. Stripped-bare melodies wander through modes of naïve bubblegum
pop, campfire folk, raunchy rock, and snarly punk, never staying long
enough to call any place home. Tenderly stark like an old bedtime
story, Pillows are dreamy, not sleepy."
Chicago Reader
www.pillowsmusic.com
As front lady of local indie pop trio Giant Value, Dena Connolly
stands on her toes, and plays with moxie. Solo, aka "Lesser Value,"
Dena plays guitar, piano and some ukulele; the songs are still tightly
wound and full of hooks. Listen to this to be reminded that everything
is eternally beautiful and all right.
www.giantvalue.net
Linda Moody of excuses for skipping opens the show...she's awesome.
www.excusesforskipping.com
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Monday, February 20
Octomutt
Valerie Esway
8:00 pm
free
"OCTOMUTT are Ted Savarese and Ashley Adams and they weave
meandering guitars and slinking loops with an easygoing anchor of
standup bass. There's a definite down home, earthy feel to
Octomutt's music -- seeming very casual and off the cuff -- however
an occasional detour into more trippy, eccentric territory is
certainly not out of the question."
Aquarius Records
www.octomutt.com
"Sounding in parts like a girlier, post-modern Lucinda or a more
trailer-park Indigo Girl, Val Esway flirts with everything from
hillbilly to ballad to blues and does so very convincingly."
Americana UK
www.staggeringsiren.com
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Pillows
Dena Connelly (Giant Value)
Linda Moody (Excuses for Skipping)
8:00 pm
free
Their favorite color is bitter sweet. From the ashes of Oakland's Run
for Cover Lovers rises an urban folk, pop-like duo called Pillows.
Jessica Cowley & Julia Shirar switch up the instrumentation to include
a spare but driving mix of guitar, bass, drums, electronic gadgets and
found instruments. The result is a sonic landscape that compliments
and complains beneath lush harmonies and straight ahead gritty vocals.
"Where weak-kneed and headstrong meet, Oakland duo, Pillows stake
their claim. Sepia-toned guitar rolls over the bewitching, slightly
twangy vocal landscape like melancholy tumbleweed--not desolate, just
simple. Stripped-bare melodies wander through modes of naïve bubblegum
pop, campfire folk, raunchy rock, and snarly punk, never staying long
enough to call any place home. Tenderly stark like an old bedtime
story, Pillows are dreamy, not sleepy."
Chicago Reader
www.pillowsmusic.com
As front lady of local indie pop trio Giant Value, Dena Connolly
stands on her toes, and plays with moxie. Solo, aka "Lesser Value,"
Dena plays guitar, piano and some ukulele; the songs are still tightly
wound and full of hooks. Listen to this to be reminded that everything
is eternally beautiful and all right.
www.giantvalue.net
Linda Moody of excuses for skipping opens the show...she's awesome.
www.excusesforskipping.com
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Monday, February 20
Octomutt
Valerie Esway
8:00 pm
free
"OCTOMUTT are Ted Savarese and Ashley Adams and they weave
meandering guitars and slinking loops with an easygoing anchor of
standup bass. There's a definite down home, earthy feel to
Octomutt's music -- seeming very casual and off the cuff -- however
an occasional detour into more trippy, eccentric territory is
certainly not out of the question."
Aquarius Records
www.octomutt.com
"Sounding in parts like a girlier, post-modern Lucinda or a more
trailer-park Indigo Girl, Val Esway flirts with everything from
hillbilly to ballad to blues and does so very convincingly."
Americana UK
www.staggeringsiren.com
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