Local Music and Art
Adam Svec plays lo-fi Midwest pop music that leans hard on lyrics and melodies. Taking advantage of the peaks and valleys of tremolo, as well as the patience of reverb, Svec makes good use of the sonic space offered through old guitars and amplifiers. Joining him are LOTT and Graham O’Brien.
7th Street Entry. Tuesday, November 10. 7:30pm. $5.00. 18+.
A smash triple bill featuring Peter Wolf Crier, whose new album Plum Slump is due August 25; Matt Latterell, celebrating the release of new album Phase & Field; and an opening set from chamber folk violinist/vocalist LOTT (Leah Ottman).
After I first heard LOTT perform in early 2014, one of my initial coherent thoughts was, “if I were a record label, I’d sign her.” Everything Leah Ottman and her music embodies is pure magic, and as someone in the music industry, it would be an honor to represent someone so talented and genuine. But alas, I do not run a record label at the moment. However, in a stroke of luck for all involved, there exists a local entity known as The Homestead Records, who had the same idea. You might have heard of them. [Read more…] about Interview – Homestead Records: Keeping in mind what matters most, “we love making music, we love the music our artists make”
WE ARE THE WILLOWS, THE AWFUL TRUTH, LOTT, and A.M. STRYKER
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CAMP DARK:
Camp Dark’s first offering, Nightmare In A Day, (or Beware the Night) started as a collection of song skeletons composed by Adam Svec and Graham O’Brien. The meat on the bones was added by a list of wonderful players (see the list of contributors). The arrangement of the limbs, direction of the hair, and shade of the makeup was largely generated and organized by O’Brien.
The combination of the heavy lyrical content settled against a gorgeous sonic landscape reminiscent of Radiohead’s “Let Down” or Bjork’s”Yoga” makes for a musical experience that will have the audiophiles reaching for their headphones and the motorists choosing the long way home.
Contributors (in alphabetical order): Dan Choma, Matt Friesen, deVon Russell Gray, John Keston, Matt Leavitt, Robert Mulrennan, Casey O’Brien, Chris Salter.
THE STARFOLK:
The Starfolk began as a chance for Brian Tighe(The Hang Ups) to develop new material with his wife and collaborator Allison LaBonne (The Owls, Typsy Panthre); and to work again with fellow Hang Ups co-founder Stephen Ittner.
With his new material Tighe wanted to draw from the foundation that had launched The Hang Ups to the forefront of the Minneapolis music scene years before. What had evolved in his songwriting was a lyrical maturity, and a darker, more urgent and experimental sonic palette. This experimental attitude found its perfect complement in cellist Jacqueline Ultan (Jelloslave, Saltee), who was invited to join them for their first radio performance.
LOTT:
LOTT is the solo project of Minneapolis musician Leah Ottman (We Are The Willows, Better Bones, and batteryboy). The music project of LOTT started as a desire to express her creativity and love for the violin by merging the two worlds of classical and contemporary music.
The core inspiration for LOTT’s compositions is the Romantic Period of classical music. The chordalstructures, intervals, and melodies heard throughout her songs are reminiscent of those used by AntoninDvorak, Alexander Borodin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, French Impressionist composer, Maurice Ravel, and then condensed into pop songs. She explores the range on her violin by utilizing a looping pedal and similar techniques employed by looping violinist pioneers, Andrew Bird, Kishi Bashi, and Owen Pallet.
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