Dan Croll
Feathers, Lorna Dune
Wed, March 20, 2013
Doors: 8:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
$10.00
Tickets Available at the Door
This event is 21 and over
http://www.popgunbooking.com/event/194983/Dan Croll
"There comes a certain risk with publishing 150 gushing words on an artist who's only recorded one song at the time of writing. In the few weeks that this magazine takes to come back from the printers Dan Croll could have flipped from 6Music and Nick Grimshaw-adored cool cat of the minute to bigger flop than Viva Brother. But then, most songs aren't as head-spinningly catchy and nigh on perfect as 'From Nowhere', so we’re willing to take the chance with this one.
Blending (very) subtle 70s rock influences with a psychedelic electro-pop beat, the Liverpudlian artist's debut solo release is a grooving, bouncing, and undeniably massive pop hit that demands your attention and refuses to let go. There is a risk of laying such superlatives on one lone recording, but you get the sense that Dan Croll has plenty more to give." DIY, UK
Blending (very) subtle 70s rock influences with a psychedelic electro-pop beat, the Liverpudlian artist's debut solo release is a grooving, bouncing, and undeniably massive pop hit that demands your attention and refuses to let go. There is a risk of laying such superlatives on one lone recording, but you get the sense that Dan Croll has plenty more to give." DIY, UK
Feathers
FEATHERS comes after a sequence of bands for lead singer Anastasia Dimou. (Her previous band Cruel Black Dove who released two EP's drew high praise from the likes of NME, The Fader and The New York Post.) Moving to Austin from NY in 2011 represented a fresh start. With a unfettered self-possession, FEATHERS' sound represents Dimou with a room of her own.
Calling on her friends for help, the 4-5-piece live band includes Galexy Gehring (Ringo Deathstarr), Destiny Montague (Shock Cinema/Midnight Masses), Courtney Voss (The Vomettes) and Kathleen Carmichael.
Currently two tracks are available as free downloads on the band's website: "Land of the Innocent" and a remix from Maya Postepski (Austra, Trust) of "Dream Song."
Calling on her friends for help, the 4-5-piece live band includes Galexy Gehring (Ringo Deathstarr), Destiny Montague (Shock Cinema/Midnight Masses), Courtney Voss (The Vomettes) and Kathleen Carmichael.
Currently two tracks are available as free downloads on the band's website: "Land of the Innocent" and a remix from Maya Postepski (Austra, Trust) of "Dream Song."
Lorna Dune
Lorna Krier is one of the most versatile young keyboardists in New York performing music from experimental to pop on anything from analog synthesizers to toy pianos to Steinways. Ms. Krier has been described as “a pianist specializing in contemporary music, who has become an expert synthesizer player and is helping break down the boundary between new classical and indie rock” (Lukas Ligeti). Acting as an advocate for new music, she has worked with some of the nation’s finest young composers and performers to create exciting new works.
Since arriving in New York in 2006, she has been a founding member of many ensembles including the chamber-rock ensemble, Victoire, founded by composer Missy Mazzoli, which has been dubbed the “all-star, all-female quintet” (Time Out NY). They released their debut EP, A Door Into the Dark, on eMusic.com in 2009 and their first full-length album, Cathedral City with New Amsterdam Records Fall 2010 to critical acclaim. Lorna Krier has also co-founded the synthesizer project Love Like Deloreans, which released their self-titled EP on Friendly Ghost Recordings in 2009 and have performed throughout New York, Montreal, San Francisco, and Boston at festivals such as the Rooftop Films Festival, Knitting Factory’s NY Eye & Ear, City Sol, Brooklyn Arts Council's "Glitch Generation", Z-Arts! Festival in Zion, Utah, among others. Finally, the most recent project in which Ms. Krier has been initiated as a member is the genre-bending experimental improv group, Kaleidoscope Point, founded by composer-percussionist Lukas Ligeti.
Some highlights for this and recent seasons include the Philip Glass and JoAnne Akalaitis production of “The Bacchae” Shakespeare in the Park 2009, Victoire performance at the Bang on a Can Marathon 2009, a silent film sound exhibit with Victoire and a Composer Showcase featuring Lukas Ligeti both at the Whitney Art Museum, an appearance on the “Wordless Music Series”, two live performances on WNYC’s New Sounds and Soundcheck, MATA Festival 2010 and MATA Interval Series 2009 performances featuring composer Tristan Perich, guest keyboardist for the award-winnning Present Music Ensemble in Milwaukee, WI, Western Vinyl Release party with composer Christopher Tignor, the New Albion Festival at Bard’s Summerscape Series 2008 with the experimental rock group Slow Six, two performances for Rooftop Films Festival, City Sol, and Imagine Science Films Festival. Lorna Krier has also appeared in features in the New York Times, Time Out New York, eMusic, Arthur Magazine, Impose Magazine, Village Voice, Tiny Mix Tapes, Matrixsynth, Opening Ceremony, The Daily Contributor and Brooklyn Vegan.
Since arriving in New York in 2006, she has been a founding member of many ensembles including the chamber-rock ensemble, Victoire, founded by composer Missy Mazzoli, which has been dubbed the “all-star, all-female quintet” (Time Out NY). They released their debut EP, A Door Into the Dark, on eMusic.com in 2009 and their first full-length album, Cathedral City with New Amsterdam Records Fall 2010 to critical acclaim. Lorna Krier has also co-founded the synthesizer project Love Like Deloreans, which released their self-titled EP on Friendly Ghost Recordings in 2009 and have performed throughout New York, Montreal, San Francisco, and Boston at festivals such as the Rooftop Films Festival, Knitting Factory’s NY Eye & Ear, City Sol, Brooklyn Arts Council's "Glitch Generation", Z-Arts! Festival in Zion, Utah, among others. Finally, the most recent project in which Ms. Krier has been initiated as a member is the genre-bending experimental improv group, Kaleidoscope Point, founded by composer-percussionist Lukas Ligeti.
Some highlights for this and recent seasons include the Philip Glass and JoAnne Akalaitis production of “The Bacchae” Shakespeare in the Park 2009, Victoire performance at the Bang on a Can Marathon 2009, a silent film sound exhibit with Victoire and a Composer Showcase featuring Lukas Ligeti both at the Whitney Art Museum, an appearance on the “Wordless Music Series”, two live performances on WNYC’s New Sounds and Soundcheck, MATA Festival 2010 and MATA Interval Series 2009 performances featuring composer Tristan Perich, guest keyboardist for the award-winnning Present Music Ensemble in Milwaukee, WI, Western Vinyl Release party with composer Christopher Tignor, the New Albion Festival at Bard’s Summerscape Series 2008 with the experimental rock group Slow Six, two performances for Rooftop Films Festival, City Sol, and Imagine Science Films Festival. Lorna Krier has also appeared in features in the New York Times, Time Out New York, eMusic, Arthur Magazine, Impose Magazine, Village Voice, Tiny Mix Tapes, Matrixsynth, Opening Ceremony, The Daily Contributor and Brooklyn Vegan.