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Thu 16th VPMG presents ALELA DIANE + Guests
Doors 7.30 “Accompanied mostly by her acoustic guitar, Alela Diane Menig sings stark, ghostly folk. She’s already flaunting a large, lived-in growl flavored by antediluvian blues and jazz inflections." [Spin] Portland, Oregon singer songwriter Alela Diane hails from the deep woods and winding rivers of Northern California Gold Rush town Nevada City. Alela grew up singing songs with her parents (both musicians) and performing in the school choir and, during a stay in San Francisco in 2003, she began teaching herself guitar and writing her first songs, blending tense, trance-like arpeggios, with warm, thick vocals and meditative lyrics about family and nature. Her debut album ‘The Pirate’s Gospel’ is a powerful document of personal reevaluation and renewal set against the backdrop of generations past and future, mothers and fathers, life, death, and birth.
“Alela Diane's dread-filled song ‘The Rifle’ finds a powerful metaphor for feminine sexuality in a story of home invasion, effectively rewriting Neil Young's ‘Powderfinger’ from the daughter's perspective. Over a precisely plucked guitar that sounds both solemn and skittish, her grave intonations and the ominous backing vocals imply violence occurring just beyond her words." [Pitchfork] |
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