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Fri 17th The Luminaire presents ALICE TEXAS + Screamer On The Hill + The Slow - Doors 8.00, £6 via WeGotTickets Now, this is special. Alice Texas comes to you through hell and high water by way of New York City. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Alice Schneider brings you to a dark and beautiful place with her haunting lyrics and aching voice. A native New Yorker, she rides through the oppressively small towns and dry prairies of her imagination searching for love and redemption. Partners in crime, guitarist Peter Mavrogeorgis (The Vanity Set) and drummer Douglas Hodges (ex-The Mooney Suzuki) aid and abet in painting the rich, burnt songscapes. Now, just read the press: "Glorious and melancholic, the romantically driven viewpoints of these fine desert soundscapes suggests that Schneider is a woman who knows the hurt of a broken heart. Beautiful and hypnotic, like Mazzy Star undegoing relationship counseling." [NME] Or this from Mojo: "A voice somewhere between P.J. Harvey and Sinead O'Connor and a band that sound like serious Calexico and David Lynch Fans - there are lots of desert moments and dramatic Wild At Heart guitars; lots of dramatic everything in fact. Dark, atmospheric insurgent country with the odd gentle ballad. Don't miss this. No really; don't. We're not kidding. You'll regret it. Main support comes fom Screamer On The Hill, a bluesy, funky cowboy rock 'n' roll band on one hand and a fine blues-folk acoustic act on the other. This six piece group utilise a wide range of interesting instrumentation including violin, sax and the occasional accordion and ukulele. First on are The Slow and their lo-fi alt blues and folk. RSS |
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