The Local
January 31st
Featuring Silje Ness + Mariee Sioux + Fanni Risberg + Hotplate
Silje Nes: Brimful of character, (her album) Ame’s Room drifts from upbeat dream pop to more introspective and abstract numbers, recalling the homespun beauty of The Pastels and Pram. Stool Pigeon
Similarities to the lo fi recordings of CocoRosie and the beautiful, textured atmospherics of Colleen are clear, but Nes’s distinctive vocals and intuitive methods of composition are spiked with her own character. The Wire
Songs such as Drown, built around a basic guitar arpeggio, the sleepy, pretty Dizzy Street and the unexpectedly limber Giant Disguise are like half-dreamt Polly Harvey demos. Her refreshingly unconcerned style is the ideal antidote to the current fashion for setting diaries to music. Times Online
Mariee Sioux: Nevada City-based songwriter Mariee Sioux spits piney rhymes over oaken-tuned acoustic plucking. Her twilight narratives detail encounters with ghosts, myriad woodland creatures, and her mom. But with a voice that bends around the branches with more flexibility than her fellow folk-nymphs, you couldn't pick a better guide for your night-hike. Jennifer Maerz, SF Weekly
Mariee Sioux was a delight, an amazingly poetic and telling lyricist, and she seemed to be the den mother of the pack, delicately plucking and strumming an acoustic with her eyes closed. LA Record
Fanni Risberg
Hotplate: Iain Chambers started playing guitar in Southampton aged 17. He didn't hear John Fahey's music until much later, after being introduced to it by a friend. Catching up with the Takoma roster helped him define the idea of solo guitar.
Discovering Fahey led him to blues men like Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Son House and Blind Willie Mitchell. He particularly admired Charlie Patton's use of slide - how his music seemed focused and aggressive.
Chambers sent a demo to Resonance FM's Glass Shrimp Show in summer 2005, resulting in a live session in October. His first official release followed on WiW in early 2006. It received glowing reviews in magazines like The Wire, and was singled out for praise by the best UK record shops.
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