Indie Sounds NY & Austin

Featured Act For June/July: Leslie Mendelson Makes A Pop Record

Leslie Mendelson has come a fair way since I first heard her sing at Cafe 111 in Brooklyn, and also since Indie Sounds wrote about her band Emma Peel in (print) issue #4. Over the past couple of years, she's been delighting an expanding fan base with some killer songs, at shows at the likes of Rockwood Music Hall.  And we were told a new album was coming, and coming, and coming ... Finally, it is here, and it's a winner. Indie Sounds caught up with her as she's beginning to promote it on the road ...

 

Indie Sounds: Your new album, Swan Feathers, was released last week. What should your fans expect?

Eleanor Up To 1,000 Airplanes

Photos by Beth Oliver

According to an email from the lady herself the other day, Eleanor Whitmore is now producing a further 100 of her Airplanes CD, bringing the total in existence to 1,000.



Eleanor hand paints and signs each CD. And, in case you were wondering, it sounds great too.  Check out this interview with Eleanor.

And you can purchase the record is on iTunes and CD Baby.

Kendall's Hit List: Teddy Thompson

Kendall's Hit Tip: Where to Go From Here

www.teddythompson.com
www.myspace.com/teddythompsonmusic

Stop by the Rockwood and say hello to Kendall, as she's missing Pete!

Read Kendall's Hit List here every Wednesday.

MilkDrive CD Release Show Tonight @ Fiddler's Green Music Shop

MilkDrive is an Austin-based alt-folk-progressive acoustic string band, or so the press release for the show tells it.  Milkdrive Live '09 is the CD, and - also as the PR goes - it's a live album that captures the band's soulful, textural, multi-layer mix of rhythms, tempos, flavors, downbeats and improvisation; with fingers flying at "unbelievable" speed, original tunes that go beyond extraordinary and "impeccable" arrangements.

The show is at Fiddler's Green Music Shop, 7pm, for just $10.  Well worth it, I'd say.

GigApple Alert: Dan Torres Rockwood Residency Begins Thursday

Dan Torres will be at the Rockwood every Thursday in July, 10pm.  Shows will include guests Casey Shea, Bess Rogers, Martin Rivas and Emily Hope Price.

Pete's Weekend Picks: Kate and Trixie

For Austin:



Kate Schutt - from Canada - is at Momo's tonight at 8pm.  And at Lamberts tomorrow with Kat Edmonson and Suzanna Choffel.

For NYC:


Photo by De Morgen

Trixie Whitley is at Rockwood tonight at 11pm.  Later this month she's off to Europe.

Violent Kin Rocked Fontana's For Canada Day

From Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Violent Kin kicked off their NYC shows last night with a killer performance at Fontana's to celebrate Canada Day.

Read "Five Minutes" with Maygen here.

Violent Kin are back at Fontana's the month on the 8th and 16th, at Trash on the 27th, and at Arlene's on the 30th.

Oh, and for you yanks, your day of stupidity is on Saturday.

Kendall's Hit List: Film Noir

Kendall's Hit Tip: It's Goodbye

www.myspace.com/wearefilmnoir

Kendall may be on vacation this week, but stop by the Rockwood anyway.

Read Kendall's Hit List here every Wednesday.

Cross Pollination Tonight = The Royal Chains + The Fieros

Gritty gutsy music meets energetic angry guitar work.  Piano's.  More info here.

GigApple Alert: Margot Blanche @ Arlene's on Wednesday

Margot is on at 11pm on Wednesday at Arlene's.  Take along the GigApple listing to receive a free copy of her album Pages In My Diary.