Holly Golightly Album Out October 14! New Tour Announced!
Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, the London-based duo of Holly and Lawyer Dave, will cross the Atlantic soon after the October 14 release of their new album, Dirt Don’t Hurt (Transdreamer Records). In addition to preparing for their 27-city U.S. tour, which starts on November 6 in the Washington, DC area and runs through a December 11 finale in Atlanta. The full list of dates is below…
TOUR DATES:
11/6 – IOTA Club, Arlington VA (Washington DC area)
11/7 – Mercury Lounge, NY NY
11/8 – M Room, Philadelphia PA
11/10 – Middle East, Cambridge MA
11/11 – La Sala Rossa, Montreal CANADA
11/12 – Legendary Horseshoe, Toronto CANADA
11/13 – Magic Stick, Detroit MI
11/14 – Beachland Tavern, Cleveland OH
11/15 – Subterranean, Chicago IL
11/16 – Cafe Montmartre, Madison WI
11/17 – 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis MN
11/18 – Jackpot Saloon, Lawrence KS
11/19 – Larimer Lounge, Denver CO
11/21 – Kilby Court, Salt Lake City UT
11/22 – Neurolux, Boise ID
11/23 – Chop Suey, Seattle WA
11/24 – Red Room, Kennewick WA
11/25 – Biltmore, Vancouver BC CANADA
11/26 – Doug Fir Lounge, Portland OR
11/28 – Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco CA
11/29 – Spaceland, Los Angeles CA
12/01 – Casbah, San Diego CA
12/03 – Plush Tucson AZ
12/05 – House Of Blues/Pontiac Garage, Dallas TX
12/06 – Emo’s, Austin TX
12/07 – House Of Blues, Houston TX
12/09 – Hi-Tone Cafe, Memphis TN
12/10 – The End, Nashville TN
12/11 – The Earl, Atlanta GA
Jennifer O’Connor – Here With Me
Just a smattering of Alanis Morrisette in this lady’s voice,rather mellower and less angsty however,than she.Poppy and melodic,this is a nice easy album to listen to.As always with indie music,there is more under the top layer,so to speak,than first appears,and this album is no exception.With mostly acoustic guitar accompaniment,this collection of songs is a mixed bag,songs of love and extreme loss,honesty and dishonesty…..
The Church And The River is rather moving,sung against organ,drums and electric guitar,somewhat ponderous,but a very direct and simple song.
Always In Your Mind is a favourite of mine,a folky wistful ballad,with some pleasant keyboards sewn in to the song and some harmonica too.A cool song to play in the car,as is Daylight Out,which could be a great single release,if anyone from Jennifer’s record label is reading this?
I can recommend this lovely album,but there is a slightly depressing air somewhere in it.Don’t let that put you off,it is worth a place in the music scene.
There is a powerful personal message in all these songs.
by Juliet Robertson
School Of Seven Bells – Alpinisms
School Of Seven Bells was found by Benjamin Curtis in 2007. Benjamin was in Secret Machines but he left the band focus solely on this project. The rest of the band is made up Alejandra and Claudia Deheza. The ladies were previously in On! Air! Library! So, the band has a lot of indie pedigree to work with so they already have a leg up. They released a single a single back last summer that we really enjoyed around here but not to many things followed after that. The album reminded me a lot of A Sunny Day In Glasgow’s record “A Mundane Phonecall to Jack Parsons” but School of Seven Bells does tend to play with a little more song structure.
The record gets off to a strong start with “Iamundernodisguise.” The track features a dueling/repeating vocal behind a delicate and subdued wall of Ben Curtis guitars. They just play in the background and let all the attention go to the vocals. “Face To Face On High Places” has this very tribal intro to the track that sets up this perfect mood. The song develops into a lofty and surreal track with some of the most tender and beautiful vocals you will hear all year. “Half Asleep” is another track that follows on the appeal of the previous but with a little more structure. The track will close out a lot of mix CDs this year, well its probably more playlists now. “Wired For Light” is a welcomed change of pace on the album. The band shake things up with a track that has a tighter beat behind it with that shows incremental growth to a finish that just slowly fades away and you never really want to see it end.
“Connjur” is another track that sounds so familiar at times it is oddly comforting to listen to. The Deheza sisters both have a very gorgeous delivery and styles to their sound. It is another one of those tracks that when you listen you immediately get lost it and it could go on. “Sempiternal/Amaranth” is an eleven minute plus monster that I was happy to see the song not placed as the last track on the album.
“Alpinisms” is an album that goes along at such a fast pace that you really get lost in the mix. The songs flow between each other. The record has a lot of high moments that will be remembered for a long time here. As the year is starting to twiddle on down this is making a strong case for some end of the year notice.
By John Siwicki