PLAYLIST: Smokey is Miss World: Performing “Live Through This” by Hole with guest Faith Healer
OCT 24 | Doors at 7:00 PM, Show at 8:00 PM at Lowlands (11208 65 St NW)
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SMOKEY // Listen HERE
SMOKEY (AB) is Nickelas Johnson, a musician and multidisciplinary artist from northern Alberta, Canada. Drawing from lofi anti-folk and garage experiments, he creates a kind of spooky country music. He is joined live and on record by Aaron Parker, Aladean Kheroufi, Gavin Dunn and Paul Arnusch. - taken from their bandcamp (linked above).
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FAITH HEALER // Listen HERE
Faith Healer quietly crystallizes on their new album The Hand That Fits The Glove, reshaping their already approachable pop sound into something even more immediate and invigorating. Core duo of Jessica Jalbert and producer/multi-instrumentalist Renny Wilson invite additional musicians into the picture, adding a live band feel to songs that are refreshing and bright even when gliding over rough emotional edges. Whether presenting airy, optimistic synth pop or mixing chilled out atmospheres with glimmers of soft psychedelia, Faith Healer never overplays their hand. Throughout its various turns, The Hand That Fits The Glove feels consistently cool-headed and congenial, with Jalbert and Wilson guiding us through every carefully considered step of the journey. It’s an album that instantly takes the temperature in the room down by a few degrees, and one that will inspire repeat listenings in hopes of keeping its particular and revivifying vibe going just a little longer. - taken from their Spotify
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HOLE // Listen HERE
Hole was an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1989. It was founded by singer/guitarist Courtney Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson. It had several different bassists and drummers, the most notable being drummer Patty Schemel and bassists Kristen Pfaff (d. 1994) and Melissa Auf der Maur. Hole released a total of four studio albums between two incarnations spanning the 1990s and early-2010s and became one of the most commercially successful rock bands in history fronted by a woman.
Hole received several accolades, including four Grammy Award nominations. They were also commercially successful, selling over three million records in the United States alone, and had a far-reaching influence on contemporary female artists. Music and feminist scholars have also recognized the band as the most high-profile musical group of the 1990s to discuss gender issues in their songs, due to Love's aggressive and violent lyrical content, which often addressed themes of body image, abuse, and sexual exploitation. - taken from Wikipedia
LIVE THROUGH THIS
Hole’s second studio album, released on April 12, 1994, by DGC Records. Recorded in late 1993, it departed from the band's unpolished hardcore aesthetics to more refined melodies and song structure. Courtney Love said that she wanted the record to be "shocking to the people who think that we don't have a soft edge", but maintain a harsh sensibility.
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