Wild Winter 10 year anniversary gigs

I'm not usually a fan of the looming irritant that is the festive period, however when it involves gigs (like the Slow Club Xmas gigs I was lucky enough to be a part of way back) it lightens the load and this year there are gigs! Smoke Fairies Xmas gigs. 

Firestations have been added to the Jill Lorean gig at the Old Library which is cool, Jill's new album is incredible, you should listen to it right now, and come along to the gigs.

And here's a playlist of some hot new tunes

Jill Lorean at the Old Library

Sonic Tonic proudly presents Jill Lorean at the Old Library, New Cross - 7th Dec

Tickets £8 plus booking from WeGotTickets & Dice

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Doors: 19.30

On debut album This Rock Jill Lorean captured her musical sketches in a three-day burst of

inspiration – mics hung from the ceiling, cracks showing, a document of that exact time and place. It’s follow-up, the sprawling Peace Cult, finds the same trio of Jill Lorean, Andy Monaghan (Frightened Rabbit) and Pete Kelly working with far more space and control, Jill’s fragmented ideas brought together over time, with very deliberate care and attention, with a generous focus on the finer details. 

Formed of eleven new songs, Peace Cult is once again released via Monohands Records, and it makes for a bold new step in Jill Lorean’s career,one that has seen her develop from early success with her band Sparrow & The Workshop, through various projects including Three Queens In Mourning (with Alex Neilson and Alasdair Roberts), Scottish collective Hen Hoose, as well as a rich body of theatre and soundtrack work.

Wych Elm at Goldsmiths

 

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Laura J Martin at the Old Library

 

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Laura J Martin returns with her forthcoming fourth solo album Prepared following the collaborative project 'Wyndow' written with Lavinia Blackwall of Trembling Bells,  released in 2021.  Her previous solo album, On The Never Never, was recorded in Nashville with members of Lambchop, Silver Jews and Jesus Lizard and for Prepared the sonic canvas changes again.  Building her own studio after moving back to Liverpool, Laura found herself drawn to drum machines that wouldn’t stay in time, and a piano with a tuning mind of its own. Prepared is in Laura's words "my composted scrapbook of the last couple of years. I followed where the sounds took me, the sonic train left the station and led me on its merry way.”

A mercurial and bewitching live performer who interweaves layers of vocals, flute, mandolin and electronics; Laura has toured regularly across the UK and Europe and supported acts such as PJ Harvey, Teenage Fanclub, Cate Le Bon and performed and collaborated extensively with Euros Childs. Consistently played and supported by BBC Radio 6 Music DJs such as Marc Riley, Craig Charles, Cerys Matthews, Lauren Laverne, Gideon Coe and Stuart Maconie; 

“An understated marvel” Uncut

“Beautiful and intelligent stuff” The Quietus

"An extremely unique sound, I love the combinations of textures she puts together" 

BBC Radio 6 Music, Lauren Laverne

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