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The Cave Singers
- http://www.myspace.com/thecavesingers
- Here is the mystery of Seattle's Cave Singers: They never listened to much folk music, they never intended to play folk music, and more importantly, their guitarist never picked up the instrument until recently. Yet, this strange trio is writing and performing some of the most hypnotizing folk music we have today. One listen to Invitation Songs, however, and you're ready to call bullshit on them. It sounds like an updated version of the Anthology of American Folk Music. Not the graduate-student, learned interpretations of folk music circa 1962, but folk music approached by way of punk rock. It's sparse, melodic, creepy, and alluring, like the widow mourning graveside in Johnny Cash's Long Black Veil. Guitarist Derek Fudesco's bottom-end acoustic work sounds like Mississippi John Hurt's soft, rolling finger plucks. Singer Pete Quirk's appealingly nasal voice simultaneously echoes Arlo Guthrie and a mosquito's buzz. And drummer Marty Lund plays like he's slapping a newspaper on a kitchen table. - Brian J. Barr, Matador Records
Love As Laughter
- http://www.myspace.com/loveaslaughter
- http://www.loveaslaughter.net/
- Following the 1994 dissolution of indie-pop cult faves Lync, singer/guitarist Sam Jayne formed the lo-fi solo project Love as Laughter, self-releasing a pair of cassettes (an eponymous effort and Clear Sky = Blue Dye) before issuing The Greks Bring Gifts on K in 1996. #1 USA followed in 1998, heralding the additions of guitarist Jessica Espeleta and ex-Lync drummer Dave Schneider; Destination 2000, Love as Laughter's Sub Pop debut, appeared a year later.
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Mercury Lounge
217 E. Houston St. (corner Ave A & Houston)
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212–260–4700
Hours: Mon–Sat, Noon–7 pm
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Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 N. 6th St. (b/w Wythe & Kent)
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718–486–5400
Hours: Saturday 11am–6pm
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