[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Help organizing this show? [Fwd: Booking help for Thorn & Shout (members of Squinch Owl) on October 16th?]

Wed Sep 12 12:24:01 UTC 2012

I am down with being around the Brick to help set up and do the event.

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Nathan Stickel
<incoherentnickle at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Hey, Jordan Chu said he could make it happen. I talked to Salem, and he
> said he might like to play, and would contact Jordan about it. So, woo!
>
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Alison <beautyofsilence at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> They initially contacted me about the show but that is only a few days
>> before I leave for tour so I'm gonna be running around like a chicken with
>> my head cut off. if anyone can help them they are awesome and fun people!
>>
>> Maybe someone with contacts at the yerb or bainbridge house could forward
>> them there? idk. wish i could help but i really cant.
>>
>> alison self
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:59 AM, The Flying Brick Library <
>> TheFlyingBrick at riseup.net> wrote:
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>>> Hey y'all, I don't think I have the energy to book this, but it sounds
>>> really awesome, and I think its about time we had an acoustic show again
>>> anyway. Is there anyway that would be available to bottomline finding
>>> some
>>> local acts to play, and promoting this? Hit me up if you can, thanks!
>>>
>>> - Nathan
>>>
>>> ---------------------------- Original Message
>>> ----------------------------
>>> Subject: Booking help for Thorn & Shout (members of Squinch Owl) on
>>> October 16th?
>>> From:    "Birthquake Records" <birthquakerecords at gmail.com>
>>> Date:    Fri, September 7, 2012 7:01 pm
>>> To:      theflyingbrick at riseup.net
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> *Hey there!  My name’s Maxwell - I've met you folks a few times in my
>>> travels - I played there with Stefan Fink and Rye 'n Clover and with Wood
>>> Spider in the last year! I love your space so much, and right now, I’m
>>> helping to book a tour for two of my best friends in the world, Thorn &
>>> Shout from Maine, and we were hoping you folks over at the Flying Brick
>>> could help out!
>>>
>>> Thorn & Shout is a two piece from Maine, who play original chamber folk
>>> and
>>> Americana.  The duo is composed of Sofia Albam (formerly of Squinch
>>> Owl<http://squinchowl.bandcamp.com/>and Sons
>>> of an Illustrious Father <http://sonsofanillustriousfather.com/>) and
>>> Leonidas Link (of Thy Courage Quail <http://couragequail.bandcamp.com/
>>> >).
>>>  After going into hiding in the woods somewhere for the last year,
>>> they’ve
>>> joined together and are writing music that is far more intentional and
>>> mature than their previous projects.  Between the two of them, they play
>>> resonator guitar, five string banjo, viola, foot-powered shruti box,
>>> harmonica, and percussion.  They both sing lead and harmony, and might
>>> actually have the best singing voices I’ve ever heard (not exaggerating).
>>>  You might like them if you like Brown Bird, Hurray for the Riff Raff,
>>> Black Prairie, Ralph Stanley, medieval folk music, taxidermy,
>>> cryptozoology...*
>>>
>>> *We’re working on mixing and mastering a full-length album, but right
>>> now,
>>> all they have is a rough demo:
>>> http://thornandshout.bandcamp.com
>>> And here's a couple of videos from one of their first shows:
>>> http://youtu.be/aEl3HBxlujg
>>> http://youtu.be/uPv7tLk_H9U*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *I know the two of them will love your space - while they've made an
>>> intentional choice to not be overtly political in their lyrical content,
>>> they're both anarchists and primitivists so you guys'll probably get
>>> along.
>>> ** <http://thornandshout.bandcamp.com/>
>>> We’re looking for a show in the Richmond area on Tuesday, October 16th
>>>  We
>>> really hope you can help us out, but if you can’t, we understand -
>>> however
>>> if you can help out with names and/or contact info of people who might be
>>> able to, we’d really appreciate it!  I haven't had too much experience
>>> with
>>> shows in RVA outside of your space to tell the truth haha.
>>>
>>> Anyhow, thanks much - let me know what ya think!
>>>
>>> Love,
>>> -Maxwell, Sofia & Link*
>>>
>>> --
>>> http://www.BirthquakeRecords.com
>>> http://facebook.com/BirthquakeRecords
>>>
>>> *BIRTHQUAKE RECORDS NEW RELEASES FOR FREE DOWNLOAD:  *
>>> SWEET STREET SYMPHONY - "Sweet Wood" BQR-011
>>> http://sweetstreetsymphony.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-wood
>>> *This album is the product of the frontman and songs of New Orleans’ own
>>> Sweet Street Symphony coming together with New York’s Wood Spider. NOLA
>>> street jazz mixed with progressive folk punk? Banjo! Drums! Accordion!
>>> Saw!
>>> Cello! Stand-up bass! A chorus of kazoos!*
>>>
>>> THE ACT OF ESTIMATING AS WORTHLESS - "Amongst These Splintered
>>> Minds//Leaden Thoughts Sing Softly" BQR-010
>>>
>>> http://theactofestimatingasworthless.bandcamp.com/
>>>
>>> *Act Of plays music that ranges from soft and cute to swells of loud and
>>> triumphant - sort of post rock-infused indie folk.  *Two voices, two
>>> guitars, horns, strings, junk drums, stand-up bass and more!  **
>>>
>>>
>>> WOOD SPIDER - "In the Thick of It" BQR-009
>>>
>>> http://woodspider.bandcamp.com
>>>
>>> Wood Spider’s latest, this time performing with six members across a slew
>>> of instruments.  The recordings are gritty and distorted, the band is
>>> loud
>>> and aggressive, the songs are dark and angsty.  Somewhere between freak
>>> folk and folk punk, with a gothic vibe.
>>>
>>>
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