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The Mercury Lounge upcoming shows

HBO Documentary "Gasland" Music Benefit - Early Show

Vanessa Bley
7:30

Chappo
6:30
Run On Sentence
6:00

Venue:
The Mercury Lounge
Date:
Tue 8/31
Notes:
21+
Doors: 6:00 PM / Show: 6:00 PM
$10
Tickets
Vanessa Bley
myspace
h e l o WORLD: I grew up in a very special little town in upstate NY where beat poet Alan Ginsberg once had a commune and exiles-a-plenty from New York still roam. My parents are both artists and raised me thinking dancing naked in the living room at age three to Jaco, Ran Blake & Piazzola was normal. I opted out of dishes for improvising on the piano after dinner and eventually studied a little classical piano but mostly played by ear. I didn't fancy education much, let alone theory so I skipped out on music school and went the Fashion Institute instead = cheap apt in NYC. At 20, I co-wrote a song with Def Jam pop tart Kerli from Estonia and finally accepted song structure. I graduated from Garageband to Logic and locked myself away for a while writing / recording what is soon to be revealed as my debut release. I've played a bunch of shows at all the spots including Joe's Pub, Pianos, Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 and Birdland. Each show teaches me something new and inspires me all the more. I've been referred to as a one-woman-The Clash due to all my genre bending and a female Beck due to my solo approach to writing, producing and tracking the bulk of my work. That said, I've collaborated with some major talent and continue to do so: (Currently in the studio with producer David Kahne). . be excited. . . . . . here's what a few other people thought. . .

"There are plenty of girls with guitar and/or pianos out there, yet so few who put crafty songwriting before confessional statements. If you're into Jon Brion-style chamber pop, take a listen to Vanessa Bley's "From My Head" and rejoice in its rollicking, wide open piano groove and flute arrangement. No doubt Bley has learned a thing or two from her dad, free jazz piano legend Paul Bley, but she's clearly employing her skills in service of the almighty Pop Song, which is an art form few folks even bother to attempt anymore. And like Brion, she plays all her own guitar, bass and percussion parts, in addition to producing her tunes. Take that, Sara Bareilles." - Colter McCorkindale, The Deli Magazine
Gasland
official website
"The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown."
Chappo
myspace
"an excellently overstuffed garage-psych sound" Pitchfork

"The spirit of the Flaming Lips combined with the… the… What did Elton John have in the 70’s that he doesn’t have now? I know, his songs are horrible now… so not songs! Swagger? Balls? Whatever that thing is that allows me to link The Flaming Lips to Elton John… Chappo has it." What I Heard Today

"CHAPPO has been an office favorite around these parts since “Come Home” popped into our collective hard drives, and for good reason, it’s beyond hooky. It’s a duo and their vocal style and musical direction is as funky as it gets." Future Sounds

"damn addictive" Brooklyn Rocks

"Eno vs Flaming Lips kind of flavor" 37 Flood

"You can just hear the lasers and flashing lights and psychedelic atmosphere coming through your headphones...Spacey ear candy" The Milk Carton

Voted Deli NYC Magazine Artist of the Month

"...from the playful approach to music reminiscent of Beck to the spacey atmospheres of Air... We really like the vocals attitude and the fun approach" The Deli
Run on Sentence
myspace
Me: I grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and was wowed at an early age by the songwriting of Simon Joyner. I started writing my own songs a few years later and finally, after several more years of trying to write and sound like a variety of people I thought were awesome, I realized that was not the point. That’s when I started Run On Sentence in Portland Oregon. I tour extensively with and without the band and I really enjoy it. I’ve spent about 14 months on the road since 2007 and would like to continue touring, both in North America and abroad.
The Band: Early on, there were three of us but, as was the point of the name, there grew to be what is now a rotating cast of talented folks and currently Run On Sentence could be anywhere from 1-12 people, although it is usually (and ideally) 5-8.
We put out our first album Oh When the Wind Comes Down with Hush Records in the Fall of 2008 and have received a lot of positive response both in sales and reviews. Just before it came out we did a Daytrotter session and, earlier this year, the song “Stonewall” was chosen as NPR’s Song of the Day.

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