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You're the greatest light,
Local Music Sale -- This week's SPECIAL DEAL is Stephanie Rearick's "Democracy." Available for only $4.
December's art show will be a Mother Fool's staff group exhibition. We've got a talented crew and they'll be showing their work from Dec 1 - 31.
All shows start at 8pm unless otherwise noted.
*** THIS WEEKEND ***
Fri, Dec 12 The Emmylous - $6
Forming in January of 2014, The Emmylous broke into the Madison, Wisconsin music scene as a trio of female acoustic folk/rock musicians. Their singer-songwriter vibe quickly gave them a home at area coffee houses in and around the Madison area. With three layers of vocal harmonies, band members Katie Lowery, Ryn Thoen, and Rachel Leuzinger create soothing and interesting blends to songs both well-known and originals.
Their first album, currently in the works, is an arrangement of original songs carefully written to touch on both serious and amusing life happenings.
Having first met through church, The Emmylous got their start by attending open mics in the area. Lead vocalist and guitarist, Katie Lowery, pulled talent from her church home in order to try edgier material and bring a fuller sound to what would have been solo performances at area open mics. The band was formed by adding vocalist Rachel Leuzinger and Ryn Thoen, on keyboard, accordion, and vocals. Ed Boswell, a friend of all three, provides percussion and is at times jokingly referred to as the ‘Lou’ in The Emmylous.
https://facebook.com/theemmylous
Sat, Dec 13 Katie Todd w/ Paul Smirl - $7
Katie was born and raised in Chicago, and it's still where she resides and makes music. Her fourth studio album, Closer, released in 2012, and the band is currently hard at work, churning out their next set of songs.
Katie has shared the stage with musical legends, including Patti LaBelle, Steve Winwood, Huey Lewis And The News, as well as contemporaries like Sarah McLachlan and Juliana Hatfield. She's performed in front of packed audiences at venues like Lollapalooza, LilithfFair and House Of Blues.
Katie's writing is both raw and emotion filled, with melodies that are both catchy and haunting. She constantly challenges herself musically, playing around with different styles and instrumentation.
Paul Smirl is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Madison, WI. Frontman for indie rock band Ghost of James, producer for experimental hip-hop group MANTRAS, and drummer for countless other projects, Smirl has collaborated with an array of Wisconsin musicians, obsessively writing and recording whenever time allows. Formerly based in Appleton, WI, Paul is primarily a solo artist now and aims to release two acoustic-heavy records in 2015.
http://www.katietodd.com
https://soundcloud.com/paul-smirl
*** NEXT WEEKEND ***
Fri, Dec 19 Jesse Paradox - $6
Jesse Paradox, from Portland, OR, is a rocker-songwriter, philosopher of consciousness, and spiritual seeker in the frontiers of human experience. He performs alt. indie psych-pop celebrations of consciousness and spirituality. Jesse developed “The Sacred Inferno: A Discussion Group for Consciousness and Sexuality” At John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA, he coordinates and organizes introductory workshops on transgender experience, leads group meditations, and facilitates group discussions of cooperative inquiry. In addition, he leads The Interiority Project for the study of consciousness, an intellectual organization devoted to making headway into the “hard problem” of consciousness, pushing ontological and epistemological boundaries of mind and its relationship with the physical universe. As a cultural innovator in the genderqueer BDSM world, Jesse created, wrote, and co-hosted The Kinky Show, a weekly television series providing lectures and discussions on the historical, educational, philosophical, and spiritual aspects of culturally taboo sex practices.
Sat, Dec 20 gic Michael Variety Show - $5
We're trying something new... A bunch of short sets from some of our Magic Mic regulars.
You'll see:
Daiquiri Rene Jones - Spoken Word
Sonny Blood & The Unrelated - Noise/Experimental
MDO - short films / music videos
Mister Jackson - Electro-soul
It means that I can be happy for you,
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