Check us out Easter Weekend!
Victoria: Thursday April 9th @ the 50/50 Collective
Saltspring Island: Friday April 10th @ The Duck Creek Gallery
Vancouver: Sunday April 12th @ Little Mountain Studios
please note: Laura & Phonemes will play at Blim on Saturday the 11th. I will be singing backup that evening for
Rose Melberg at the Media Club, opening for
Marissa Nadler.
You can find out more about Laura and The Phonemes' Western Canada tour, including dates,
here.
The PhonemesThe Phonemes prove that incredible things often
come in small packages. The musical project of Magali Meagher, the
Phonemes’ sinewy lyrical imagery finds purchase in simple, melody
driven songs and layered rhythm. The Phonemes latest recording released
on Blocks Recording Club "There's something we've been meaning to do"
was recorded by Efrim Menuck (A Silver Mt. Zion, Godspeed you black
emperor) at thee mighty hotel2tango (Arcade Fire, Vic Chesnutt) and
features ubiquitous wunderkind Final Fantasy.
Magali’s musical
career has seen her recording and playing guitar and drums in The
Hidden Cameras, backing up American indie music icon Daniel Johnston on
drums, touring across Canada with Bob Wiseman and Kids in the Hall
Scott Thompson and collaborating with a host of musical projects from
off-kilter 60’s-girl-pop-inspired outfit HANK to playing assorted found
objects and singing in John Tielli’s Metal Kites.
You can look forward to a brand new record from Magali in 2009.
http://www.myspace.com/thephonemesLaura BarrettCompact
and effervescent, Laura’s music is the antidote to the concrete and
crystal architecture of her native Toronto. Melding the vibrant tones
of the kalimba (an African thumb piano) with her earnest and intimate
voice, she crafted a debut EP, Earth Sciences, that received both
national radio airplay and critical acclaim. “Deception Island
Optimists Club,” a single from this EP, was a finalist for the 2006
SOCAN ECHO songwriting prize.
Always trying to engage an
audience torn between taxonomy and techno-babble, Barrett live
performances are a spine tingling delight. She has toured from Halifax
to San Francisco in support of The Hidden Cameras and Henri Fabergé
& the Adorables.
Since the release of her first EP, Laura
has incorporated bass pedals, glockenspiel and piano into her live
performances, allowing her to balance the liquid nuances of her earlier
songs with pieces that display macabre, carnival-esque, or classical
tendencies.
Laura’s full length album Victory Garden and her
re-released EP Earth Sciences, both on Paperbag records saw great
success in 2008, both praised by music critics and fans alike. Barrett
even won a prestigious award, The (cheeky) Bucky Award for Canada’s
Sexiset Musican!
http://radio3.cbc.ca/http://www.myspace.com/laurabarrett