Bootleg Bar presents Cillie Barnes with Wild Ones and My Body Saturday July 13
Doors open at 8 PM. Approximate Set Times are My Body @ 9 PM, Wild Ones @ 9:30 PM, Cillie Barnes @ 10 PM.
This is a 21 and over event.
Cillie Barnes
Welcome to Happy Valley—an oddly untouched neighborhood in the corner of Los Angeles, that has served home over the decades to wild buffalo, an ostrich farm, a racetrack, and now, CILLIE BARNES. In a house carved into a hillside of land time has forgotten, is where Cillie, a musician, songwriter, and supernatural psychic, resides…
The house is a mystical artist’s denizen, with walls covered in hanging tapestries, shelves filled with crystals and other apothecary, a garden where you’ll stumble upon a ceramic effigy among the succulents and ferns, and an ever-shifting group of nomadic inhabitants. Inside lays a modest recording studio where Cillie concocts her self-described “gyp-hop” music, which embodies the eclectic, multi-faceted nature of herself. The enchanting Newport Beach native – daughter of a convicted bank robber father and art teacher mother – moved to Los Angeles at 17 and has been here ever since.
In her house in the hill, Cillie and musical co-conspirator Joe Keefe wrote and demoed the songs that appear on her debut, a five-song collection, that recounts her time and experiences. It’s the first in a series of four collections, each with its own feel, like chapters in a much longer narrative.
Cillie and Joe developed the songs over the course of a few years, each showcasing her gravelly yet charming voice, hip-hop flow, and literary, but conversational, lyricism. The opening number, “Hey Hi,” takes the listener on a journey from smoky LA bars to the crisp country air in Woodstock, New York.
Much like the ‘Fool’ in her deck of Tarot cards, is the spirit of Cillie—exuberant, clever, and ready to take on the first steps to a long unknown journey ahead, whatever it may be…
Wild Ones
Danielle Sullivan and Thomas Himes formed Wild Ones in the fall of 2009. The Portland based synth-pop duo started with a handful of bedroom recordings but quickly evolved to include multi-instrumentalist Clayton Knapp, drummer Andy Parker, and bassist Nick Vicario. Knapp simultaneously functions as the band’s recording engineer and helped produce their debut EP “You’re a Winner”. The five piece is currently working on a full length record which is due in early 2012.
My Body
Founded in 2012, bred by the Portland music scene, the duo came together over their need to create a new sound. Six months in a locked bedroom assembling sounds into songs, My Body was born. Backed by a live band they gained momentum in the Portland music scene opening for the likes of How to Dress Well, Pure Bathing Culture and Wild Ones. Relocating to Brooklyn, NY in 2012, they reformed as a synth-pop two-piece and began playing shows.
They will be touring the West Coast with Wild Ones in July 2013, and are planning to release an EP within the coming months.
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