twosyllable Records is really the best little label you might have never heard of. We’ve been enamored with both That Ghost and New Villager, but it took us a little longer to come around on Bell - the New York-based band led by Russian-born, Alaska-raised songstress Olga Bell. We then saw that she was touring with some MOKB-beloved bands along with playing SXSW for some of our favorite blogger buds and took another listen. Comparisons to Bjork abound, but it’s your loss if you write it off as too derivative. Bell seems to have been immersed in making music since the tender age of three and her classic training mashes with the kind of creative, off-kilter improvisation that can only come from an artist who is truly engulfed in the continuous process of making art through music.
Bell will release her hand-numbered 7"/digital single debut on March 24th through twosyllable. LOCALS : Make sure you catch Bell and Lemonade the day before in Bloomington, IN!
Bell - Magic Tape
Bell - Oh So Quiet (Bjork cover)
Bell - Videotape/The Eraser (Thom Yorke cover)
BELL on Tour:
Mar 2 La Sala Rossa - Montreal, QC *
Mar 3 El Mocambo - Toronto, ON *
Mar 4 The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom - Pontiac, MI *
Mar 5 Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL *
Mar 6 Illinois Wesleyan U.-Young - Bloomington, IL *
Mar 7 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN *
Mar 10 Chop Suey - Seattle, WA *
Mar 11 Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR *
Mar 13 The Independent - San Francisco, CA *
Mar 14 Troubador - Los Angeles, CA *
Mar 15 The Casbah - San Diego, CA *
Mar 16 Detroit Bar - Costa Mesa, CA *
Mar 18 Club De Ville (Brooklyn Vegan SXSW Showcase) Austin, TX
Mar 19 Scholz Garden (twosyllable / IGIF SXSW party) - Austin, TX
Mar 23 Bloomington, IN - Cinemat #
Apr 25 Washington, DC - Rock ‘n Roll Hotel %
Apr 26 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church %
Apr 27 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge %
Apr 28 Brooklyn, NY - Monkeytown %
Apr 30 Boston, MA - TT The Bears
* = w/ Asobi Seksu
# = w/ Lemonade
% = w/ Bowerbirds
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