Topping many local music fans’ list of Bands We Don’t Know Why Are Not Famous Yet is longtime Asheville act stephaniesid, fronted by musical powerhouse Stephanie Morgan. The band releases its first live CD this Saturday at the Asheville Music Hall.
Tune in to Ashvegas at 3 p.m. today for a chance to win two tickets and a copy of the CD. Here’s the scoop on the new CD and release party:
STEPHANIESID RELEASES LIVE ALBUM “THEY WON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH US”
CD RELEASE PARTY SET FOR MARCH 2ND, 2013
AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL WITH THE OLD CEREMONY AND ANTIQUE FIREARMS
SINGER STEPHANIE MORGAN’S BIRTHDAY SHOW
Asheville based pop-noir band, Stephaniesid, will release their fifth full length album They Won’t Know What To Do With Us on March 2nd, 2013 in conjunction with a live show at the Asheville Music Hall. Also celebrating the birthday of front woman and vocalist, Stephanie Morgan, the band will be joined by Chapel Hill based group The Old Ceremony, and Asheville’s Antique Firearms. Tickets are currently on sale through the venue.
They Won’t Know What to Do with Us is the band’s first live release, and includes eight songs recorded at Wee Bit Louder Fest at Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, NC in November 2012 by J Ferris. The album also features short interview sections to shed light on the bands processes and experiences. The recording spotlights performances by Stephanie Morgan (vocals, guitar), Chuck Lichtenberger (keyboard and bass pedals), Tim Haney (drums), Jacob Rodriguez (saxophone, effects, and backing vocals), Justin Ray (trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals), and Caleb McMahon (trombone).
Who: Stephanieisid, Antique Firearms, and The Old Ceremony
Where: The Asheville Music Hall
When: Saturday, March 2, 2013
Time: Doors 8 pm / Show 9 pm
Ages: 21+
Tickets: $8 Advance / $10 Day of Show
About The Old Ceremony:
The Old Ceremony draws plays lush, literate rock.
With eight years of touring the US, Canada, and Europe and five albums under their belt, the Durham/Chapel Hill, NC band occupies its own darkly lit corner of the musical world. It is a corner filled with ominous rumblings and world-weary but hopeful characters. TOC has performed with CAKE, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Chuck Berry, Polyphonic Spree, Mountain Goats, and Avett Brothers, and was included in PASTE Magazine’s “Top 100 Albums of 2006.” Their newest album, Fairytales and Other Forms of Suicide, was released Aug 21, 2012 on Yep Roc Records.
http://www.theoldceremony.com/band.html
About Stephaniesid:
Stephaniesid, born in 2004, lives in Asheville, NC and makes pop music for “the darkness in you that’s trying to find the light.” The band possesses remarkable technical prowess, lending all the proper tools needed to create well-crafted songs and beautiful recordings. The music explores both the melancholy and triumph of human life and love, the players equally faithful stewards of large, intoxicating swells and infectious, danceable melodies. Recordings affix weepy synthesizers, vibraphone lines, guitars, thick bass notes, quirky keyboard sounds, a horn section, and coquettish, curly, tenacious female vocals. The live show is unabashed energy funneled through Iowa-birthed and Texas-raised former gymnast Stephanie Morgan (vox, guitar, synth), southerner Chuck Lichtenberger (keys/vox/bass pedals), and Maine-born Tim Haney (drums), and a collective cast of other players.
www.stephaniesid.com
About Antique Firearms:
Antique Firearms is an amalgamation of tastes, influences, and proclivities toward experimentation, but there are also certain consistencies that serve as a foundation to the sound. There’s a moody, atmospheric quality and a velvety lushness that underscores each song, whether the tempo is a twangy waltz or a languid rocker.
The dynamic nature of the band’s sound has lead them to be compared to the likes of ‘My Morning Jacket’ and a southern-fried version of ‘Radiohead’. That along with their blistering live performance has been creating quite a buzz in the southeast.
http://www.reverbnation.com/antiquefirearms
