Dove Street South
Sat 29 Aug · 19:30 · £12.50
Welsh-Scottish-Italian, Bristol based artist, songwriter and producer Annie Gardiner is launching her second solo album 'Sleeping Dogs'. With an AV collaboration with film artist Laura Phillips, Annie will play with a choice band of players and long time friend and Double Bass player Jo Kelly. Doors 4:30 pm first performance at 5pm. MORE TBA FFO: Linda Perhacs, LOW, Handsome Family, Elliot Smith, Milkweed, Lankum, Nirvana Unplugged, Adrienne Lenker, O Paon _________________ No stranger to the Bristol music scene, having recorded many projects as producer [bellies ap bellies; EP64; Dali de Saint Pail; Carnivorous Plants; Jo Kelly; Dan Johnson and Maggie Nicols; Towel; MXLX; Rosina Buck; and more ] and taught many more as BIMM Bristol's Senior Lecturer in songwriting, music production and improv. On this day-to-evening event she gathers her pals [TBA] to celebrate the birth of second solo album 'Sleeping Dogs' on Crystal Fuzz Records. Released back in February, the follow up to 2021’s ‘ Bloodletting’ (2021) was met with critical acclaim... 'Eight addictive songs of Gothic Folk' - Noel Gardner, Wire Magazine "Annie Gardiner has gone subterranean deep to mine these precious songs from ancient caves and bring them into the light" - Paul F Cook, Joyzine Annie tours with double bassist Jo Kelly and has supported; Billy Nomates, Eric Chenaux, Corsano / Flower, Mabi Fratti and Run Logan Run UK wide. She had UK wide acclaim for noise-rock band Hysterical Injury; she was one third of Human Worth’s instrumental post-rock band Olanza; co-writer and vocalist for jazz-not-jazz band Run Logan Run’s 2022 album Nature Will Take Care of You ; a keen improviser with musical response unit MARCY with drummer Dan Johnson; a guest improviser on either vocals, electronics or bass with EP/64; Graham Costello & RLR; MXLX’s ^—^; Jo Kelly; Carnivorous Plants; Zero Gravity Tea Party; Dan Johnson’s Deep Listening Tour; Gallops; group performance with Maggie Nicols, Corey Mwamba and Yvonna Magda;
Not the same tradition as the lineage above — a genuinely different thread to pull, if you want one.