Thursday September 16thCookies Bar, Halifax - 8.30 start Pete Gillon & Ruth Gardziel + JuffageJuffageJeff T. Smith, a solo sound artist and multi-instrumentalist from Leeds, via Chicago. He is often seen in bars, art galleries, or basements with a band’s worth of instruments. A recording enthusiast at heart, he has spent time in some of Chicago’s finest studios including Engine (w/ Brian Deck) and Electrical Audio (w/ Steve Albini). Live shows see him coming up with inventive new ways of bringing his multi-layered recordings to the stage. Through the use of cassettes, drums, guitars, and assorted other loop-pedals and gadgets, Juffage creates complex, yet surprising catchy pop songs. Juffage performances have been compared to a synthesis of Lightning Bolt's rhythmic ferocity, Radiohead's lush pop sensibility, King Tubby’s manipulative production, and Andrew Bird’s ability to make a good loop. The result is loud, frantic, and often beautiful. In 2008, he somehow fit all his music gear into a station wagon and played over 100 shows across the US, before setting off for the UK and Europe. In July/August 2009 yet another self-booked U.S. tour of the east-coast and midwest followed. In September 2009, he moved to Leeds, England.
Pete Gillon & Ruth Gardziel Ruth Gardziel and Peter Gillon are the main songwriting team behind Halifax based rock five piece band The Fevertrees. Their gigs as a duo tend to show their gentle, sensitive Dr Jeckyll side to The Fevertrees Mr Hyde. The music is eclectic with Ruth's powerful vocals evoking the jazz/blues styles of Norah Jones and Madeleine Peyroux whilst Pete is a versatile guitarist equally at home with driving blues and sensitive balladeering. |
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