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new album "MAMA" out april 10 NYC album release show at BOWERY BALLROOM monday, april 9 tix: www.bowerypresents.com

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Los Angeles - Sat. Feb. 18 - The EchoEarly all ages show! doors 6 pm - show 7:30 sharp - 8$ adv 10$ day oftix at www.attheecho.com Indianapolis, IN - Thurs. March 22 - White Rabbitw/ Echomakerdoors 8 pm - 8 $ 21+tix at www.whiterabbitcabaret.comNew York - Mon. April 10 - Bowery BallroomALBUM RELEASE SHOW! doors 8 pm - 15$ - 18+tix at www.bowerypresents.com

Glasslands - Brooklyn, NY - Wed. April 13

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the money shot
um yeah
laced
candy uke
singin on my mic
manniquin

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midwest tour fall 2010
baltimroe fall 2010
millenium park 2009
seattle west coast tour 09
triple door sound check
seattle fall west coast 10
san francisco 2010
doug fir
doug fir
doug fir soundcheck
slims 2010 sf sound check
regina canada 2010
portland blings spring 10
snowing in the sun
tacoma west coast 09
midwest tour 09
san francisco summer 2010
up state ny
CT
my brighest dive
my brightest diamond dance
green room of a chapel
weslyn college
it's hard out there
my brightest diamond on stage
duo at millenium park
detroit 2009

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step out back
main room
can't stop
the horses kept me company
late afternoon light
looking in
the instruments
the studio
work station
joey and his upright
from above
first take!
big mess good sounds
the get down
sam
joey in the loft

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Sept. 22: Emily Wells and Shilpa Ray. On her album The Symphonies: Dreams Memories and Parties, from 2008, the multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Wells layered her elfin voice over spectral string arrangements and brushstroked hip-hop percussion. The ten songs were symphonies only in the broadest sense of the term: the album is a highly theatrical labyrinth of rap, gothic folk, classical, and electronica songs. Wells is here celebrating her recent move from L.A. to New York, and will be joined by the local belter and harmonium player Ray, who is her sonic opposite. She channels Screamin Jay Hawkinss agonized delivery as she powers her way through rough-hewn blues and dirty garage rock.Read more http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2010/09/27/100927goni_GOAT_nightlife#ixzz1DglZsqy1

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By Steve Appleford on May 20, 2009 9:09 AMThere's long been a tradition of ironic hip-hop covers, from Nina Gordon's lilting, folk version of N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" to Ben Folds' melancholy take on Dr. Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit." But violinist Emily Wells' dreamlike rendering of Notorious B.I.G.'s anthem "Juicy" is no joke. Layering eerie strings, bleeping synths, and electronic beats under Biggie's rags-to-riches lyrics, she sings and raps like a feral, streetwise Nina Simone. "I know not everyone is going to feel it because that song has such a place in a lot of people's history," says Wells, 26, the classically trained daughter of a French horn teacher. "But it has a place in my history too."Wells began studying violin when she was four, and samples and beats became part of her musical language in junior high. "Everybody was into hip-hop," she says of her Indianapolis adolescence, when she also began writing "angsty" songs. "All everybody did was go around, smoke blunts, and bump OutKast." Record labels started calling when she was 17, but they were just interested in molding the next Norah Jones (albeit with some street cred), so she decided to go out on her own, self-releasing her debut, Beautiful Sleepyhead and the Laughing Yaks, in 2007.Wells now lives in Los Angeles, recording her wistful tunes in a converted garage studio with bassist Joey Reina and drummer Sam Halterman. In May she released Dirty (Creative Control), an EP of hip-hop-minded pocket symphonies fashioned from a dazzling storm of violin, cello, synths, music boxes, banjo, and toy piano. The urgent "Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well and the Requiem Mix" is kind of like her very own "Juicy" -- a song of swirling emotion "about where I came from and all the things I left to be here now."While Wells is currently content performing as part of a trio or alone with her mad scientist's array of gadgets, she also dreams of writing for a full orchestra. "Sometimes I hear French horn, bassoon, and oboe parts in my head, and I don't know how to play any of those instruments," she says. "But, God, it would be amazing."http://www.spin.com/articles/breaking-out-emily-wells

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Article 1 Listen to Emily's conversation with Andrea Seabrook on NPR's "All Things Considered"

Read and listen: NPR Music

Article 2 Listen / Watch the Trio live on KCRW'sMorning Becomes Eclectic

Today's Top Tune

Article 3 "Symphonies" WNYC Top Pick

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Article 3 "Ms. Wells latest album, The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties (creative control) is a warm, intriguing slice of avant-garde pop, and on stage shes a delight. " -Jim Fusilli WALL STREET JOURNALOn her album The Symphonies: Dreams Memories and Parties, from 2008, the multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Wells layered her elfin voice over spectral string arrangements and brushstroked hip-hop percussion. The ten songs were symphonies only in the broadest sense of the term: the album is a highly theatrical labyrinth of rap, gothic folk, classical, and electronica songs. THE NEW YORKEREmily Wells is a classical phenom with a cutting ear. VILLAGE VOICE Layering eerie strings, bleeping synths, and electronic beats under Biggie's rags-to-riches lyrics, she sings and raps like a feral, streetwise Nina Simone. -Steve Appleford SPIN "Emily Wells is a wonder to behold, a multi-instrumentalist who moves from violin to sampler with the greatest of ease, who cites Outkast, Aphex Twin and Matmos among her influences, but who doesnt mimic, overdo or overproduce. She makes funky beats using analog reverb and, as a string player, understands and appreciates the art of arranging better than most guitarists. Her self-released The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties is a humble affair thats crafted with just enough ornamentation to offer a hint at what Wells might accomplish in more grandiose surroundings." -Randall Roberts LA WEEKLY "Many great composers have struggled to write nine symphonies in their lifetimes think of Beethoven or Mahler. Now, a 20-something singer and violinist named Emily Wells has released an album containing ten symphonies. As youll hear, the term "symphony" is used rather loosely here; these are really electronic-folk songs that fuse layers of strings, bass, and drums to create rolling sonic textures. Working in her own recording studio, Wells played up to 21 separate tracks of violin on each symphony, often using an octave pedal to create the tones of a cello or viola. You can hear that DIY feel in the track, "Symphony Number 6."-picked by Brian Wise -WNYC's CD picks: "Wells carves up elegant, classically based pop tunes and frosts them with Björk/Kate Bush-style embellishments... This multi-instrumentalist is multitalented, with subtle powers of magic and persuasion; she even "taught the neighborhood how to creep for you." -Falling James LA WEEKLY Multi-instrumentalist Emily Wells says she's most influenced by the songs and voices of Nina Simone and Bob Dylan. You can hear it in Emily's music. She's a singer-songwriter with unconventional and often chilling vocals." -NPR Emily Wells offers up a gorgeously orchestrated version of the Biggie Smalls song. -ESQUIRE "Emily Wells has a quavering, angelic voice that has a little aura of strangeness." -iTunes (indie spotlight) "... she's something of a music phenomenon. She started playing violin during her pre-school years and was fielding record label offers at the age of 17. But she didn't want to be the pop star they were hoping to create, so she kept on her own path which eventually led to Los Angeles. It's hard to describe her music I can start by calling it pop with classical elements (she's an incredible violin player). But with all the layers and layers of music, the songs end up sounding like symphonies as they are named on her record. And to keep us guessing further, she covered the song "Juicy" by the Notorious B.I.G. Definitely keep an eye out for this one and check her out live if you can." -KCRW music news "....no one raises the bar for exquisitely crafted, orchestral (and danceable) indie folk like Emily Wells, who's celebrating the release of her ambitious new album. The Symphonies: Dreams Memories and Parties has been years in the making, and its soaring arrangements and heartbreaking harmonies are well worth the wait." FLAVORPILL

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"Passenger" Live
Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun
Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well & the Requiem Mix (LIVE)

"Passenger" Live
Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun
Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well & the Requiem Mix (LIVE)

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"mama", Emily's new full length record will be released April 2012. We hope it'll be worth the wait!
Discography

mt. washington
supermarket
fountain of youth

Symphony 1 in the barrel of a

Juicy (Notorious B.I.G. cover)
take it easy san francisco

The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties 2008

Beautiful Sleepyhead and the Laughing Yaks: 2006

Dirty EP 2009

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Pillowfight

Pillowfight is a collaboration between Dan the Automator and Emily Wells. It started when Kid Koala and Emily met in Calgary Canada on stage together at the Calgary Folk Fest. Koala, a friend of Dan's knew he'd been working on a passion project and was hoping to find a female lyricist/vocalist. Emily went to San Francisco to write and record for three days and the rest is history. The two spent the next several months writing and recording and have finished their first full length album, which will release some time this year.