5.29.2007
Podcast: Stereo Graffiti
Your Eyes Know is featured in 3 Stereo Graffiti podcasts.
Show 18: http://www.theradioshed.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1150540174
Show 20: http://www.theradioshed.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1152864115
Show 25: http://www.theradioshed.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1158945636
Categories: Media, Music, Podcasts, Streams, Jessi, Stereo, Graffiti, Radio, Shed
Podcast: House of Kommons
5.24.2007
New Song: I Want to Want Something
I just finished a new song last night called, "I Want to Want Something." Here it is, recorded live, warts and all. There's some clipping distortion, but I just really liked the feel of this take, so I'm sharing it. Listen in the player below or on MySpace. To download, right click the link and choose "Save As" from the drop-down list or click on the down arrow in the player.
download song
Categories: Music, Media, Mp3s, Jessi, Live, Free, Streams, New
5.23.2007
Blog Launch
Even though I've been working on this for a little while now, I am considering today my official Blog launch for DrawingPrettyThings. There's lots more info to add and the site will be constantly changing, but as of now I consider this my landing pad. Check out all kinds of stuff reviews I've penned, to videos, and coming soon music resources where I'll give you the scoop on helpful artist tools.
Cheers,
Jessi
5.21.2007
June 8th, 7pm: Asher, are you drawing pretty things? at Rockwood Music Hall
Asher, are you drawing pretty things?
will perform a free show at
Rockwood Music Hall
www.rockwoodmusichall.com
196 Allen St between Houston & Stanton
New York, NY
10002
June 8th, 7pm
followed by Leah Siegel at 8pm
1 drink minimum
Categories: Music, Shows, Live, AsherAreYou, DrawingPrettyThings, Jessi, Robertson, Lehr, Greg, Tuohey, Manhattan, NY, Rockwood, Hall, June2007, Leah, Siegel
Review: Dan Schlaubach
Dan’s songs are the ones you end up singing under your breath at 3am without even realizing what you’re doing. His voice is honest, and the wisdom in the words of his urban hymns makes you wonder if an old soul is lurking under youthful skin. An unorthodox guitar method and unusual chord structures are the bed he lays his addictive melodies on.
www.myspace.com/dannyschlaubach
Categories: Review, Dan, Schlaubach
5.17.2007
Download.com Editor's Review
I was thrilled to receive this Editor's Review on the music site Download.com:
"This New York singer-songwriter draws comparisons to equally spirited alt-folk muses Tori Amos and PJ Harvey. But with her quavering, spiritual verses, the analogy she deserves is with Jeff Buckley, gender difference or no."
Get some free Mp3s here:
http://music.download.com/jessirobertsonacoustic
Categories: Music, Media, Download.com, Mp3s, Free, Stream, Jessi, Robertson, Lehr, Reviews, Editor
SonicBids: Jessi's EPK (electronic press kit)
5.16.2007
Calendar: Recommended Local Shows and Events
Categories: Music, Calendar, Events, Neighborhood, Brooklyn, Manhattan, New, York, Local, Recommended
July 5, 2007, 11pm: Tanya & Jessi at Matchless
My good friend Paul Aiden is coming to visit from the UK! He is an amazing musician and I am really excited about this show which fortuitously falls on his birthday.
Paul Aiden's Birthday at
Matchless
557 Manhattan Ave & Driggs
Brooklyn, NY
10012
featuring
8pm - Sami Akbari
www.samiakbari.com
www.myspace.com/samiakbari
9pm - Paul Aiden with Pippa Selby
www.myspace.com/grandcentralofficial
www.myspace.com/paulaiden
www.myspace.com/pippaselby
10pm - The Revolvers
www.myspace.com/revolversmusic
11pm - Tanya Buziak & Jessi
www.tanyabuziak.net
www.myspace.com/buziak
www.myspace.com/jessirobertson
Categories: Music, Shows, Live, Jessi, Robertson, Lehr, Tanya, Buziak, Sami, Akbari, Paul, Aiden, Pippa, Selby, Revolvers, Matchless, Brooklyn, NY, July2007
5.15.2007
May 15th, 7pm: Jessi at Urbana Presents: Girls!
Jessi will play a song (or two or three) at the upcoming Urbana Presents Showcase on May 15th featuring all female poets and musicians.
Urbana Presents (a new sub-series of Urbana Poetry Slam) is coordinating showcase events periodically throughout the year highlighting touring poet-teams and the next is rapidly approaching: Tuesday, May 15. Featured poets are Genevieve Van Cleve (http://www.myspace.com/genvc) and Susan B. Anthony-Sommers Willet (http://www.susansw.com/about.htm).
The event starts at 7pm and goes until 9:30pm.
Akua
Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz http://www.aptowicz.com
Mahogany Browne http://www.myspace.com/mahoganylbrowne
Erica Fabri http://www.myspace.com/ericamiriam
Falu http://www.myspace.com/iamfalu
Shanelle Gabriel http://www.myspace.com/shanelleg
Nicole Homer http://www.myspace.com/travelerpoet
Karen Ladson http://www.myspace.com/kickasphalt
Caitlin Meissner http://www.myspace.com/caitlinmeissnerpoetry
Aja Monet http://www.myspace.com/madamemonet
Sonia Mukherji http://www.myspace.com/sonia_mukherji
Amanda Nazario http://www.myspace.com/56473183
Piper Jane Project http://www.myspace.com/piperjaneproject
Jessi Robertson http://www.myspace.com/jessirobertson
Jeanann Verlee http://www.myspace.com/jeaverlee
Leticia Viloria http://www.myspace.com/myviloria
Genevieve Van Cleve http://www.myspace.com/genvc
Susan B. Anthony-Sommers Willett http://www.susansw.com
5.12.2007
Liberty Heights Tap Room, May 12th 8pm
Jessi will perform a solo show at Liberty Heights Tap Room in Brooklyn on May 12th, at 8pm.
5.06.2007
Baggot Inn: Sunday May 6th - 11pm
Jessi will be playing solo at the on Sunday May 6th at 11pm. It's a great line-up and it's free! So come at 8pm to catch these amazing acts:
8pm - Joe Wilson
9pm - Christopher Bernhard
10pm - Sami Akbari
11pm - Jessi of Asher, are you drawing pretty things?
Sunday May 6th
The Baggot Inn
82 W. 3rd St btw Sullivan and Thompson
New York, NY 10012
5.03.2007
Flickr: 2007-04-23 Rockwood Music Hall
Jessi and Greg
There are new photos up at www.flickr.com/photos/drawingprettythings/ from the latest Asher, are you drawing pretty things? full band show at Rockwood Music Hall on April 23, 2007 in New York City. All photos by Larry Hyland.
Categories: Music, Media, Photos, Flickr, AsherAreYou, DrawingPrettyThings, Live, Jessi, Robertson, Lehr, Greg, Tuohey, Shawn, Setaro, Crash, Andy, Mac, Tanya, Buziak, Rockwood, Hall
5.01.2007
WMD (Remix) on MySpace
I have remixed my song "Weapons of Mass Destruction" and it can be streamed at www.myspace.com/jessirobertson under the title "WMD (Remix)".
My idea was to take a long vocal section at the end of the original song and see if I could make a whole new song out of it. There are very few lyrics:
"I'm not crowning any kings anymore. I'm not taking any prisoners anymore. I wasn't made for anyone else, so I will unmake myself."
So this is what I do when I'm alone in my room for a few days. Hopefully you will enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it.
Categories: Music, Media, MySpace, Streams, Song, WMDRemix, Jessi, Robertson, Lehr
Review - David Shane Smith: love songs and wintertower
From the Urban Folk May 2007 Issue:
I have two David Shane Smith albums. Both came in origami slipcovers made from old magazine pages. “love songs” is written in red pencil on the first disc. The second reads “wintertower.”
If you asked me to pick one to keep and one to give up, I’d have a hard time choosing. Many musicians follow a slow evolution from one album to the next, but these two are different.
“love songs” has a timeless quality that makes it difficult to pin down. Each song has a striking sense of immediacy, but remains unbranded by a specific period or style. Lilting melodies contrast sharply with haunting narration. Insomniac poems are punctuated with acoustic guitar, bells, and timpani.
Smith does an about-face on “wintertower,” a slippery electronic hybrid of looped beats and manipulated sounds, where the territory between rap and spoken word becomes too tangled to navigate.
This is a risky venture for someone perceived as a singer/songwriter. Smith embraces it and delivers an absorbing work. On “love songs” most of the vocals were fragile and restrained while “wintertower” teems with rumbles, drones, and squalls.
Each disc holds nine songs. I listen to track seven on “wintertower” which shares the album’s name, a stormy collage of electric guitar and manufactured sounds. Then I skip back to “love songs” and listen to track seven, “in your night,” a dark lullaby punctuated with barely audible whispers. You can get your hands on both at www.myspace.com/davidshanesmith.
Categories: Media, Music, Reviews, David, Shane, Smith, Love, Songs, Wintertower, UrbanFolk
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