Tuesday, June 27, 9pm, $6 | NORA KEYES (of The Centimeters) with Dame Darcy, Madame P & CagesTues, June 27–totally freaky, chill-to-the-bone vaudeville ghost music from Nora Keyes (of LA goth-punk/ new wave band The Centimeters). If you wanna know how scary this woman is, make sure you’re alone, turn down the lights and listen to the witch cackle chorus available here:
Nora Keyes’ first solo album, eSongs to Cry by for the Golden Age of Nothingi sounds more like an old 78 pried from the arms of a long deceased witch, found in a buried tea chest, in a forgotten woodland that the locals still dare not venture into, than the efforts of a nice Los Angeles born girl, joined here by her talented friends Rebecca Lynn (violin), Ray Day (guitar), Creekbird (brass / drums) and Dame Darcy (auto harp / saw).
Famed for eccentric on stage theatrics Ms Keyes is known to transform herself from innocent child to ancient hag all the while accompanying herself on organ. Her singing style is so relentlessly sad it becomes euphoric as it shifts from beautiful soprano to chilling cackles, even wild yodeling during her cover of Jimmy Rogers eOld Pali.
Her previous band ethe Centimetersi have produced a string of albums since 1996, most notably eFacts of destinyi produced by Don Bolles (The Germs) and eHelp Is on the Wayi produced by David J (Bauhaus / love and rockets), who liked them so much he had them open at the last Love and Rockets show in Los Angeles and has more recently exploited her singing talents for his theme to the upcoming film Black Dahlia. She is currently writing music for a new album with Don Bolles.
Photo: Dress by Mindy Le Brock, Photo- Andrea Marutti – Fall Tour 05 Milano
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