The Album Leaf, Sister Crayon September 26, 2011

All Ages

The Album Leaf
The Album Leaf officially began in 1998 as the solo project of Jimmy LaValle, guitarist for San Diego, California-based post-rock band Tristeza. LaValle has also performed in several other San Diego-area bands, including Swing Kids, The Locust, GoGoGo Airheart, and The Black Heart Procession as well as collaborating with Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. The new Album Leaf album A Chorus of Storytellers, marks th...e first decade for the group. In those 10 years, LaValle has gone from initial improvised home recordings to now five complete studio albums, from opening slots to leading an incredible world-touring band to the stage at Red Rocks, headlining the Metamorphose festival in Japan and performing at the Hollywood Bowl with the Incredible String Band. LaValle’s well-earned reputation as a crafter of impeccable sonic imagery even led to a critically-acclaimed show at the Seattle International Film Festival where The Album Leaf performed a live score for the 1927 silent film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.
Sub Pop
Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/thealbumleaf

Sister Crayon
Sister Crayon is a Sacramento-based quartet signed to independent label Manimal Vinyl. Led by vocalist Terra Lopez with Dani Fernandez playing backing tracks, the band was a two member act for approximately one year before keys player Genarro Ulloa and drummer Nicholas Suhr joined the following year. Previously performing under the name Silent and Clementine, Lopez decided “I didn’t want to be shy anymore, and I wanted to have a name that was bolder, and a completely different alter ego.”
Mp3s: http://sistercrayon.bandcamp.com

Official Website: http://manicproductions.org/shows/1931