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interesting music are proud to present another eclectic evening of entertainment

Friday 20th May
The Tunnels,
Carnegies Brae
Aberdeen,
Doors 8pm, Entry £5

featuring
Monica Queen
Pinkie Maclure and John Wills
The Martha Dumptruck Massacre


Monica Queen
Monica Queen is really 2 people. Monica and Johnny Smillie, founder members of the seminal THRUM. The respect they gained through THRUM earned them the plaudits of sounding like Janis Joplin fronting Teenage Fanclub and Tammy Wynette with a hard on. Grant Lee Buffalo, The Jayhawks and Shane McGowan were all impressed enough to have Monica join them onstage. Mark and Lard came on board as fans after seeing them on The Word and invited them on to their show several times. Thrum had been dormant for a few years when Stuart form Belle and Sebastian asked Monica to salvage a song that he felt needed something extra special. The result was "Lazy Line Painter Jane" which went on to be the fan's favourite and band's closing number. It was after seeing the reaction to Monica while singing with the Belle's at the Royal Albert Hall, Glastonbury, Benicassim and The Barrowland's among others that Johnny realised that Monica needed a new vehicle for her voice. This resulted in the wonderfully reviewed "Ten Sorrowful Mysteries" and showed a whole new depth to Monica's vocals accompanied by Johnny's trademark guitar and inventive electronica. It was widely acknowledged that this was a coming of age for Monica's talents and she is regarded as one of Scotland's greatest vocalist's while retaining her hard earned credibility .This earned some new fans too - James Grant asked her to sing the opening track on his album "I Shot the Albatross" as well as providing harmonies on other tracks and then again on his new album "Holy Love" and has become an integral part of James live shows. Chris Coco of Radio 1's Blue Room invited Monica to collaborate on his album Next Wave along with Nick Cave and Peter Green. Jim White also was impressed enough to ask Monica and Johnny to work on a track with him and has contributed to a track on the new Monica album "Return of the Sacred Heart" This new work sees Johnny take Monica's voice to another level again and the sparse production gives it room to be heard in all it's glory.

www.monicaqueen.co.uk

Pinkie MacLure and John Wills
Pinkie Maclure (Sigmatropic / Spleen / The Real Tuesday Weld) and John Wills (LOOP/ Natacha Atlas / Cornershop) are two of a kind. After raising age-old galleons and the neck hair of residing deadheads with Hello, they scoured their soundings and descended headlong into an electronique underwurlde with Lumen. Now they've settled into the deep organic ooze of Cellardyke Harbour as the East Neuk's solitary weird folk-psych duo, mixing electric dulcimer, concertina, spartan beats and pagan verses to create a hypnotic mixture sometimes reminiscent of June Tabor and acoustic-era Swans."Having recently seen them @ The Fence weekend I would also say @ times think Souixe's Creatures meets
Marie Boine. Absolutely magical live" (chilli)

www.pinkiemaclure.co.uk

The Martha Dump Truck Massacre
The collective known as THE MARTHA DUMPTRUCK MASSACRE carry on the tradition
of delivering sound sensation to longing ears. In recent years, independent rock critics and art enthusiasts alike have engorged in the group's musical craft. The Martha Dumptruck Massacre was formed in 2001 by main songwriter Joel Alter. The band has had a constantly rotating lineup in order to accommodate the variety of sounds and styles the band employs.(There have been 50+ members in the band in the past few years.) In 2003, mainstay multi-instrumentalist Scott Wiener (of the Bikini Carwash Company) joined the collective. Soon after, the band began recording regularly and has been touring around North America and Europe frequently. Joel writes songs that make you happy and sad at the same time. One second the songs are quiet-whispered-between-the-sheet stories and the next they are cover-your-ears-shake-your-head-move-your-body rock. As he says, "Once you play with the Martha Dumptruck Massacre, you're always a member." During their live show, MDM gets everyone involved in the music, whether it be meditative head bobbing or singing along. So, in essence, once you see the Martha Dumptruck Massacre, you are forever part of them.

www.themarthadumptruckmassacre.com


A triple bill to make you thank xxxx its Friday again