Fall shows

I’ll be playing some shows with friends until our album is released.  Come say hi! I also started a film 12 years which I have to score, so that is next in line.  if you have some art you’d like to share, I need an album cover!  Email me, picastromusic@gmail.com.

 

September 29, 2017.    Toronto, ON.  Church of the Redeemer.  Anastasia Minster’s album release show! “Hour of the Wolf”

October 13, 2017.  Chicago, IL.   Cafe Mustache.

October 15, 2017.  Bloomington, IN.  The Bishop.

As always, please email if me if you want me to play your town!

 

 

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exit adulthood

The record is done, just getting all the art work sorted.  I haven’t figured out a title much beyond “Exit” but maybe that’s enough.   My aim was to only have male singers on each song.  Some of it worked, some of it needed a mix of two or more people, including myself.   I have always thought it would be interesting if I made an album presented by male  singers and erased myself from that part of the presentation of it.    I researched various cultural styles of music and singing, cultures where women dominated ritual and private ceremonies where men ruled public performance.   But the album took on its own tone and is as much about addiction and humility and disappointment in adulthood as it is about gender.  It is kind in its humanity but maybe brutal in other ways.  I’ll be playing some solo shows in the fall while I finish a film I started a while ago, get in touch if you want a show or just want to say hi.

shirts

Forgot to mention, these were silkscreened by the talented Petra Glynt a few moons ago.

stuff for sale

Might switch to just selling pickles and hot sauce on tour instead.

I’ll personalize these shirts and tapes in some way if you want them.  The shirts are ladies small, the tapes are unisex.  $10 Canadian dollars for the shirts, $5 for the cassettes.

I still can’t think of a good album title.

 

 

U.K. shows, 2016

While we finish the record of a thousand voices, I’ll be playing some shows in the U.K. with friends.  Possibly one more Toronto show.

December 1, Manchester.  @ Fuel with Howie Reeve.

December 3, Glasgow.  @ Platform with Adrian Crowley and Howie Reeve.

December 4, London.  @ Cafe Oto with Pekko Kappi.

 

 

2016

This album is taking too long.  I am booking some shows overseas for December, get in touch if you want me to play, I’ll be playing some new stuff solo.

 

In the meantime, I am going through some things, trying to finish a film I started 10 years ago and will be posting photos and songs from compilations.

 

Write me anytime:  picastromusic@gmail.com.  Love, Liz.

Toronto show! June 2!

Picastro will be playing with Thrill Jockey artist Colleen and our friend Justin Small from Do Make Say Think, June 2nd at Ratio in Toronto, Justin and Picastros will do a little collaboration at some point.

 

Check it out!

 

https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/15524/

Picastro shows, 2016

This record is taking a while! It will be worth it, I promise.

In the meantime, I’ll be playing mostly solo on May 7 at Casa Del Popolo for the third edition of Club Les Femmes S’en Melent! With some special guests I hope.

 

Also planning on other shows here and there so stay tuned!

 

New stuff/old stuff

We’re working on new songs to record this winter, pretty excited and there are a lot of changes.

In the meantime, I thought I’d share some amazing photos from previous tours taken by our fantastic U.K. band mate Anthony Saunders.

Enjoy!

summer – end – show

I always mean to write more, this summer was unexpectedly busy.   I played in Chicago in May, Jersey City at WfMU (video to come soon!) in July and the full band will be playing on August 27th at our sometimes rehearsal space at Ratio with Loom and Laughing Eye Weeping Eye.

I have been studying the oud and preparing all the songs I want to record for another album, this time it will not include me singing at all, I have been asking different male musicians instead.   Its not really a statement about me but maybe a statement about music and my relationship to it.   There are times I totally forget about my gender and I do think of myself as a composer, no question.  Somewhere in between those two areas is the next album.