Gretchen Phillips
Live music w/ Gretchen Phillips and Phranc
When: Thu Jun 24
Time: 8pm door; 9pm show
Cost: $8-15
Details:
Gretchen Phillips
http://www.Gretchen-Phillips.com
Why was Gretchen Phillips voted into the Austin Chronicle’s 2000-2001 Music Poll Hall of Fame? Let’s see. Her choice to put a lesbian point of view front and center in her songs has been cited as an inspiration to such indie pop sensations as Le Tigre, The Butchies and Pansy Division. Her bold and creative use of Casio presets has been cited as an influence on Austin’s own foul-mouthed music sensation Hug. And, very arguably, where would Riot Grrrrl be without Meat Joy, her seminal first band, which artfully combined sexual politics with lots of humor? [website]
Phranc
Phranc
http://www.myspace.com/phrancmyspace
Self-professed “all-American, Jewish, lesbian folksinger” Phranc got her start in the late ’70s Punk rock movement with synth rock band Nervous Gender and reggae Goth band Catholic Discipline (a band that would be immortalized in the first installment of the Decline of Western Civilization movies). During this period, she would sing some of her more political songs acoustically to allow the audience to clearly hear her words. It was these performances that eventually led to the discovery of her voice as an acoustic folk artist. During the span of her early solo releases (Folksinger and on), she discovered her niche — a voice for not only the gay and lesbian community, but for the socially conscious everywhere. Phranc’s music is often humorous in approach, but the underlying message is always based on serious subject matter.
