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Shows Are Standing Room OnlyLez Zeppelin will be celebrating the anniversary of The Song Remains The Same by performing the album in its entirety! Founded in 2004 by New York guitarist Steph Paynes, the all-girl quartet, Lez Zeppelin has since gained unanimous critical acclaim as one of the most exciting live acts around, becoming the first female rock act to pay homage to led zeppelin and to garner rave reviews across the board. Lez Zeppelin stays true to the musically audacious spirit of the original, delivering the legendary rock bands blistering arrangements and monstrous sound note-for-note at sold-out frenzied shows around the world. in June, 2013, Jimmy Page attended their show in London and said of the group, they played the led zeppelin music with an extraordinary sensuality and an energy and passion that highlighted their superb musicianship. The thing that sets Lez Zeppelin apart is the seamless and unique way they inject their gender-bending performance into the original material. they have been featured on major television including the BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS,MTV VH-1, Fox and radio shows worldwide, such as Sirius XM and NPR. the groups first studio album, Lez Zeppelin, was produced by legendary producer/engineer, Eddie Kramer (Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix). the groups second lP, Led Zeppelin I, is an authentic re-make of Led Zeppelins first album, using the very same vintage equipment employed by led in 1968. Lez Zeppelin also recorded a holiday song, Mystic Snowman, a wry mash-up of stairway and frosty the snowman. all records are distributed throughout the United States, Japan and Europe. Since Lez Zeppelins formation, the group has broken both glass and class ceilings. whether its playing on catwalk above times square for 40,000, or on the main stage at Bonnaroo, Hellfest and The Isle of Wight; flying to India for a benefit concert for ambulances or taking the stage twice! at Madison Square Garden, its clear that the unique power, personality and magical force of Lez Zeppelin is far beyond that of a tribute act. Spin Magazine called them the most powerful all-female band in rock history. for those sceptics who still dare to ask: can four women pull off the exuberant, powerful and musically intricate performances for which Led Zeppelin are known, a Lez Zeppelin show is nothing short of a revelation.

Shows Are Standing Room OnlyThe vivid music of Austra is born of the creative force that is producer, songwriter and recording engineer Katie Stelmanis and the most powerful instrument at her disposal - her voice, one that is capable of effortlessly evoking moments of personal and universal drama. Augmented and assisted in live performance by a rotating cast of musicians, Austras recordings are essays in texture, atmosphere and emotion that increasingly examine the contemporary sensation of being haunted by the future.Im so chaotic in love, sings Katie Austra Stelmanis on Amnesia, the cinematic opening track of Chin Up Buttercup, the fifth album by her alter ego and longtime pop project Austra. You know Austras astonishing voice singular and operatic, it betrays a fearlessness and sophistication. Shes the woman youd be afraid to approach in a bar. Her voice draws you like a siren to the dance floor as the beats build toward the hypnotic chorus of my life is not the same without you in my arms. Listen closely and youll hear a vulnerability that sets this album apart from her earlier work. This is a grief album you can dance to.Stelmanis and co-producer Kieran Adams shared a mutual love of pop divas, Eurodance and hard-to-find techno. Madonnas 1998 album Ray of Light, produced by William Orbit, was a key influence in the later stages of album making: Ray of Light was produced almost entirely on a Juno-106 and a Korg MS-20 which wed been using, so the reference point was aligned, says Stelmanis. The album sounds like a mix of hypnotic dance floor anthems and elegant melodies to soothe your broken heart.