02:11 AM - Subinev Holiday Party: Alina Simone

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I first got to know Alina Simone last year just as she was ending her stint as the lead singer for the now-defunct band Emma La Reina. Her powerful voice was a perfect fit for the beautiful sonic chaos happening around her in that band. About a year later, she'd left New York for North Carolina, racked up an impressive amount of super enthusiastic press for an ep (with Emma La Reina backing her own music) and her live performances, toured the country and the world, and finished a well-rounded debut full length album (Placelessness - listen to "Saw Edged Grass" from it here) that is in need of the right label to put it out properly.

Alina Simone - "Love and Rockets" (from Prettier in the Dark ep)

For an electronica-tinged take on Alina's style, check out The Artifical Sea, a duo which she is half of and with which she recently toured France.

The Artificial Sea - "Outpost"

Alina is no stranger to compilations, and the new year will see her alongside M. Ward, The Gunshy, Matthew Ryan, Hayden, J. Tillman, Sarah White, Chris Bathgate, Oweihops, Paleo, Nic Garcia, Hezekiah Jones, The Hotel Ghost, and more on a Yer Bird Records comp. She'll also be doing a special digital release that I'll have more info about to share with you soon. And I'm pretty excited about that one. You'll see.

You can see Alina Simone tonight at the Subinev Holiday Party at Union Hall. She plays second, at 9pm. Union Hall is only a block away from the R train, I swear. Just head uphill.

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