The Fainting Room is Lisa Ridgely on guitar and vocals, Sara Moilanen on bass and vocals, Ryan Elliott on lead guitar and vocals, and Ricky Ganiere on drums. The band has released two EPs, Wine In Bed, in May 2012 and Heart Hot in 2014. Their first full-length album, Dusk, will be released in May 2018.
Official Claire is one of her generation’s finest songwriters. The Chicago Reader praised her combination of “sensitivity and straight talk.” Former Wilco member LeRoy Bach says, “Official Claire is my favorite new songwriter. Her songs possess deep wit, and mischief, and all those swaying hooks!” Her live band includes Bach, as well as Brooks Palmer and drummer Quin Kirchner.
Claire is also a calm shredder of guitar! The Singleman Affair called her a “stunning bliss/drone sorceress.” On her most recent release, Midnight Dickbiter, Claire played and engineered the majority of instruments. The beautiful collection maintains a celebration amid darkness, and generosity amid the mundane.
NINETEEN THIRTEEN is a chamber rock duo from Milwaukee, WI, USA. Cellist Janet Schiff performs a cello orchestra on an electronically amplified cello from Romania in 1913 hooked up to today’s looping technology. Renee Bebeau plays a full rock drumset for their heavy sound. NINETEEN THIRTEEN is a multiple WAMI award winning duo.