Jena Malone Builds Instrument, Starts Label, Busks
Behold: The Shoe!
Léon Theremin, Robert Moog, and...Jena Malone? Believe it. The actress/musician (Saved!, Donnie Darko, a Social Registry 7") has joined the ranks of famed instrument inventor people with the creation of a little contraption she calls "The Shoe".
The Shoe, as Malone tells it, is a "one woman instrument...built out of an old steamer truck" (check it out below), and doubles as the name of Ms. Malone's new recording project. The Shoe, the band, is comprised of Malone (on Shoe, naturally) and pianist Lem Jay Ignacio. They recently embarked on a busking tour of sorts around Los Angeles, one which finds them "only play[ing] on street corners and underpasses and on rooftops and living rooms," according to Malone.
That tour continues tonight with a gig outside a mini mart and wraps up tomorrow evening at a "mock chapel on a hill made of dirt." Folks hungry for more Shoe needn't worry though, as Malone and Ignacio have recorded a six-track EP that they've been selling at shoes-- excuse me, shows. The At Lem Jay's Garage EP should also be available soon via the website of the new label Malone has established, There Was an Old Woman Records. Get it?
As for Jena Malone and Her Bloodstains, who gave us that aforementioned 7"? That's "still a thing," according to Malone, but since the band "dissected itself...it's back to [the] 4 a.m. solo chants" Malone was making. Hey, we can dig that.
At Lem Jay's Garage:
01 Lover's Dust
02 Nymph, Nymph
03 Shaking Hands
04 Stupid Girl
05 Raccoon
06 Landslide Freestyle
The Shoe:
05-22 Los Angeles, CA - Coco's Mini Mart
05-23 Los Angeles, CA - "Mock Chapel on a Hill Made of Dirt" (916 Fedora St.)
The Shoe, as Malone tells it, is a "one woman instrument...built out of an old steamer truck" (check it out below), and doubles as the name of Ms. Malone's new recording project. The Shoe, the band, is comprised of Malone (on Shoe, naturally) and pianist Lem Jay Ignacio. They recently embarked on a busking tour of sorts around Los Angeles, one which finds them "only play[ing] on street corners and underpasses and on rooftops and living rooms," according to Malone.
That tour continues tonight with a gig outside a mini mart and wraps up tomorrow evening at a "mock chapel on a hill made of dirt." Folks hungry for more Shoe needn't worry though, as Malone and Ignacio have recorded a six-track EP that they've been selling at shoes-- excuse me, shows. The At Lem Jay's Garage EP should also be available soon via the website of the new label Malone has established, There Was an Old Woman Records. Get it?
As for Jena Malone and Her Bloodstains, who gave us that aforementioned 7"? That's "still a thing," according to Malone, but since the band "dissected itself...it's back to [the] 4 a.m. solo chants" Malone was making. Hey, we can dig that.
At Lem Jay's Garage:
01 Lover's Dust
02 Nymph, Nymph
03 Shaking Hands
04 Stupid Girl
05 Raccoon
06 Landslide Freestyle
The Shoe:
05-22 Los Angeles, CA - Coco's Mini Mart
05-23 Los Angeles, CA - "Mock Chapel on a Hill Made of Dirt" (916 Fedora St.)
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