Gig Alerts: April Smith and the Great Picture Show
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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April Smith and the Great Picture Show (Eric Ryan Anderson)
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Gig Alerts
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April Smith and the Great Picture Show
"Colors"
Playing at: Mercury Lounge (217 E. Houston St., East Village)
Get: Tickets | Directions
Jersey-born songstress April Smith has some truly devoted fans. Last June, Smith asked her admirers to help her raise $10,000 through the fundraising site Kickstarter.com so that she could record a new album. By September she had over $13,000, and last month Smith and her band the Great Picture Show released their fan-funded album Songs for a Sinking Ship. Not bad for a group that's still without a recording contract. On this winsome track from the record, Smith and the GPS marry sassy modern pop with retro folkiness in a foot-stomping, sea shanty-esque tune about awaiting the return of a far-away sweetheart.
Download April Smith and the Great Picture Show's Songs For A Sinking Ship at Amazon.com
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