
I can hit pause whenever I want instead of someone else running it all for me. But I do like the idea of doing everything myself. I’m already in charge of everything but I’m not necessarily like, quick to respond to emails, and I’d like to work on that.ĭo you think you’ll look into getting a manager at some point? I’ve gotten a lot of practice in navigating this kind of freelance business, and it’s a big goal for me by the end of the year to be more on top of it. Being on top of business, making sure everything is running smoothly, coordinating meetings - it’s all stuff I have to remind myself every day to stay on top of. Part of it is that I want to kind of step up to the plate and treat this like a job. Yeah, I don’t even have a manager or anything, just a booking agent. I didn’t anticipate that strong of a response, but I’m really glad it happened, and I’m excited to keep making art now.Īnd in addition to gaining so many fans, it’s also incredible how much press you’ve been getting without any help from a publicist. Sidney Gish: It was definitely just really lucky. Violet Foulk: So, how does it feel to have been getting so much attention for No Dogs Allowed so quickly? In advance of her appearance at Great Scott in Allston this Thursday (September 27), we chatted about her lucky streak, staying in control, and what we can expect from her next. Earlier this month, before it was revealed she was nominated for a quartet of 2018 Boston Music Awards (Unsigned Artist of the Year Alt/Indie Artist of the Year Song of the Year, for “Not but For You, Bunny” and Album/EP of the Year, for No Dogs Allowed), Gish found time to meet with Vanyaland after class on a rainy Boston afternoon. In just a few short months, Gish found herself on summer tours with Camp Cope and Petal, and then with Mitski. The college student quietly dropped her sophomore LP, No Dogs Allowed, on New Year’s Eve and hit the road for her internship in New York, where she didn’t expect to see her own music streaming in Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist or picked up by press outlets like Pitchfork and The Fader. JMerriweather Post Pavilion Washington, D.C.If you’ve been on the internet at all this past year, you’ve probably at least heard of Sidney Gish. JFestival Grounds at City Park New Orleans, LA *
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JTexas Trust CU Theatre Grounds Dallas, TX * JFrost Amphitheater at Stanford Bay Area, CA * JBrookside at the Rose Bowl Los Angeles, CA * JThrive Park at Snapdragon Stadium San Diego, CA * Plus, he's set to join boygenius, Clairo, and Dijon on tour as part of traveling Re:SET Festival over the summer, and he'll open for The National on their European tour in the fall. In other Bartees Strange news, his guest-curated lineup for Canadian fest Sled Island was recently unveiled. Listen to Sidney and Bartees' singles below. I was thinking about how valuable it is to have people you can really trust. I wrote this song to get some feelings out I had about some business people I was considering working with - they ended up being shady and I was feeling very betrayed. Matchsticks, pillows for drums, very random keyboards, etc. All of the instrumentation was done with stuff from that room.

I figured it would be cool to write something using only the tools we had. I was bunkered down with my guitarist Dan at his family’s house in the basement. During our tour with Car Seat Headrest, the band had Covid.

I remember feeling like damn – how do you compete with people like that? They’ve got some very real resources.

When I was living in BK I ran into a bunch of young punk bands and experimental acts that rose quickly from that school. On "Tisched Off," Bartees explains:Īs an up and coming musician, there’s a very special pain that comes with realizing a huge chunk of the artists you’re competing with have way more money and resources than you. Both tracks build an electric tension, with "Tisched Off" exploding in its lyrics and "Keekee'in" letting go of its instrumental at its close. Daniel Kleederman)" were kicked around for a while but left unreleased. Similarly, Bartees's songs "Tisched Off" and "Keekee'in (feat.
