AMP is very proud to feature AMP Member Heather
Lockie's band Listing Ship as our AMP Members of the
Month! Founded in 2002 by Lockie and math professor
Lyman Chaffee, this groundbreaking band, known for
their unique compositions and harmonies, will be
performing at AMP's first benefit & fundraiser.
While Chaffee and Lockie have been performing
together since 1992 in an art-rock band called
Leather Hyman, the 7-member Listing Ship line-up has
added an entirely new dimension to their repertoire.
Lockie, an English and music teacher, as well as an
illustrator in her spare time, plays viola, banjo,
piano, and violin. She is a primary songwriter for
Listing Ship, and has worked on film scores as well
as played with such various national and local live
acts as Eels with Strings, Arthur Lee & Love, Macy
Grey, Brian Wilson, Sparklehorse, and W.A.C.O. Other
members of Listing Ship have played with Lydia
Lunch, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Motels, and The
Negro Problem, among others. It's been said that
"their music is lush with banjo, violin, violas,
string bass, and mandolins, which could moisten the
ears of the driest listener"
(http://www.unbrucoblu.it/), and they've been
characterized as a mix of Sonic Youth with violin
and viola! Listing Ship has received a really huge
amount of positive attention for their album "Time
to Dream", notably from http://www.spin.com (Band of
the day), the Los Angeles Times (Buzz Bands column
featured band), LA Record (featured band),
http://www.ign.com (Album of the Month), and Los
Angeles radio station KPFK (Album #1 of 2005). In
June of 2005 Nic Harcourt, Music Director at the
famous KCRW radio station in Los Angeles,
California, picked up "Time to Dream," giving it
considerable pre-release airplay. The members of
Listing Ship are currently recording their next full
length release (working title "A Hull Full of Oil
and Bone") with a tentative release date of January
'07 on the artist collective True Classical CDs.
When performed live, their acoustic sound is
augmented with charming and evocative arrangements,
multi-vocal harmonies and unusual rhythms. Listing
Ship is a kaleidoscope of joyful musical experiences
that finds the ideal dimension in live performance.
If you live in the Los Angeles area, don't miss
seeing them live at Art Share Los Angeles on Sunday,
December 17!
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