Emmaline Twist releases new video for "Desperate Measures"
Emmaline Twist worked with Sound 81 Productions to create a live, in-studio performance video of the song "Desperate Measures".
Emmaline Twist featured in "Listen Local" via The Johnson County Library
The Johnson County Library has included Emmaline Twist in their "Listen Local" archives.
Check out the interview with the band, and see what book recommendations we make.
Emmaline Twist included in The Record Machine / PlayListPlay compilation, "How To Keep Dreaming, Vol IV"
Via PlayListPlay :
Our good friends at The Record Machine have released their fourth volume of How To Keep Dreaming, a collection of songs from various artists that aims to turn you onto new music and throw some inspiration your way. The collection of 16 new and unreleased tracks is free to listen to but can be purchased as well for pay-what-you-want pricing, with 100% of proceeds going to The Noise FM’s benefit Noise For Toys.
Noise For Toys is a benefit concert the boys in The Noise FM put on to raise money and donations for Toys For Tots, an organization that aims to help families in needs with gifts during the holidays.
Take a listen to the album below with a full track listing below that and purchase the album via Bandcamp to make a lucky kid’s holiday that much better.
Emmaline Twist featured on KCUR
3 Reasons We're Listening To Emmaline Twist This Week
When Emmaline Twist debuted earlier this year, the self-described "post-punk shoegaze" quartet was embraced by area indie-rock tastemakers. The seasoned members of Emmaline Twist were previously in bands including the Latenight Callers, Onward Crispin Glover and the Silver Maggies.
3 reasons we're listening to Emmaline Twist this week:
1. The quartet of Kristin Conkright (bass), Jonathan Knecht (drums), Meredith McGrade (vocals and guitar) and Krysztof Nemeth (guitar) is signed to Middle Class Records, the RecordBar's new in-house record label. They've released two songs, including “Vega.”
2. The group’s dark, goth-imbued sound echoes British bands like Joy Division and the Cure.
3. Saturday’s show is part of Apocalypse Meow, an annual benefit for the Midwest Music Foundation. The core mission of the non-profit organization is centered on "providing health care assistance, education and career development, events and resources" to Kansas City area musicians.
Emmaline Twist performs on Saturday, November 5, with headliners Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear at RecordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri, 64108; 816-753-5207. Apocalypse Meow opens Friday at Mills Record Company, 4045 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri, 816-960-3775.
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Emmaline Twist announced for line-up of Apocalypse Meow NINE.
The Midwest Music Foundation and 90.9 The Bridge are proud to present the 9th Annual Apocalypse Meow to benefit Abby's Fund for Musicians' Health Care.
For more information and full list of sponsors visit:
www.midwestmusicfoundation.org/apocalypsemeow
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November 4, 2016, 7 p.m.
Mills Record Company
FREE, All ages
Emcee: Michael Byars (KCUR 89.3)
Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds
Maria The Mexican
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November 5, 2016, 6 p.m.
recordBar
$15, 18 and up
Tickets available at: www.therecordbar.com
Emcees: Jason Nivens (98.9 The Rock!) and Amy Farrand
Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear
Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type
Emmaline Twist
The Invisible World
Shapiro Brothers
Nicholas St. James
Crystal Clayton
Jake Wells
Emmaline Twist thanks #CMFKC2016
We had an amazing time performing at the 2016 Crossroads Music Fest this past Saturday Night. Thank you to everyone who came down to The Tank Room to experience it with us.
Here's a blurb from Kansas City Star music reporter Tim Finn blogging about our performance.
Emmaline Twist at the Tank Room
They’re a new band, but one with plenty of miles on its odometer. This ensemble of Kansas City music veterans writes songs that indulge in the better traits of post-punk and shoegaze rock. The Cure is an obvious influence. The influence of bands like New Order and Interpol is more insinuated. The savory twist is the shoegaze element, which recalls bands like Luna. It’s all poured into top-notch songcraft that highlights the vocals of Meredith McGrade, who will remind you now and then of heyday Chrissie Hynde.
You can read the entire article about the festival here at their site.
Emmaline Twist featured in The Kansas City Star
Emmaline Twist has the honor of being featured in today's Kansas City Star.
Read the entire article on their site, here
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 8:00 AM
New Kansas City band adds its twists to sounds of post-punk, shoegaze
BY TIMOTHY FINN
tfinn@kcstar.com
Emmaline Twist got started in early 2016 when Krysztof Nemeth, former baritone guitarist in the Latenight Callers, started collaborating with Meredith McGrade, a veteran of several Kansas City bands.
“Meredith and I got started in trying to capture the sound and feel of the music we mutually loved: post-punk and shoegaze,” Nemeth said. “Meredith initially played bass and sang, while I employed the baritone guitar as the lead instrument.”
From there the group grew into a quartet, adding Jonathan Knecht, formerly of the Silver Maggies, and Kristin Thompson Conkright, formerly of Knife Crime and Onward Crispin Glover. Then the band switched things up again, Nemeth said, moving McGrade to guitar and asking Conkright to play bass.
“At that point, everyone realized that we’d found the right people for each role, and we started developing ourselves as a unit.”
Saturday night, Emmaline Twist will perform at the Crossroads Music Fest, the annual music showcase in the Crossroads Arts District. Nemeth recently answered a few questions about the band, its sound and its recording plans.
Q: Where does the name come from?
A: In the late 1880s, there was a couple of well-to-do Kansas Citians named Judge Stephen and Emeline Twiss. I was listening to a news story that referenced these two and misheard it as “Emeline Twist.” A few letters later, the name “Emmaline Twist” was realized as a great band name.
Q: How are songs written/composed?
A: Each song and its lyrics starts out as demos I’ve worked up and then brought to the band to turn into Emmaline Twist orchestrations. The songs evolve from there, with everyone’s take on the piece giving it the band’s voice.
Q: What/who do people say you sound like?
A: A combination of post-punk and shoegaze bands like New Order/Joy Division, the Cure, Chameleons UK, and Slowdive.
Q: How do you describe your sound?
A: We describe it as “dark and atmospheric dance rock,” with the caveat that if you don’t want to dance, you can just bob your head and chill.
Q: What’s the status of a recording?
A: We’ve only recorded two songs for the moment as an introductory single. They were recorded and mixed here in KC at Temple Sounds by Lin Buck, and mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures.
We have intentions of recording more of our songs for an EP release in the near future. We’ve also just signed with Middle Class Records, which will help the process along sooner rather than later.
Timothy Finn: 816-234-4781, @phinnagain
Emmaline Twist Releases Debut Single
Emmaline Twist is proud to announce the release of their first single, "Vega" b/w "Moon Eyes".
Capturing these two crowd favorites was essential in presenting the sound and mood of the band to the world. Recorded and mixed at Temple Sounds (KCMO) and Mastered at Weights and Measures Soundlab (KCMO), these two songs convey the rich and textural qualities of Emmaline Twist, in both the dance-y (Vega) and the drone-y (Moon Eyes).
This digital-only single is available for purchase and download at Bandcamp.