ZEE AVI @ The Bell House on January 14

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Thursday, January 14, 2010
@ The Bell House (149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY)
7:30pm / $12 cover

A Special Night of Music and Comedy:
ZEE AVI
RORY SCOVEL
STAR DWELLER
KEVIN BARKER
KUMAIL NANJIANI
TIM HARRINGTON (of LES SAVY FAV, "Beardo")

Purchase advance tickets on Ticketweb here:
http://tinyurl.com/ydjbrvc


Zee Avi is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and ukulele player.

In September 2007 Avi posted a video of her first song on YouTube for one of her friends who had missed her first performance in Kuala Lumpur. The friend convinced Avi to leave the video online even after he had seen it, and soon she received positive feedback. This inspired her to put more videos on YouTube.

After being featured on the main page of YouTube, she was discovered by Patrick Keeler of The Raconteurs, who passed the link to Ian Montone, the manager of The White Stripes, The Shins, The Raconteurs, and others. Montone passed her music on to Emmett Malloy, who signed her to Brushfire Records, a record company which is partly owned by Jack Johnson.

Her song "No Christmas For Me" is featured on Brushfire Records's 2008 Christmas album This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday. Her single "Bitter Heart" was first to become available on the US iTunes store, and her full self-titled debut album was released on May 19, 2009, co-produced by Brushfire Records and Ian Montone's Monotone Records. On the day of her album's release, YouTube featured her on the front page in Spotlight: Music Tuesday. From June-August 2009, she toured the United States with Pete Yorn. The final concert on her first U.S. tour was at the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California on August 27, 2009.
http://www.myspace.com/zeeavi
http://www.zeeavi.com

Mixing his spontaneous creativity and absurd view of the world, Rory Scovel is quickly making a name for himself across North America. Whether discussing drugs, politics, or life in general his infectious stage presence and engaging charisma will quickly shift the vibe of any room and place the audience in the scene of every punchline.
http://www.roryscovel.com
http://www.myspace.com/roryscovel

Star Dweller is the current alter ego of Stephanie Davila, the former songstress of Americana-band The Winter Blanket. Her songs continue to be born out of necessity—a way to deal with ghosts passed and loves lost. But these new harrowing songs are particularly rife with evidence of sleepless nights and wrestled demons. Her whispery voice and barely-there guitar deliver unsuspecting secrets in the form of hushed lullabies.
http://www.myspace.com/stardwellermusic

Kevin Barker is a member of Vetiver and has released records under the name Currituck Co., but he has also served as a member of Vetiver, Antony & The Johnsons, and Joanna Newsom’s Ys Street Band (amongst others). Kevin Barker’s new album You and Me will be out later this year via Gnomonsong.
http://www.myspace.com/kwkbarker

New Yorkers familiar with local standup have surely encountered Kumail Nanjiani, because the 31-year-old Pakistan native performs every night of the week. Fortunately, the hard work has paid off: This year, Nanjiani performed on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," acted on "The Colbert Report" and "Saturday Night Live" and plans to make appearances on "Late Show With David Letterman" and Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" in August. After Nanjiani moved from Chicago to Brooklyn in 2007, his career took off. In addition to opening for Zach Galifianakis and Eugene Mirman, he has contributed to Comedy Central's new series "Michael and Michael Have Issues," appearing in five of the seven episodes of the first season.
http://www.myspace.com/5kumails

Plus, TIM HARRINGTON (of LES SAVY FAV) will be showing episodes of "Beardo" in between each act!
http://www.lessavyfav.com
http://www.myspace.com/lessavyfav