Dear Nora, Loveblaster

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Leslie Lechner

Katy Davidson of Dear Nora.

Katy Davidson of Dear Nora.

Dear Nora has featured many incarnations since Katy Davidson teamed up with Lewis and Clark College classmates out in Portland in the late ‘90s. One thing has been consistent: Davidson’s delivery of creative, insurgent pop music in the vein of DIY notables like Gaze and The Softies. This is a great opportunity to see a tireless innovator at work, on a solo tour stop. With Madison slowcore harmony makers Loveblaster.

media release: DOORS 7:00 / SHOW 7:30 / DONE BY 10:00 / Tickets $15 advance

Dear Nora, the legendary indie band fronted by Katy Davidson (they/she), returned in 2018 after a twelve-year hiatus. The project began in 1999 in Portland and changed lineups as Davidson relocated, producing three amazing albums (We’ll Have a Time, Mountain Rock, There is No Home) during the initial tenure. The return to the Dear Nora moniker has resulted in the albums Skulls Example and Human Futures.

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/where-to-start-with-dear-nora-your-favorite-indie-rockers-favorite-indie-rocker/

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dear-nora-three-states-rarities-1997-2007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpuuzPY90oQ

https://www.stereogum.com/1990111/katy-davidson-on-skulls-example-the-first-dear-nora-album-in-12-years/interviews/

https://dearnora.bandcamp.com/album/skulls-example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDYNFEec08o

Loveblaster is a Madison-grown, indie-slowcore trio whose vocal harmonies and lyrical prowess combine to create “arresting tension… underneath [a] minimal, gentle surface.” (Scott Gordon, Tone Madison). Reduced to just an electric guitar, snare drum, and crash cymbal for live performances, the pair adapts their somber tone in a way which proves that though the members may be few, their passion does not compromise. FFO: Low, Sparklehorse, Songs: Ohia.

https://loveblaster.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/loveblaster.wi/

https://spotify.link/B8ygSwdfUCb

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