Shalott Lilly

Alex Harbin is the Shalottlilly crative feature for this week!

1. What do you do? i currently play guitar in the anti-folk duo Preggers as well as the improv/noise collective Pinstripe&Tweed(where i also play the melodica, glockenspiel, synthesizer, and found objects)
   
2. What inspired you to start? i began playing guitar at age 11 after seeing the pete and pete episode “hard days pete” where little pete accidently stumbles upon a practice session of the band polaris and finds his new favorite song “i was around” but soon after forgets it. so he started a band called the blowholes to try to help him remember.
   
3. Where do your find  inspiration/ ideas? ive been inspired by a number of musicians. notably at the drive-in, sonic youth, my bloody valentine, mono, john cage, nick drake, zach hill, and elliott smith. and less obvious influences such as dadaism, andy kaufman, hayao miyazaki, j.d. salinger, traveling, and buddha. 

4. Do you have a website or myspace? myspace.com/colormeacoustic and myspace.com/pinstripeandtweed
   
5. Do you have anything coming up? yes, p&t is playing a show with attractive&popular on may 25th at the roadhouse in odessa
   
6. What are your plans for the future? this summer im moving to austin and i’ll be focusing more on writing solo music. but first im going to europe.
   
7. What else would you like people to know about you ?I recorded a song with Kimya Dawson of The Moldy Peaches, designed a lable for O Rosa Records out of Canterbury, England. its the label owned by the band Yndi Halda.im also a part time model.

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