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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Contest Win Tickets to Laura Marling!

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:32 PM

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For all of those who aren't obsessed with the hyperbole-soaked (Neil slags Liam! Ocean Colour Scene are the greatest band ever!!) British music mags, you might be sleeping on young Laura Marling.

Propped up to be the next big female UK singing sensation--like Lilly Allen (but more folk), Kate Nash, (but with better songs), or Amy Winehouse (but, you know, not high on crack)--Marling is a mere 18 years of age and her Mercury Prize-nominated debut, Alas, I Cannot Swim, is a polite evolution of the singer-songwriting genre from a voice who won't be fading from the pop music horizon, or the British press, anytime soon.

Interested? Well, gosh, then aren't you in luck? Marling will be performing an intimate show on
Tuesday, September 30th at Lola's Room and we have a pair of tickets to giveaway to not one, but two, readers.

Just comment below on why you think you deserve the tickets, and an all-star panel of judges will pick the best two responses. You must be 21 and over to win--so Marling could not win tickets to her own concert--and all comments must be posted by tomorrow by 4pm. Good luck, and don't miss Marling at this tiny show. Next time she rolls through town, I have a feeling it will be at a much larger venue.

LISTEN:







Laura Marling - "Failure"

 

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I missed my last concert at Lola's because I have a regular volunteer gig I chose to help out with instead. I'd love another chance to see a great show, and I love what I've heard of Marling in the past. She's phenomenal!
Posted by InsolubleGirl on September 24, 2008 at 9:04 PM · Report
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Because I have a thing for beautiful, accented songstresses. Because her voice makes me (a grown man) want to weep (like, say, a baby) and blurt out all my truths (good and bad). Because watching her manipulate those guitar strings is like having the fibers of my heart flicked by God. Because she's a breath of fresh air amid a group of women in her age bracket who seem to exploit a specific angle (Ms. Moss and her over-enunciation as to say "Hey, look, I'm a total British novelty!" or Ms. Winehouse, who pretty much takes the cake home with the "I'm a bad girl" act). Finally, an honest folky, and a pretty one to boot. I'm head over heels.
Posted by Marwood on September 25, 2008 at 9:44 AM · Report
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*cough*

Does this mean we get to see Marling?
Posted by InsolubleGirl on September 26, 2008 at 9:27 AM · Report

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