NextThreeDays: Event Display

Musician Logan Venderlic
Venue: Gillie's, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, April 7, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free
Description:
Gillie's welcomes Logan Venderlic to the stage.

Sprung from the hills of rural West Virginia, Logan Venderlic weaves his own brand of modern, indie-infused hooks and applies it to contemporary Appalachian folk, dubbing the creation “Folk Wave.”

Logan’s self-titled debut long player follows his 2010 breakout, Manic EP, which illicited the quick and telling quip from the likes of the Wall Street Journal: “Tom Petty meets Appalachia.”

Logan interjects on the new album, though, “it’s much more full and well-rounded than the EP. There are some big, orchestral drum sounds, some Aretha Franklin-esque ‘shoops,’ and plenty of little mellotron flourishes, all wrapped up into an indie/folky mix.”

Initially rebelling in teenhood angst against his “Jerkwater Town,” he began using music as his personal shrink. Venderlic delivers magnetic songs that swing on a temperamental pendulum between the mania of childhood’s purity and the depression of adulthood concession, growing as an individual along with his music and coming to terms in appreciation of his humble upbringing.

Since exploring beyond his home state while on tour, Venderlic shared stages with a diverse array of artists from The Spring Standards, American Aquarium, and Professor Louie (of The Band), to Marcy Playground, Ume, and Hawthorne Heights.

For more information, visit: http://www.facebook.com/loganvenderlic/

Local musicians are showcased on Thursdays and Saturdays at 7pm. Friday night shows will begin at 10 pm and be 18 and up only. NO DOOR COVER! Gillie's musicians play for TIPS every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

For more information on Gillie's, call: 540-961-2703 or visit: http://www.myspace.com/gilliesmusic