{"id":3082,"date":"2010-06-03T21:16:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T05:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2010-06-03T21:16:49","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T05:16:49","slug":"gimme-five-laura-king-of-the-moaners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2010\/06\/gimme-five-laura-king-of-the-moaners\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Laura King of The Moaners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3087\" title=\"the moaners\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-1-300x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-1-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-1-360x278.png 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-1-103x80.png 103w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-1.png 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Melissa Swingle never met a slide guitar solo she didn&#8217;t like.\u00c2\u00a0 Fortunately, she also took a shine to Laura King. After Swingle&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodshotrecords.com\/artist\/trailer-bride\">Trailer Bride<\/a> hit the rocks, it was King she called on to join in a new project and together the two women set off to produce some of the most interesting and earnest indie-blues this  side  of the Mississippi.\u00c2\u00a0 As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/themoaners#\">The Moaners<\/a>, the women balance a fair share of trance inducing guitar riffs and clamoring drum bursts, tossing in an occasional singing saw break to create a sound-scape as dense as it is startlingly simple.<\/p>\n<p>Not satisfied to rest on the laurels of their critic-and-crowd-pleasing\u00c2\u00a0 past releases (2005&#8217;s <em>Dark Snack<\/em> and 2007&#8217;s <em>Blackwing Yalobusha<\/em>)<em> <\/em>the women have tackled the road gaining fans across the country and spent time readying new tracks for this fall&#8217;s much anticipated <em>Nocturnal<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Though the uncertain release date for a new record will leave more than a few people groaning, the opportunity to catch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/themoaners\">The Moaners<\/a> along with Pinche Gringo and Holly Golightly and  the Brokeoffs at <a href=\"http:\/\/caverntavern.com\/schedule.shtml\">The Cave<\/a> this  Saturday is nothing to moan about.<\/p>\n<p>Now just five over-serious questions for the lady keeping the beat:<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Guillotine.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3089\" title=\"guillotine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Guillotine-242x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Guillotine-242x300.gif 242w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Guillotine-64x80.gif 64w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Guillotine.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. If your band were a  historical  event, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The French Revolution\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6we  like to make heads roll.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What made you pick the band  name? Why \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Moaners\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we first started playing  music together we had no lyrics, and when we listened back to band  practices  all we could hear were moans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe your typical band  practice experience. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We set up in the kitchen and  hash it out.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3088\" title=\"the moaners\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-2.png 289w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Picture-2-79x80.png 79w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>4. Who\/what might be a few  inspirations or influences that might really surprise people?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4C-oiN_KDD0\">Chopin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_aIhh9nFYv4\">Black Sabbath<\/a>,  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zCrtErmipXE\">Bessie Smith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts\">The Monkees<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AEzsPGHsi90&amp;feature=fvst\">Django Reinhardt<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hq-W-4Izjwc\">Flaming Lips<\/a>, and many  more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you dream of being  when you were a kid? (how \u00e2\u20ac\u2122d that turn out?)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melissa wanted to be an Indian  Brave and declare war on the white men. Then she grew boobies and  couldn&#8217;t  go shirtless anymore like Indian Braves do. And she realized she was  white. It didn&#8217;t turn out well.<\/p>\n<p>Laura has always wanted to  be a musician writing her first song at age 5 called &#8220;My Baby.&#8221;  It&#8217;s working out well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c    \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Ramble over to <a href=\"http:\/\/caverntavern.com\/schedule.shtml\">The Cave<\/a> this Saturday to hear The Moaners in action. And by all means, give Laura a  high five  when  you see her!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Swingle never met a slide guitar solo she didn&#8217;t like.  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