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Saturday 09 August 2008
By Max on Saturday 09 August 2008, - Live
Artist: K'naan/Sia/The Roots/Radiohead / Venue: All Points West Festival (New Jersey, NJ) / Date: 08.09.2008 @ 4:30PM Web: www.apwfestival.com
Saturday 08 March 2008
By Max on Saturday 08 March 2008, - Live
Artist: Sia / Venue: Webster Hall (New York, NY) / Date: 03.08.2008 @ 6:00PM / Genre: Indie / Web: www.siamusic.net
Sia (full name Sia Furler) hails from the famously laid-back Australian city of Adelaide. Boasting a powerful, soulful voice, she worked the Adelaide jazz circuit during the '90s as a vocalist for the band Crisp. However, the blonde, blue-eyed antipodean's big break came only after she followed in the footsteps of many other Aussie artists and hopped on a plane to the U.K. While in London, Sia landed a gig as a backup singer for the very popular and extremely hip English outfit Jamiroquai. In early 2000, she released her first solo single, the alternative pop tune "Taken for Granted," which debuted at number ten on the busy U.K. singles chart.
Soon after, a string of big names in the British music scene asked for Sia's services; projects with Massive Attack, Zero 7, and William Orbit ensued. In mid-2001, Sia once again made a splash on the U.K. singles chart with the moody offering "Drink to Get Drunk," a track that would appear on her 2002 full-length debut, Healing Is Difficult. Ironically, it was only after her considerable success abroad that she began to make a real impact down under. Colour the Small One appeared a year later. The track "Breathe Me" from the album gained attention when it was used in the elaborate final scene of the Six Feet Under series that aired in 2005. After a successful 2006 tour, as well as more appearances on Zero 7's album Garden, Sia issued the live album Lady Croissant, which also included the new studio song, "Pictures."
Wednesday 09 January 2008
By Max on Wednesday 09 January 2008, - Live
Artist: Sia / Venue: Starbucks Astor Place (New York, NY) / Date: 01.09.2008 @ 12:00PM / Genre: Indie / Web: www.siamusic.net
Sia and friends will be hopping onto her new bright pink bus and travelling around New York to play three very special shows on Wed 9th Jan. Each show will feature a performance of tracks from the new album followed by an album signing session. 12:00 - Starbucks, Astor Place, NYC
Setlist: Day To Soon / Little Black Sandals / Breathe Me / Destiny
Monday 05 November 2007
By Max on Monday 05 November 2007, - Live
Artist: Sia / Venue: Highline Ballroom (New York, NY) / Date: 09.12.2007 @ 7:30PM / Genre: Indie / Web: www.siamusic.net
Wednesday 12 September 2007
By Max on Wednesday 12 September 2007, - Live
Artist: Sia / Venue: Hiro Ballroom (New York, NY) / Date: 09.12.2007 @ 7:30PM / Genre: Indie / Web: www.siamusic.net
Listening to Colour the Small One seems almost rude, as though you've just crept into someone's bedroom unannounced and read their diary, or even eavesdropped into a private conversation. A lot of this is down to Sia's voice; a soft, intimate, languorous affair that has the unsettling effect of being simultaneously sad and seductive. A couple of years on from her R&B-tinged debut and those classic pairings with Zero 7, the Australian vocalist has come a long way. The music here consists of basic frameworks of rhythm, enhanced by subtle percussion, folky harmonica and nothing more obtrusive than that secretive, melancholic voice. There's certainly room to breathe and Sia unfolds at her own leisurely pace. Opener "Rewrite" works the sad verse/sunny chorus formula to perfection, while "Sunday" turns "Strawberry Fields" harmonium into big orchestral trip-hop. "Sweet Potato" sours the flow, sounding contrived and too like Nelly Furtado for its own good, but "Bully", a collaboration with Beck Hansen, has a sweet melody that belies its subject matter. As cries for help go, this is up there with the best.
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