#cyra wirth

[thedaveandkimmershow]

Normally after experiencing a Little Lies show and deciding to write about it... I would write about it.

Instead, after Kimmer 'n I experienced the show from right up front last night, I'm choosing to write about, well, us.

I'll start with a quick back'n forth between me and the daughter.

"We're starting to get the sense  that you don't need to be Taylor Swift famous in order for people to walk up and tell us how AWESOME it is that we're your parents. Well done, you. ☺️"

"seems like you guys were famous in the crowd 😍"

That's maybe overstating our disposition a little but it did feel like we were getting a lot of undeserved deference and enthusiasm pointed our way. Not at all a testament to who we are or what we do, this is evidence of how deeply meaningful is the music of Fleetwood Mac even when it's performed by a tribute band putting on one helluva show.

The recognition of us as band parents is really quite surreal.

My daughter again:

"it doesn’t stop being surreal when people recognize us or ask for autographs or pictures"

How it started is that we were right in front of the stage and, while waiting for the show to start, it came to pass that Kimmer connected with another fan down front who was blown away by Kimmer's band parent status. She wanted to share all her experiences with Kimmer. Lots of hugs, too. And also everyone just making more space for us down front than you would expect.

Again, this is no reflection on us, it's a reflection of how excited people are about this music and the musicians performing it to such emotional perfection. The experience is so powerful, no lie, that they feel compelled to share what it felt like to them and what it meant to them...

With us.

It's sweet as hell.

Takes a bit of getting used to, though.

You know what doesn't take any getting used to?

When someone says

"Was that your daughter??? She's AMAZING!!!"

☺️

P.S. - If I had to pick a word to describe the show last night that I haven't used before?

Kinetic.

Absolutely kinetic.

😲🤯🤪

[yhancik]

Cyra Wirth used Geocities screenshots from @oneterabyteofkilobyteage for her latest music video

(via Olia & Dragan)

[wonderfulcompany]

NEW SONG :D

[konoko]

Spanish translation by low, rollercoaster rider by cyra wirth ;)

thank u c:/

[adz]

this is a plug for my friend Cyra’s amazing new EP, Tug of War. it’s tender and carefully constructed and filled with glittering electronics strung behind the beautiful balance of coldly synthetic and heartbreakingly, vulnerably human vocals. cyra is also really hot. you will love it

[whyolent]

well son of a bitch guess I gotta song

*W*hite Seal - Candy Claws

*H*ëłlœ Kįttÿ - Alice Longyu Gao

*Y*.B.P - Danny Brown

*O*ne Cold Autumn Evening - Cyra Wirth

*L*.M.F. - Smino

*E*bony Eye - Yves Tumor

*N*o! (Geiger Dub) - Slauson Malone 1

*T*he Hermit - Richard Dawson

hey @jer18887337 (u have to include to numbers fuckhead) @snoopypilled @hamutxt @fishatar @chooboi @alkalinedemiurge @sawsily @c0gnit0f4gg0t do any of u listen to music i hope so bc this might be kinda hard if u dont

Rules: pick a song for each letter of your URL and tag that many people.

i- I was all over her by salvia palth

n- no surprises by radiohead

a- a night to remember by beabadoobee and laufey

s- sunsetz by cigarettes after sex

t- there is a light that never goes out by the smiths

a- all I think about now by pixies

t- the blonde by TV girl

e- everything by the black skirts

o- one beer by MF DOOM

f- first love/late spring by mitski

c- cigarettes out the window by TV girl

r- rises the moon by liana flores

i- infrunami by steve lacey

s- see you again by tyler the creator and kali uchis

i- i can't handle change by roar

s- show me how by men I trust

(do I know 16 people??)

@rohza-is-a-bit-gay @rainnism @titan-god-helios @frogofalltime @etherealspacejelly @tiredlyvelociraptoring @chaotic-beannn @us-costco-official @chaoticrsstuff @werewolfenthusiast @person4924 @indecisivebitch3000 @ionlylook @transgirlsgetswords @asherwentinsanelol + anyone else whod like to join

[hydrophonicbop]

Cyra Wirth’s new song Vitamin D (featuring Liam’s Neighborhood) is out on January 7th

[thedaveandkimmershow]

It was a pretty wild evening at the Apex Art and Cultural Center last night, right there, front of stage for The Little Lies St. Patrick's Day performance.

It was a night that started off slowly with a less than capacity audience for the opening band... that swelled as the night grew later and The Little Lies dove into their set of Fleetwood Mac fan favorites.

A year into their formation and debut at Tony V's only a few blocks away, I'm still struck by the sheer energy of the band. The fun and joy and high octane experience they bring to the stage.

Of course there's a lot to enjoy about Little Lies performances. "Fun", "Joy", "High Octane" is just for starters. Cyra Wirth on drums and the occasional acoustic guitar, always manages to blow me away on "Tusk". This time around, Michelle Nuño, no stranger to the Seattle music scene, subbed in masterfully on the drum kit.

And then there's Harry Wirth III on electric bass.

In the midst of three lead vocalists, famous melodies, instantly recognizable guitar riffs, and Mick Fleetwood beats, it's easy to lose track of the bass but for the fact that Harry is his own show in the back, not only essential to the band's rhythm, but in the wild abandon with which he performs. He is absolutely one of the highlights of every show when he stalks the stage like Godzilla for the iconic bass solo on "The Chain".

As for The Little Lies lead vocalists, the three part vocal harmonies are powerful. You feel it when they lock in. Even more, the unison of all three highlights a perfect blend of energy and craft.

Of course each on their own, Miranda Zickler, Linzy Collins, and Andrew Vait is more than willing to let loose on their respective solo performances. You quickly get the sense that everyone in the band's not only into the music... they take every opportunity to take that music to the next level. And the next. And the next. Which they do relentlessly with each show.

This isn't, you see, about creating a musical impersonation of Fleetwood Mac. It's about igniting the same passion they feel for this music... in their fans, allowing them to lose themselves in the experience they're creating together. Over and over and over again. It's a familiar cycle between musicians and audience that makes for wicked exciting concerts.

Which brings me to another strength of this band: they can jam. They can rock. They can blow the roof.

They take swift advantage of these famous songs where lyrics give way to guitars, bass, drums, and percussion. Where poetry and catchy phrases give way to raw, pulse pounding feels.

This spectacular strength of the band finds its full expression in the classic, "Rhiannon", the end of which is transformed into a wildly dynamic whirling dervish of music reaching ever higher and sustaining an intensity of performance, vocalization, and enthusiasm that goes well beyond its classic rock inspiration. What would otherwise be a straightforward classic rock cover is transformed into something greater. Something unique. Unexpected. Breathtaking. And absolutely transfixing.

Absolutely.

Transfixing.

It was a pretty wild evening at the Apex Art and Cultural Center last night, right there, front of stage for The Little Lies St. Patrick's Day performance.

Oh man.

We had a great time.

😁😁😁

[thedaveandkimmershow]

When last we checked in on The Little Lies, summer was coming to a close as the band members embarked on their own individual projects and gigs for the remainder of the year. 

Suffice it to say, the fall and winter months of 2022 were that much colder in the band's absence. And sadly, on November 30, Christine McVie passed away. A major creative force within Fleetwood Mac, she was and is an inspiration within The Little Lies and, for their first performance of 2023, the band's giving a proper Little Lies send-off to this famed musician, wonderful singer/songwriter, classic rock icon... this Friday night, January 27, 9pm at The Nectar Lounge in Fremont.

The band's traditional set will be expanded to include even more songs by Christine McVie that'll be covered by a local Who's Who of guest vocalists including Shaina Shepherd, Molly Sides, Kate Dinsmore, Kim West, and Kathy Moore & Jen Ayers of The Wild Rumours.

Less another Little Lies gig and definitely more an event... we're stoked to see the band again. It's been much, much too long since they dazzled on-stage last: 

Miranda Zickler (lead vocals), Andrew Vait (lead vocals,.guitar), Linzy Collins (lead vocals, keys), Harry Wirth III (bass), and Cyra Wirth (drums).

Beyond friday, looks like we’re gonna see the band once again putting on their fun, high octane shows at the Fisherman’s Village Music Festival, Taste of Edmonds, and Everett’s Music at the Marina.

First things first, though. If you wanna experience the band’s upcoming show A Tribue to Christine McVie, just click right here.

Hope to see you there!

😁 😁 😁

[wonderfulcompany]

wild new song out <3

[wonderfulcompany]

listen to my music or perish

[thedaveandkimmershow]

The Little Lies took the stage last night at the Everett Fisherman's Music Festival with a revamped setlist, an audience that couldn't get enough, and a performance filled with wild energy, passion, and a sheer delight of music into which they breathed amazing life.

Sounds like a typical Little Lies show?

Sure. But somehow the band managed to find a groove beyond high energy, beyond high octane for which attempting to find words to describe them at this level of performance would simply be an embarrassing pursuit.

Even their soundcheck hinted at a somehow larger experience, hinted at more. Drummer Cyra Wirth, coming off a show with another band that likes to test the limits of what the human ear can endure, came to the show leveled up, infusing more power, more moxie, more Cyra... into the Little Lies set.

Harry Wirth III similarly came leveled up with more bounce in his entire body, literally leaping up from the stage and, yes. Bouncing all. night. long. And when he wasn't bouncing, he had plenty of T-Rex in him as he stalked about the stage, prowling his way out front, perched right above the audience on a couple occasions during which all eyes were on him.

Miranda Zickler brought a continued and unbelievably sustained passion to her performance, embodying the music she was singing, channeling it, feeling it, dancing it, physically manifesting the joy and the pain crafted into these songs more than four decades ago and somehow conjuring a new magic for fans.

Andrew Vait brought an abundance of fun, creativity and wild energy to the show, treating the crowd to relentlessly masterful and classic moments of lead guitar solos right out in front of the stage, culminating in his best live guitar work on "Tusk", a song that's a thoroughly unique and thunderous experience.

And then Linzy Collins who, well... I have to be careful here because Christine McVie's vocals are, of course, classic. But as with all The Little Lies, Linzy infuses her corner of these classic rock staples with her own passion, her own instrumental and lead vocal gifts, exquisitely rising to unexpected yet inspired harmonies blending wonderfully with Miranda Zickler's fierce lead vocals on "Gold Dust Woman".

Now...

This Little Lies performance, the first this year of a number of upcoming festivals, featured a revamped set list. It crafted a new fan experience from largely the same classic songs. There were all the songs dear in the hearts of fans, of course, but with more musical connectivity between certain songs, and then this: a particular rarity in the set that not only surprised the crowd but delighted, lighted up, and drew them even further into the performance, especially those who grew up with this music, singing along with this welcome surprise (and no, I'm not gonna tell you what it was... there'll be plenty of opportunities to find out for yourself this summer).

In a way, the new set is a spectacular challenge of how long fans can surf the sometimes relentless pace of this iconic music and how much they can match the boundless energy of this band that effortlessly conjures the magic of Fleetwood Mac without the drama. It's a pure experience filled with an abundance of fun and joy and wild energy from all five band members.

One hundred percent The Little Lies leveled up last night.

Just in time for summer.

[thedaveandkimmershow]

There's a lot to process about last night's Little Lies concert and the tribute to Christine McVie at the Nectar Lounge. It was a straight up event. 

We arrived just before doors opened only to find a line of ticket-holders snaking from those doors to the sidewalk and then up the block. By the time everyone's inside, the floor is packed. We're standing at a table toward the back wall facing the stage. It's a spot I assume'll be a chill place... but the floor quickly fills in in front of us, to both sides, and behind us.

We're surrounded.

We're in the crowd.

By and by, stage smoke begins to fill the air.

By and by, conversation dulls to a murmur.

By and by, the lights go down, cloaking us in darkness.

The Little Lies take the stage around 920, launching right into their first song, “Say You Love Me”. The stage lights embrace them, dance around them, and create shapes and patterns in the misty stage smoke hovering above them. The crowd’s fully engaged in iconic hit after iconic hit after iconic hit in a performance approaching gale force winds of energy, of humor, and of sheer musicianship.

And then...

Somehow I'm taken by a tiny moment in the midst of this concert event. Something that's as much a commentary on the space music occupies in our lives as it is about the experience of concerts themselves.

The song is "Landslide", featuring Miranda Zickler on lead vocals while the rest of the band goes acoustic, also providing the kind of vocal harmonies that are merely one of the band's strengths.

A huge one, though.

It's a quiet moment in a room that's been supercharged with wild energy. And as the song moves through the room, it does its thing. It unites everyone through words and melody. Soon I'm aware of the room joining its voices to this tender moment, this heart-felt performance. 

Now, we've all been there. That moment an audience jumps into the midst of a live show, voicing memorable lyrics, singing anthemic melodies. It's an addictive and unique experience to concerts such as this whether it's a few hundred people, a few thousand, or tens of thousands joining their voices to the musicians performing on-stage.

This is "Landslide", though.

This is the Nectar Lounge in Fremont.

And the voices around me are caught up in the meaning of these words. In this place.

Somewhere behind me and to the right, I can hear the voice of a man who's caught up in this collective moment. I can hear each word lifting from his lips. And I also hear that he really can't sing.

But that only makes this moment more meaningful. Because it's meaningful to him. He's in this moment, sharing it with everyone else in the only way he can. And somehow... his sincerity allows him to rise above his limitations. He does not lessen the experience at all.

He elevates it.

And in the midst of that realization, I'm struck once again by the power of song in our lives. By the power of music. By how we can be so moved by an experience that we have no choice but to join in. By how a crowd of strangers is so surely and instantaneously transformed into a community. Without conscious intent. Without even thinking about it. Just carried by the currents of their emotions and the music that's embracing them.

It really is a breathtaking, helluva thing.

Last night, The Little Lies—Miranda Zickler, Linzy Collins, Andrew Vait, Harry With III, and Cyra Wirth—seemingly conjured an event out of thin air at the Nectar Lounge.

And they, along with their audience, reminded me of a long-ago lesson. A long-ago lesson about one of the most profound things music and musicians...

Can do.

😊

[thedaveandkimmershow]

By the time they take the stage, a wonderfully golden orange summer sunset is well under way. And The Little Lies are once again conjuring equal measures of nostalgia, fun, and one great rock show.

Headlining Saturday's Taste of Edmonds at Frances Anderson Playfield, the band treated a capacity crowd to Fleetwood Mac's catalogue of classics, a set list in which each song, each impeccable performance, was eclipsed by the one after it and the one after that... and so on. The band immersing the City of Edmonds in its own brand of high-octane Mac.

Standing in for Lindsey Buckingham, Andrew Vait brings not only his own smokin' guitar work and lead vocals to the stage, he also graces the audience with an infectious charm and offbeat wit that thoroughly engages. Standing in for Christine McVie on vocals, keys, and acoustic guitar, Linzy Collins graces the audience with both a genuine willingness to abandon herself to the music and a vocal range that effortlessly moves from smoky to heavenly.

The band's monster beating heart, its not-so-secret weapon, is its rhythm section. On bass, Harry Wirth III, whose presence is impossible to ignore whether he's simply towering over the stage or actively stalking about like a rock 'n roll T-Rex. On the drumkit (occasionally electric guitar as well), Cyra Wirth absolutely embodies the rhythm and soul of a badass rock drummer whose "Tusk” solo always stokes the adrenalin.

Together, the Wirth clan locks crowds of thousands to the beat they lay down.

The Taste of Edmonds performance also featured a substitute for Stevie Nicks regular Miranda Zickler. This time it was Alicia Amiri taking on Stevie Nicks vocal duties, bringing to the performance a deeper tone and a wicked intensity that perfectly captures the bitterness in some of Nicks's lyrics.

In the end, The Little Lies were again a revelation of fun, energy, and high-octane rock 'n roll. They are, of course, a faithful tribute band that delivers. But they're also experts of the highest level at re-energizing that music with a passion that left Saturday night's audience definitely...

Wanting more.

[hydrophonicbop]

Cyra Wirth’s “Vitamin D” featuring Liam’s Neighborhood is available now on all streaming services.