Wall Street Journal

Preview for the Mercury Lounge Show - HERE is the link

Live Footage w/ Quitzow, Setting Sun, Siwat

Sunday

Settle in and enjoy a night of warm-spirited music made by talented friends. Cellist Topu Lyo and drummer Mike Thies are Live Footage, which uses loops to augment its live sounds for lovely and occasionally breathtaking electronic pieces. Mr. Lyo also plays with Quitzow and Setting Sun, the former a fun pop band with Erica Quitzow singing over sparse, bubbling funk. Setting Sun is Gary Leavitt, a singer-songwriter who backs Ms. Quitzow and delivers folk rock that explores the same terrain as Beck and the late Elliott Smith. Mr. Lyo played on his recordings and will no doubt sit in when Setting Sun performs. Siwat makes gentle and very appealing acoustic pop and countryish rock. This show, which celebrates the release of new albums by Quitzow and Setting Sun, promises to conjure a cozy vibe to cap a late Spring weekend.