Scarnella

Nels Cline got a most appropriate break into the mainstrean when he joined Wilco, and many of us who knew him before were very excited about the direction Wilco would be taking once acquiring such a monster of guitar playing.  Nels has long been noted for his avant-guarde improvisations of Electric guitar brilliance, bouncing back and forth between streams of virtuosity and wild manipulations of noise with effects processing.  Playing small solo sets in tiny shoe box theatres, and along side the likes of Vinny Golia, Wadada Leo Smith, Charlie Hayden, and Tim Berne to name a few.   Carla Bozulich Is no stranger to noise and experimentation fronting a number of bands like the industrial group Ethyl Meatplow, and the dark arts, experimental, doom rock Evangelista,  She has a powerful alto voice and can turn on you in an instant whispering sweetly, then screaming violently. When you put Nels and Carla together you get Scarnella.  They slide back and forth between beautiful songs and abstract noisy expansions of sonic territory.   Its not easy stuff to find but its worth looking for.