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Carol Bui

Cherry B and Her Tapestry Exceptions

About Me

Booking: Carol - booking AT carolbui DOT com
Publicity: Caroline - caroline AT aaminc DOT com
Radio: Justin - justin AT aaminc DOT com
Label: Steve - steve AT fiftyfourfortyorfight DOT com

Selected Press (visit carolbui.com for more)
Everyone Wore White
"Her fierce guitar, matched by cellist Jenny Petrow, creates soaring melodic hard rock with engrossing sincerity-- as Bob Mould has proven, you can't b.s. a cello. Credit Aloha's T. J. Lipple for the drum work and the stellar production, which translates her intensity to record without losing its beauty or nuance. In the tradition of her hometown of Washington, D.C., she's made a punk-bred record where the guitar is loud but the tunes prevail."
-Chris Dahlen, Pitchfork (Rating: 7.8)
"Thank you for Everyone Wore White (available Oct. 2 on 54o40' or Fight!), a record that manages to be culturally unique and universal, beautiful and harrowing, frequently within a single song...Thank you for taking the time to craft an entire album, one in which I find something new to like each time I play. Thank you for completing, along with Exile in Guyville and Rid of Me, a rock trifecta."
-Luftmensch, My Old Kentucky Blog
"Combining the lyrical weightiness with the spiky post-rock vibes of the music makes Everyone Wore White the sort of album one takes in slowly, over the course of a few close listens, rather than absorbing all at once. Those willing to take the time will be amply rewarded."
-Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
"On the new Everyone Wore White (54° 40' or Fight!), Carol Bui more than delivers on the promise of her self-released 2006 debut, This Is How I Recover."
-J. Niimi, Chicago Reader: Critic's Choice
"Everyone Wore White is a fine tuned post-punk album that appears to be about discovery. Discovery of one's self, discovery of the world around you and discovery of your place in that world. The more times you listen to each song the more you discover in the music and the lyrics. To me this is the record that the Evens have been searching to write. " - Jon Daley, Punknews.org
"a watercolor wash done in bright, saturated hues; multi-faceted, it is as much bluesy lament as it is pure pissed-off fury, as much catharsis as elegy."
-Andrea Feldman, Warped Reality Magazine
This is How I Recover
"This Is How I Recover is a remarkable album; it doesnt show promise, it delivers on it. Carol Bui deserves attention, and she wont be self-releasing her work for long."
-Whitney Strub, Popmatters
"It's smart and raucous, introspective and loud, and proof that the revolution's unofficial credo - i.e., women can indeed make sharp, intelligent, and universally appealing rock music without relying on the crutches of militant feminism - still lives on."
-Joon Kim, Delusions of Adequacy
"...pure, unfiltered rock attitude and raw talent...Bui is the authoress of rock songs that live up to the potential of the genre, a dying art given her contemporaries...Thank you, Carol Bui, for making an album that demonstrates rock's essentials with beauty, personality, and wit."
-Andres Carrera, Upbeetmusic.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/17/2005
Band Website: carolbui.com
Band Members: Carol Bui - vox, guitar, songs.
Other contributors/collaborators:
Marc Taylor - drums. Ian Wright (The Vita Ruins) - bass. Dylan Thurston (David Karsten Daniels) - drums. Mark Raymond (Len Bias, Insect Factory, Civilians) - drums. Wes Garcia (Len Bias) - bass. Wylie Pamplin (The Physics of Meaning, The Strugglers) - bass. Jason Merriman - drums. Jenny Petrow (Alina Simone) - cello. TJ Lipple (Aloha, Roofwalkers) - drums. Daniel Hart (The Physics of Meaning, John Vanderslice, St. Vincent) - violin.
Influences: madonna, kat bjelland, khanh ly, trinh cong son, fugazi, kate bush, espresso drinks, jeff buckley, alina simone, thurston moore, joey santiago, hairspray, lee ranaldo, stevie nicks, tj lipple, chad clark, marc taylor, ian wright, wes garcia, mark raymond, jenny petrow, daniel hart, beatles, pj harvey, pete townshend, long distance relationships, television, can, corin tucker, cesspools, billie, ella and nina, steve albini, hendrix, led zeppelin, ambien cr, the greenwoods, the shangri-las, mama cass, holland-dozier-holland, fiona apple, connie francis
Sounds Like: don't be lazy. hit the play button.

buy everyone wore white on insound, amazon, itunes, emusic, etc. if your store doesn't carry it, tell them to get their shit together and order it from redeyeusa.com

buy the old record here.

Check out this new video by the great Max Sorensen!!


Record Label: 54º 40' or Fight! Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The 411, Delusions of Adequacy featured review

-First, my album is featured on Delusions of Adequacy today: http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=8696-You might have heard that I was supposed to tour this past March.  Instead, I took a ...
Posted by Carol Bui on Tue, 06 May 2008 01:54:00 PST

Harp Magazine Shortcuts Feature Article

Shortcuts feature article:http://harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_ id=6516My "guitar heroes" sidebar:http://harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_ id=6517Carol Bui:Bearing It AllBy St...
Posted by Carol Bui on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:46:00 PST

"Modern Dance" Music Video By Maxwell Sorensen

http://profile.imeem.com/uU4xCOT/video/kw0c-w_2/carol_bui_mo dern_dance_music_video/ ...
Posted by Carol Bui on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:18:00 PST

Pitchfork & Punknews.org

Pitchfork Review of Everyone Wore WhiteRating: 7.8 Carol Bui sings like a woman with perfect posture. The music reels from raucous to serene, and the lyrics run the emotional gamut from chaotic fam...
Posted by Carol Bui on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:59:00 PST

All Music Guide, Chicago Reader Critics Choice 10.18, Dane101 10.15

All Music Guidehttp://wc08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0i fyxzyhldae~T1It's a tempest in a teapot almost entirely forgotten now, but when Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville was first released, ...
Posted by Carol Bui on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:58:00 PST

Reviews by DCist, ederBlog, and the Magical Chokehold

http://dcist.com/2007/10/30/cd_review_carol.phphttp://ederbl og.blogspot.com/2007/10/carol-bui-everyone-wore-white.htmlht tp://themagicalchokehold.blogspot.com/2007/10/smart-people-w ith-good-taste-are.h...
Posted by Carol Bui on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:36:00 PST

Largehearted Boy Note Books Series, Modern Dance mp3

Largehearted Boy invited me to write about some books I've read that may or may not have influenced my own creative process.  Here it is, along with another free mp3 from Everyone Wore White, "Mo...
Posted by Carol Bui on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:51:00 PST

fall ’07 tour diary

http://drknbutterfly.blogspot.com
Posted by Carol Bui on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:46:00 PST

Interviews with Warped Reality Magazine, MassLive, and Digibeatchemist

Digibeatchemist (Vietnamese)My Old Kentucky Blog"Thank you for Everyone Wore White (available Oct. 2 on 54o40' or Fight!), a record that manages to be culturally unique and universal, beautiful and ha...
Posted by Carol Bui on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:36:00 PST

Where to buy or download

Here it is, kids:http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=website.Artistde tail&artistid=5490If you want to order the hardcopy, either tell your local record store to visit Dischord Direct or order f...
Posted by Carol Bui on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST