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About Me

"Sun-drenched indie-pop meets avant-garde instrumentalism on Mira Mira’s assured yet eclectic debut." --Alan Brown, Popmatters review (6/10)

"Williams, a classically trained pianist, brings serious chops to smart but accessible avant-pop songs that couch introspective lyrics inside pretty, fractured melodies." -- Eric Danton, Hartford Courant

"My choices for coolest bubbling-under sounds continue with Mira Mira... Fans of the blissful electronic/ambient pop of the Album Leaf or Sigur Ros should love the entrancing album "Midnight for You." For live shows, Williams is joined by fellow musicians on synthesizers, drums and cello, which should make Mira Mira’s music even more seductive on stage than on record." --Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun-Times

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Band website is miramiramusic.com .

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Music:

Member Since: 9/3/2004
Band Website: cdbaby.com/miramira
Band Members: http://miramiramusic.com
Charlie Williams : piano, voice
Andrea Nott : cello
Nick Miller , guitar, voice
Kay Miller , voice
Peter Martin , drums

Sounds Like: Music. The kind you'd put on when you've got a Saturday with nothing to do.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Upcoming Shows: South Loop Tango & UCG

This is the part where everything just builds up to some indeterminate future date, after which I go camping. This week's show in the UCG residency is with Jason Ewers and friends (who were part of th...
Posted by Mira Mira on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:10:00 PST

Virtual Barbershop

One of my students forwarded me this mp3 the other day.The noble Internets have so far been unable to tell me who made it. It's on YouTube and Metacafe, but see, when you upload to those sites, they s...
Posted by Mira Mira on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:09:00 PST

budget

Warm fuzzies! http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/the-farmers-market- effect/This is of course after I read the article that claimed that the Department of Defense has a budget higher than the FD...
Posted by Mira Mira on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:08:00 PST

Missing camcorder + more shows

This is the part where, despite a lack of sleep and general blag (blah?) I post the poster for our upcoming shows. And tell you about how the camcorder we used to tape our show on Thursday has gone mi...
Posted by Mira Mira on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:08:00 PST

Subt times two

Last night was a lot of fun. Thanks to those who came, listened, cheered for songs new and old. We've got some handmade posters still, so give a holler if you'd like one. We can hook you up.Surprise n...
Posted by Mira Mira on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:05:00 PST

Ryan Duggan screens a mighty fine poster.

02.29.2008Ryan Duggan screens a mighty fine poster. It's our first handmade, show-specific poster and boy oh boy oh boy do we feel cool.Look for these around town, and at Sub-t the night of the show.*...
Posted by Mira Mira on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:41:00 PST

safari video

02.16.2008For real. This is worth the 8-and-a-half minutes. A bit of a slow start, but... makes me want to safari. And/or start some community organizing. For some reason.youtube video linkPosted by c...
Posted by Mira Mira on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:43:00 PST

Sollee & So On

02.12.2008First things first, we had lots of fun at our show last week at Uncommon Ground with Tad Dreis and Ben Sollee. Both those guys were class acts. Thanks to those who braved the snow storm of a...
Posted by Mira Mira on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:51:00 PST

Joanna Newsom at the Pabst

10.23.2007Saw on Sunday night: Joanna Newsom at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, accompanied by a 29-piece orchestra and her band. In lieu of my own review, which I'm not qualified to write, I direct y...
Posted by Mira Mira on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:09:00 PST

Top 5 Dive Bars

10.21.2007My personal top five dive bars in Chicago:Danny's (in Wicker Park/Bucktown) has this amazing ambiance brought about by the old-farmhouse layout inside (giving lots of nooks and crannies to t...
Posted by Mira Mira on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:09:00 PST