BEST NEW ARTIST 2012! Saving you some time here...give it a shot..

[Jamie Sherman]

LISTEN TO K. FLAY'S FORTHCOMING EYES SHUT
Due out early 2012
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Listen to an advance of her forthcoming release, Eyes Shut, HERE<http://soundcloud.com/kflay/sets/k-flay-eyes-shut-ep/s-nx7jV>.

K. Flay is known through her mix tapes but is putting out bona-fide album this February! She creates her own beats (sometimes she builds them right on stage) sings, plays guitar/piano/synth, raps (no duh) and is has quick acerbic wit that may or may not have helped get her into Stanford.  She produces her own stuff, though she worked with fan Liam Howlett from The Prodigy this album - go figure. She is also a methodical remixer - like she arranged the official remix of the Beastie Boys' "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" (featuring Santigold). Check it HERE<http://www.kflay.com/site/blog/official-beastie-boys-remix>.

Oh, and she does book reports online every month (this month's are Michael Lewis and Gary Shteyngart): http://youtu.be/-bZbTTgORRY

She will be in NYC TOMORROW 12/1 @ Webster Hall - give a shout if you'd like to come check her out!

"A fascinating, complicated rhyme maven: anxious yet strong willed, simultaneously listless and driven, brilliantly literate but not too highfalutin to salute her favorite TV shows." - Dazed & Confused

"The focus is on neuroses, internal dialogues, everyday life, the parties<http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-23/entertainment/ct-ott-1125-k-flay-20111123_1_bay-area-rap-kflay-standardized-tests> and problems that dominate life when you are in your early 20s. Though her K.Flay material is plenty serious, it's also irreverent and bouncy. Listening, it's hard to believe that Flaherty has so few years of musical experience - she's already putting her production skills to work doing remixes for indie and dance acts." - Jessica Hopper, Chicago Tribune

"She's become one of hip-hop's most intriguing new talents" - LA Weekly

"San Francisco's K. Flay is the next big thing in hip hop." - NME
BIO
K.Flay's new EP, Eyes Shut, is a response to apathy. Thematically, the disc's five tracks offer a dialogue about what it means to care-and not care-in the twentysomething era. K.Flay, the moniker for San Francisco-based musician Kristine Flaherty, reacts to this generational indifference musically. Her spit-fire rhymes and distorted indie-electro production are infused with unabashed passion and thoughtful concern.
Flaherty, who grew up outside Chicago and launched [cid:image001.jpg at 01CCAF57.6111BDF0]  her music career while enrolled at Stanford University, arrived at this subject matter after spending nearly a year touring the country solo. Although she was opening for artists like Passion Pit, 3OH!3 and Wallpaper, Flaherty took the stage alone each night, urging a deep sense of introspection that initially resulted in a mixtape called I Stopped Caring In '96. The mixtape, which Flaherty self-released last spring, initiated the writing process for Eyes Shut.

"I spent my first few years making music just messing around, not really having a sense of what I was about," she explains. "With the mixtape, I started to realize my vision for the project. I made it in isolation, which was liberating in a creative sense. The songs on this EP start where the mixtape left off and reflect where I'm at in my own life now. There are no love songs. It's really about a mindset, a perspective. A lot of the people I know are pretty apathetic and disillusioned.  They'd rather check out than engage in something. I'm drawn to that myself at times and at other times I'm repelled by it."

Isolation is a theme in Flaherty's creative process. She is a songwriter, musician and producer, who works alone on many of her tracks from conception to completion, sometimes in her mother's basement.

The five tracks on the Eyes Shut were written during the spring and summer of 2011, with most of the recording occurring in September. Influenced by a diverse array of artists including OutKast and Lykke Li, the EP is an innovative combination of hip-hop, electronica and indie rock aesthetics, all bolstered by Flaherty's undeniable rapping ability.

The K.Flay live show shines through the recordings as well. "Until recently my recorded stuff hasn't captured what I'm trying to do," Flaherty says. "It's only been in the last nine months that I've honed in on that. You hear 'white girl rapping' and you get wary. But the live show has really shown people what I'm about and the production aspect of what I do. So with the Eyes Shut it was about how I can replicate that accurately in a live setting."

The EP is a precursor to K.Flay's debut full-length, which she hopes to release in the first half of 2012. Meanwhile, between writing, recording and touring, the musician, who recently performed at San Francisco's Outside Lands Arts & Music Festival, has been sharpening her production skills by remixing other artists, including Beastie Boys, Young the Giant, Walk the Moon, and Oh Land. And she's not touring quite so solo anymore-Flaherty recently added a drummer to the mix.

"I feel like I'm taking the next step," she says. "I'm in the process of taking something that was just nascent and, with the help of a few people, starting to flesh it out a little more. It's been a real year of growth."

Flaherty may write about apathy, but she's anything but apathetic.

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K. Flay is also on tour through December -

Genre-defying rapper/singer/songwriter K. Flay is bringing her dynamite show across the country throughout November and December. With a wit as quick as her rhymes, K. Flay is an artist to keep an eye on as we head into the new year. Kicking off her tour in Los Angeles, K. Flay will hit Chicago, New York, Boston, Dallas and Austin as she tears through the U.S. On stage, K.Flay is a one-woman whirlwind: whether she's creating beats, singing, rapping or playing guitar, her intelligence and acerbic charm shine through. Her talents have led her to share the stage with artists including Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, and 3OH!3, where she quickly won over audiences who hadn't seen anything quite like her before. K. Flay is also a methodical remixer - she arranged the official remix of the Beastie Boys' "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" (featuring Santigold). Give it a listen HERE<http://www.kflay.com/site/blog/official-beastie-boys-remix>.

K. Flay has a new self-produced release coming down the pipe in early 2012 entitled Eyes Shut. A Chicago-native turned Stanford student, turned full time Brooklynite, she puts all her life experience, sarcasm, gripes, and humor into every meticulously crafted verse. Make sure you have your best set of speakers ready to blast these new tracks; the collection is so on point and, to be frank, so balls-to-the-walls awesome, it demands multiple listens at the highest possible volume. Watch this space for forthcoming details on the release!

Announced K.Flay 2011 Tour Dates:
* with Grieves

Thu Dec 1            New York, NY @ Studio at Webster Hall *
Fri Dec 2              Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street *
Sat Dec 3              Pawtucket, RI @ The Met *
Sun Dec 4            Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's *
Mon Dec 5           Boston, MA @ Middle East Downstairs *
Tue Dec 6            Hartford, CT @ Arch Street *
Wed Dec 7           Boston, MA @ Northeastern *
Thu Dec 8            Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel *
Fri Dec 9              Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 *
Sat Dec 10           Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade *
Sun Dec 11          Orlando, FL @ The Social *
Wed Dec 14        Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Cambridge *
Thu Dec 15         Austin, TX @ Stubb's Jr *



www.kflay.com<http://www.kflay.com>
www.youtube.com/kflay<http://www.youtube.com/kflay>
www.facebook.com/kflay<http://www.facebook.com/kflay>
www.twitter.com/kflay<http://www.twitter.com/kflay>

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Jennie Boddy // Jamie Sherman
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