by rudyards | April 18th, 2014
First up tonight
Gulf Coast Reading Series
featuring
Zachary Martin, Elizabeth Winston, and Karyna McGlynn
(7pm Free)
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
https://www.gulfcoastmag.org/
Gulf Coast is proud to present its 2013-2014 Reading Series, featuring twenty-one readers from the University of Houston’s nationally-acclaimed graduate program in creative writing. All readings are free and open to the public. They begin at 7 p.m. on Fridays in the upstairs room at Rudyard’s British Pub, 2010 Waugh Dr., Houston, Texas, 77006.
Zachary Martin is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the Creative Writing Program at Florida State University. Recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Fourth Genre, Washington Square, The Southeast Review, OffCite, Sugar & Rice, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. He currently serves as the Editor of Gulf Coast.
Elizabeth Winston is an MFA candidate in fiction at the University of Houston. She is a former Gulf Coast Assistant Editor and is the Graduate Advisor for Glass Mountain and Boldface, UH’s undergraduate literary journal and annual conference for emerging writers.
Karyna McGlynn is the author of I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl, winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize from Sarabande Books, and two chapbooks. Her poems have appeared in Fence, Salt Hill, Denver Quarterly, Ninth Letter, Court Green, and The Poetry Foundation’s Poem-a-Day. Karyna received her MFA from the University of Michigan, and is currently the Managing Editor of Gulf Coast and coordinator of the Houston Indie Book Fest and Gulf Coast Reading Series.
Followed By
Jeremy Carswell & the Nymphs * Cosmic Bug Loaf * Sun Thieves
(doors 9pm $6)
Jeremy Carswell & the Nymphs (Houston, TX)
https://jeremycarswell.com/
Formed in the fall of 2013, Jeremy Carswell and The Nymphs is a unique groove and best described as a blend of today’s pop with an 80’s vibe.
Jeremy Carswell along with his longtime friend David Sanmiguel a multitalented instrumentalist / artist, took Jeremy’s collection of song writings and formed the genesis of Jeremy Carswell and The Nymphs.
In December of 2013, Jeremy entered the studio and began working with Music Producer / Audio Engineer Gerritt Tisdale to record songs for the bands first studio album, to be released in 2014. While the album name and artwork have not yet been finalized, the first of these studio recordings can be found here for your listening pleasure.
During the early formation of the band, Jeremy and David were accompanied by good friends and fellow musicians, Ryan Tribe Hill on drums and Jay Manuel on bass. Together, they began performing Jeremy’s songs locally in and around Houston. Today, the band performs with Jeremy Carswell on guitar / lead vocals, David Sanmiguel on keyboards / guitar, Mackenzie Burke on drums and Timothy Speck on bass. In early 2014, Ryan followed his dream and started his solo project.
Watch for more from Jeremy Carswell and The Nymphs as their star rises.
Cosmic Bug Loaf (Houston, TX)
https://cosmicbugloaf.com/
Plummeted from the cosmos, a unique mixture of vibrations contained in a combination of skin wrapped bones has returned for the awakening. With a drive for diversity, Cosmic Bug Loaf produces music that will scatter your brain into a trance of bug filled mansions and machines scheduled to take travel toward the sun. The Loaf has just been placed in the heat and is still expanding to its full shape, keep up with the Bug and great fortune will come your way.
Sun Thieves (Houston, TX)
https://www.reverbnation.com/SunThieves
Sun Thieves was concieved the night of Halloween 2012 and has been working ever since. When we have to label our sound we prefer to say Alternative Funk but when we write songs we dont go for a genre, we go for what we want to write! The lead singer/bassist (Chris Ranew) and drummer (Scotty Barnes) have been part of Sun Thieves since conception but it wasnt until June of 2013 that they met their guitar player (Ik Muoneke). Ever since meeting him they have been creating and growing musically as a band with no stopping in sight! They were writing music and playing small shows but they were missing something. Through everyones personal problems and life itself it was hard to focus on the right direction for the band, but luckily they found their manager (Dillon Garcia) which who has proven to be very beneficial! With his help they have started reaching a bigger audience and have picked up more shows and our continuing to grow! We hope you enjoy our music because it comes from the heart and we hope you become a fan! Thankyou!
