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Kaitee Page: vocals, violin, piano
Kevin Oates: cello
Arya Chowdhury: guitar, vocals
Randy McKinley: bass
Rob Parzek: drums
Hi! I'm Kaitee. I write songs and play a pink
5-string electric violin. I also play piano, viola,
and a little bass & guitar. I was born & raised
in a little town in upstate New York called
Loudonville, but I've also lived in Nashville,
London, Los Angeles, Vegas, & New York City.
I've traveled all over the world.
I've had a lot of crazy, not-so-normal
experiences; some good, some bad, and some
that people might not even believe are true.
I started writing songs in 2005 after randomly
meeting Matthew Bellamy of Muse at an LA
nightclub. I continued writing songs because
it's the only place I can be 100% honest.
Most of my songs start as poetry and come
from a sad, lonely place. But I find that there's
beauty in all types of emotion - especially the
extreme ones. I tend to gravitate toward
situations that induce intense emotional
responses. The highs and lows seem to be a
natural part of my brain chemistry. So I ride
them like waves. A fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants
go-with-the-flow type of girl, the soaring and
crashing are a part of my daily existence. So
I welcome it. I don't think I could survive any
other way.
At times I feel confined in a world with too
many human-made rules. I break a lot of
these rules. I take a lot of risks. I make
decisions based purely on my gut. I test a lot
of boundaries - in friendships, in love, in life,
in thought, mostly in an attempt to find what's
real (but sometimes just for a laugh). And in the
end, all these experiences, in one way or
another, become the ingredients of songs.
Sometimes there's just no better way (for me) to
express things.
PAST SHOWS:
ROME, ITALY
Sotto Casa di Andrea
TORONTO, CANADA
The Rok Boutique
LONDON, UK
Clapham Grand Theatre
Monto Water Rats Theatre
Dublin Castle
The Halfmoon Putney
Barfly, Camden
Purple Turtle
Ginglik
Boston Music Rooms
The Miller
Spice of Life
Lock 17 (Dingwalls)
Storm
The Brief, Croydon
229 The Venue
Fiddler's Elbow
The Acoustic Lounge
The Sun
The White Hart
Bullet Bar
MANCHESTER, UK:
Manchester Academy II
Manchester Club Academy
USA
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles: House of Blues, Viper Room, The Roxy, The Cat Club, The Gig, The Rainbow
Los Feliz: The Derby
Santa Monica: 14 Below
COLORADO
Breckenridge: Salt Creek Saloon
South Park: 6th & Front St. Main Stage, Park Bar
CONNECTICUT
Stamford: The Rack N Roll Cafe
ILLINOIS
Chicago: The Elbo Room, Reggie's Live
INDIANA
Indianapolis: The Melody Inn
KANSAS
Wichita: Barleycorn's Bar
KENTUCKY
Louisville: Uncle Pleasant's
MARYLAND
Baltimore: Bedrock, Coco's Bistro
MICHIGAN
Detroit: The Belmont
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis: Fine Line Music Cafe
MISSOURI
St. Louis: Club UR, Van Patrick's
NEBRASKA
Lincoln: Duffy's Tavern
NEW YORK
Albany: LarkFest, Northern Lights, Savannah's, Jillian's, Red Square, Valentine's, The Gap (Colonie Center)
Brooklyn: The Lucky Cat
Hudson: Jason's Upstairs Bar
Manhattan: Crash Mansion, Arlene's Grocery, Sullivan Hall, Uncle Mike's, The Pink Room/BLVD, The Local 269
Rotterdam: CRUMBS Cafe 97.7FM WEXT
Saratoga Springs: SPAC arena
Troy: WRPI
Westchester: SUNY Purchase
OHIO
Cincinnati: Dirty Jack's, Poison Room, Below Zero
Dayton: Canal Street Tavern
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa: Soundpony Lounge
PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg: Molly Brannigans
Lancaster: Chameleon Club (Main Stage), Marion Court Room
TEXAS
Austin: Apple Bar, Speakeasy
TENNESSEE
Nashville: 3rd & Lindsley, Dan McGuinness
Murfreesboro: La Hacienda Acoustic Night
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee: Summerfest
FESTIVALS:
SXSW (Austin, TX)
Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
LarkFest (Albany, NY)
Indie Week Canada (Toronto, ON)
M.E.A.N.Y Fest (New York, NY)
MOBFest (Chicago, IL)
South Park Music Tour 08 (South Park, CO)
LAUNCH Music Conference (Lancaster, PA)
Surface Unsigned Festival '08 (London, UK)
Baltimore Music Conference (Baltimore, MD)
Emergenza Music Festival (London, UK)
Live & Unsigned in the UK (Croydon, UK)
Millennium Music Festival (Harrisburg, PA)
Midpoint Music Festival (Cincinnati, OH)
South Park Music Festival 06 (Denver, CO)
Chicks Rockfest (Cincinnati, OH)
"One of the most intriguing new bands on the horizon" -The Daily Freeman, NY
"Majestic and damn compelling! Lovethief by Lunic is brilliant right from first play... clever and quite magnificant" -Toxic Pete (UK)
"As contemporary as contemporary gets" -LA Music Awards
"Lunic makes the kind of free-spirited music most new indie bands can only dream about" -Underwurld Music Blog (UK)
"(Lovethief) grows on you... with each successive listen you get sucked into Page and band's underground world until you begin to wonder whether Lunic is derived from lunar and magic or lunar and manic. Give it ten listens and you are beyond caring. The music simply becomes part of your psyche." -RockandReprise.net
"An impenetrable front of melodic goodness." -SnobsMusic.net
"Ambitious and grand... highly affecting with spine-chilling harmonies" -ContactMusic.com
"Up-to-date alternative music that displays extreme adventurism" -St. Croix Music
"Lunic’s Lovethief is the perfect segue from mainstream rock to underground alt-punk. From here, go with It’s Blitz, and then Sleater-Kinney’s masterpiece The Woods" -CollegeNews.com
"Listen to Kaitee Page's dense, string-driven arrangements and her angelic yet dynamic voice and it's hard to believe it's only been three years since she launched her all-out assault on pedestrian Pop Rock armed with her piano, violin and hitherto unknown songwriting chops. What's not hard to believe is that she has been classically trained since the age of 8 and she's quite the globetrotter, originally from New York and currently based in Albany (via London, Los Angeles, Nashville, etc.). She must have sucked the musical soul from these locales via osmosis, and now she channels them through her incisive and gorgeously arranged songs." -Citybeat (Cincinnati, OH)
"Kaitee Page's music isn't quite as sweet her their name suggests. Dark, edgy alternative rock, it's dangerous and menacing throughout, shot through with bitter sarcasm and anger. It's a blend of heavy rock and folk, with Eastern European influences and a big debt to pay to Evanescence, so it almost goes without saying that it makes for interesting listening. The surprising tempo changes and sudden mood swings keep the listener on their toes, and the gorgeous string arrangements come close to usurping the lead vocals altogether. It's definitely not something that should be dismissed without a listen." -Subcity Radio
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Lunic! Great job with the music. I'm from Albany also. Let me know if you're ever in LA. Also I have a new stand up video on the ol' page if you wanna check it out.