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Member Since 4/13/2005 Band Website vermillionlies.com Band Members
Zoe Boekbinder and
Kim Boekbinder
on guitars, toy pianos, accordions, typewriter, BBQ grill, pianos, voices, flour sifter, pots and pans, tin cans, gascans, and various other sundries.......
Other performers on "What's in the Box?" - March 1st, 2008!
Myles Boisen (electric guitar, bass, and recording engineer)
Erik Ostrom (accordion and objects)
Seth Ford-Young (acoutisc bass)
Carla Kihlstedt (violin)
Murray Campbell (violin, oboe, and english horn)
Chris Grady(trumpet)
Kevin Lacey (ukulele and voice)
Buy our new CD!
Buy our old CD!
You can download and print out our
poster to hang around your town while
wearing an outlandish costume and
smiling at complete strangers:
Influences Vermillion Lies first music video!
Sounds Like Live in Moscow, Russia!
Live in Portugal!
Actually, we sound like humans having fun.
Our instruments - a short list
Schoenhut concert toy piano
F-18 refueling pump piece (donated by the US Marines)
Roland - 'lectric piano
Gerry can circa 1940 (that's a gas can yo)
Extra Fancy Flour sifter (not really extra or fancy)
Royal typewriter circa 1940
Casiotone circa 1983
Toy Xylophone
Violin
Steamer Trunk
Washboard
Bicycle
Skillet
Lobster
Slide Whistle
Pots and pans -- so cliche, we know.
Spare change
Accordion
Trumpet - given by a fan at a concert!
BBQ Grill
A 1969 Les Paul
What are we forgetting....
Our wish list - a short list
Objects
Theremin
Million US Dollars (Euros acceptable as well, possibly preferable.)
Full Xylophone
40" Marching bass drum
Costumes
People to play with
Chord Organ
Ocean Harp
A real piano
Whatever you think we might need to play.
Record Label a small tribe Type of Label Indie
Standing Stone Brewery
Ashland, Oregon
Axe and Fiddle - ALL AGES
Cottage Grove, Oregon
2020 Cycle - ALL AGES!
Seattle, Washington
Mississippi Pizza
Portland, Oregon
Ray’s Golden Lion ALL AGES
Richland, Washington
Neurolux w/ Bitter:Sweet
Boise, Idaho
HELP Idaho/Utah
Ogden, Utah
Urban Lounge
Salt Lake City, Utah
Troubador w/ Amanda Palmer
Los Angeles, California
Great American Music Hall w/ Amanda Palmer
San Francisco, California
Lakeshore Theater w/ Amanda Palmer
Chicago, Illinois
Rivoli w/ Amanda Palmer
Toronto, Ontario
The Famous Spiegeltent w/ Amanda Palmer
Brooklyn, New York
Skinless Productions Gallery ALL AGES
Kansas City, Missouri
Full Moon Festival at Pops Blue Moon
St. Louis, Missouri
Unique Ink w/Curtis Eller! - All Ages
Fredericktown, Missouri
HELP Indiana!
Indianapolis, Indiana
Rumba Cafe
Columbus, Ohio
HELP Michigan!
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Westhaven Center for the Arts - ALL AGES
Trinidad, California
Earthdance Festival
Laytonville, California
Earthdance Festival
Laytonville, California
HELP Ontario!
Kingston, Ontario
HELP Montreal!
Montreal, Quebec
Europe Tour Oct 1-13 HELP
Berlin, Berlin
The Zipper Factory
NYC, New York
Palace of Wonders 21+
DC, Washington DC
Rumor’s Boutique ALL AGES
Richmond, Virginia
Gravity Lounge ALL AGES
Charlottesville, Virginia
Flying Monkey Arts ALL AGES
Huntsville, Alabama
VooDoo Festival
New Orleans, Louisiana
Halloween Eve at The Blind Mule
Mobile, Alabama
Halloween Cabaret at Swallow Hill Music ALL AGES
Denver, Colorado
All Good Cafe ALL AGES
Dallas, Texas
Trunk Space ALL AGES
Phoenix, Arizona
Raven Cafe ALL AGES
Prescott, Arizona
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About Vermillion Lies
"Go see Vermillion Lies. You will fall in love with the world."
-Randy Faucheux, KLSU radio, Baton Rouge
Tell me a story
Vermillion Lies is a sister cabaret. Kim and Zoe (Boekbinder) Vermillion are real life sisters and talented performers, with strange and beautiful songs and strange and beautiful voices.
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada to Moscow,
Russia and Braga, Portugal Vermillion Lies has charmed
audiences the world over with their unique brand of beauty,
silliness, and creativity.
With songs ranging from lyrical folk ballads to raucous
circus marches, the Vermillion sisters have earned a
reputation for an amazing live performance which enchants
audiences of all ages and has everyone clapping, singing,
dancing, and playing along.
Real Life sisters, Zoe and Kim Boekbinder "Vermillion",
have spent their lives honing their craft at clown boot camp
and the local dump, where they found their favorite
instruments like toy piano, accordion, typewriter, and BBQ grill.
The live show involves the sisters pulling their odd
instruments out of a large trunk onstage before each song,
prompting the audience to ask, "What's in the box?"
which incidentally is the name of their brand new album.
Vermillion Lies is based in Oakland, CA, tours in a bio-diesel van,
and uses recycled packaging printed with vegetable inks.
'Separated by Birth - One album in two acts has
sixteen tracks ranging from retro jazz, to lyrical
folk melodies, to raucous circus ballads with toy
piano and accordion.
The album features Carla Kihlstedt (Sleepytime Gorilla
Museum, Tin Hat Trio,) Gino Robair (Splatter Trio, Tom
Waits,) and Myles Boisen. Boisen, who recorded the
album, is known for his work with Tom Waits, The
Tigerlillies and The Club Foot Orchestra.
And for the diehard fans who just absolutely need to know:
Zoe has a bottle cap collection and a chalkboard car.
Kim is an
artist who wants to marry a cheesemaker (or two.)
More Stories
The SF Chronicle interview and video!
The San Francisco Examiner
Curve Magazine Article
Moscow Times Article
More Press!
" ...sparks of brilliance in both concept and execution. "
-Mike Connor, San Jose Metro
"...one of my very very favorite new bands to emerge from the Bay Area in quite some time."
-Greg Scharpen, KALX radio, Berkeley
" [Separated by Birth is] ...a Tim Burton-ish ghoul carnival rife with compelling monstrosities like "Circus Apocalypse", "Circus Fish" and the stormy, brooding "Monkey."
-Damon Orion, GoodTimes , Santa Cruz
"Viewing a Vermillion Lies performance is kinda like watching someone open gifts wrapped by a demented grandparent. Between songs onstage, the Boekbinder sisters open boxes and crates revealing unexpected found items like toy pianos and typewriters, which they incorporate into their folky music."
-Stuart Thornton, Monterey County Weekly
“Amazing debut from bay area sister duo. The album is all over the place, but every one of these places is great. Folk, alternative, retro vocal jazz, experimental undertones. Acoustic guitars, wild percussions and horns, toy pianos, Tom Waits-esque atmospheres
(two collaborators on this album worked with Waits). ‘Act One’ is tame compared to ‘Act Two,’ but both are equally remarkable. Brings to mind Regina Spektor or a darker, more cynical Ditty Bops.
-Adrian Belew - Writing on the Wall
“Vermillion Lies reminds Artsweek of the circus in all its eerie, childish glory. Complete with clinking toy pianos, stringed instruments, accordion and Zoe and Kim Boekbinder's sexy dramatic vocals, VL sometimes even brings along some burlesque dancers for their shows. Hubba, hubba. “
- Melanie Glover, California Aggie, Davis
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