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Angel Olsen @ Glasslands Monday

Angel Olsen's current slate of East Coast dates put her in NYC at Glasslands on Monday (11/12), two nights after she played Maxwell's. The Chicago-based vocalist/songwriter teamed with Magmana and Bird Call for the Brooklyn show which is pictured in this post. The NY Times was also there:

Angel Olsen sang 10 songs at the Glasslands Gallery on Monday night, strumming an electric guitar with her thumb, occasionally picking a simple pattern. She beamed forth with a voice that switched between lax -- quiet, neutral, relaxed -- and over the top -- semi-operatic, jumping notes in a warbling rip, in a few 50-year-old ways pointing toward English folk music and Patsy Cline....

Olsen's short tour in support of Half Way Home soldiers on, eventually coming to a close with a headlining date in her hometown early next week. For the remainder of you East Coasters, catch her at the dates below.

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DOWNLOAD: Angel Olsen - Tiniest Seed (MP3)

Angel Olsen at Glasslands, 4/4/2012 (more by Ryan Muir)

Chicago's Angel Olsen recently released her latest album, Half Way Home, her second for Bathetic Records. You can download an MP3 of album-closer "Tiniest Seeds" above, or stream the whole album via Spotify.

Angel, who was last here in April, will return to the NYC area next month for two shows: Maxwell's on November 10 (tickets) and Glasslands on November 12 with Magmana and Bird Call (tickets). There are a few other dates on Angel's tour schedule which are listed below.

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