Kryhitka Zahes
Cryhitka Zahes, oil on board, 18×24 cm, 2008. Please send your bid by email if you want to purchase this painting.
Recently I saw a show by an indie band from Kyiv called Kryhitka Zahes (Cleine Zahes) at the Lyal’ka club in Lviv. There is girl with long bags who sings, two guitar players and a drummer who puts on particularly electrifying act. The band (singer in particular) has a European indie(pendent) artsy feel about it, in the way they dress and act on stage, like too many bands in the West do, and too few - here. They performed some old things you’d recognize from hearing them on a radio, and some new, a song about a car was very good. They’ve got a new bass player - as their original bassist has recently passed away.
The band’s got an environmental message they promote. A girl sitting next to me won a canvas grocery bag for answering some band-related trivia right. (btw, Ukrainians widely recycle their plastic bags too).
Check out their My Space profile for samples of their music and list of upcoming shows.
24.01.08 worked off the original doodle to paint this scene now in oil.
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January 18th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Excellent band. Needs more publicity.
Was going to be in Lviv for the holidays and wanted to catch them playing live. Oh well, prior commitments kept me in Toronto.
January 19th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Orest, they are working on promoting their new album that’s coming out soon - for sure to be performing someplace in Kyiv soon.
January 31st, 2008 at 3:42 pm
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