The WeCan/ELLAS Show!

This past Saturday (12/17/11) Odi and I (John) attended the first ELLAS collective in Wilmington. Partnering with WeCan (Wilmington Enrichment Community Artist Network), created a great space for local female fronted band and female artist to display their many talents. The art was amazing! You had graffiti art, paintings, photography, graphic designs, wood block prints, charcoal, pen drawings, and some performance pieces. A lot of these pieces of art were on sale. Fortunately for us, we came early and got a good look at all the art work and were able to speak to a few of the artists themselves. The bands that performed that night were Last Legs, a two piece consisting of Maria on Bass/Keyboard/Vocals and Andrew on Guitar/Vocals, who have a sound that would fit somewhere between pop music and indie with some very powerful and emotionally driven lyrics. Cochinas, a four piece consisting of Maria (not to be confused with Maria of Last Legs) on Drums/Guitar/Vocals, Emilia on Bass/Guitar/Vocals, Cochina Platano on Guitar/Drums, Jose on Guitar/Bass, whose sound consisted of a Garage/Surf/Punk feel with lyrics that ranged from love to absolute randomness. Feral Kizzy, a five piece consisting of Candice, Johnny, Brenda, Shea, and Mike, performed but I was unfortunately outside when they were performing and for that I apologize. I know, bad reporting John! But I will post their link to their Facebook at the end of the blog. The last band that performed that night was a band named White Murder, consisting of Paul on drums, Hannah on vocals, Mary on vocals, Mike on bass, and Reuben on guitar. They have sound that would consist a bit like adding female pop vocals to a mod/punk band. It was a great night and we had lots of fun checking it out. Make sure you hit up the next event when it comes up! We will keep you posted on it!(I know I'm not the best writer right now but I promise to get better! :P)


Here are links to check out/contact the organizations/bands:

WeCan Facebook

WeCan Official Website

ELLAS Facebook

Last Legs Facebook

Cochinas Facebook

Feral Kizzy Facebook

White Murder Facebook