Little Red Wolf
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Little Red Wolf are a Madison, Wisconsin
-based band with styles ranging from alt-country to folk-rock and traditional pop. The four-piece is known for being multi-instrumentalist
with female-led vocals and harmonies
. Little Red Wolf members with primary instruments: Emily Mills (drums), Kelly Maxwell (guitar
), Meghan Rose (piano
and guitar
), Laura Detert (viola
and bass guitar
). Other instrumentation includes accordion
, bass ukelele, mandolin
, clarinet
, keytar
, and glockenspiel
.
If Only We Were Remixed was released February 8, 2011 and features remixes of 6 songs from the full-length record by Madison-based electronic artists: Null Device
, Caustic
, Black Jack Red Queen, and The Dark Clan. It was mastered by Eric Oehler of Null Device at Submersible Studios in Madison.
, Erin McKeown
, Athens Boys Choir
and Tiffany
at the 2011 Fruit Fest in Madison. They've also played with Girl in a Coma
and Company of Thieves
. The group has also played shows to benefit Domestic Abuse Intervention Services in Madison, various renewable energy causes and events, Primates, Inc., and the Madison chapter of Girls Rock Camp.
Annual Manual.
If Only We Were Just Like We Are was nominated for best alternative album at the Madison Area Music Awards in 2011. Other nominations include Bella in the Elm for best alternative song, and Sunshine for best blues song.
The band came in second place in the 2011 Isthmus
Favorite's reader poll for "Favorite Folk/Bluegrass Band."
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
-based band with styles ranging from alt-country to folk-rock and traditional pop. The four-piece is known for being multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
with female-led vocals and harmonies
Harmony
In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...
. Little Red Wolf members with primary instruments: Emily Mills (drums), Kelly Maxwell (guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
), Meghan Rose (piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
), Laura Detert (viola
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
and bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
). Other instrumentation includes accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, bass ukelele, mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
, keytar
Keytar
A keytar is a relatively lightweight keyboard that is supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, similar to the way a guitar is supported by a strap. Keytars allow players a greater range of movement compared to conventional keyboards, which are placed on stands...
, and glockenspiel
Glockenspiel
A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
.
Discography
Little Red Wolf released a full-length album titled If Only We Were Just Like We Are independently on December 11, 2010. The album was engineered, mixed and mastered by John Feith at SubFloral Studios.If Only We Were Remixed was released February 8, 2011 and features remixes of 6 songs from the full-length record by Madison-based electronic artists: Null Device
Null Device
Null Device is an electronic pop band from Wisconsin, USA.-Band history:Null Device is an electronic band formed in 1995 by Eric Oehler, William Annis, and Tom Lawrence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After the amicable departures of Annis and Lawrence, Dr. Eric Goedken joined as a...
, Caustic
Caustic (band)
Fanale has claimed Caustic's genre to be "Jizzcore," as a joke about the amount of self-indulgent, artist-created subgenres in industrial.Influences Matt Fanale has referenced include Revolting Cocks, Hank III, Pop Will Eat Itself, Chemlab, Atari Teenage Riot, and Stromkern, as well as the...
, Black Jack Red Queen, and The Dark Clan. It was mastered by Eric Oehler of Null Device at Submersible Studios in Madison.
Performances
Little Red Wolf performed with BitchBitch (band)
Bitch is a female-fronted American heavy metal band, formed in Los Angeles in December 1980. They gained notoriety as a result of their theatrical live performances inspired by Alice Cooper, which featured tongue-in-cheek sadomasochistic themes...
, Erin McKeown
Erin McKeown
Erin McKeown is an American multi-instrumentalist and folk-rock singer/songwriter.McKeown began her career in the folk scene. She released her first album, Monday Morning Cold, on her own label , travelling throughout New England while still a student at Brown University in order to promote the...
, Athens Boys Choir
Athens Boys Choir
Athens Boys Choir is a transgender spoken word performer based in Athens, Georgia. Athens Boys Choir signed with Daemon Records in 2004 and subsequently released the debut album Rhapsody in T...
and Tiffany
Tiffany (singer)
Tiffany Renee Darwish , known popularly as Tiffany, is an American singer and former teen icon. She is most notable for her 1987 cover version of "I Think We're Alone Now", originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells in 1967. Released as the second single from her eponymous album, Tiffany,...
at the 2011 Fruit Fest in Madison. They've also played with Girl in a Coma
Girl in a Coma
Girl In a Coma is a rock band from San Antonio, Texas on Joan Jett's Blackheart Records' label. The band is made up of Mexican-American sisters Nina and Phanie Diaz and long-time friend, Jenn Alva . The name is a reference to The Smiths' song Girlfriend in a Coma...
and Company of Thieves
Company of Thieves (band)
Company of Thieves is an indie rock group from Chicago, Illinois. Their first release, Ordinary Riches, was released digitally on January 6, 2009, with a physical CD release on February 24, 2009...
. The group has also played shows to benefit Domestic Abuse Intervention Services in Madison, various renewable energy causes and events, Primates, Inc., and the Madison chapter of Girls Rock Camp.
Awards and Nominations
Little Red Wolf was rated Madison's Favorite New Band in the 2009 IsthmusIsthmus (newspaper)
Isthmus is an alternative weekly newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1976, and has built a reputation for authoritative writing on news, arts and features. The paper prints more than 60,000 copies each Thursday, reaching an estimated 40% of all adults in Dane County, which includes...
Annual Manual.
If Only We Were Just Like We Are was nominated for best alternative album at the Madison Area Music Awards in 2011. Other nominations include Bella in the Elm for best alternative song, and Sunshine for best blues song.
The band came in second place in the 2011 Isthmus
Isthmus (newspaper)
Isthmus is an alternative weekly newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1976, and has built a reputation for authoritative writing on news, arts and features. The paper prints more than 60,000 copies each Thursday, reaching an estimated 40% of all adults in Dane County, which includes...
Favorite's reader poll for "Favorite Folk/Bluegrass Band."
Reviews and Profiles
- "Reviewing the Neighbors: 'If Only We Were Just Like We Are' by Little Red Wolf" by Paul Tatro for dane101.com
- "Reviewing the Neighbors: Little Red Wolf's 'If Only We Were Remixed'" by Kat Kosiec for dane101.com
- Profile of Little Red Wolf in Maximum Ink Magazine