Naomi Sider

"if you would call me your own, that would be lovely"

Photo by: Pascal Soudeyns. Naomi performs at our Joy event.

Through our ongoing search for musicians and artists with "a beautiful vibe for the soul", we met up with Executive Producer, Aaron Woods of Soda Sonic Redords, Naomi's local independent label. We shared with Woods what we're all about and the motivation behind Beautiful House and Woods told us how much he believed in Naomi's work. We had a listen to her CD and immediately knew we wanted her to perform for Beautiful House.

Naomi has shared the stage with national acts including Pedro the Lion and Damien Jurado and has also played at TOM Fest 2001 at The Gorge in Washington State. Her CD release party was held at Sugar Refinery in 2000.

A Related Pursuit Confirms Beautiful House Future Directions:

In a related pursuit, we have begun cultivating a relationship with pastemusic.com - "a gathering place for people who are looking for music that will connect to their souls, whether to buy an album, read about a new artist or listen to a song at PasteRadio". Hopefully, Naomi's CD will soon be available at the Seattle-based site.

When we discovered that David Bazan of Pedro the Lion (available at and friends with pastemusic.com) recorded Naomi's CD, it further confirmed the many possibilities and future directions for Beautiful House as we move forward in our concept and vision. We hope to see more of Naomi and her band at future events.

Email naomi@gallerylounge.com for more info or visit naomisider.com.

Beautiful House Events:

Joy - November 24, 2001
Curl III - Saturday, August 18, 2001

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Naomi performed some of her new material with Dale Anaka at our Joy event on November 24, 2001 including a lo-fi version of O Come, O Come Emmanuel, a timely carol.

Naomi made her debut performance at Curl III, Saturday, August 18, 2001 at the Marpole Curling Club. Although she played earlier the same day at PetFest in Kerrisdale she mustered up the strength after an afternoon nap to perform again. "In some ways", said Naomi, "I performed better than I ever have before".

Promotional Photo

Curl 3 was the third in a three-part consecutive series of live music and performance art events in micro-festival and coffeehouse-style format at the Marpole Curling Club.

Albums by Naomi Sider:

Appearing As Herself
Full Length Debut CD
Recorded May, 2000 in Seattle, WA by David Bazan of Pedro the Lion

View details and buy Naomi's album at her website: naomisider.com.

The new "Lovelier Version" of Lovely is also featured on The Beautiful EP recorded 2001.

Reviews of Naomi Sider:

"College radio should play the death out of this disc because it's killingly good. Sad, lo-fi songs of the sort that make morose alt-rock fans verge on displaying human emotions."

- The Province - November 14, 2000.

"Naomi has one of those thin, pure, rough-sweet voices usually associated with girls from the Deep South who were married at thirteen and now go around in bare feet playing an autoharp. At the same time, her lyrics are clearly written by someone who's read a few books, listened to a few records, and had a few worldly (maybe even big-city) disappointments - they're often all about the gap between girlish dreams and grown-up reality. (Other times they're about Old Testament themes, or a combination of all of the above.) The very sparse, mostly quiet, mostly acoustic arrangements are well-suited to this kind of melancholy weariness and even the keening, spiritual despair of songs like "Mercy". Dark, dark, dark, but pretty too.

- Janis, Discorder December 2000 / January 2001.