Carla Azar is an American drummer from Huntsville, Alabama and member of the band Autolux. She also plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and sings.
Carla Azar | |
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 Azar in October 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Alternative rock, electronic |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Labels | 30th Century Records |
| Website | www |
Azar played drums on Jack White's albums Blunderbuss, Lazaretto, and Boarding House Reach, and also played live on tour with him. From 2009–2011, she collaborated with painter Mark Whalen (also known as Kill Pixie) on art exhibitions, creating music for installation rooms. She had a role in the 2014 film Frank starring Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson.
Azar also played drums for Ednaswap for two albums and an EP. In addition, she played drums, as well as some percussion, on Come To Where I'm From (2000) by Joseph Arthur.
Career
editThe band Autolux formed in 2001 in Los Angeles. She met Eugene Goreshter while writing the score for Accidental Death of an Anarchist, a play by Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo. She met Greg Edwards while he was playing in his previous band, Failure.[1] In August 2000, Autolux made their debut, playing two shows at the Silverlake Lounge. On March 1, 2001, the band released a self-produced EP entitled Demonstration. It contained five songs recorded on an 8 track in their rehearsal space.[2] After impressing record producer T Bone Burnett during a performance, Autolux signed to DMZ, a record label created by Burnett and the Coen Brothers.[1][2]
In 2002, Azar and Josh Klinghoffer supported Vincent Gallo as his tour band in support of his album When. Besides drums, she played guitar and mellotron on the tour.[3]
Azar played drums on The True False Identity (2005) by Burnett[4] and Curtains (2005) by John Frusciante.
In May 2011, she began recording with Jack White on his first solo album, Blunderbuss. In 2012, she toured with White's touring band, The Peacocks.[5]
In 2014, she co-starred as part of an ensemble cast in the film Frank, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, starring Michael Fassbender as Frank.[6]
Discography
editWith Autolux
edit- Future Perfect (DMZ, 2004)
- Transit Transit (TBD, 2010)
- Pussy's Dead (Columbia/Sony, 2016)[7]
Guest appearances
- 1987 Wendy and Lisa, Wendy and Lisa
- 1989 Fruit at the Bottom, Wendy and Lisa
- 1990 Eroica, Wendy and Lisa
- 1993 Dream Harder, The Waterboys
- 1996 Vagabundo, Draco Rosa
- 2000 Teddy Thompson, Teddy Thompson
- 2001 Fan Dance, Sam Phillips
- 2004 Curtains, John Frusciante
- 2004 A Boot and a Shoe, Sam Phillips
- 2006 The True False Identity, T Bone Burnett
- 2007 A Year in the Wilderness, John Doe
- 2007 War Stories, Unkle
- 2008 More Stories, Unkle
- 2009 A Woman a Man Walked By by PJ Harvey and John Parish (2009)
- 2010 Where Did the Night Fall (Another Night Out), Unkle
- 2011 The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams
- 2011 The People's Key, Bright Eyes
- 2012 Blunderbuss, Jack White
- 2014 Lazaretto, Jack White[8]
- 2014 Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes
- 2015 Aquaria, Boots
- 2018 Boarding House Reach, Jack White
- 2018 "TV Show", Glim Spanky
- 2019 Desert Sessions Vol. 11 & 12, The Desert Sessions
- 2019 WHO, The Who
Soundtracks
- 2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
- 2002 Our Little Corner of the World: Music from Gilmore Girls
- 2003 Crossing Jordan
- 2003 The Soul of a Man
- 2005 Don't Come Knocking
- 2007 Across the Universe
- 2007 I'm Not There
- 2008 21
- 2010 Eat Pray Love
- 2011 Sucker Punch
- 2014 Frank[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Wiederhorn, Jon (July 27, 2005). "Trent Reznor Boosts Autolux From Clubs To Arenas". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Autolux". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ "Vincent Gallo – Drowning in Brown News 2002 ARCHIVE". Drowning in Brown. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
- ^ "Music: T Bone Burnett's The True False Identity In Stores May 16". Rubber Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
- ^ "Jack White Kicks Off His Solo Tour in Chattanooga Pictures – Carla Azar". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012.
- ^ "Frank – A film by Lenny Abrahamson". frank-film.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ "Autolux | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ a b "Carla Azar | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2017.