Lissie

For the unincorporated community in Texas, see Lissie, Texas.
Lissie

Lissie performing at Parkenfestivalen 2011, Bodø, Norway
Background information
Birth name Elisabeth Maurus
Born 1982 (age 29–30)
Origin Rock Island, Illinois
Genres country, folk, rock
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 2006–present
Labels Columbia, Fat Possum
Associated acts Bigbang, Ellie Goulding
Website www.lissie.com

Elisabeth Maurus (born 1982),[1] known by her stage name Lissie, is an American folk rock artist and Paste Magazine's #1 best new solo artist of 2010.[2] She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, Catching a Tiger, was released in June 2010.

Contents

Early life and career

Lissie was born and raised in Rock Island, Illinois. Her father is a physician and her mother is an interior designer. She was interested in singing and music from an early age.[3] She played the title role of the musical Annie at the age of nine.[4] "In high school it seems like everyone has more drama than any other time in their life. So that was the time in my life where I really leaned on music as a way to stay sane," she said in an interview.[3]

In her senior year of high school, she was expelled over, what she described, as "something stupid that [she] did, but it was sort of like the culmination of just a lot of negative things that had happened".[3] She got her degree at an alternative outreach center.[5] She spent two years at Colorado State University in Fort Collins,[6] during which time she would open for musicians who visited the city. She collaborated with DJ Harry of SCI Fidelity Records on the song "All My Life", which was featured on television shows House, The O.C., Veronica Mars and Wildfire.[5] After spending a semester in Paris, she finished her studies to pursue a career in music. In 2007, she produced a four-song EP that received some airplay on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.[5]

In early 2008, Lenny Kravitz invited her to be the opening act for his Love Revolution Tour, after a friend tipped him about her MySpace page.[5][6][7] Later that year, "The Longest Road", a song she co-wrote with DJ Morgan Page reached #4 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart. "We met under that idea that he was going to remix a song of mine (...) But we decided to work on a new song together", she told the Quad-City Times. The Deadmau5 remix of the track was nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical" category.[8]

Her EP, "Why You Runnin'", produced by Bill Reynolds of Band of Horses, was released in November 2009 on Fat Possum.[9][10] One of the songs, "Oh Mississippi" was co-written with Ed Harcourt, whom she met through a mutual friend.[11] The EP was listed amongst Paste magazine's "Eight Most Auspicious Musical Debuts of 2009".[12] In early 2010, she toured various venues in the United Kingdom supporting Ohio-born singer-songwriter Joshua Radin.

Lissie signed with Sony Music UK's Columbia Records. Her debut album, Catching a Tiger, was released on 21 June 2010.[13] The album was recorded in Nashville in 2009 and produced by Jacquire King.[14] The first single from the album, "In Sleep", was selected as Track of The Day by Q on 13 March 2010.[15] A second single, "When I'm Alone," was released alongside the album; it would later be chosen by iTunes UK as their song of the year 2010.[16]

In August 2010, her single "Cuckoo" was voted overwhelmingly to be the Record of the Week by listeners of expat radio station Heart FM Spain (www.heartfmspain.com), as a result of listener feedback, Lissie and the album "Catching A Tiger" was featured throughout the week of August 23 to 27. The single was also added to the "A" level playlist on BBC Radio 2 giving it around twenty plays a week on the UK's most popular station.[17] The "Cuckoo" EP includes Lissies live version of "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga, which became popular online before being included on the release.[18]

She appeared on the Great British Songbook on August 31, 2010, performing a cover of "Stairway to Heaven" that the host of the show, Simon Mayo, described as 'breathtaking'.

Her song "Little Lovin" is featured in the Season 2 promo for Justified on FX.

She will be featured on at least 4 or 5 tracks on Snow Patrol's upcoming album Fallen Empires due out later in 2011.[19]

Personal life

Lissie resides in Ojai, California. She wanted to live closer to Los Angeles, and found Ojai to be "close enough to L.A. without the craziness and congestion of L.A."[11] She is an avid fan of fantasy literature, citing His Dark Materials and the Harry Potter series as favorites.[3] She has a Lhasa Apso named Byron and is close friends with British singer Ellie Goulding with whom she toured the United Kingdom in 2010.[3][20]

Discography

Albums

Year Album details Peak positions Certifications
EUR
[21]		 GR
[22]		 IRL
[23]		 NOR
[24]		 SWI
[25]		 UK
[26]		 U.S.
Folk
[21]		 U.S.
Heat
[21]		 U.S.
Indie
[21]
2010 Catching a Tiger
  • Released: 21 June 2010
  • Released U.S.: 17 August 2010
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Vinyl
 48 27 66 4 48 12 5 5 34
2011 Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire
  • Released: 7 November 2011
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD&DVD
 — — — — — — — — —

Extended plays

Year Album details Peak positions
US Folk
[28]		 US Heat
[28]
2007 Lissie
  • Released: March 2007
  • Label: Lionboy Records
  • Format: CD
 — —
2009 Why You Runnin' 10 29
2011 Covered Up With Flowers — —
"—" indicates the album did not chart or wasn't released.

Singles

Year Song Peak positions Album
GER NOR SWI UK
2010 "In Sleep" — — — — Catching a Tiger
"When I'm Alone"[29] 42 2 73 55
"Cuckoo" — — — 81
"—" indicates the single did not chart or wasn't released in that country.

Other appearances

These songs have been released on albums that were not a studio album released by Lissie.

Year Song Album
2004 "All My Life (DJ Harry feat. Lissie)[30] Collision
2007 "Let it Shine"[31] The Simple Life: Camp Songs
"You Are My Sunshine"[31]
"Bright Side"[30] Wedding Daze OST
2008 "The Longest Road"(Morgan Page feat. Lissie)[30] Elevate
2009 "All Be Okay"[32] Beachwood Rockers' Society: Volume 1: Live At Crane's Hollywood Tavern
2010 "When I'm Alone"[33] 4.3.2.1 OST
"The Socialite"(Andy Clockwise feat. Lissie)[34] Are You Well? EP
"Believe"(Morgan Page feat. Lissie)[35] Believe
"Fight for You"(Morgan Page feat. Lissie)[35]
"Strange Condition"(Morgan Page feat. Lissie)[35]
2011 "No One" (Bigbang feat. Lissie)[36] Epic Scrap Metal

Songs in other media

Year Title Type Song
2005 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Film "Something Stupid"(with Peter Dante)[37]
2006 Memory Film "All My Life"(DJ Harry feat. Lissie)[38]
The O.C. TV series episode: "The Sister Act" "All My Life"(DJ Harry feat. Lissie)[5][39]
Veronica Mars TV series episode: "Look Who's Stalking" "All My Life"(DJ Harry feat. Lissie)[5][40]
Who Killed the Electric Car? Documentary "All My Life"(DJ Harry feat. Lissie)[30]
2007 Dream It Out Loud Film "Dream It Out Loud"[5]
House TV series episode: "Guardian Angels" "All My Life"(DJ Harry feat. Lissie)[5][41]
Moonlight TV series episode: "Arrested Development" "All My Life"(DJ Harry feat. Lissie)[42][43]
Romtelecom TV ad "Bright Side"[5][44][45]
2008 Wedding Daze Film "Bright Side"[5]
Wildfire TV series episode: "The Ties That Bind, Part 1" "All Be Okay"[5]
"All My Life"(DJ Harry feat. Lissie)[5]
2009 Melrose Place TV series episode: "Shoreline" "Fight for You"(Morgan Page feat. Lissie)[46]
2010 90210 TV series episode: "Catch Me If You Cannon" "Everywhere I Go"
Dollhouse TV series episode: "Epitaph 2: The Return" "Everywhere I Go"[47]
Grey's Anatomy TV series episode: "Superfreak" "Worried About"
TV series episode: "Time Warp" "Everywhere I Go"[48]
Justified TV series promo "Little Lovin'"
One Tree Hill TV series episode: "What's in the Ground Belongs to You" "Here Before"[49]
So You Think You Can Dance TV series episode: "1 of 10 Voted Off" "Everywhere I Go"[50]
TV series episode: "Nashville/Dallas + Vegas Callbacks" "Everywhere I Go"[51]
2011 Basketball Wives TV series episode: "Episode 304" "Record Collector"[52]
Hall Pass Film "Everywhere I Go"
Mob Wives TV series episode: "Unfinished Business" "In Sleep"[53]
Parenthood TV series episode: "Do Not Sleep With Your Autistic Nephew's Therapist" "In Sleep'"
Switched at Birth TV series episode: "This is Not a Pipe" "Worried About"[54]
Footloose Film "Little Lovin"

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated Work Category Result
2010 iTunes (UK) When I'm Alone Song of the Year Won
Paste Magazine Herself Best New Solo Artist Won
Bad Romance, Pursuit of Happiness Cover of the Year Won
Q Awards Herself Best Breakthrough Artist Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Lissie Biography & Awards". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/artist/lissie/bio/1002283#/artist/lissie/bio/1002283. Retrieved 1 July 2010. 
  2. ^ "Paste Magazine choose Lissie as #1 BEST NEW SOLO ARTIST OF 2010". Paste Magazine. 21 December 2010. http://www.facebook.com/lissiemusic/posts/185060344839697. Retrieved 21 December 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c d e "Lissie Interview". PopCultureMadness. 11 February 2008. http://www.popculturemadness.com/interview/Lissie.html. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 
  4. ^ Reilly, Dan (3 March 2010). "Lissie Interview: SXSW 2010 – Spinner". Spinner. http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/03/sxsw-2010-lissie/. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Lissie". ctnmusic.com. 22 December 2008. http://ctnmusic.com/2008/12/22/lissie/. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 
  6. ^ a b Burke, David (9 May 2008). "Rock Island native Lissie hits Billboard's charts". Quad-City Times. http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/article_cbd51734-f650-5c64-9118-492fc165a594.html. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 
  7. ^ Pais, Matt (9 November 2009). "Local Q&A: Lissie". Metromix Chicago. http://chicago.metromix.com/music/article/local-q-and-a/1596927/content. Retrieved 1 June 2010. 
  8. ^ http://dancemusic.about.com/od/conference/a/51GramNomAnn.htm
  9. ^ Grepperud, Amund (10 February 2010). "Lydverket elsker: Lissie" (in Norwegian). Lydverket. http://www.nrk.no/lydverket/lydverket-elsker-lissie/. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 
  10. ^ Martin, Gavin (2 April 2010). "Lissie Maurus is full of true rebel country spirit". Daily Mirror. http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/the-ticket/2010/04/lissie-maurus-is-full-of-true.html. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 
  11. ^ a b Petro, Cristopher. "SPOTLIGHT: Lissie Maurus". Performer Magazine. http://www.performermag.com/Bands/Article/2010/Lissie%20Maurus. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 
  12. ^ Maddux, Rachael (22 December 2009). "The Eight Most Auspicious Musical Debuts of 2009". Paste. http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/12/the-eight-most-auspicious-musical-debuts-of-2009.html. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 
  13. ^ Rose, Greg (25 May 2010). "Lissie and Ellie Goulding duet at Great Escape". Virgin Records. http://www.virgin.com/music/news/lissie-and-ellie-goulding-duet-at-great-escape. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 
  14. ^ Lester, Paul (12 February 2010). "Lissie (No 725)". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/12/new-band-lissie. Retrieved 1 June 2010. 
  15. ^ "Lissie – In Sleep – Track Of The Day". Q. 13 March 2010. http://news.qthemusic.com/2010/03/lissie_-_in_sleep_1.html. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 
  16. ^ ""When I'm Alone" has been chosen by iTunes UK as their SONG OF THE YEAR!!". iTunes. 21 December 2010. http://www.facebook.com/lissiemusic/posts/149973661720259. Retrieved 21 December 2010. 
  17. ^ BBC – Radio 2 – Playlist
  18. ^ Lissie – A little bit country and a whole lot rock'n'roll
  19. ^ http://www.clashmusic.com/news/snow-patrol-working-with-lissie
  20. ^ Maddux, Rachael (5 January 2010). "Best of What's Next: Lissie". Paste. http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/01/best-of-whats-next-lissie.html. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 
  21. ^ a b c d "Catching A Tiger – Lissie". http://www.billboard.com/#/album/lissie/catching-a-tiger/1377761. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
  22. ^ "Discography Lissie". Greek Charts. http://greekcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lissie. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
  23. ^ "Discography Lissie". Irish Charts. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lissie. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
  24. ^ "Discography Lissie". Norwegian Charts. http://acharts.us/album/55867. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
  25. ^ "Discography Lissie". SwissCharts. http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lissie. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
  26. ^ "Chart Stats – Lissie". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=14825. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
  27. ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx
  28. ^ a b "Why You Runnin' – Lissie". All Music Guide. http://www.billboard.com/song/lissie/when-i-m-alone/20649701#/album/lissie/why-you-runnin/1296090. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
  29. ^ "Lissie – When I'm Alone". http://acharts.us/song/55926. 
  30. ^ a b c d Schultz, Paul (1 October 2008). "Music Review: Lissie, "Lissie" EP". The Trades. http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=10027. Retrieved 27 June 2010. 
  31. ^ a b "Barenaked Ladies, Submarines Do Campfire Songs for "Simple Life"". Artist Direct. 6 July 2007. http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4337838,00.html. Retrieved 27 June 2010. 
  32. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beachwood-rockers-society/id309431008
  33. ^ Stuttard, Asha (27 June 2010). "Lissie: Catching a Tiger". In The News. http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/reviews/music/rock-indie/lissie-catching-a-tiger-$21380887.htm. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 
  34. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/are-you-well-ep/id359597055
  35. ^ a b c "Morgan Page – 'Believe' (Take 2)". About.com. http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/Morgan_Page_-_Believe_Take_2_Review.htm. Retrieved 27 June 2010. 
  36. ^ http://www.platekompaniet.no/Musikk.aspx/CD/Bigbang/Epic_Scrap_Metal/?id=509990969452
  37. ^ "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Cast". http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808470869/cast. Retrieved 27 June 2010. 
  38. ^ "DJ Harry News". http://www.djharry.net/bin/news.html. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 
  39. ^ "The OC Music Season 03". TV Show Music. http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/theoc/season03.html. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  40. ^ "Veronica Mars Music Season 2". TV Show Music. http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/veronicamars/season02.html. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  41. ^ "House Season 04 Music". TV Show Music. http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/house/season04.html. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  42. ^ "Moonlight: Arrested Development". Heard on TV. http://heardontv.com/episodes/view/5097. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 
  43. ^ "Moonlight Music". Heard on TV. http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/moonlight.html. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  44. ^ Romtelecom
  45. ^ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ro&u=http://ucmr-ada.ro/fisiere/neidentificate_lista_mai09_08.xls&ei=Ptg6TNz9FInSsAP384XaCg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CD4Q7gEwCQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpraktiker%2Blissie%26hl%3Den
  46. ^ "Melrose Place Music". http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/melroseplace.html. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  47. ^ "Dollhouse Music Season 2". TV Show Music. http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/dollhouse/season02.html. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  48. ^ "Grey's Anatomy Music Season 6". TV Show Music. http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/greysanatomy/season06.html. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  49. ^ "One Tree Hill Music Season 7". TV Show Music. http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/onetreehill/season07.html. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  50. ^ Sorich, Sonya (24 June 2010). "So You Think You Can Dance June 24 results: Cristina Santana kicked off SYTYCD". Ledger-Enquirer. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2010/06/24/1172268/so-you-think-you-can-dance-june.html. Retrieved 27 June 2010. 
  51. ^ "Season 7 Recaps: Nashville/Dallas + Vegas Callbacks". Fox. http://www.fox.com/dance/recaps/season-7/nashville-dallas--vegas-callbacks/. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  52. ^ http://www.vh1.com/shows/basketball_wives/season_3/show_music.jhtml
  53. ^ http://takeout.vh1.com/viewpromo.php?promo_id=1638
  54. ^ http://abcfamily.go.com/music/blogs-details/switched-birth-music-guide-not-pipe/797922

External links