Laura Macfarlane
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Laura Macfarlane, formerly known as Lora Macfarlane, is a Scottish-born rock and roll musician, singer and songwriter based in Australia. Originally from Glasgow, she arrived with her parents in Perth when young, and was involved in a number of bands there from the late 1980s onward, including The Brautigans. She relocated to Melbourne in the early 1990s, playing with hardcore punk band Manic Pizza and forming The Sea Haggs/Keckle (involving long-time collaborator Iain McIntyre) and Popemobile (with Ben Butler). In 1995, she went to Seattle and began playing drums in Riot Grrrl band Sleater-Kinney. She appears as the drummer on their self-titled debut, Sleater-Kinney, on which she also sings a track titled "Lora's Song". She also drums and sings backups on their seminal follow up album Call the Doctor. She subsequently returned to Melbourne and founded ninetynine, initially as a solo project. Ninetynine soon became a band, and have since released four albums and toured the world's indie scenes many times.
Laura Macfarlane has appeared on a number of records playing a variety of instruments--vibraphone, Casiotone keyboards, drums, and guitar among them. She has played with numerous other bands, including Clag, Disaster Plan, and New Buffalo.
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- MP3s of "Jelly CD", a compilation of Macfarlane's early recordings
- Tiny Suns Infused With Sour A Sleater-Kinney news blog
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