Banny Grove

Sometimes it takes a post-human character to stir the humanity in a citizen of the 21st century. Sometime there's no better role model than a woman in a wig, pointing down the path of righteousness with big, caricature-ized gestures. Louise Chicoine's alter-ego Banny Grove burst onto the scene in 2016, like a toon ripping thru the thin fabric of Los Angeles reality, and immediately found a devoted following of fans who uphold the fictional diva as some kind of messiah of loving neighborliness, or the Mary Poppins of DIY. Her debut full-length Who Is She? introduced Banny's uniquely candid vocal delivery, that skips between talky honesty and operatic ebullience, and her palette of punchy 80's drum machines and glittering, Nickelodeon-esque synth patches. In her first year on Earth, Banny has played more than 100 shows, and toured repeatedly around the North America and Europe. Wherever she goes, she flies through the scene with the untiring energy of a person who's not the least bit confused about her purpose as a songwriter, a performer, and a culture-shaper: simply to spread the law of kindness as far as she can.