It’s Not Quite New Year’s Eve with Lys Guillorn & The Void Kittens at Best Video Film & Cultural Center on Fri., Dec. 30 beginning at 7 PM. Cole and Simone Nelson open the show. Cover is $10.

Lys Guillorn & The Void Kittens is a three-piece indie rock band fronted by Shelton singer-songwriter/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist and stylistic shape-shifter Lys Guillorn, with Eric Bloomquist (Chica Non Grata, Bronson Rock) on bass, and Peter Riccio (The Sawtelles, GoBruCcio) on drums. Winner of CT Now’s Best of Hartford 2018 Readers Poll for Best Singer-Songwriter, Guillorn has two full-length studio records of original material, a collection of covers and compilation tracks, and a couple of EPs and singles on Little Cowgirl Records. Their most recent single is called “Dolores & I,” released on the 2020 compilation Waiting on a Sunrise Vol. 1.

Sibling duo Cole and Simone Nelson perform contemporary covers and some originals. Their close harmonies, accompanied by guitar and ukulele, are influenced by their father, the late Connecticut musician, Rob Nelson. Cole and Simone are students at The Country School in Madison, CT.

Masks are strongly recommended.