In some ways, it must suck to be a modern metal band these days and have to deal with people on the internet or in person always questioning your "tru-ness". You know, the type of people who try to act as scene police and will always question your band's sincerity, if you haven't heard of the same obscure bands that they have heard of.
Friday, June 10, 2011, CT Indie Presents at Arch Street...
flyer by Steve Ross
Location:
Arch Street Tavern
85 Arch Street
Hartford, CT
8 PM - $10.00 cover - 21+
Chris Brokaw contributed his expertise on guitar and drums to the bands Come and Codeine before striking out on his own as a solo act. His first time out as a solo artist saw him split an EP with the Spanish group Viva Las Vegas. The recording was put out jointly by Acuarela Records and Kimchee Records.
A native of New York, Brokaw settled in Boston during the mid-'80s. His first rock gig came in 1990 when he signed on with the slowcore Sub Pop band Codeine as its drummer. He remained with the group through two years, and contributed to the recording of an EP and a full-length album.
In 1992, he left Codeine to pursue songwriting, singing and guitar playing full time with Come, who recorded four albums for Matador Records and toured internationally over the course of 10 years. A handful of acclaimed albums and a variety of singles followed, with Thalia Zedek at the band's forefront.
2010/2011 finds Chris playing a limited number of shows with a reunited Come, (including Matador's 21st anniversary Festival) and numerous solo projects.
Chris has performed on over two dozen other recordings, performing as a member of the following bands: Willard Grant Conspiracy, The New Year, Pullman, Consonant, and Empty House Cooperative; as a guest on recordings by Cobra Verde, Manta Ray, Rosa Chantswell, Karate, and Via Tania; and as an accompanist to recordings and performances by Steve Wynn, Evan Dando, Thalia Zedek, Alan Licht, Tara Jane O'neil, crime writer George Pelecanos, and The Thurston Moore Group (with Thurston Moore, Samara Lubelski, Matt Heyner and Steve Shelley).
With guests:
Dead Wives, self described 3-piece skate rock from Connecticut. Recently rocked Cafe Nine opening for The Whines and Medication. Check out the Scuz Bucket review here.
Special opening event, Thank You Mr. Keating performs The Baxter Special. The first Thank You Mr. Keating show in over four years, and with a full band. One of only a few shows to be played, this will be a performance of selections from The Baxter Special! Read the CT Indie review here.
Been awhile people. Which means it's time to return with a vengeance. So here is a show that signals the start of CT Indie presents at Arch Street. Three different brands of rock action, all from equally inspired Connecticut-based musicians! Hartford has been gaining a little musical momentum lately, so come help fuel this momentum by supporting your local scene at Arch Street Tavern!
Parking is a bitch in downtown Hartford, so car pool if you can.
ReverbNation bio:
It’s been one year, two E.P’s, a full length, a list of performances from San Diego to Vermont, and The Morning On Fire is just getting started. Adored for their energetic and emotional performances, its hard to imagine that anyone is having more fun then them. Watching them dance across the stage, you can see the sincerity running through their veins, producing a high that isn’t replicable by any modern drug. They come across as some sort of mad-scientist/punk rock hybrids, delivering their music with force. Their energetic fusion of indie, post-rock, and hardcore is a treat to experience: it is like nothing you’ve heard before and like everything you’ve been waiting to hear. From sweeping valleys, to monumental peaks... quiet whispers to the loudest screams, The Morning On Fire creates a sound-scape and invites you to break from the norm and come along for a while.
These faves explain themselves on their facebook as this: The Field Recordings are a Noise Pop band from CT. And yes, they flaunt their Vague Scientific Implications. Please, e-mail them to cause them to Perform for You. Oh, they beseech you: Download them for Free from http://thefieldrecorders.bandcamp.com/. With this Facebook, they have joined the ever expanding phalanx of Unchecked Profilers. They are presenting you with yet another Aesthetic Arm. You can hold it to you, please do not twist it out of shape.
"There’s a clear Belly, Julianna Hatfield and English rock vibe that permeates in certain Kari songs like "Diamond" and "Only This." We here at Weekend especially dig the tune "Memory Won’t Erase," but what we really like about Kari is that she headlined her MySpace page "Kari on My Wayward Bunn." That’s awesome. "
— Pat Ferrucci, Making A Mix with Kari Bunn
9 PM - $5.00 cover - 21+
