The Felice Brothers, Adam Haworth Stephens (of Two Gallants)

Monday, November 1, 2010, Manic Productions presents

© Pieter M Van Hattem/ Uncut/ IPC+ Syndication

Location:
Daniel Street
21 Daniel Street
Milford, CT

8:00pm - 21+ - $15

Buy tickets now or pick them up at Redscroll Records or DETRITUS


The Felice Brothers and their long time friends and band mates Greg Farley and Christmas Clapton, come to us from the Catskill Mountains, where a homegrown sound has been working its way through the bloodlines for generations. Their rambling journey so far has brought them from busking in New York City subway stations, to tours across the world that have included enthusiastically received performances at major music festivals including Bonnaroo, All Points West, Outside Lands, and Langerado.



Adam Haworth Stephens (of Two Gallants):
As lead singer and songwriter of San Francisco duo Two Gallants, Adam Stephens (with band mate Tyson Vogel) released four critically acclaimed albums and toured incessantly over the past five years. A well-deserved break was finally taken providing Adam with a chance to write material for a new project. After forming a band and playing various west coast shows over the past year, Adam went into Sunset Sound and Kingsize Soundlabs in Los Angeles and recorded his debut solo record with producer Joe Chiccarelli (My Morning Jacket, The Shins, White Stripes). The result is his debut solo album WE LIVE ON CLIFFS. Set for a September 28th release on Saddle Creek, WE LIVE ON CLIFFS features Adam on vocals, guitar and piano and a list of guest musicians including Patrick Hallahan and Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket), Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Joey Waronker, Cody Votolato (Blood Brothers / Jaguar Love), Mike Daly, Petra Haden, Andy Cabic (Vetiver) and current band members Jen Grady, Matt Montgomery and Omar Cuellar. Saddle Creek




Fall Tour w/Adam Haworth Stephens (after Nov. 19 Haworth Stephens, takes some R and R)

October 2010
Thursday 28 | Harper's Ferry, Allston, MA
Friday 29 | Met Cafe, Pawtucket, RI
Saturday 30 | The Chance, Pougkeepsie, NY
Sunday 31 | Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

November 2010
Monday 1 | Daniel Street, Milford, CT
Wednesday 3 | Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, VA
Thursday 4 | King's Barcade, Raleigh, NC
Friday 5 | Handlebar, Greenville, SC
Saturday 6 | The Earl, Atlanta, GA
Monday 8 | The Social, Orlando, FL
Tuesday 9 | The Club Downunder, Tallahssee, FL
Wednesday 10 | One Eyed Jack's, New Orleans, LA
Friday 12 | Emo's Inside, Austin, TX
Saturday 13 | The Loft, Dallas, TX
Sunday 14 | Sticky Fingerz, Little Rock, AR
Monday 15 | Proud Larry's, Oxford, MS
Wednesday 17 | Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KY
Thursday 18 | Southgate House, Newport, KY
Friday 19 | Rumba Cafe, Columbus, OH
Saturday 20 | Castaway's, Ithaca, NY

December 2010
Thursday 2 | The Westcott Theater, Syracuse, NY
Friday 3 | Water Street Music Hall, Rochester, NY
Saturday 4 | Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA

Arborea and Alexander Turnquist at The Space

Thursday, March 4, 2010:


Location:
The Space
295 Treadwell Street
Hamden CT

$10 - 7:00PM - All Ages

Arborea: This near-psych not-quite-unconventional Maine based folk duo is peculiar. Film director David Lynch has dabbled in music a few times (most recently with Ariana Delawari), and when I first heard Arborea, I was reminded of a Lynch team-up with Jocelyn Montgomery called Lux Vivens. That record might as well be the score to an unmade medieval Lynch movie. A similar mood-directing soundscape, although maybe not as dark, is the foundation for many of Arborea's songs.

But there was one song that I wasn't sure of, called "Dance Sing Fight". It jumps into a coda that uses lyrics from the chorus of Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning". The thing is, the lyrics are altered slightly. Are they referring us to the original song's specific political point or are they putting these words into a new context to reshape their meaning? Whatever their intent, I can't decide if the nod works or not. I guess what makes it hard for me to pin down is that the first thing that pops into my mind when I hear those lyrics is Peter Garrett twitchily skanking in the desert. I mean, the guy seriously looked like a Conky 2000 run amok in the Australian outback. Sorry, where was I...

Arborea have been busy releasing since 2006. They've garnered praise from NPR and our BBC cousins across the pond. Their tour is taking them around the world, and includes SXSW dates.

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Whether it is a finger plucked 12-string or an ambient drone, Alexander Turnquist's instrumentals open expanses both internal and external. His MySpace has several songs posted that cover territory between Peter Broderick and Max Richter. But his record As the Twilight Crane Dreams in Color makes me wonder what Jack Rose might have done if he had ever wanted to cover Jóhann Jóhannsson. No doubt seeing Turnquist live will be very interesting.

Nathan Carpenter, Darren Deicide, The Old Man & his Po’ Buckra

Saturday, February 6, 2010:



Location:
Lil Tommy J’s Home For Lost Boys
20 Shelley St
Waterbury, CT

7:00 PM, $Donate, Potluck

Nathan Carpenter
Darren Deicide
The Old Man & his Po’ Buckra
Mutiny Amongst Friends (locals)

Freak blues from Jersey - a collision of roots and punk. Why not? Music never comes to a grinding halt, it just keeps grinding together.

Spider at The Space

Tuesday, November 11, 2009


The Space
Tues., Nov 10th
7pm $10 all ages

Spider is Jane Herships' folk project. Bathed in warm, reverb-heavy drenched electric guitar, sparse, slow-picked melodies that drift, and soothing quiet vocals you want to keep close to the ear. Jane plays intimate folk-infused soundscapes and songs about dreams, with enough warmth and fullness to keep the darkness at bay. Spider's beautiful songs remind us that the strength of our thoughts and emotions might not be very noisy but can be very powerful indeed. Spider tours in support of the release of her Sophomore album "Things we liked to Hold." (spidersongs 2009)

This Frontier Needs Heroes is the family folk duo of brother and sister Brad and Jessica Lauretti. The Heroes self released their self titled debut album in 2009 and spent a year rambling on the road across America with over 100+ dates from California to New York City. They recently returned from a tour of the UK where they played the End of the Road Festival and dates supporting Tallest Man on Earth and the Handsome Family. Originally from Connecticut.

Echo and Drake are an experimental indie rock band from CT.

Magdyn Osh plays pastoral campfire jams for the New Great Depression. Led by vocalist/songwriter Michael Flis and a collective of multi-instrumentalists