Papercuts on TND's Live Series

WNPR's The Needle Drop monthly series continues with Papercuts



On Monday, May 18th, 2009, WNPR’s weekly independent music program, The Needle Drop, will feature San Francisco native Jason Quever, better known as Papercuts, in the second show of its live session series.

Papercuts’ You Can Have What You Want is the newest phase in Jason Quever’s ongoing pop investigations. When describing Quever’s sound, Fantano states, “there's a breathy melancholy to Jason's voice that warrant's concern, and the musical nostalgia hanging in the air will lasso the attention of anyone decades older than him.”

Featured in the February edition of Connecticut Magazine, The Needle Drop is not just a Connecticut radio program. It’s now syndicated in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, reaching an audience far outside the boarders of the Constitution State.

The Needle Drop is produced by Anthony Fantano with support from WNPR in Hartford, CT. The show is supplemented by Fantano’s regularly updated blog at http://theneedledrop.com.

The event takes place at The Space in Hamden, CT at 12:00 noon (so working folk like you and me can't go), but is free and open to the public. For more information: http://www.thespace.tk/.

JD

5th Annual Outdoor Flea Market at The Space

Saturday, May 9th, 2009.

9am-3pm is the Fourth Annual Spring Flea Market!

The Space 295 Treadwell, Hamden CT 06514

Come down and buy crazy stuff...or just chill in the first sun in a week.

30+ vendors, music, food and good times! Josh Aciares of Hi-Planes Drifter to play an acoustic set.

JD

Tweefort in May

A quick reminder from Tweefort:

Here are our upcoming shows for the month of May. It's going to be a busy month for us. We have some great little pop bands coming through the area thanks to the New York Popfest next month. I hope to see some of you out at these shows. They should be a good time.

MAY 9:
The Tartans (Los Angeles) with Panda and Child (Manchester, Conn.)
Part of the New Haven Artspace Underground
50 Orange St., New Haven, CT
8 p.m. - 11 p.m. $5. All ages.

MAY 13:
Very Truly Yours (Chicago) with Death To New England (ex-Battlecats from CT) and The Tyler Trudeau Attempt (New Haven, Conn.)
Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven, CT
Doors at 9 p.m. Music at 10 p.m.
FREE. 21+.

MAY 22:
The Tyler Trudeau Attempt (New Haven) with The Inclined Plane (Hartford) and Welcome (New Haven)
Two Boots, 281 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, CT
10 p.m. $5. All-ages.

JD

Zen Bar

Saturday, May 23, 8pm the Zen Bar in Farmington (240 Farmington Ave) there will be a mix of blues, pop, rock and soul.

Filling the bill that night are Jennifer Hill and Co, Sarah LeMeiux and the Super Blue Band, Poor Pluto, Laura Ganci, Maiiah The Serpent Dancer, and painter Kerry Kozaczuk.

Jennifer Hill, on Sling Slang records, has been playing in the CT music scene most of her life, except for a few missed years performing in southwestern Colorado and New York city. When returning to CT in 2001 she began her search for a band that could create the "noises inside her head." After an exhaustive search, and many frustrating years the formula finally clicked and Jennifer Hill and Co. was formed. Coming together as a group of strangers from both coasts and from different musical backgrounds they created a vibe that is all their own. They have played the gamut of shows, from intimate concerts at NYC's Rockwood Music hall, to NYC'S indie M.E.A.N.Y Fest, and various other venues all over CT, NYC and MA. Often described as a "piano soul collective" the sound is a fusion of pop, rock, jazz, soul, and funk shaken together with a fat ass piano pounding beat. They are currently recording their first release for Sling Slang Records.

Poor Pluto, also on Sling Slang, is a 5 piece original rock band hailing out of the Hartford, CT area. Their dynamic sound is influenced by everything while producing music that is uniquely their own. Mixing elegant violin melodies, horns, driving rhythms, spacious piano and guitar work, touches of electronica, and lyrics about the ups and downs of life that are simple but make the listener think. The music is sonically intense yet organically mellow all at once.

Maiiah is a dark beauty who can intoxicate you with one flick of the wrist. She weaves through the music like a second melody...fluid and beautiful. She will be on hand for a beautiful belly dance sure to entertain and mystify you.

Sarah's influences ride the river, from Robert Johnson, Freddie King and Koko Taylor, on through Jimi Hendrix and Bonnie Raitt, to Bjork, Daniel Lanois and Pierre Bensusan. After college, she added some indie-rock to her mix, lending her vocals to bands like Brother Love, Hapikrak, and Toke Squealy, but she always returned to the blues. After stints in the house band at the legendary C-Note Blues jam and Hank's Saloon and Lillie's blues nights, Sarah toured, stopping back for regular gigs at Lower East Side hotspots Mannahatta and the Anyway Cafe.

Laura Ganci is a weaver of effortless melody and beautiful prose. Her waif like deliverance gives an air of innocence reminiscent of the Sundays or Ani DiFranco on a subtle day.

Kerry Kozaczuk (Metaleyelash) enjoys painting fairly abstract compositions interlaced with bits of disgusting invented creatures. She once manipulated a child psychologist into thinking that the death of her kitten was the root cause of her unending complexes.

JD

Zoo Front

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Zoo Front will be playing at The Annex - Upstairs @ The Windham Arts Collaborative 866 Main Street, Willimantic, Connecticut 06226



The show also features The Sawtelles, Malcolm Tent, and Al Pist. It is sponsored by Against All Odds Productions.

Doors are at 7, Music is at 8. Cost: $7.00

JD

Naugatuck Riverfest

Friday, May 8, 2009, ATRINA, Kimono Draggin' and Eula rock to benefit the Naugatuck Riverfest - 9pm, Polish-American Club, Bridge St, Naugatuck. Then, Saturday, May 9, the action continues at 12PM with The Mountain Movers, Pariah Beat, 30 Bag and more more more!

Unless you moved to Connecticut the day before yesterday, you're well aware of Atrina, Eula, and The Mountain Movers. But Kimono Draggin' are new to me, and wow what a swirl of tweaked Television, Stooges and maybe even a touch of Notekillers. I just ask that all you guys down in southern CT be careful. So much is going on down there, that you risk causing an earthquake that could break Connecticut in half, and the chunk would float into Long Island Sound. It's totally possible based on my pseudo-scientific analysis of the situation.

The NRRG (Naugatuck River Revival Group) is dedicated to the restoration and clean up of the Naugatuck RIver. On May 9th, there will be a canoe and kayak race down the Naugy beginning from behind the old Howard Johnson's in Waterbury and ending in Beacon Falls by the train station. It is time the Naugatuck River was returned back to its natural state. If it is respected, we can also use the river for entertainment, like it was many many years ago before pollution made the waters unsafe to navigate, boat, swim and fish. This is a river race and festival. There will be food, several vendors and live music. Please come and support the Naugtauck River. Also, on May 8th, at the Polish American Club in Naugatuck, there will be a rock show/fundraiser to raise money for the festival. COME ON DOWN! For those who would like to be in the race registration forms are available at CT 4 Outdoors in Watertown, Avid Skateboards in Naugatuck or Vintage Furniture in Naugatuck. T-shirts are also available upon registration or the day of the race.

JD

More Saint Bernadette

A Saint Bernadette UPDATE - they have added a slew of dates to their calendar, including two MS Society Benefit events.

May 2 - Stamford, CT - Rack n Roll Café
May 5 - New Haven, CT - Café Nine w/ The Wiles
May 16 - Hamden, CT - The Space (Battle of the Bands FINALS)
May 30 - Bridgeport, CT - Sweetport Festival w/ Mates of State
May 31 - Westport, CT - Sherwood Island (MS Society Benefit)
June 6 - Danbury, CT - Cousin Larry's (MS Society Benefit)


I'm going to let allmusic.com do all the work here in describing Saint Bernadette because allmusic's review of Saint Bernadette's 2007 release In the Ballroom hits the nail on the head in explaining what these guys are all about:

Recorded in the titular space (the ballroom of the Bijou Theater in Bridgeport, CT) in only three days, with no overdubs, Saint Bernadette's debut is a shimmering set of torchy, if not necessarily romantic jazz blues that reveals additional layers the more it's played. Although horns and guitar add to the atmosphere, it's Meredith DiMenna's supple, velvety voice -- somewhat like a combination of Norah Jones, Toni Price, Peggy Lee, and Billie Holiday -- that drives the project. Led by DiMenna, whose vocals are heard in an entirely different setting as MTV's trashy Chunky Pam, along with fellow songwriter Keith Saunders, these 11 originals hint at retro '60s styled mood with contemporary touches. But it's the subtle dynamics that elevate the material; lap steel guitar brings a somewhat ghostly approach to the songs as DiMenna's husky, sexy singing weaves through the spaces in the sound. A few tracks like "Such Ease" benefit from a harder edge yet the album typically stays in a mid-tempo, not quite ballad mode that lets the songs breathe and allows DiMenna the leeway to smother her smoky voice over the proceedings. The project exudes a sensuous sheen over its 40-minute playing time, and the album works due to a greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts dynamic. Imagine a set influenced by Santo & Johnny's nocturnal instrumental "Sleepwalk" and you're close to the hazy vibe evoked here. DiMenna occasionally radiates Grace Slick-styled phrasing, especially on the dramatic "Lay Me Down." Although the material is strong, it isn't particularly hooky. That's not a detriment, though, because it adds to the mystery and sense of ambiguity that the songs simmer in. When the guitars do crank up on "No Dreams," it's a sonic shock to the system. Turn the lights down low, burn some incense, and lose yourself in Saint Bernadette's intense yet lithe charms. allmusic.com

JD