It looks like Weird Diner has been pretty busy with the Pregnant label. There's quite a few new album releases. Just sayin'.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Weird Diner
It looks like Weird Diner has been pretty busy with the Pregnant label. There's quite a few new album releases. Just sayin'.
Richard Lloyd
Former Television guitarist Richard Lloyd returns to Cafe Nine with his band The Sufimonkeys on April 18th. M.T. Bearington opens.
~photo by Godlis
LOCATION:
Cafe Nine
250 State Street
New Haven CT
$10 9pm 21+
DIRECTIONS: Click here
A reminder that this show is coming up.
Parasol Records will be releasing a new album of Hendrix covers by Richard later this year entitled The Jamie Neverts Story. Liner notes will cover Richard's relationship with Velvert Turner and Jimi Hendrix. Though the CD won't be officially released until August or September, Richard will have finished CDs available for purchase at the show.
~photo by GodlisLOCATION:
Cafe Nine
250 State Street
New Haven CT
$10 9pm 21+
DIRECTIONS: Click here
A reminder that this show is coming up.
Parasol Records will be releasing a new album of Hendrix covers by Richard later this year entitled The Jamie Neverts Story. Liner notes will cover Richard's relationship with Velvert Turner and Jimi Hendrix. Though the CD won't be officially released until August or September, Richard will have finished CDs available for purchase at the show.
JD
Alli Millstein
If delicate and searching folk warms your heart, but you want something more compelling than the usual singer/songwriter fare, take the time to check out Connecticut's Alli Millstein. At only 21, she has already sailed well past affectation towards the deeper waters of song craft and poetry.
It's Millstein's attention to detail that truly sets her apart. Her tune "Skeletons" in particular, with its bendy drones and bursts of buzz, or the touch of slide on "Our Love is Underground", signal that she knows what's up. And it seems that she is destined to soon deliver the kind of intensity that Ellen McIlwaine poured from her soul over thirty years ago. For now, think of Alli Millstein as the little wooden match that's about to light a bonfire. Stick around and watch her grow.
JD
Monday, March 30, 2009
Suburban Home Records Tour
Tuesday, April 21 2009
Tim Barry
Austin Lucas
Josh Small
Haunted Continents
LOCATION:
Cafe Nine
250 State Street
New Haven CT
$8 - 8:00PM - 21+
DIRECTIONS:
Click here
BUY TICKETS NOW:
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Don't miss the chance to see some great musicians on April 21st at Cafe 9. This is the Suburban Home Records tour, featuring a blend of old meets new with the booming sounds of rock, bluegrass, folk and country all coming together into one tiny venue. Before hearing about this show I didn't know anything about these guys, and now I'm hooked. It seems like they're all ex-punks who traded in their boots for acoustic guitars, and the result is pretty awesome.
Tim Barry has been playing music for a long time with Avail, a punk band. Since 2004 he's been working on his solo career. He embarked on an insane amount of tour dates this month! The music is kind of a blending of Americana music with punk and hardcore sensibilities, it's a real interesting listen. Barry's music is really intense, fun and energetic. He's got some really great tunes on his Myspace page, so check it out.
Austin Lucas has a great voice, and sprinkles in lots of bluegrass licks. His music is the perfect blend of contemporary and old-timey. It doesn't really fit any mold, and seems to rise above any classifications. He's got an album coming out soon, and I can't really describe to you how beautiful it is.
Josh Small's drawl calls to you, and invites you to hear his story. Musically there's a lot of banjo, complex guitar work, and a dash of New Orleans here and there. I'm really digging it, and I'm sure it's an even better live show. With songs like "Boozin Susan" and "Knife in my Belly" how can you go wrong?
Local band Haunted Continents is apparently a side project of Call it Arson. I don't know much more than what Myspace and his website gives me, but the one song on there is great.
Anyway, it should be a killer show. It seems like Manic is getting some really great stuff into our tiny state these days!
Tim Barry
Austin Lucas
Josh Small
Haunted Continents
LOCATION:
Cafe Nine
250 State Street
New Haven CT
$8 - 8:00PM - 21+
DIRECTIONS:
Click here
BUY TICKETS NOW:
Click here
Don't miss the chance to see some great musicians on April 21st at Cafe 9. This is the Suburban Home Records tour, featuring a blend of old meets new with the booming sounds of rock, bluegrass, folk and country all coming together into one tiny venue. Before hearing about this show I didn't know anything about these guys, and now I'm hooked. It seems like they're all ex-punks who traded in their boots for acoustic guitars, and the result is pretty awesome.
Tim Barry has been playing music for a long time with Avail, a punk band. Since 2004 he's been working on his solo career. He embarked on an insane amount of tour dates this month! The music is kind of a blending of Americana music with punk and hardcore sensibilities, it's a real interesting listen. Barry's music is really intense, fun and energetic. He's got some really great tunes on his Myspace page, so check it out.
Austin Lucas has a great voice, and sprinkles in lots of bluegrass licks. His music is the perfect blend of contemporary and old-timey. It doesn't really fit any mold, and seems to rise above any classifications. He's got an album coming out soon, and I can't really describe to you how beautiful it is.
Josh Small's drawl calls to you, and invites you to hear his story. Musically there's a lot of banjo, complex guitar work, and a dash of New Orleans here and there. I'm really digging it, and I'm sure it's an even better live show. With songs like "Boozin Susan" and "Knife in my Belly" how can you go wrong?
Local band Haunted Continents is apparently a side project of Call it Arson. I don't know much more than what Myspace and his website gives me, but the one song on there is great.
Anyway, it should be a killer show. It seems like Manic is getting some really great stuff into our tiny state these days!
JH
Dinosaur Jr. & Awesome Color this week!
Wednesday, April 1 2009
LOCATION:
Daniel Street
21 Daniel Street
Milford CT
$22 ($20 adv) - 8:00PM - All Ages
DIRECTIONS:
Click here
BUY TICKETS NOW:
Click here
Dinosaur Jr. are throwing a tasty bone to show goers for this one. Check it out: For the fortunate fans who score tickets, you will also receive either a limited edition, tour-only 7" or a digital download code with the purchase of a ticket. The songs on this 7" and digital download were recorded live during a Pitchfork.tv feature at J Mascis' own Bisquiteen Studios, currently running on Pitchfork.tv. The A-Side is a new track entitled "I Don't Want To Go There" while the B-Side is a revisited classic "Tarpit" from "You're Living All Over Me. Jagjaguwar
Awesome Color
Since bringing their psyched-out howling hurricane of rock to the East Coast from their native Michigan, Awesome Color has been steadily expanding their rainbow-colored, twirling fog of pounding-yet-druggy rock to encapsulate the world in a synesthetic happening of pure consciousness and mad love. This is NOT stoner rock, this is fucking tripping balls rock, a music conjuring the unique combination of revelation, hallucination, and fun-into-insanity of the psychedelic experience. In that vein, AC bring in saturated psychedelia and even some bouncy garage rockiness enough to call to mind their fellow Michigan natives Iggy Pop and The MC5. The one of the loudest journeys into the center of your mind you're likely to hear-see-smell-taste-inhale this year. Ecstatic Peace
LOCATION:
Daniel Street
21 Daniel Street
Milford CT
$22 ($20 adv) - 8:00PM - All Ages
DIRECTIONS:
Click here
BUY TICKETS NOW:
Click here
Dinosaur Jr. are throwing a tasty bone to show goers for this one. Check it out: For the fortunate fans who score tickets, you will also receive either a limited edition, tour-only 7" or a digital download code with the purchase of a ticket. The songs on this 7" and digital download were recorded live during a Pitchfork.tv feature at J Mascis' own Bisquiteen Studios, currently running on Pitchfork.tv. The A-Side is a new track entitled "I Don't Want To Go There" while the B-Side is a revisited classic "Tarpit" from "You're Living All Over Me. Jagjaguwar
Awesome Color
Since bringing their psyched-out howling hurricane of rock to the East Coast from their native Michigan, Awesome Color has been steadily expanding their rainbow-colored, twirling fog of pounding-yet-druggy rock to encapsulate the world in a synesthetic happening of pure consciousness and mad love. This is NOT stoner rock, this is fucking tripping balls rock, a music conjuring the unique combination of revelation, hallucination, and fun-into-insanity of the psychedelic experience. In that vein, AC bring in saturated psychedelia and even some bouncy garage rockiness enough to call to mind their fellow Michigan natives Iggy Pop and The MC5. The one of the loudest journeys into the center of your mind you're likely to hear-see-smell-taste-inhale this year. Ecstatic Peace
JD
Pains of Being Pure At Heart this month!
Friday, April 24 2009
Wallingford American Legion
190 Ward Street
Wallingford CT
$8 - 7:00PM - All Ages
DIRECTIONS:
Click here
BUY TICKETS NOW:
Click here
You've probably heard by now that Manic Productions has locked down the line up for the The Pains of Being Pure at Heart show.
Joining them are Stephen Broadsky, formerly of Cave In, but who is now a solo artist on Hydra Head Records. And the local opener is the indie pop band The Inclined Plane. Check out Tweefort's blog for a little more info on these guys.
The outpouring of enthusiasm and support for this show has been coming from all corners of Connecticut. Everyone seems to be chipping in to get you lazy bums out to this show. And hey, it's all ages, so you can even bring grandma too.
Wallingford American Legion
190 Ward Street
Wallingford CT
$8 - 7:00PM - All Ages
DIRECTIONS:
Click here
BUY TICKETS NOW:
Click here
You've probably heard by now that Manic Productions has locked down the line up for the The Pains of Being Pure at Heart show.
Joining them are Stephen Broadsky, formerly of Cave In, but who is now a solo artist on Hydra Head Records. And the local opener is the indie pop band The Inclined Plane. Check out Tweefort's blog for a little more info on these guys.
The outpouring of enthusiasm and support for this show has been coming from all corners of Connecticut. Everyone seems to be chipping in to get you lazy bums out to this show. And hey, it's all ages, so you can even bring grandma too.
JD
Friday, March 20, 2009
Asobi Seksu, a secret, and Watcher
Tuesday, March 31 2009 - Local Takeover and Manic Productions Presents:
Asobi Seksu w/Team Boo & Watcher
LOCATION:
Daniel Street
21 Daniel Street
Milford CT
$10 - 9:00PM - 21+
DIRECTIONS:
Click HERE
BUY TICKETS NOW:
Click HERE
Asobi Seksu
“This Brooklyn group’s previous albums established them as shoegaze confectioners, molding candy swirls out of Yuki Chikudate’s soaring, translucent voice and guitarist James Hanna’s Kevin Shields–worshiping production. But here, Asobi Seksu do something My Bloody Valentine can’t — leave Shields behind. “Sing Tomorrow’s Praise” and “Me & Mary” evoke iciness over icing, with more expansive cool than insidious sweetness. And the duo’s seasick guitars (”Layers”), ethereal synths (”Gliss”), and Japanese lyricism (”Meh No Mae”) still provide plenty of geeky studio epiphanies.” - Spin
Polyvinyl Records
Team Boo
Fact: The Rolling Stones started off their Steel Wheels Tour with a secret show at Toad's Place back in '89. Fact: Team Boo is not The Rolling Stones.
Watcher
When I last saw Watcher, they were sounding somewhere between Roxy Music, Joy Division, Lou Reed, and even Bauhaus, just without any of the glam theatrics. Interpol might be the better comparison now. But all comparisons are ultimately insufficient in describing this genre-bending rock band.
Asobi Seksu w/Team Boo & Watcher
LOCATION:
Daniel Street
21 Daniel Street
Milford CT
$10 - 9:00PM - 21+
DIRECTIONS:
Click HERE
BUY TICKETS NOW:
Click HERE
Asobi Seksu
“This Brooklyn group’s previous albums established them as shoegaze confectioners, molding candy swirls out of Yuki Chikudate’s soaring, translucent voice and guitarist James Hanna’s Kevin Shields–worshiping production. But here, Asobi Seksu do something My Bloody Valentine can’t — leave Shields behind. “Sing Tomorrow’s Praise” and “Me & Mary” evoke iciness over icing, with more expansive cool than insidious sweetness. And the duo’s seasick guitars (”Layers”), ethereal synths (”Gliss”), and Japanese lyricism (”Meh No Mae”) still provide plenty of geeky studio epiphanies.” - Spin
Polyvinyl Records
Team Boo
Fact: The Rolling Stones started off their Steel Wheels Tour with a secret show at Toad's Place back in '89. Fact: Team Boo is not The Rolling Stones.
Watcher
When I last saw Watcher, they were sounding somewhere between Roxy Music, Joy Division, Lou Reed, and even Bauhaus, just without any of the glam theatrics. Interpol might be the better comparison now. But all comparisons are ultimately insufficient in describing this genre-bending rock band.
JD
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