Here’s Alta Mira performing “Sifting Through the Dust” off their “Fables and Fabrications” EP, recorded live last year at WRPI:
Alta Mira will be bringing their tasty mix of indie, progressive, alternative and art rock to Red Square in Albany at 8pm Saturday, June 26. Also on the bill: The Emerald City Lights (folk/rock/alternative), The Tins (indie/pop/rock) and Boyish Good Looks (power pop/punk). Tix are $8.
Robo-France 29: Josh Breden, Russ Brady, Nick Carrera and Justin Schultz
NAME: Justin “Schultzy” Schultz
BAND AFFILIATION: Robo-France 29
INSTRUMENT: Bass, Vocals, Megaphone, Train Whistle & Assorted noise makers
1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS … I was given the Michael Jackson “Thriller” tape when I was about four years old. I remember thinking that he personified what it meant to be a rock star. At that time, no other musician came close to him. I loved that tape. I’d sing and dance along to it and get scared when the demon voice kicked in. Eventually, I wore that cassette out on my old Talk ‘n’ Play.
JDT
NAME: Jason Domnarski
BAND AFFILIATION: JDT
INSTRUMENT: Piano/Keyboards/Synthesizers/Toys
1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS … Genesis’ “We Can’t Dance.” How I discovered that, I have no idea. At 10 years old, I don’t think I had any idea what prog rock was. But I do remember liking “Jesus He Knows Me.” Still an awesome song.
2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT I EVER SAW WAS … Paul Simon’s “Graceland” tour at Madison Square Garden. I still feel so lucky that I saw that concert. Paul had Ladysmith Black Mambazo on that tour, and the band was killing. Then Art Garfunkel came out at the end and sang a few tunes with Paul as a duo. It was a pretty amazing moment.
(The Royal Potato Family, 2010):
They call it “electro-folk” because, well, I guess ya gotta call it something.
Take the members of the avant jazz-rock trio the Slip – brothers Brad (guitar, vocals) and Andrew Barr (drums) along with bassist Marc Friedman. Add singer-songwriter Nathan Moore, the winner of the 2008 Telluride Troubadour Award.
Shake it; don’t stir. Top it all off with an ample dose of keyboardist extraordinaire Marco Benevento, whose own solo album, “Between the Needles and Nightfall,” is due out next month.
Cook.
Nippertown rockers Cuttlebone are about to unveil their debut CD on Tuesday night at Red Square in Albany. And it’s been a long time coming.
After years of frustration banging around the local cover-band scene, vocalist-guitarist Berto decided to take things into his own hands. The band – which also features guitarist Nemo, bassist Josh Vicars and drummer David Gordon – spent the past two years holed up in Albany’s Hyland Recording studio, and now they’ve finally emerged with “Welcome to Joe’s,” their debut album.
John Ellis
O me! O my!
I don’t even know where to start writing about the mind-blowing music that came crashing off of the stage at Red Square in Albany on Thursday night while sax master John Ellis and his exquisite band Double-Wide were celebrating the release of their new album, “Puppet Mischief.”
The dazzling instrumental virtuosity of the musicians?
The thrill of Ellis’ complex, ambitious and fully funky compositions?
The extraordinary imagination required to assemble this unlikely combination of instruments?
(ObliqSound, 2010):
Saxman John Ellis is probably best known for his nearly six-year stint with guitarist Charlie Hunter. Last summer, Ellis commanded my attention when I saw him play with Texas jazz vocalist Kat Edmonson at the Tanglewood Jazz Weekend. But Double-Wide is a different animal altogether, not particularly akin to either of those projects.
First, there’s the rather unique line-up: In addition to Ellis on tenor sax and bass clarinet, the band features organist Brian Coogan, drummer Jason Marsalis and sousaphonist Matt Perrine. And the special guests who make impressive contributions to “Puppet Mischief” are trombonist Alan Ferber and harmonica virtuoso Gregoire Maret. Obviously not your typical jazz combo…
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One of our fave Nippertown funk, hip-hop and beyond combos, Mirk and the New Familiars is hosting “Gift Wrapped in Sound,” a special holiday benefit concert at Red Square in Albany on Friday (December 11). Doors open at 6pm for the marathon music session featuring some of the area’s hottest bands and artists.
All proceeds from the show will benefit the Langan School of the Albany Center for Disability Services. In addition, all concertgoers are encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy for a youngster, ages 5-21.
Here’s the tentative schedule of performances:
7pm: Ninepin
8pm: Eric Margan & the Red Lions
9pm: Atomic Tom
10pm: Jermaine Wells & the Ill Funk Ensemble
11pm: Tweed McGee
11:30pm: Mirk and the New Familiars
12:30am: Flakjacket
1:30am: Milly Warbucks
2am: Wyte Boy & Broadway
2:30am: Rawthentic
Eclectic Method is an international three-man band of media mash-masters.
They not only splice ‘n’ dice songs and beats, but they also mash up films, television and videogames. Then they fuse it all back together into something totally brave and brand new – a mega-wallop of multiple-screen, neo-narrative sensory overload.
They not only shake your booty. They also shake up your braincells.
It’s not just art-rock. It’s cuisinart-rock.
They’ve worked with the likes of Public Enemy, Stephen Colbert, Fatboy Slim and U2, but there’s nothing quite like what these guys do live. Sure, Nero fiddled while Rome was burning, but at an Eclectic Method throwdown, you’ll be boogeying to the sights and sounds of pop culture imploding.
And, of course, no two Eclectic Method shows are even remotely the same, and Nippertown fans will have the opportunity to be sucked into back-to-back performances this weekend.
They’ll be at Jason’s Upstairs Bar in Hudson on Friday, July 17 and at Red Square in Albany on Saturday, July 18. Prior to the Jason’s performance, there will be a screening of the controversial documentary film, “RiP!: A Remix Manifesto.” As the opening act on Saturday in Albany, meanwhile, the one-man sonic assault squadron Disposable Rocket Band will bomb the house with heat-seeking missles. And DJ Mr. Chips will be mixin’ it up both nights.
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