MAY
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PAISLEY PATTERNS AND DEAD FLOWERS are coming your way with
a totally shagalicious show from The
Black Hollies on May
1. Vintage and vibrant, TBH are sure to move the groovies
with their '60s psych sounds and velvet hooks. DJ Prorock
will round out the evening with slow fizz fashion hits from
the turntable.
Anders Parker, front-man of Brooklyn alt-country group Varnaline,
has been carving out a niche for himself in the likeness
of dark country classicism and backwoods folk. Now with two
solo albums under his belt, and an assortment of collaborations,
Parker brings his story-telling magic to our platform on
May 2. Local journalist-musician Mike Sembos wades into the
singer-songwriter tide pool bringing along other members
of The Alternate Routes in a project called LucidMike.
Native New Havenite Jenny Parrot returns from musical residency
in Austin on May 8 with ex-members of The Maybelles and Bastard
Son of Johnny Cash, conjuring a vigorous yet seductive sound
of Grand Ole Opry-steeped modes and melodies. Like a celestial
wind of starlight, the dreamy dancehall country sound of
Shotgun Party fill the room with song, cradling upright bass,
fiddle, hollow body guitar and torchy vocal twang. Also shining
that evening are Cambridge blues duo Avi
and Celia, who blend
an edgy palette of roots instrumentation with rock guitar
and gritty vocals.
Maybe you've been dreaming about a big black monster sneaking
up on your bed, and he's wielding a guitar, and big hair,
and a whiskey bottle. That ain't no dream, it's a reality,
as New Haven's favorite psychobilly front man Sasquatch
and the Sickabillies returns from Providence on May 9 to stomp,
and snort, and growl out some of the best in fast paced rockabilly
hellfire. Queens 3-piece The
Arkhams get real evil real quick
with their own fusion of garage rock, caffeine-paced rockabilly,
and dabs of punk.
James Velvet, one of the Nine's longstanding fixtures of
good taste and solid music, returns to the Musician's Living
Room on May 10 with electro-rock project The
Ivorybills.
Velvet brings his up-front and honest sensibility to each
incarnation of his multi-faceted career, and the Bills are
no exception, featuring the solid drum styles of Johnny Java.
Another visit from Cheshire rock veterans, The
Big Fat Combo,
round out an evening of old school rock wisdom from some
of our favorite locals.
We'll host a Special Early Show on May 14 featuring one
of America's most enduring and treasured songwriters, Peter
Case. Pounding the pavement as an L.A. street musician during
the hey-daze of punk, Case went on to form the seminal power
pop bands The Plimsouls and The Nerves. Now in the midst
of some of his most provoking work in a 30-year career, Case
brings his one-man-and-a-guitar ethos back to performance
forefront.
Stomp your feet, and get greasy with one man barbeque bandero,
Mark Sultan, on May 15. A sultan of many forms, this genie
of twang and hollerin' has been workin' his wares in bands
such as the Spaceshits, Les Sexareenos, and Blortz. Fueled
with the passion of honky tonk and good old fashioned showmanship,
Sultan is sure to beseech a magic wish of many shapes and
sizes from the fringes of his magic carpet that night.
Nashville comes a courtin' with a special two-show evening
on May 16. Part one is our early show starting at 7:30, and
features Nashville based singer-songwriter David
Olney. Olney's
songs have been recorded by Steve Earle, Linda Rondstadt
and Emmylou Harris, and he flies under the radar as a best-kept
secret in the Biz. Part two is a late slot, starting at 10
p.m., featuring Eilen Jewell. Jewell is fresh jem debuting
on the national scene with a folk-blues and country style
that is both seasoned and new.
Bridgeport harcore punk veterans 76%
Uncertain return to
our stage on May 17 after their riveting ride with us over
the winter. Wake up and smell the f*ck, and get guttermouth
with bullet paced punk out of Providence from She
Rides,
and turbo surf from NY foursome The
Boardlords, along with
a fist full of adrenaline from TXT PSTLZ featuring Bruce
Wingate of AOD.
B-Movie punk-a-billy trash rockers come to us by way of
Denmark on May 21. We're not sure if they have white trash
there, but we do know that have PowerSolo, a mixed up dirty
trio that blends the congestive grease of fried chicken tremelo
geets, with stripped down gravy-laden drum licks. Our local
WT garage faves the
Danglers, rip it real dirty and might
be nice enough to mess up the place a bit with antics from
Wayne, Darla and the gang.
It's quite possible that The
Griefs dream in color, brimming
up garage stoked visions that are as vivid as it gets. The
Cleveland based junk-rock band stops at the Nine on the 22.
And that dream will include hot chicks, as we get a tasty
visit from all-girl glam-garage group The
B-Cups by way of
San Francisco.
Our resident alt-country ensemble Diamond
J and the Rough return for an evening of dreams lived and dreams burned.
The Rough paint melodies of texture pooling the melancholy
of pedal steel with romantic vocal harmonies, poignant fiddle
and efficient back beats. Frontman Jay Russell boasts one
of the most charming on stage dispositions of any local performer,
and he'll be right at home in our living room on May 24.
We'll take a one night bender in banjo reverie with Virginia's
rock infused roots group 6
Day Bender on May 29. And we'll
wade into the cool waters of Americana with the songwriter
styles of Monitor
and The Merrimac fresh from CT as part
of this transcendental blue-jeaned journey.
All dreams come to fruition as ever-growing local label,
Safety Meeting Records, presents the new album "Up With
The Sun" from New Haven indie prodigies, Titles, on
May 30. This is the 10th release for Los of SMR, and 2nd
release for Titles. Dreamy shoegaze New Haven group Etta
Place will whirl electro melodic Modest Mouse-esque sounds
as DJ Live Mike comes correct with all the best from rock
and reality during our dance party finale.
On May 31, We'll help someone else's dreams come true by
supporting a Benefit Show by Indie
for Life. Vange Durst,
Vicki Blankenship, EV3, Sister Funk, Trina Hamlin, and friend
rally up to support this non-profit organization that produces
concerts and other events to raise funds for cancer research
and awareness programs on the benefits of music and laughter
as therapy for cancer patients. |
