Friday, July 11 2008

LOCATION: People's Center 37 Howe Street New Haven CT $8.00 - 7:00PM - All Ages DIRECTIONS: Click here BUY TICKETS NOW: Click here O'Death Five guys, maybe three shirts between them, take to the stage. There’s a banjo, a fiddle, a drum set littered with gas cans, chains, and broken cymbals. Then they all start howling, stomping; it’s an anachronistic jug band party in a junkyard with sing-along hooks and weathered vocals from another time. Their fans, an ever-expanding congregation, sing along and follow the band with an almost religious fervor, and as vocalist Greg Jamie’s eyes roll back into his head there’s a sense that something almost sinisterly spiritual has overtaken everyone in the room. This is the world of O’Death. Ernest Jenning Record Co. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/odeath Bottle Up & Go Inspired by chain-gang blues, slave-song howls, murder ballads and bootleg whiskey, BOTTLE UP & GO is a two piece slide guitar and drums blues band, with saxophone accompaniment. BU&G features Keenan's grating, art-damaged slide guitar work and impassioned, frothing-at-the-mouth vocals, with Fareed pounding heavily and crashing into the drum set to fiercely accentuate rhythmic intricacies and Lucas' soaring schizophrenic saxophone horn blasts. Kill Normal Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/bottleupandgoband Sidewalk Dave Sidewalk Dave's heart beats whiskey in three, with his blood in a can, wrote a newspaper bible, sang with The Fellow Felons, and sucked gold liquid mischief from the almighty jug. Garage Folk in C -- cowards... Try and keep up. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/sidewalkdave

Saturday, July 12 2008 - The Space and Manic Productions Presents:

LOCATION: The Space 295 Treadwell Street Hamden CT $10.00 - 7:00PM - All Ages DIRECTIONS: Click here BUY TICKETS NOW: Click here Elf Power ELF POWER formed in 1994 and have spent the last 14 years releasing nine albums, two eps, a handful of singles, and touring America, Europe,and Japan. Elf Power’s ninth album blasts them past the familiar territories of beautiful records past – landing them on exciting new terrain. Granted, the Elves’ sound is still founded on the bedrock attributes that make them memorable: leader Andrew Rieger’s otherworldly lyrical stances and his easy way with the rare and amazing melody, their instrumentally-eclectic reappraisal of classic rock, and a propulsive rhythm section that’s tight as ever. Ex-The Olivia Tremor Control. Rykodisc / Orange Twin Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/elfpower Ham1 A ringing attribute of Jim Willingham’s songwriting is that it manages to be both exuberant and high-minded -- inviting and literate -- all at once. Combining the terse acoustic propulsion of the late-model Feelies with the breezy, half-stoned-on-the-beach pop-ambiance of Dean Wareham’s Luna, Willingham nevertheless brings a distinctive Athenian warmth to his Captain’s Table. It figures: there are horn-charts and string-sections, burst veins of Link Wray-ish guitarplay, pastoral keyboard-drones, tremulous bits of Hawaiian slack-key guitar and some country-fried saunter up under the rhythm section. Chiefly, though, there’s that friendly storytelling voice -- half-sung, half-spoken – escorting you through the broken waltzes, atmospheric ballads and jittery rockers, all. Orange Twin Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/ham1 Honey HONEY is a six-piece of multi-instrumentalists that gather by the waters of a lake named Garda in Connecticut. Their sometimes redcoated frontman Ryan Casey says his greatest motivation behind HONEY has been synaesthesia-—a neurologically--based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway (for example, you can see sounds and hear tastes). When HONEY is playing, they enjoy climbing to the top of ivy covered ominous walls of sound to stare upwards into the ambient calm. Alongside the familiar guitar, drums and bass will be heard unusual combinations of organ, lap steel, saxophone, synthesizers, noise boxes, pedal-playing, and more. Fans of The Jesus & Mary Chain would surely enjoy this band! Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/hunnyband

Sunday, July 13 2008 - Redscroll Records and Manic Productions

LOCATION: Wallingford American Legion 190 Ward Street Wallingford CT $5.00 - 7:00PM - All Ages DIRECTIONS: Click here "I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of The Independent Record Store." "I Need That Record" is a documentary feature examining why over 3000 independent record stores have closed across the U.S. in the past decade. Are they going to die off? Will they survive? Malcolm Tent (of Trash American Style) opens the night with an aggressive acoustic set. Featuring- Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Ian Mackaye of Dischord Records Fugazi/Minor Threat, activist/author Noam Chomsky, Mike Watt of the Minutemen, Lenny Kaye guitarist of the Patti Smith Group, Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club, guitar composer Glenn Branca, Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers, Pat Carney of the Black Keys, punk author Legs McNeil, rock photographer Bob Gruen, BP Helium guitarist from Of Montreal, and many many indie record stores across the U.S. of A! More Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/ineedthatrecord More Info: http://www.ineedthatrecord.com

Wednesday, July 16 2008

LOCATION: Heirloom Arts Theatre 155 Main Street Danbury CT $12.00 - 8:00PM - All Ages DIRECTIONS: Click here BUY TICKETS NOW: Click here Deerhoof One of our favorite bands ever! Although typically classified as an indie rock band, due to their having been on an indie rock label (Kill Rock Stars) for the entirety of their career, the mercurial and unconventional nature of Deerhoof's music makes genre identification difficult, and perhaps inappropriate. But several recurring features can be said to constitute Deerhoof's distinctive sound: unassuming vocal delivery set against hyper-expressive instrumental playing; an elastic approach to group dynamics and rhythm more akin to the rubato of classical music performance practice than rock; odd yet highly memorable melodies; harmonic sophistication and dissonance; disjointed, condensed, asymmetrical and otherwise unconventional song structures; raw and at times strident sound surfaces; improvisation; and general creative restlessness. Kill Rock Stars Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/deerhoof Fat Worm of Error Iron Valley’s bedazzled bunch spring forth with a stunner of a record that drones, moans, chortles and squeaks in completely unexpected ways. Beefheart-soaked and strangulated guitar tactics, double mutter drumming, and bass all collide in uncharted territory with hysterical vocal yelps to make this record advance to the head of the class in your record pile. Think of this band in the unlikely company of the real R n’ R Hall of Famers like HALF JAPANESE, THINKING FELLERS LOCAL 182, and similar jokers. Features folks who have been in bands like DEERHOOF and ANGST HASE PFEFFER NASE! Load Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/fatwormoferror

Friday, July 18 2008

LOCATION: Cherry Street Station 491 N Cherry Street Wallingford CT $8.00 - 7:30PM - 21+ DIRECTIONS: Click here BUY TICKETS NOW: Click here Jucifer JUCIFER has been defying the limits and expectations of two-person music since 1993. Known for brutal beauty and fiery intensity on stage, remarkable dimension on wax, and the most daunting wall of amplification ever wielded by a single guitarist, Amber and Ed bleed Doom. Pop. Noise. Majesty. -Rolling Stone Relapse Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/jucifer Murdervan New Haven psych-rock. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/murdervan Taiga Taiga is a weird crossroad where drone and melody meet. Slow tempos, tribal drumming, and a heavy sound make this duo's live show a skull-rattling experience. For fans of Earth and Ruins. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/taigaband

Wednesday, July 30 2008 - The Space and Manic Productions Presents:

LOCATION: The Space 295 Treadwell Street Hamden CT $10.00 - 7:00PM - All Ages DIRECTIONS: Click here BUY TICKETS NOW: Click here Vetiver VETIVER is the main group of Andy Cabic, the lead guitar player and only consistent member of Devendra Banhart Band. Vetiver also features drummer Otto Hauser from Espers. The band is named after the grass, vetiver. Their music has been described as 'surreal', 'lullingly pleasant', 'tender and accessible' and 'quirky and warm'. DiCristina Stair Builders Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/vetiverse Diamond J & The Rough Songwriter Jay Russell (formerly bassist of Hot Rod Circuit) fronts the band, bringing piano-based pop songs into a more rock setting. The rest of the band is comprised of brothers Jim and Frank Aveni on guitar and drums, Keith Oko on Bass, Maya Rossi lays down the sweetest sounds on violin, and Katelyn Kazukynas adds vocals, percussion and guitar. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/diamondjandtherough Kath Bloom KATH BLOOM is a psychedelic folk artist from Connecticut. She has four albums coming out this year (!) - one new studio album, two double disc sets of her original early 80s psych-folk records with Loren Connors, and a tribute CD with covers of Kath Bloom songs by people like Devendra Banhart, Josephine Foster, Bill Callahan and others! Chapter Music Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/kathbloomchapter

Thursday, July 31 2008

LOCATION: People's Center 37 Howe Street New Haven CT $8.00 - 7:00PM - All Ages DIRECTIONS: Click here Tickets On Sale July 3 @ NOON. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti The alternative pop/rock and lo-fi recordings of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti are full of intrigue -- and full of contradictions. Pink, a male singer, composer, musician, and producer who is based in Los Angeles, provides songs that are melodic, catchy, and familiar -- songs that, in their own unorthodox way, recall the most immediate, accessible, straightforward FM pop/rock of the '70s and '80s. But Pink's work also comes across as bizarre, trippy, skewed, and twisted -- and a lot of that strangeness comes from his production style. As a songwriter, Pink has a real sense of pop/rock craftsmanship, but his very muddy way of producing and his oddball, kooky sound effects make the late-'90s and early-2000s recordings of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (which is really the name of a project, not an actual group) sound highly eccentric. Paw Tracks Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/odeath Chairlift Chairlift formed in Boulder, Colorado in early 2006 to make live music for haunted houses. Frequenting the strange Broker Inn on the edge of town to see empty late-night jazz shows, Caroline Polachek, Aaron Pfenning and later-joining Patrick Wimberly were all mystified by the 1980's faux-gothic architecture, oak-cabinet aquariums, vacant dancefloors, fake trees, and muffled velveteen booths which provided them with the 'ideal hypothetical setting' for a new breed of pop music- a place where subtle clashes blossomed into uncanny pleasure. Now relocated to Brooklyn. For fans of Mgmt., Yeasayer, Efterklang, etc. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/chairlift The Procedure Club The Procedure Club is a duo consisting of Adam Malec and Andrea Belair. Adam: ex-member of Groovski, Human Pontiac, produces and arranges most of the PC’s music. Andrea Belair native of western Massachusetts, sings and arranges P.C’s music. She’s also a raging bitch and the most vein and superficial human being on this planet, a truly horrible person. Out of this god-forsaken alliance comes, Procedure Club.. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/procedureclub

Friday, August 8 2008

LOCATION: Cafe Nine 250 State Street New Haven CT $8.00 - 9:00PM - 21+ DIRECTIONS: Click here BUY TICKETS NOW: Click here Neil Hamburger "America's $1 Funnyman". If you missed him at our festival back in April here is your chance to catch him. Do Not Miss This Show! Drag City Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/americasfunnyman Daiquiri DAIQUIRI draws influences from hugely diverse sources. Mainstream R&B group Destiny's Child is as influential as Aphex Twin, 80's pop cheese, forgotten new wave, speed metal and novelty bands. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/daiquiri Peebo Carmichael Hailing from Brooklyn, NY is Peebo Carmichael. He is known best for his observational humor and his soft, not-so-smooth approach. He has opened for many musicians such as Blowfly and Kimya Dawson. Mp3s: