Posts
The Trenton foursome’s funk-fusion futuristics is an interstellar webbing of Lotus and The New Deal that seems to stray more toward live electronica then typically jazzy and guitar-centered jam-band stuff. It’s a musical head-spin, and it’s being offered up for free at the B.T. Bistro (3499 U.S. Highway 1, Princeton) tonight. Show starts at 9:30. 21-plus.
The San Diego pulp-rock surf head’s Old-West-crusted voodoo-billy freak-downs mosey into Asbury Lanes (209 4th Ave., Asbury Park) tonight. Their sloth-y-surf sound slithers through your veins like the venom from a snake-bite. It’s cold and methodical atmospheric “Wall of Thunder” (double bass) sound-scape creeps through your body in a hallucinogenic state until your pulse goes numb by singer Harley Davidson’s dusty trail talk. Cool stuff for fans of The Reverend Horton Heat, Johnny Cash’s dying breath and Murder By Death. Show starts at 8. The Young Werewolves and Motopipe play, too. Tickets cost $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 18-plus.
The L.A. thrash slayers’ fiendish speed-metal shows no mercy - yet remains brutal enough to tame Kenny Powers and sell cheap-ass batteries. Early Man’s “Death Is The Answer To My Prayers” was played in the debut episode of HBO’s “Eastbound & Down” and in a TV ad for RadioShack. Their newest, “Death Potion,” was heavily influenced by early Metallica and Megadeth and hit the streets over the summer. They’ll shack-shake-up Championships Sport Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) tomorrow afternoon. Show starts at 4. Evile, Bonded By Blood, Orion, Assayer, Vulcan and On Top play, too. Tickets cost $12 in advance, $14 at the door. All-ages.
“It’s Poop Again,” a song off the Trenton band’s demo, is an aggro buffet that serves a haymaker of Pennywise’s thrash-punk spirit, the metallic mental crack up of GWAR and stone-rock vigor and death walk mind-set of Clutch. Their live show is loud, rowdy and humorous, too, so they fit well among the city underground. They’ll play the Mill Hill Basement (300 S. Broad St., Trenton) tomorrow night. Show starts at 10. The Wait and The Excitement Gang round out the bill. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.
DJ Diem
The Hamilton deejay “Lets It Rage” again – with head-rushing Euro-trance of the Deamau5 variety sexed-up with classic hip-hop sedatives – at McGuinn’s Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) tomorrow night. Sets start at 10. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.
The ex-Dear Liza singer/guitarist headlines a free show at the B.T. Bistro (3499 U.S. Highway 1, Princeton) tomorrow night. Show starts at 9:30. 21-plus.
The rockin’ R&B and jump-jiving blues band bust out T-Bone Walker and Marvin Gaye covers to a spirited audience they hope wouldn’t mind being captured behind the eye of a video crew. Gypsies’ head master and harp maestro Guy DeRosa announced the other day that tomorrow’s free performance at Amalfi’s (146 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road, Lawrence) would be videotaped. There’s also great pizza on the menu. Show starts at 8.
Marshall Tucker’s favorite opening act headlines The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) tomorrow night. A road warrior opening for the likes of Johnny Winter and B.B. King, the Lambertville singer says he focuses on his “roots” in “blues and R&B-based music” when rolling solo. “Music Mountain,” Kline’s soulful and mostly acoustically maintained new disc features a photo of the famous Lambertville Music Circus, where as a kid he dreamed of one day sharing that stage with Paul Butterfield and a young Stevie Wonder. Show starts at 7:30. Tickets cost $12 in advance, $15 at the door. All-ages.
Clutch From its swamp boggie to its psycho blues and down-by-the-bayou groove-to-funk-metal musical momentums, “Strange Cousins From the West” – the Maryland hard rocker’s ninth album – is about as complete a Clutch album that you can find. It’s fun to dance to, also, if you model your moves on ’80s WWE icons, The Bushwackers. Last month Neil Fallon and his crew released a reissue of its classic “Robot Hive/Exodus” CD with a bonus live DVD. Very cool stuff. They’re also on the road, slamming through Convention Hall (1300 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) tomorrow night. Show starts at 6:30. Black Label Society headlines. Children of Bodem and 2Cents open. Tickets cost $37.50 in advance, $45 at the door. All-ages.
Eighties Tom Petty and Elvis Costello will easily pop in your mind when hearing snippets of this Asbury singer’s rock ’n’ rolling “Model Citizen” LP. He’ll celebrate the release with a party hosted by Asbury Lanes (209 4th Ave., Asbury Park) tomorrow night. Show starts at 8. The Sunday Blues, The Amboys and WUPA round out the bill. Tickets cost $5. All-ages.
The Trenton horror-punk chief roccas play a creature double feature – that’s two sets, in punk-a-billy talk – at McGuinn’s Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) Saturday night. Show starts at 9. Keys To The Cadillac and Amazing Amy play, too. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.
The stoney Chi-town rock ’n’ rollers’ fuzzy trash-rock has a Queens of the Stone Age charge to it with a prickly, Sex Pistol mix down. Also for fans of The Murder City Devils and Wolfmother. The foursome’s tour of its “Of Gossip” EP lands at Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) Saturday night. Show starts at 9. The Tragics open. Tickets cost $8. 21-plus.
The 14 Points lead singer dubs up the B.T. Bistro (3499 U.S. Highway 1, Princeton) with a free show Saturday night. Show starts at 9:30. 21-plus.
Earning the namesake of The First Lady of Rockabilly, the 72-year-old 2009 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee made waves in the mid-’50s when she toured and dated Elvis Presley – scoring a Top 20 hit with “I Gotta Know” in 1956. Quite the raven-haired hottie with sass, spunk and tons of attitude for her time, Jackson was quite the looker in the early stages of television - flaunting fringe dresses, long earrings and high heels on live country music programs like “Ozank Jubilee.” She claims to be the first female to put “glamour into country music” and keeps that vintage rockabilly sound alive touring the nation these days with the likes of Bill Haley and His Comets and Jerry Lee Lewis - strolling into The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) Saturday night. Show starts at 7:30. The Lustre Kings open. Tickets cost $35 in advance, $40 at the door. All-ages.
It’s easy to get smitten by this all-girl Oakland cuddle-corers’ jangling harmonies and adorably cute songstyle. Sounds like Lookout! twee-poppers Cub and Go Sailor with melodies that shimmer under the rainbow of vintage, ’60s beach pop and classic doo-wop. Would perfectly fit on the soundtrack to “Juno 2.” Also for fans of The Timid Roosevelts, Kostars and The Pipettes. The gals are touring in support of “Get Your Heart On” (Asian Man Records) - breaking hearts and drinking up all the whiskey Saturday night at Asbury Lanes (209 4th Ave., Asbury Park). Show starts at 8. Laura Stevenson and the Cans headline. Imaginary War and Communipaw play, too. Tickets cost $10. All-ages.
The Fright Fest regulars tend to get into the haunting mood by rolling out a shivering rendition of “Dead Souls” – leaning toward the spine-chilling industrialized Trent Reznor, “Crow” soundtrack version as opposed to the original done by Joy Division. The Tom’s River hard rockers play Six Flag’s Great Adventure’s (1 Six Flags Blvd., Jackson) Dead & Local stage Saturday night. Show starts at 7:15. Scarlet Carson headline. SPIN opens. Free with paid admission to the park. All-ages.
The Newport, NY, alt-rock one-hit-wonders still get a lot of play out of their 2000 hit, “Teenage Dirtbag.” Heard it the other morning on 104.5 FM. Catchy? Yes. The song still, however, screams cheesy, frat-boy mosh-pit wannabes who circle-it-up at Maroon 5 shows to impress their jailbait girlfriends. Was featured in the Hollywood flopper “Loser,” and should make for a nice little sing along for the chaps heading to Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) Monday afternoon. Also for fans of Harvey Danger. Show starts at 4. Sex With Rollercoasters, Ruckus At The Zoo and Man Up Houston open up. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. All-ages.
The Motor City singer’s club hit “Cooler Than Me” is one of these T.U.S.H. (Totally Ubiquitous Summer Hit) that might actually stick – in your head at least through the Autumn. A bit of a hybrid between pop R&B, nu-disco and electro, “Cooler Than Me” appeals to a mixed audience that can bounce to 3OH!3 and The Black Eyed Peas, slide between the sheets next to their own Beyonce, get jiggy at a wedding reception and space-rap battle with Kid Cudi. Posner, whose debut, “30 Minutes To Take Off,” debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard charts in August, headlines The Stone Pony (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) Wednesday night. Show starts at 6:30. Far East Movement, 2AM Club, Bad Rabbits, XV and Stephen Jerzak round out the bill. Tickets cost $25 in advance, $27 at the door. All-ages.
Scott Frost’s On The Beat concert listing appears in The Trentonian every Thursday and at www.trentonian.com. If your band is playing around town, make sure to hit up the On the Beat web line at djscott111@aol.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment