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 Rock
2 Rebuild
Palace
Theatre, Friday
The
tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia has faded from the news,
but the rebuilding process will take years. And so will the
need to raise money for the victims of the tragedy. Which
brings us to Rock 2 Rebuild. This is an all-star—as in local
all-star—rock & roll party to raise money for tsunami
relief. Headlining will be the Capital Region’s favorite par-tee
band, the Burners UK. Special guest Ernie Williams will sit
in with the Burners for a couple of, we presume, blues numbers.
Also on the bill are such old friends as Hair of the Dog,
Sirsy, Doc Scanlon’s All-Star Revue (there’s that word again),
and the Brian Kaplan Band. There will also be acoustic music
in the Palace’s lovely lobby, where you can also buy food
and drink. All of the proceeds will go Save the Children and
Habitat for Humanity. (Feb. 11, 7:30 PM, $10, 19 Clinton
Ave., Albany, 465-4663)
Pink
Hearse Paparazzi Project CD-release Party
King’s
Tavern, Friday
We’re
going to give you the bare-bones details of the Pink Hearse
Paparazzi Project’s CD-release party; and then you’re on your
own. See, PHPP are from Glens Falls, where apparently there
are no rules: It’s a town where plays are mounted in old department
stores, and mathematicians become pop stars, after all. And
Pink Hearse are no more conventional. They proudly point out
that their shows are 100-percent improv, to the point that
no one’s even sure who’s going to play what instrument, nor
what media will be involved. Might be a slide show, might
be spoken word, might be wiretapped conversations and/or arguments.
And, according to the band, it might go on for a very, very
long time—they boast of uninterrupted five-hour concerts.
So, bon chance. (Feb. 11, 9 PM, 241 Union Ave.,
Saratoga Springs, 581-7090)
Kings
of Convenience
Iron
Horse Music Hall, Saturday
Norway,
we gather, is a pretty easygoing place. The bio at the Kings
of Convenience Web site is about the least boastful bit of
PR we’ve seen in a long time. The band describe their earlier
projects in terms like “not very seriously-taken,” and themselves
as “the boy with the funny glasses” (he’s also a trivia master,
by the way) and the “very talented climber” (that’d be the
singer, though KOC don’t make a big deal about that bit).
The band’s debut, Quiet Is the New Loud, originally
released stateside on Kindercore, received high praise for
its “lovely” indie pop; and the latest, Riot on an Empty
Street, is being well-received, as well. In between, there
were a couple of projects undertaken by the duo, together
and independently—a remix album, a psychology degree, a stint
as an electronica DJ—and, no doubt, not just few games of
Trivial Pursuit. (Feb. 12, 7 and 10 PM, 20 Center St.,
Northampton, Mass., $18, 413-584-0610)
Linda
Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir
Troy
Savings Bank Music Hall, Saturday
This
is not a typical, modern gospel choir, at least not in the
commonly accepted sense. Linda Tillery and her group (Rhonda
Benin, Elouise Burrell, Melanie DeMore and Lamont Van Hook)
perform traditional African-American music, including spirituals,
work songs, field hollers and slave songs. Actress-singer
Tillery discovered this music when she was researching a role
in the early ’90s, and it had a profound effect on her. This
“survival music,” Tillery has said, has “kept black people
alive through slavery, night rider raids and segregation.”
Also on Saturday’s Troy Music Hall bill is Grammy-nominated
acoustic bluesman Eric Bibb. Bibb has been keeping busy: In
2004, he released a new CD (Friends) and played before
the crowned heads of Europe—well, the king of Sweden anyway.
(Feb. 12, 8 PM, $27-24, Second and State streets, Troy,
273-0038)
The
3rd Annual Hardcore Formal
Valentine’s,
Saturday
Remember
your high-school winter formal? The dim lights, the shitty
music, the empty dance floor—of course you don’t, because
it sucked! Here’s something worth going to and it’s not in
the school gym, it’s in a bar (well, to be specific, a “beer
joint and music hall”). Two floors, lots of bands. Murphy’s
Law, Amps to Eleven, Evixxion, To Hell & Back, Some Action,
the Shemps, Push Comes to Shove, Metronome, the Truth Hurts,
and Sea Creature. No need to spike the punch or rent a tux,
but feel free to bring a date . . . if they’re hardcore. (Feb.
12, 7 PM, $10, 17 New Scotland Ave., Albany, 432-6572)
Air
Supply
Proctor’s
Theatre, Monday
Valentine’s
Day and Air Supply: It’s a match made in heaven . . . or Schenectady,
in this case. We’ll admit that the Electric City may not be
the most heavenly of locales, but once you and your date are
inside the theater, expect to forget about the world outside
as you’re whisked away by the smooth sounds of Graham Russell
and Russell Hitchcock. The Australian duo produced a mighty
string of chart-topping hits— “Lost in Love,” “The One That
You Love,” “All Out of Love,” “Making Love out of Nothing
at All,” and so on—that made them nearly inescapable through
most of the early ’80s, especially if you happened to be (or
know) a female. So listen up, guys—dinner and a bouquet won’t
do it on their own. If you really want the sparks to fly,
give her some Air Supply. (Feb. 14, 8 PM, $29.50-$39.50,
432 State St., Schenectady, 346-6204)
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Sure,
it’s not technically a live-music performance,
but there’ll be a whole lotta funny (perhaps some
music, too) when the Upright Citizens Brigade
bring their improv sketch comedy to Revolution
Hall tomorrow (Friday, 10 PM, $12, 273-2337).
. . . Local boys Tripsonic will head up
the bill at Saratoga Winners on Friday; After
Colony 3, Standing 8 Count, and the
Method of Productive Means will also perform
(8 PM, $5, 783-1010). . . . The Wasted
will anchor the bill at Valentine’s on Friday;
also performing are Burnt Hills, the Let
Downs, and the Motel Creeps, whose
press kit claims their “dark, dreamy pop” is similar
to that of Echo and the Bunnymen and Joy Division
(9 PM, $5, 423-6572). . . . Also on Friday, local
heavies Murderer’s Row will be part of
a loaded bill at the Fuze Box (8 PM, $8, 432-4472).
. . . Speaking of heavy, Wasteform, Organ
Harvest, Lore, and Hell on Sunday
will make for some ear-bleeding at Hudson Duster
on Saturday (8 PM, free, 687-2391).
. . . Hot Club of Cowtown will do the country-swing
thing at the Egg on Sunday (7 PM, $20, 473-1845).
. . . Veteran folksinger Kate McDonnell
will celebrate the release of her new CD at Caffe
Lena on Sunday; Mark Von Em opens (7 PM,
$12, 583-0022). . . . The unmistakable voice of
Leon Redbone will be on display at the
Iron Horse on Monday (7 PM, $25, 413-584-0610).
. . . And back where we began: The legendary Radiators
will bring their distinct, New Orleans-
flavored sound to Revolution Hall on Tuesday night
(8 PM, $18, 273-2337).
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