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The
Casual Fiasco
Valentine’s,
Thursday
The Burlington, Vt., rock quartet known as the Casual Fiasco
comprise vocalist-bassist Josh Cleaver, drummer Josh Pfiel,
and vocalist-guitarists Will Read and James Reilly. These
four guys have made a name for themselves making music by
“blending elements of roots-rock, groove, backbeat and Americana.”
Their sound makes them a bit difficult to categorize, but
their influences include the Police, the Allman Brothers,
Paul Simon and Talking Heads. Check ’em out when they hit
up Valentine’s tonight. (Dec. 28, 9 PM, $5, 17 New Scotland
Ave., Albany, 432-6572)
For
the Worst, Sgt. Slaughter, the Jury
Valentine’s,
Friday
We aren’t so sure about For the Worst. According to our intrepid
MySpace research, they could be a quirky young punk band from
England or a gritty metal-hardcore-death-metal band from Pennsylvania.
We’ll go out on a limb here and say that judging by their
company, For the Worst are likely the latter, but we should
note that MySpace has led us wrong before. Sgt. Slaughter,
however, are much easier to pigeonhole, since their genre
description on MySpace reads “Hardcore/Hardcore/Hardcore”
(and, this may be unrelated, but they also have a friend named
Get Fucked). Local hardcore punksters the Jury will showcase
tracks off their I Hate The Future EP. Or at least
we think they will, because according to MySpace, they could
be the Jury from Australia, who are labeled “Hardcore/ Punk/Reggae,”
or the “Rock/Indie/Punk Rock” Jury from San Diego, who describe
themselves as “Hip: What grandmothers break.” (Dec. 29,
7 PM, $10, 17 New Scotland Ave., Albany, 432-6572)
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Priscilla
Herdman
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Priscilla
Herdman
Caffe
Lena, Friday
Folk songstress Priscilla Herdman is a legend in folk, her
debut The Water Lily marking the beginning of what’s
become a 30-year-long career in music. Since Lily,
she’s released family albums, children’s albums, live and
collaborative albums and more. Known for her “exceptionally
lush” voice, Herdman originally wanted to be a fashion designer,
and attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
When she graduated, she began working in fashion—and playing
her guitar in coffeehouses in Greenwich Village. Guess which
career stuck. Herdman and her luxurious voice will be seen
and heard tomorrow night at the folk capital of the world,
Caffe Lena. (Dec. 29, 8 PM, $15, 47 Phila St., Saratoga
Springs, 583-0022)
Trey
Anastasio
Palace
Theater, Friday
That former Phish frontman Trey Anastasio’s current tour and
album are titled Bar 19 seems most unfortunate in light
of his recent arrest in Whitehall. At the very least, it must
have provided some late-night-talk-show-monologue fodder.
(“Bar 19? That must be where he was hanging out before he
got into the car! Ba-dum bum!”) But seriously, the
dude’s in some big shit—he’s facing a bunch of charges, including
DWI-drugs and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
We’re guessing he’ll be on his best behavior when he brings
his act to the Palace this weekend; fans, please be on yours:
No throwing drugs on the stage! (Dec. 29, 7 PM,
sold out, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany, 465-3334)
The
Unband
Pearl
Street Nightclub, Sunday
The Unband are one of the most infamous bands to come out
of western Massachusetts, and they’ve just exhumed their rip-roaring
rock act after a four-year hiatus. To speculate on which portions
of their biography are historically accurate is moot; the
fact remains that the trio were probably banned from
just about every club in Massachusetts, no small feat there,
and they most definitely released the hilariously perfect
Retarder (allegedly recorded in 1976) on the TVT label
in 2000. The Unband are the subject of the new documentary
film We Like to Drink, We Like to Play Rock and Roll,
which succinctly summarizes the band’s M.O. We don’t know
what exactly brought them back; we’re just happy to hear our
old faves “(Sure Do Feel Like a) Piece of Shit” and “Cocaine
Whore” one more time. The Stone Coyotes and Hot Black open.
(Dec. 31, 8:30 PM, $10, 10 Pearl St., Northampton, Mass.,
413-584-7771)
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Slick
Fitty
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Roll
into another holiday weekend with the classic
rockabilly sounds of Slick Fitty, tomorrow
(Friday) at Tess’ Lark Tavern (10 PM, $5, 463-9779).
. . . Classic-rock radio station the Bone presents
its holiday party at Northern Lights on Saturday;
among the acts scheduled to perform are the Lone
Peaches, Erin Harkes and the Rebound,
and Green Hill Tribe (7:30 PM, $12, 371-0012).
. . . Area comedy- rocker Brother T is holding
his own holiday party—the holiday, of course,
being his birthday—at Valentine’s on Saturday,
with performances by PhillipsHead, Corn
Bred, Feff, Society High and
Rastorum (9 PM, $5, 432-6572). . . . What
are you doing New Year’s Eve? If you’re in the
mood for something a bit less family-oriented
than the major celebrations—meaning, if you want
alcohol—try these: party-rock act Skadee
will hold court at Red Square on Sunday (10 PM,
call for price, 274-0553); Wreckloose jam
their way into the new year at Valentine’s, with
Brandan Hackett and Jerry Carefello
opening (432-6572); and former Frank Zappa sideman
Ike Fisher and his band Project/Object play
the music of Zappa in the clubroom at Pearl Street
in Northampton, Mass. (8:30 PM, $30, 413-584-7771).
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