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The
Lonely H
Valentine’s,
Thursday
Well here’s something new—a band who believe rock identifies
more with a small-town lifestyle, not tight-pants hipster
chic. The Lonely H want could-be fans to stop the screaming
and start whammy-bar grooving with them. They may be young,
having graduated high school not even a year ago, but the
likes of MSNBC, Spin, Gibson guitars and even The
Onion adore the classic-rockin’ tykes. Perhaps it’s due
to their long history together: They reportedly began strumming
as one back in the 6th grade. The silk-stranded lads
will take Valentine’s into a ’70s-riff-rock revival this (Thursday)
evening; Albany’s own Red Lions and Brooklyn-based art-poppers
Sad Little Stars are also on the bill. (Feb. 28, 8 PM,
$5, 17 New Scotland Ave., Albany, 432-6572)
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Ill
Niño, Droid
Northern
Lights, Thursday
The
following is to be read using your best overdramatic movie-trailer
voice: In a tour, brought to you by Monster Energy Drink
and Jägermeister, metal, is pain. And pain, friends . . .
is hardcore metal rawk! Ill Niño, the widely popular metal-rock-Latin
(thank you, MySpace) band are thrashing their way into Clifton
Park for their Guerrila Carnival tour, and they’re bringing
along mosh forces Droid, and Ekotren and Alliance. James “Buddy”
Easton of Droid has been pumping up fans with this attractive
one liner: “Get ready . . . here comes the pain!” Ill Niño
have announced on their Web site that this tour is one of
their best, so we’re sure you crazy kids will fully enjoy
every ounce of mosh pits, expletives, and sweat they’ll supply.
(Feb. 28, 7 PM, $12, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park, 371-0012)
Catie
Curtis
Caffe
Lena, Friday
She might just have a thing for coffee, but Catie Curtis continues
her quad coffeehouse streak at Caffe Lena tomorrow (Friday).
The modern folker is finishing the recording of her new CD,
and is road-testing some new songs like “Teenagers Jumping
Off a Bridge.” But it’s not what you unknowing and curious
readers might think—she wrote it to honor free-spirited kids
who run around smiling in the summer . . . and jump off bridges.
Along with her happy/pop/acoustic musical swells, she’s also
known for her calming and optimistic banter of daily thoughts
between songs. Sipping on a mocha and letting Catie play your
winter edge away could be just the right way to say “adios”
to February. (Feb. 29, 7 PM, $22, 47 Phila St., Saratoga
Springs, 583-0022)
Jet
Lag Gemini
Jack
Rabbit Slims, Friday
Doghouse Records has proudly presented the world with barely-post-pubescent
pop-punk band after barely-post-pubescent pop-punk band, and
with great success. So what would make them change course
now? Nothing, actually: Meet Jet Lag Gemini, the latest barely-post-pubescent
emo-punk band in a stable of dozens. The band’s first full-length
release, Fire the Cannons, was released in January,
and their stop at Jack Rabbit Slims (the revamped former site
of Noche) finds them warming up for a showcase at the vaunted
SXSW festival in March, followed by what seems to be a very
lengthy stint on the road. Wish them well tomorrow (Friday)
night; they’ll share the stage with Albany power-pop maestros
the Day Jobs. (Feb. 29, 8 PM, $5, 895 Broadway, Albany,
434-4540)
N.E.R.D.
Pearl
Street Nightclub, Saturday
Wait, what? Didn’t they break up, like, three years ago? Apparently
that is not the case: Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay
Haley are returning to the stage in anticipation of their
long-awaited third album, N.3.R.D., due out this spring.
Williams and Hugo are taking time off from their other life
(as production team the Neptunes) to continue their assault
on the borders of all types of music; Williams already has
described the upcoming album as “Red Bull with growth hormones
in it.” Needless to say, their performance this Saturday should
be some seriously hot shit. DJ Theory opens the show. (March
1, 8:30 PM, $25, 10 Pearl St., Northampton, Mass., 413-584-7771)
M.O.D.
Skyline,
Wednesday
Get ready for a Hardcore Hump Day this Wednesday, as Billy
Milano and his latest band of lunatics roll into town to spread
the good word of the mosh. M.O.D. (Method of Destruction)
recently celebrated 20 years of being heavy—and irreverent—as
hell with a new album (Red, White & Screwed) and
a tour that brings them to downtown Albany for a free show
this week. And while fans probably shouldn’t expect to hear
much from the band’s goofy second album, the timeless Surfin’
M.O.D., everything else in the M.O.D. catalog (and, we
hope, the S.O.D. catalog!) should be fair game, and that spells
A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Street Sweeper and Bulldog Courage open the
show. And did we mention it’s free? (March 5, 8 PM, free,
4-6 Sheridan Ave., Albany, 472-8150)
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Dead
Trees
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It’s
another Crumbs Nite Out at the WAMC Performing Arts
Studio tonight (Thursday), with music from Jermaine
Wells and the Ill Funk Ensemble, Soul Session
and Anthony Prezio (7 PM, $10, 465-5233 ext.
4). . . . Fine young indie-rock band the Dead
Trees share a bill with the Honorary Title,
the Teeth and Secret Secret Dino Club
at Valentine’s tomorrow (Friday, 7:30 PM, $12,
432-6572). . . . Fresh off his Golden Globe nomination
for the theme song from Walk Hard: The Dewey
Cox Story (he wuz robbed, we tell ya!), Marshall
Crenshaw and his band roll into the WAMC Performing
Arts Studio on Friday (8 PM, $24, 465-5233 ext.
4). . . . Also on Friday, longtime Western Massachusetts
favorites Home reunite for a show at the
Elevens in Northampton, Mass. (10 PM, $5, 413-586-9155).
. . . The Mother Mcrees, Alta Mira,
Deep Chemistry and Cooper Union join
forces to benefit Iraq Veterans Against the War
this Saturday at Northern Lights (7 PM, $10, 371-0012).
. . . L.A.-based rockers the Dreaming, featuring
the former singer of ’90s industrial-rock also-rans
Stabbing Westward, make a stop at Jack Rabbit Slims
on Wednesday; Schram and We Were Ghosts
open (7 PM, $5, 434-4540). |
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