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Club
D’Elf, Paradigm
Red
Square, Thursday
There’s jam music, and then there’s that which transcends
the vaguely defined genre. Club D’Elf play the latter. Although
the band are, by definition, a jam project—the only static
member is bassist Mike Rivard—their experimentation outside
the rock and jazz idioms is of particular note, as they incorporate
elements of electronica, dub, and Moroccan trance. Rivard
has been joined by folks like John Medeski and Marc Ribot
in the past; among his tribe tonight will be Grammy-winning
producer and guitarist Danny Blume. Club D’Elf will be joined
by the jazz-happy, Kentucky-based group Paradigm; the two
acts are in the middle of a five-night, co-headlining mini-tour.
(July 3, 9 PM, $7, 388 Broadway, Albany, 465-0444)
Rush
Saratoga
Performing Arts Center, Saturday
Celebrating their 40th anniversary this summer, the Canadian
power trio return to Saratoga once again to belt out an epic
set of classics and songs from their latest release, Snakes
and Arrows. While most of their rock peers are retired,
in rehab, dead, or lip-synching rehashed versions of their
1970s hits on VH1 specials, Rush still play with the same
technical prowess and youthful energy they had in their 20s.
Alex Lifeson’s guitar soars over the virtuosic drumming of
Neal Peart and bass playing of Geddy Lee. Lifeson riffs, shreds,
and effectively utilizes so many different effect pedals that
you might want to quit playing your guitar after seeing Rush
live. Lee’s high-pitched vocals have always been love-‘em-or-hate-‘em
with listeners; but it is Peart who writes the lyrics of youthful
longing, hope and despair. No opening band necessary. (July
5, 8 PM, $35-$95, Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs,
583-3330)
Daryl
Hall
Mahaiwe
Performing Arts Center, Sunday
What would a world without Oates look and sound like? Here’s
your chance to find out. The fair-haired, non-moustachioed
member of Hall & Oates will take time off from his side
project restoring historic homes (Really! He’s currently working
on two 18th-century houses in Dutchess County!) to sing you
some songs this week. Hall has enjoyed something of a career
renaissance this year, with his monthly “Live from Daryl’s
House” Webcast finding a growing audience on the Internet,
and a set at March’s South by Southwest coming off as one
of the festival’s best-loved performances. So, a world without
Oates? That only means you won’t hear “You’ve Lost That Lovin’
Feeling” when Hall and his band grace the Mahaiwe stage this
Sunday. (July 6, 7 PM, $50-$70, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington,
Mass., 413-528-0100)
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Temple Pilots |
Stone
Temple Pilots
Glens
Falls Civic Center, Tuesday
What year is this, again? Continuing the endless parade of
’90s alternative-rock reunion tours are these former members
of Talk Show and Army of Anyone. As we all know, the DeLeo
brothers, Robert (bass) and Dean (guitar), recently had to
put Army of Anyone on hiatus, as vocalist Richard Patrick,
brother of Terminator 2 and X-Files star Robert,
decided to follow his muse with a little-known band called
Filter. With recording engineer Eric Kretz sitting in on drums
for their new project, the boys decided, rather than hire
a known entity for the vocal position, to enlist solo artist
Scott Weiland, best known for the 1998 single “Barbarella.”
Stone Temple Pilots reportedly practice in an expansive alt-rock
sound well-suited to arenas, like the one they’ll play this
Tuesday night. Secret Machines open. (July 8, 7:30 PM,
$49.50, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Glens Falls, 798-0366)
Mickey
Hart Band
Calvin
Theatre, Tuesday
It’s the season for Deadheads to get out and walk through
the sunshine daydream, and the Mickey Hart Band are on tour
to provide enough psychedelic jam-rock to give even the most
extinct partiers flashbacks. But what separates the MHB from
other Grateful Dead offshoots is Hart’s eclectic use of different
percussion instruments and his polyrhythmic, Afro-beat improvisations.
In one interview, Hart explained his Zen in drumming: “The
body is full of rhythms and life is full of rhythms. How we
deal with these rhythms is how well we go through life.” Accompanying
Hart on Saturday at the Calvin Theatre is a band comprising
vocalist Jen Durkin (founding member of Deep Banana Blackout),
bassist George Porter Jr., pianist Kyle Hollingsworth of the
String Cheese Incident, and jazz-rock guitarist Steve Kimock,
whom Jerry Garcia once claimed as his “favorite unknown guitar
player.” (July 8, 8 PM, $27.50-$37.50, 20 Center St., Northampton,
Mass., 413-586-8686)
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| Rhett
Miller |
It’s
an indie-rock three-way tonight (Thursday) at
Valentine’s, with Gay Tastee, Coma
(an abbreviated version of Zahnarzt), and We
Are Machete (9 PM, $5, 432-6572). . . . Reasonable
facsimiles of the bands that used to be Chicago
and the Doobie Brothers team up for a run
through the hits of the ’70s and ’80s tonight
at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (7:30 PM,
$21-$76, 587-3330). . . . Also tonight, barefoot
troubadour James Taylor begins his sold-out,
two-night run in the shed at Tanglewood (7 PM,
617-931-2000). . . . Forty years after “Alice’s
Restaurant,” Arlo Guthrie returns to the
house that Alice built (sort of): Catch Arlo’s
“Summer Revival” tomorrow (Friday) through Sunday
at the Guthrie Center (at the old Trinity Church)
in Great Barrington, Mass. (8 PM, call for prices,
413-528-1955). . . . He ain’t missin’ you at all:
John Waite headlines the musical entertainment
at Friday’s 4th of July bash at the Empire State
Plaza, with Blotto on the undercard (7:45
PM, free, 473-0559). . . . What to do after the
fireworks? How about more fireworks: The Fuze
Box will host a late-night party on Friday with
live music by Gold Star and a DJ set from
Lazer & Blazer (10 PM, $5, 432-4472).
. . . Or if you’re in the mood for some thunder
after all the lightning, the Sense Offenders
will be happy to oblige; they’re at Savannah’s
on Friday (10 PM, $5, 426-9647). . . . The Skidmore
Jazz Festival continues with a pair of great shows
this week: On Saturday, it’s the Arturo O’Farrill
Quintet; on Tuesday, catch Blue Note recording
artists the Aaron Parks Quartet (8 PM,
call for prices, 580-5320). . . . Best for last?
You decide: Sunday, at Club Helsinki in Great
Barrington, Mass., catch an acoustic set from
Old 97’s crooner (and solo artist in his own right)
Rhett Miller (8 PM, $25, 413-528-3394).
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