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LEARNING TO FLY Fans of progressive rock will be in heaven next Sunday (Nov. 23), when Yes—or most of Yes—come to downtown Albany’s Times Union Center. But concertgoers may want to call the babysitter and tell her to stay on an extra hour or so, as the Capital Region’s own Fear of Flying will celebrate the release of their brand new CD immediately following the big concert. The band—bassist/vocalist Tearle Ashby, guitarist Carm Grasso, drummer Tom Occhiogrosso and keyboardist Matt Occhiogrosso—have been prepping the self-titled release for a while now; it’s their first since 2005’s More Attempts at Perfection, and only their third in 20 years. The release show will take place just up South Pearl Street from the TUC at Savannah’s. Find out more on the band and the show at fearofflyingmusic.com.

GET WHAT YOU NEED It’s not new information that the independent record store has been dying a slow, painful death—with the CD format on sharp decline these last few years, it’s a wonder that anyone is still in the music-retail business. Filmmaker Brendan Toller has tracked the downward spiral and raised some important questions in a new documentary, I Need That Record. According to Toller’s film, more than 3,000 independent record retailers have shuttered over the past 10 years, as a result of a number of factors, including that mentioned above, centralized radio programming, the Internet, and more. (Ironic that some big-box stores are now getting into the vinyl business, isn’t it?) The doc will be screened locally at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy on Dec. 6 at 7 PM, followed by a Q-and-A with the filmmaker. For more, visit thesanctuary forindependentmedia.org.

—John Brodeur

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