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Joshua
Radin
The
Linda, Friday
As a rule, anything that’s good enough for Ellen DeGeneres
is good enough for us. Thus, Joshua Radin is not to be missed.
Radin’s pretty much built his career on TV appearances (Conan,
Kimmel, et al.) and scoring (Scrubs, One Tree Hill, Grey’s
Anatomy, et al.). But the biggest feather in his singer-
songwriting cap is the solo set he performed at DeGneres’
wedding last year. If Radin doesn’t warm your heart, he’ll
get some help from Gary Jules, whom you might remember from
that “Mad World” cover he recorded for Donnie Darko, and
Amber Rubarth, whose honesty and humor have been garnering
accolades all over the Net. (Sept. 11, 8 PM, $17, 339 Central
Ave., Albany, 465-5233)
Super
400 CD release
Revolution
Hall, Friday
What? You don’t think Super 400 are the best area rock band,
as we proclaimed in July? Then name another local act who
can sell out European clubs and get played on radio stations
across the country, and who have a city holiday named in their
honor (Troy’s “Super 400 Day”). The irony is that success
has been a long time coming for the power trio. Sweet Fist,
the band’s latest album, was recorded at the legendary Ardent
Studios in Memphis, with cover art designed by Revolver
artist Klaus Voorman, and is set to be the band’s ticket
to household nameship. The disc (and vinyl!) drops on the
15th, but you can get a sneak peak tomorrow (Friday) night
when Super 400 headline a bill that includes locals Matthew
Loiacono and Tern Rounders. (Sept. 11, 8 PM, $12, 425 River
St., Troy, 274-0553)
Old
Songs Benefit Concert
37
S. Main St., Saturday
Every
year Old Songs gets a little bit, well, older, but this doesn’t
mean that their mission of preserving traditional music is
any less relevant. Indeed, with every passing year the cause
grows more urgent. This year, the great performer and preservationist
Pete Seeger turned 90, and so the theme of this year’s Old
Songs Capital Fund benefit is Seeger’s extensive catalog.
Tackling the material will be the roots duo Lost Radio Rounders,
Addie and Olin—Unleashed!, hammered-dulcimer player Bill Spence,
Roger Mock, Debra Burger, and George Ward. Like a true-blue,
back-home get-together, the concert will be preceded by a
wholesome lasagna dinner. (Sept. 12, 6:30 PM dinner, 8:15
PM concert, $30, $17 concert only, 37 S. Main St., Voorheesville,
765-2815)
Stryper
Northern
Lights, Saturday
Ho-lee shit! Get on your yellow and black leathers and dust
off that copy of To Hell With the Devil because the
godfathers of spiritual metal are coming for you—to bring
you salvation, of course. If you were a Headbangers Ball
viewer in the late 1980s, you remember Stryper for rockers
like “Calling on You” and the power ballad “Honestly.” The
band scored millions in album sales on the backs of those
(admittedly decent) tunes, from a crossover audience seeking
an alternative to the debauched pop-metal acts that dominated
the era—though, ironically, those very bands (Van Halen, Ratt)
were the ones that inspired Stryper to play hard rock in the
first place. Their latest is Murder by Pride; reportedly,
bandleader Michael Sweet wrote the record with fan requests
in mind, specifically those for “ ‘more guitars,’ ‘more solos’
and ‘more screams.’” Righteous! (Sept. 12, 7 PM, $18, 1208
Route 146, Clifton Park, 371-0012)
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| Ingrid
Michaelson |
Ingrid
Michaelson
Valentine’s,
Sunday
Staten Island, N.Y., isn’t a hot bed for new music, but the
acts that do come out of the oft-forgotten borough are typically
memorable. Case in point: Wu-Tang Clan. And now Ingrid Michaelson
carries the torch for Shaolin. Michaelson is a beacon for
indie artists everywhere: The 29-year-old performer has four
releases on her own Cabin 24 label (including this year’s
Everybody) and has sold in excess of 400,000 albums
and 1.5 million downloads along the way. Licensing helps—her
music’s been featured on dozens of hit TV shows—but without
her down-to-earth personality and knack for a pop hook, she’d
be just another girl riding the ferry to Whitehall Terminal.
Call ahead—this may be sold out by showtime. (Sept. 13,
7:30 PM, $15, 17 New Scotland Ave., Albany, 432-6572)
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| Sondre
Lerche |
Tonight
(Thursday) is the first round of live auditions
for Capital Region’s Got Talent at Revolution
Hall; if you’ve been thinking of jumping into
the fray, know that the venue has dropped the
submission fee, meaning it’s now free to audition—be
sure to hit up revolutionhall.com for details
(7 PM, free, 274-0553). . . . The first A Place
for Jazz concert of the fall season is tomorrow
(Friday); the Eric Alexander Quintet will
bring their tenor-sax-driven jams to Schenectady’s
Whisperdome (8 PM, $15, 393-4011). . . . For something
completely different, heavy rockers Cold
and Taproot co-headline Northern Lights
on Friday (7 PM, $15, 371-0012). . . . Word has
it he’s been covering Radiohead lately: Phish
bassist Mike Gordon takes his own band
out for a spin at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock
Friday night (9 PM, $25, 845-679-4406). . . .
RPI’s Ground Zero has its first live show of the
season Saturday with Quixote, Ette and
Mike Mullin (8 PM, $3, gzbasement.net). .
. . The Pines Theatre in Florence, Mass., hosts
the Royal Family Get Down on Saturday, with music
from Soulive, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings,
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and more
(1 PM, $32.50-$75, 413-584-5457). . . . And in
nearby Northampton the same night, Norway-via-Brooklyn
crooner Sondre Lerche plays the Iron Horse
Music Hall in support of his widely hailed new
release Heartbeat Radio (7 PM, $18, 413-586-8686).
. . . Revolution Hall begins a series of free
Tuesday concerts this week with Sugar Proof
and Mario Sevayega (8 PM, free, 274-0553).
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