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Dirty
Heads
Northern
Lights, Thursday
We
thought it odd when reunited ’90s reggae-rockers Sublime toured
a few years ago—mainly because Bradley Nowell, Sublime’s frontman
and main songwriter, has been dead since long before “Santeria”
became the world’s most annoying barroom sing-along. But despite
mixed feelings about the very idea of that tour, we have to
hand it to Nowell’s replacement, Rome, whose own band, Dirty
Heads, have now leapfrogged to fame on the back of Rome’s
side activities. “Stand Tall” is the big hit; the rest of
the Dirty Heads catalog stays within the parameters set by
311 and Sublime back in the chronic mid-’90s. Skadee and DJ
Big Malk open the night. (Aug. 26, 8 PM, $17, 1208 Route 146,
Clifton Park, 371-0012)
David
Malachowski and the Woodstock Allstars
Riverfront
Park (Athens), Friday
David Malachowski has spent much of his great career in the
background, as part of Commander Cody and Savoy Brown, and
most prominently as the longtime bandleader for country-pop
star Shania Twain. (We also know him as a music writer for
the Times Union.) This year, Malachowski finally released
his debut solo recording, a brief but outstanding EP called
The Secret Life of Colonel David, on which the veteran
guitar man played and sang every note. But that doesn’t mean
he’s gone the singer-songwriter route: In the Woodstock Allstars,
Malachowski is joined by a host of brilliant musicians, including
the great Joe Jackson rhythm section of Gary Burke and Graham
Maby, for an evening filled with improvisation and top-shelf
musicianship. Now everybody, solo! (Aug. 27, 7 PM, free, Athens,
945-1551)
Afroman
Jillian’s,
Friday
We were going to write this preview, but then we got high.
We had researched all the facts of the show, but then we got
high. Now we’re running out of space and we know why: Because
we got high . . . Afroman could have retired to the easy life
after his Grammy nomination in 2002 for the anti-cannabis
rap “Because I Got High,” but dude’s stayed clean, motivated
and productive, churning out such high-brow hip-hop as Sell
Your Dope, Waiting to Inhale, and, yes, A Colt
45 Christmas. Fresh off his set at the Gathering of the
Juggalos, Afroman will be joined by locals Mobana and the
Crunk Masters. (Aug. 27, 11 PM, $10, 59 N. Pearl St., Albany,
432-1997)
Negative
Approach
Valentine’s,
Sunday
How many bands can claim to have played at the wedding of
the guy from Anal Cunt? Perhaps several; we weren’t there.
But here’s one: Negative Approach never quite broke out of
Detroit during their original early-’80s run, despite having
one full-length on the then- fledgling Touch & Go label.
But the band’s Stooges-influenced punk found a lasting audience
and influence thanks to fanzines and, later, the Internet.
Sure enough, singer John Brannon re-formed the band after
an almost 25-year break, and now the band comes to Albany
trumpeting the release of some unearthed tracks on the Taang!
label—which, honestly, we thought was just as extinct as Negative
Approach. Viva la Punk Rock! Black SS, Coughing Fit, and Infidels
open the show. (Aug. 29, 7 PM, $12, 17 New Scotland Ave.,
Albany, 432-6572)
Rangda,
Major Stars, Bunnybrains
Cannonball
Factory, Tuesday
It took some digging to find the details about this one, but
the challenge is fitting. Rangda is something of an experimental
music super group, made up of guitarists Sir Richard Bishop
(Sun City Girls) and Ben Chasny (aka Six Organs of Admittance)
and drummer Chris Corsano (Björk, Nels Cline, Thurston Moore),
who are all more than accustomed to making their audience
work. Major Stars make their sounds marginally more accessible
insofar as founding members Wayne Rogers and Kate Biggar run
the Boston-based avant label Twisted Village. Bunnybrains
are Hudson’s own face-painted noise freaks. Proceeds benefit
the Hudson Valley’s new community radio station WGXC, which
will also live-stream the show. (Aug. 31, 8 PM, $10, 359
Columbia St., Hudson, wgxc.org/events/2425)
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| Avenged
Sevenfold |
This
week is all about closure: Jazz on Jay’s season
ends today (Thursday) with a performance from
dynamic duo Sonny & Perley (free, noon, 382-3884).
. . . Turning Stone Resort and Casino finishes
their summer slate with a pair of unstoppable
country legends: Tonight (Thursday), George
Jones takes the showroom stage (8 PM, $65-$80,
877-833-SHOW) and on Saturday Loretta Lynn
shows ’em how it’s done (8 PM, $65-$80, 877-833-SHOW).
. . . The summer special events season at Saratoga
Peforming Arts Center goes out with a bang Saturday
afternoon, as Channel 103.1’s annual Big Day Out
presents “active rock” heavyweights Disturbed,
Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, and
several more (3:30 PM, $25-$85, 587-3330). . .
. On the flipside, country crooner Clay Walker
at Northern Lights on Saturday (8:30 PM, $18,
371-0012). . . . The Hudson Harborfest also finishes
its season on Saturday, with music from classic
honky-tonkers Girl Howdy (6:30 PM, free,
822-8448). . . . Indie-pop dream bill: Lou
Barlow and the Missingmen team up with Baltimore
duo Wye Oak at the Iron Horse in Northampton,
Mass. on Tuesday (7 PM, $13, 413-586-8686). .
. . Reformed emo guy Jarrod Gorbel has
a very singer- songwriterly new record, Devil’s
Made A New Friend, and he’ll celebrate its
release with an early show at Valentine’s on Wednesday
(6 PM, $12, 432-6572). . . . Finally, if you want
to hear the folk but don’t want to folk with the
Tom Petty folk, Crosby Stills and Nash
will bring the harmony at Tanglewood on Wednesday
(7:30 PM, $24-$96, 866-266-1200).
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