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| Super
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Super
400
The
Ruck, Friday
Someday, there’s going to be a sign on Hoosick Street that
says, “Welcome to Troy. Home of Super 400 (and Uncle Sam).”
The power trio spent a good part of the fall playing rock
ambassador to Europe, and boy are the kids crazy for the sound
of the Collar City in Stuttgart. This winter, Super 400 head
back out for a West Coast run with Stockholm Syndrome, but
first they’ll ring in 2011 right at home. It don’t get any
more down-home than the Ruck, so expect a rowdy good welcome
to the new year. (Dec. 31, 10 PM, $10, 104 3rd St., Troy,
273-1872)
Timbre
Coup, Dirty Paris
Red
Square, Friday
Timbre Coup (tam-ber koo) can be loosely defined as a “sudden
action of tone color; a musical overthrow.” And it’s a good
way to describe how the local progressive jamband operate.
Timbre Coup sets have been known to stretch way into the wee
hours, so it will please the endurance dancers out there to
know they’ve been given one of the longest, most festive evenings
of the year to throw down. Kindred spirits Dirty Paris will
share the stage both figuratively and literally, as the final
set of the night will be a “mystery set” dubbed Dirty Coup,
which can be loosely defined as a sudden action of funky filth.
(Dec. 31, 8 PM, $15-$20, 388 Broadway, Albany, 465-0444)
Rubblebucket,
the Alchemystics, Bella’s Bartok
Pearl
Street, Friday
You know how they always show different cities around the
world celebrating the stroke of midnight on TV? This show
is like all of those parties happening simultaneously. At
their core, Rubblebucket are one of the grooviest horn-driven
Afrobeat bands in the land, but recent tracks and interviews
show the band embracing that catch-all slogan of post-apocalyptic
positivity (Yes Wave) that originated in these pages. These
guys alone could put Dick Clark to shame, but reggae, hip-hop,
Balkan folk and gypsy punk get stirred into this New Year’s
pot with the addition of Amherst’s Alchemystics and Bella’s
Bartok. (Dec. 31, 9 PM, $20, 10 Pearl St., Northampton,
Mass., 413-584-7771)
Chris
Dukes and Super Friends
Jillian’s,
Friday
Pearl Street in downtown Albany will be alight with celebration
this New Year’s Eve, and the party at Jillian’s promises to
be an all but nucleic bash for the hopping strip, with music
courtesy of the Capital Region’s own Chris Dukes. The singer-songwriter
and multi-instrumentalist recently released Greater Than
Me, his latest collection of radio-ready rock anthems
and ballads. If the voice sounds familiar, that’s because
you’ve heard him sing on commercials for major corporations
like General Electric and F.Y.E. Tomorrow (Friday), he’ll
sing his own songs (we expect he won’t honor requests for
“The Home Depot Anthem”) backed by a band featuring members
of Vernacular, Say Uncle and Moxie. The event benefits the
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of New York. (Dec. 31, 8
PM, $10, 59 N. Pearl St., Albany, 432-1997)
Summer
People, Barrow Burrow, Steer, Barons in the Attic
Valentine’s,
Friday
The always-eloquent Howard Glassman of Valentine’s recently
sent us an e-mail claiming that the club’s Dec. 31 bash “isn’t
for the faint of heart or weak of constitution (or bladder).”
We can’t really argue with that. But we also can’t argue with
this lineup—Central New Yorkers Summer People play the kind
of just-this-side-of-shambolic indie-rock that invites the
term “blog ready,” while New York band Steer seem to actually
invite the shambolic on songs like “I Am a Cheetah and You
Are a Bunny Hunny.” On the local side, you’ll get B3nson favorites
Barons in the Attic, Barrow Burrow, and a cover set from members
of Beware! The Other Head of Science. Like Howard said, “Bring
your A-game,” because you know the bands will. (Dec. 31,
7 PM, $10, 17 New Scotland Ave., Albany, 432-6572)
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| Also
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| Zach
Deputy |
Tonight
(Thursday) at Red Square, catch the live-looping
one-man band Zach Deputy, whose latest
album, Sunshine, is one of the first studio
albums we’ve heard actually use this technology
(9 PM, $15, 465-0444). . . . Troy’s Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
enters a blue period this weekend: Blue Hand
Luke will play tomorrow (Friday) for New Year’s
Eve (10 PM, free, 383-0400), and on Saturday it’s
the Super 400-Tommy Love monster known as Blue
Machine (10 PM, $5, 383-0400). . . . 2011
kicks off with a bang at Valentine’s on Saturday
with a packed night of punk-rock featuring all-girl
trio Public Noise Concern, along with the
Killerados, the Black Tie Operation,
Plastic Jesus, and Boyish Good Looks
(8 PM, 432-6752). . . . There must be some
hijinks afoot, because Boyish Good Looks
are also set to play Saturday at Putnam Den, along
with the Heddy Brothers (7 PM, free, 584-8066).
. . . On Wednesday, Savannah’s brings the first
metal of the new year with Black John Wayne,
Ironweed, and Cletus (8 PM, free,
426-9647).
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