NYS Music 20​15

Author: Jim Rizzo

  • Members of SCI and Turkuaz, Plus Holly Bowling, to Perform with Joe Marcinek Band (Updated)

    The Joe Marcinek Band will play five shows in early December with a very special lineup. The brief tour brings the band to Syracuse and Buffalo on Dec. 4 and 5.

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    The current incarnation of the Joe Marcinek Band features Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green) on bass, Pete Koopmans (Family Groove Project) on drums and Holly Bowling on keys. Joe Marcinek, of course, will be on guitar. Jason Hann (String Cheese Incident, EOTO) will cover percussion the first two nights, with Michelangelo Carubba (Turkuaz) taking over the final three. ROAR, formerly Yojimbo, will open each night.

    Marcinek has a new album in the works. He is funding its creation through a crowd-source campaign. From his website:

    We are going out to Colorado to record at Scanhope Sound with Joey Porter from the Motet producing. Most of the money raised will go towards covering the studio time, musicians, mixing, master, manufacturing and anything left over will go towards advertising!

    I’ve put together a great package of perks for all those that pledge! Not only will you get a copy of the new CD once finished but if you let us know your email address you will recieve a digital copy of our first album “Both Sides” and the unreleased recording of the show from last month where JMB opened for Moe. The JMB lineup included Jim and Vinnie from Moe as well as Borahm Lee from Break Science on keys! 

    Tickets for all shows are currently available.

    Joe Marcinek on Facebook

    Joe Marcinek on Twitter

    Tour Dates

    Dec. 2 – Scarlet and Grey Cafe, Columbus, OH
    Dec. 3 – Madison Live!, Covington, KY
    Dec. 4 – Funk ‘n Waffles, Syracuse, NY
    Dec. 5 – Buffalo Iron Works, Buffalo, NY
    Dec. 6 – Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH

    Correction: Michelangelo Caruba will no longer be joining the Joe Marcinek Band for this run. Jason Hann will be covering percussion for the first three nights, with Ryan Nogle, formerly of Aqueous, on the fourth night. There will be no percussionist on Dec. 6.

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  • Jane Getter Premonition to Tour in Support of ‘On’

    Progressive supergroup Jane Getter Premonition will head out on a brief tour in support of their new album On. The mid-December tour includes stops in Buffalo, Kingston and New York City.

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    Joining Jane Getter, who Guitar Player called “the fieriest fretboarding female ever to strap on a Stratocaster,” on tour will be Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Steven Wilson) on keyboards, Alex Skolnick (Testament) on guitar, Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai) on bass and John Mader (Steve Miller, Pat Benatar) on drums. The tour will kick off on Dec. 8 in Cleveland, Ohio and end with two shows on Dec. 16 in New York City.

    Commenting on the tour, Getter said in a press release, “We will be playing the exciting and hard hitting music from our newly released album, On, on Madfish Music, along with a few older hits from Three and See Jane Run. Get ready for some intense jams!”

    From the press release:

    Guitarist and composer Jane Getter has played with many jazz and rock greats while garnering increasing recognition as a bandleader, gifted writer and instrumentalist. Early in her career she toured with legendary jazz/blues organist Brother Jack McDuff. Her composing talents received attention when she won the ASCAP Gershwin Award for Music for Dance or Theatre in the mid 90’s. Her debut CD, Jane, in 1998 received worldwide critical acclaim and the 2006 follow up, See Jane Run, was released on Alternity Records (home of Allan Holdsworth). In 2012 she released the progressive jazz/rock album, Three. Getter also received widespread exposure playing in the Saturday Night Live Band.

    Tickets for all shows are currently on sale.

    Jane Getter on Twitter

    Jane Getter on Facebook

    Tour Dates

    Tuesday, Dec. 8 – Nighttown, Cleveland, OH
    Wednesday, Dec. 9 – The Token Lounge, Westland, MI
    Thursday, Dec. 10 – Nietzches, Buffalo, NY
    Friday, Dec. 11 – Keegan Ales, Kingston, NY
    Monday, Dec. 14 – Jammin’ Java, Vienna, VA
    Tuesday, Dec. 15 – The Saint, Asbury Park, NJ
    Wednesday, Dec. 16 – Iridium, New York, NY – two shows, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

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  • Phish’s ‘Siket Disc’ to be Released on Vinyl

    Phish has announced that The Siket Disc will be released on vinyl for the first time on Friday, Dec. 18. It is currently available for pre-order.

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    Originally released in 1999, The Siket Disc contains nine tracks of almost entirely instrumental music recorded during The Story of the Ghost sessions in 1997. The improvisational music was recorded by engineer John Siket and compiled by Phish keyboardist Page McConnell.

    From the Facebook announcement:

    Highlighting the band’s millennial, sometimes-ambient explorations of the time, The Siket Disc yielded a few songs that have since been incorporated into live shows including “What’s The Use?”, “My Left Toe”, “The Happy Whip and Dung Song”, and even the vocoder soundscape of “Quadrophonic Toppling”.

    The album was mastered for vinyl from the Digital Audio Tape flat master and pressed onto 180g audiophile grade vinyl. Each order includes a free MP3 download of the album that was transferred from vinyl. T-shirt bundles are also available for pre-order.

    The Siket Disc vinyl tracklist

    Side A

    1. My Left Toe
    2. The Name is Slick
    3. What’s the Use?

    Side B

    1. Fish Bass
    2. Quadrophonic Toppling
    3. The Happy Whip and Dung Song
    4. Insects
    5. Title Track
    6. Albert

  • Updated: Tool to Tour with Primus in January

    Tool posted an announcement to their Facebook page last week mentioning that they will be soon announcing U.S. tour dates for January 2016. That post also stated, “Regarding an opening band(s), what I was able to discern through the ever-shifting veil will in all likeliness be exciting to many Tool enthusiasts.”

    tool primus tourThat day is here. Through another post to Facebook, they announced, “Those faint glimpses of TOOL SHOWS that I recently perceived in the scrying mirror can now be considered official. Indeed, something wicked your way comes…THE UNPARALLELED SONIC AND VISUAL EXPERIENCE OF TOOL LIVE.”

    Tool did not specifically announce the openers, but Primus and 3TEETH are listed on the bill at ticketing sites for each show.

    There are no Northeast dates announced yet, but Tool is teasing more dates with, “CHECK BACK SOON FOR MORE INFO…”

    All shows go on sale this Friday, Nov. 20. Tour dates are as follows:

    Saturday, Jan. 9 – Viejas Arena, San Diego, CA – with Primus and 3TEETH
    Wednesday, Jan. 13 – AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX – with Primus and 3TEETH
    Saturday, Jan. 16 – BOK Center, Tulsa, OK – with Primus
    Sunday, Jan. 17 – Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie, TX – with Primus and 3TEETH
    Tuesday, Jan. 19 – Landers Center, Southaven, MS – with Primus and 3TEETH
    Saturday, Jan. 23 – Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN – with Primus and 3TEETH
    Monday, Jan. 25 – Infinite Energy Center, Atlanta, GA – with Primus and 3TEETH
    Tuesday, Jan. 26 – Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, NC – with Primus and 3TEETH

    Update (Nov. 30): Tool has added a second show in San Diego on Sunday, Jan. 10. Tickets for this show are currently on sale. Additionally, four new dates were announced today. The new dates are as follows:

    Thursday, Jan. 14 – Toyota Center, Houston, TX – with Primus and 3TEETH
    Wednesday, Jan. 20 – Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO – with Primus and 3TEETH
    Friday, Jan. 22 – Chaifetz Center, St. Louis, MO – with Primus and 3TEETH
    Sunday, Jan. 31 – Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA – with Primus

    Tickets for these four new dates go on sale on Friday, Dec. 4. Tool has, once again, hinted as even more dates through their Facebook post: “Please continue to check back for times and links and to see if any more shows are ADDED to this list.”

    Update (Dec. 8): Another stop on the Tool tour has been scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 6 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. Billed as “An Evening with Tool,” there will be no supporting acts. Tickets for this special night of music will go on sale on Friday, Dec. 11 at 12 p.m. PST.

  • Punch Brothers to Release ‘The Wireless’ EP

    The Punch Brothers have announced that a five-song EP, The Wireless, will be released on Friday, Nov. 20 on Nonesuch Records.

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    From their announcement on Facebook:

    You may recognize some of these songs from our live shows or from the bonus fourth side of the double vinyl release of The Phosphorescent Blues. Much like Ahoy! with Who’s Feeling Young Now?, we recorded more than we could include on The Phosphorescent Blues so we’re glad to be able to share the rest of these with you all.

    The song “Sleek White Baby” includes lyrics written by the Punch Brothers’ touring companion Gabriel Kahane. It also features a vocal cameo by actor/comedian Ed Helms.

    The Wireless is available for pre-order.

    The Punch Brothers will be on tour in December with several stops planned in New York. They will be at the State Theatre in Ithaca on Dec. 6, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Dec. 10, The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester on Dec. 12 and Bearsville Theater on Dec. 13. Tickets are still available for those shows.

    The Punch Brothers The Wireless track listing is listed below:

    1. In Wonder
    2. The Hops of Guldenberg
    3. Sleek White Baby
    4. No More. Yet
    5. Clementine

  • CashorTrade.org Announces Mobile App and CashorTrade.com Purchase

    Brando and Dusty from CashorTrade.org announced a new Android mobile app and an updated iPhone app through a posting at their website.

    cashortradeThe update includes bug fixes, an updated layout of the inbox and threads, push notifications and a new alert popup to notify the user that notification preferences are turned off. The free apps can be found in Apple’s App Store for iPhones and in Google Play for Android devices by searching “cashortrade.”

    CashorTrade.org is also trying to purchase the CashorTrade.com domain. Many of their users try visiting cashortrade.com instead of cashortrade.org. The domain was priced at $25,000. They have negotiated it down to $5,250, which they are trying to raise through donations. While the site has paid Gold members, the owners wish to use those funds to continue improving the code and service. The new domain will be used to redirect potential users to the correct domain at cashortrade.org.

    New York State Music is one of CashorTrade.org’s partner sites.

  • Updated: Brick By Brick to Release ‘This World, My Enemy’

    Update (Nov. 14): Brick by Brick has released an official music video for “These Streets,” the first single off This World, My Enemy. The video was filmed at The Fuzebox in Albany, capturing the band in live performance mode.

    Original article follows below:

    Albany hardcore metal band Brick By Brick is set to release a full-length album on Friday the 13th of November. This World, My Enemy features a new vocalist, Ray Mazzola of Full Blown Chaos.

    Two tracks from the album have been premiered. “Burden of Life” was recently premiered by Metal Injection yesterday. Guitarist Michael Valente had this to say about the track:

    Burden Of Life is the anthem for every blue collar, working class individual that is always one step forward and 2 steps back. Getting brow beaten on a daily basis fuels the rage, angst, and despair witching ourselves.

    The first track off the album, “These Streets,” was premiered by Exclaim earlier this month.

    They will be playing two shows in support of This World, My Enemy. You can catch them Friday, Nov. 13 at Trickshot Billiards in Clifton Park or Saturday, Nov. 14 at Turn Hall in Adams, Massachusetts.

    This World, My Enemy track listing:

    1. These Streets
    2. In Memory
    3. Burden of Life
    4. No Regrets
    5. Prove You Wrong
    6. Last Breath
    7. Space Truckin’
    8. HateBreedsRage
    9. Final Cry
    10. Brohym

  • Fare Thee Well Setbreak Music to be Released as ‘Interludes for the Dead’

    Those lucky enough to have attended or watched a stream of the Fare Thee Well concerts this summer, celebrating 50 years of the Grateful Dead, will remember the psychedelic jams played during the intermissions. The band behind the music is called Circles Around the Sun, and they have compiled those songs into an album to be released on Rhino as Interludes for the Dead.

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    Neal Casal, lead guitarist and co-songwriter for the Chris Robinson Brotherhood and part-time member of Phil Lesh & Friends, convened a group of musicians as Circles Around the Sun specifically for creation of music for the Fare Thee Well intermissions. The new band composed and recorded the songs over the course of a two-day jam session.

    According to a press release announcing the forthcoming album:

    The project began when Casal was asked by video director Justin Kreutzmann to compose and record more than five hours of original music to be played along with the visuals Kreutzmann was preparing for the Fare Thee Well intermissions. “The idea was to not only show reverence for the past but to ultimately, move it forward. If there’s anything to be learned from the Grateful Dead, it is to dissolve your boundaries, push your limits, and discover your own voice in this world,” explains Casal.

    Circles Around the Sun consists of Casal on guitar, Adam MacDougall (Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Phil Lesh & Friends) on keyboards, Dan Horne (Beachwood Sparks, Jonathan Wilson) on bass and Mark Levy (The Congress) on drums. All the music was written collectively with nothing prepared prior to the band’s formation.

    Interludes for the Dead will be available on Nov. 27. It will be released digitally as well as in a two-CD package. Additionally, a 180-gram vinyl version will be available on the same day in a limited edition of 5,000 as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event.

    Interludes for the Dead track listing:

    Disc One

    1. Hallucinate A Solution
    2. Gilbert’s Groove
    3. Kasey’s Bones
    4. Space Wheel

    Disc Two

    1. Ginger Says
    2. Farewell Franklins
    3. Saturday’s Children
    4. Scarlotta’s Magnolias
    5. Hate And Cane
    6. Mountains Of The Moon

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  • Hearing Aide: Soule Monde ‘Smashed World’

    Soule Monde 'Smashed WorldThe latest from keyboardist Ray Paczkowski and drummer Russ Lawton‘s funk duo Soule Monde is a short, but well worth your time, EP, Smashed World, with five tracks to cover a wide range of funk.

    Smashed World features two live tracks. “Allah Uya” breaks from Soule Monde’s usual drum/organ duo featuring Mihali Savoulidis (Twiddle) on guitar. The song starts out with a light, bouncy feel that gradually gets heavier as the three play it out. “Tango,” the other live track, starts out very organ heavy, reminiscent of Garth Hudson’s organ work with The Band. It then moves into a steady groove with an Eastern European feel to it.

    The three studio tracks couldn’t be more different from each other. “Influence” is a jazzy number that features some great interplay between Paczkowski and Lawton with both taking the lead at various points. “Must Be Nice” starts out with a slow funk tempo that gradually evolves into a dirty, danceable groove, keeping that slow funk. Finally, their funky cover of ZZ Top’s “La Grange” closes out the EP.

    The theme behind Smashed World, as with much of Soule Monde’s work, is funk and more funk. The close relationship between Paczkowski and Lawton is evident throughout. They are masters at listening to each other and then building off the other’s work. Paczkowski’s organ fills out the sound, giving the songs a full band feel, while Lawton’s drumming is not simply there to keep the rhythm. Fans of funk and jazz would enjoy this EP.

    Paczkowski and Lawton are currently on tour with the Trey Anastasio Band. Soule Monde will be opening for Twiddle on New Year’s Eve at Higher Ground in South Burlington, Vermont. Tickets are still available.

    Key Tracks: Must Be Nice, Tango, La Grange

    Find Soule Monde on Facebook.

  • Hearing Aide: ALO ‘Tangle Of Time’

    tot_featureIt has been three years since ALO last released an album. During that time, the band kept busy working on side projects and sit-ins with other artists. The result of that break is Tangle Of Time, their latest album, which was influenced by those side projects and other musical endeavors.

    While Tangle Of Time starts out in a familiar manner, long-time fans of the band might notice a different feel to much of this album. “There Was a Time” starts the album off in a fun, laid back manner. A pair of songs, “Not Old Yet” and “Keep On,” seem to be influenced by Phish bassist Mike Gordon’s solo work. Fans of ALO’s 2002 album Time Expander will enjoy the dancy groove of “The Ticket.” “Simple Times,” a ballad about spending time with loved ones, and “Strange Days,” a folksy number to close out the album, both draw from a country and folk influence. Lyrically, many of the songs on this album speak of various aspects of time, such as reflecting on the past (“A Fire I Kept”) or looking forward to the future (“The Ticket”).

    There are a couple low points, but Tangle Of Time is, overall, a fun album. The band is keeping their music fresh by drawing from new influences. Fans will notice the influences of folk, jazz, country, cajun and electronica on this album. It’s always refreshing to see bands and artists change up the styles of music on display in their repertoire. Tangle Of Time is just that.

    ALO is currently on tour. Tickets are still available for many of their shows.

    Key Tracks: The Ticket, Simple Times, Sugar

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