NYS Music 20​19

Category: The Northeast

  • Experimental Rock Ensemble Thank You Scientist Announces National Tour with Bookending NY Gigs

    Earlier this summer, the experimental 7-piece rock ensemble Thank You Scientist released their critically acclaimed third studio effort, Terraformer, which debuted at Number 8 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Fans of the New Jersey group will have plenty of chances to catch them this fall as they embark on their first full-fledged national headlining tour, with the tour kicking off (Rochester, November 7) and ending (NYC, December 14) in the Empire State. 

    “We are unreasonably excited to announce our first full-fledged US tour for our latest release–the inconveniently long, yet suspiciously charming Terraformer,” shared TYS bandleader and guitarist Tom Monda. “An unexpected byproduct of our years of sloggin’ it out is the incredible network of friends we’ve made across the country, friends whose support make it possible for us to keep creating, even under occasionally dire circumstances, and can’t wait to visit all of you across the country this winter.”

    Thank You Scientist

    “We promise these shows will be an incredible celebration for us and the fellow weirdos we’ve met on this strange journey,” continued Monda. “To make this event even more ‘extra special-er,’ we’re bringing along some of our dearest friends in the biz:  Bent Knee and The Tea Club.” 

    Bent Knee joined Thank You Scientist for their Northeast run earlier this year. As Monda explains, “The Tea Club is a band I have loved and admired for years, so much so that I coerced them to join us on our first ever US tour many years ago! Their lineup has since expanded to include my brother on drums, making this tour figuratively and literally a family event. Don’t sleep on this or you’re grounded.” 

    Since the release of Terraformer, Thank You Scientist has spent the summer touring throughout the United Kingdom and recently recorded a live EP, Live At Backroom Studios, featuring three additional string players and complete video footage of live performances for “Son of a Serpent” and “Anchor.”

    Thank You Scientist Fall Tour Dates

    11/7 – Rochester, NY – Montage Music Hall
    11/8 – Akron, OH – Musica
    11/9 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Pyramid Scheme
    11/10 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
    11/12 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
    11/14 – St. Louis, MO – Firebird
    11/15 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
    11/16 – Denver, CO – Globe Hall
    11/17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
    11/19 – Seattle, WA – Columbia City Theater
    11/20 – Vancouver, BC – The Rickshaw Theatre
    11/21 – Portland, OR – Dante’s
    11/22 – Sacramento, CA – Holy Diver
    11/23 – San Jose, CA – The Ritz, San Jose
    11/24 – Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theater
    11/25 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
    11/27 – Scottsdale, AZ – Pub Rock Live
    11/29 – Austin, TX – Empire Control Room & Garage
    11/30 – Dallas, TX – Three Links
    12/1 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
    12/3 – Atlanta, GA – Purgatory at The Masquerade
    12/4 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar
    12/6 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
    12/7 – Richmond, VA – Canal Club
    12/8 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
    12/10 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Music Hall
    12/11 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
    12/12 – Fairfield, CT – StageOne
    12/13 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes
    12/14 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge

  • Strange Machines and One Time Weekend Play The Acoustic

    Strange Machines made their awaited return to Bridgeport on Friday and they brought their captivating live performance back to The Acoustic with the help of One Time Weekend and, to the crowd’s approval, things got STRANGE.

    The young Connecticut talent One Time Weekend started off the night and their high energy set got people dancing early. They formed in 2016 and released their debut album Weekend at the Circus in January. You can check it out on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and Amazon Music. These guys can play and it won’t be the last time you hear their name.

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    One Time Weekend at the Acoustic – Photo: Chris Sidoruk

    Strange Machines, from Boston, who needs no introduction, is always a treat to have in Connecticut and catch live. Their dynamic performance of musical fusion had the whole room moving from start to finish and, much to the delight of local fans, they will be back in the state on December 21. The band will lend a hand alongside The New Motif for Kung Fu’s annual Toy’s for Tots at Toad’s Place.

    The Strange train keeps rolling this November with the following shows:

    11.14 Syracuse, NY – Funk N Waffles
    11.15 Saratoga Springs, NY – Putnam Place w/ Kung Fu
     11.16 West Chester, PA – Sprout Music Collective
    11.27 Manchester, NH – Jewel
    12.10 Chicago, IL – Bourbon on Division
    12.11 Columbus, OH – Woodlands Tavern
    12.12 Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Music Hall
    12.13 Buffalo, NY – Iron Works w/ Consider The Source
    12.14 Rochester, NY – Flour City Station

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    Strange Machines at the Acoustic – Photo: Chris Sidoruk
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    One Time Weekend at the Acoustic – Photo: Chris Sidoruk
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    One Time Weekend at the Acoustic – Photo: Chris Sidoruk
    One Time Weekend at the Acoustic – Photo: Chris Sidoruk
    One Time Weekend at the Acoustic – Photo: Chris Sidoruk
    Strange Machines at the Acoustic – Photo: Chris Sidoruk
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    Strange Machines at the Acoustic – Photo: Chris Sidoruk
    Strange Machines at the Acoustic – Photo: Chris Sidoruk

     

  • Supergroup Childsplay Fiddles with One Final Tour

    After 32 years Childsplay, comprised with some of the world’s best fiddle players, announced they would be going on tour for the last time. The short six-stop-tour across the Northeast starts in November and will include a performance at Symphony Space  in New York City on November 22. Once again, famous fiddler and fiddle maker, Bob Childs, will lead this group as their time together comes to a close. Other members of the group range include Irish and Scottish fiddle champions to performers from the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

    It is hard to believe from that first show in 1986 that this day would come, but we have arrived at the final tour of the band. We’ve performed throughout the United States and Europe showcasing different styles of fiddle music. Through all of this, we have experienced so much pleasure and joy performing in front of some of the greatest audiences. This last tour gives us one more chance to savor and enjoy the magic that happens between our audience and the band.

    Bob Childs, Childsplay Frontman

    Special guests Sheila Falls, National Scottish Fiddle champions Hanneke Cassel and Katie McNally, Boston Symphony Violinist Bonnie Bewick and the talented Virginia fiddler Steve Hickman will be joining the group as they play music selected from their seven albums. Along with exceptional fiddle playing, one can expect original dances by by Molly Gawler, formerly of Pilobolus, Kevin Doyle contributing step-dancing routines. Irish folk singer Karan Casey will also be on the tour, all contributing to what will a series of extra special concerts.

    Childsplay

    The group formed over 30 years ago with only one common denominator, they all played instruments made by Childs. Thus Childsplay was formed. A majority of the music that Childsplay performs is written and arranged by the group with the intention to cover as many fiddle traditions as possible, from Irish to Celtic to the classics and more modern sounds.  

    Tickets for the concerts are on sale now at www.childsplay.org.

    Childsplay Tour Dates

     Nov. 14 – Stockbridge Theatre – Derry, NH

    Nov. 16 – State Theatre – Portland, ME

    Nov. 17 – Latchis Theatre – Brattleboro, VT

    Nov. 21 – Monomoy Regional High School – Harwich, MA

    Nov. 22 – Symphony Space – New York, NY

    Nov. 24 – Sanders Theatre – Cambridge, MA (two shows)

  • Phish to perform intimate show at The Met for SiriusXM listeners

    Phish will perform an exclusive concert for listeners of their SiriusXM channel, Phish Radio, on Tuesday, December 3 at The Met in Philadelphia, PA.

    SiriusXM subscribers will have a number of opportunities to win a pair of tickets to this show, including on-air on Phish Radio, online at SiriusXM.com/Phish (see official rules for complete details), via e-mail invitation sent to qualified subscribers who have opted in to receiving email from SiriusXM and who have registered their music interests at SiriusXM.com/perks.

    The Met show marks the smallest venue Phish has played in nearly 20 years and will be broadcast live on Phish Radio.

  • Hayley Jane and Ryan Montbleau Project ‘Yes Darling’ Making Theatrical Debut

    The masterminds behind Yes Darling, songwriters Ryan Montbleau and Hayley Jane, have just announced that they will be taking their debut album to the theatrical stage on Dec. 7 at The Double E in Essex, VT. This announcement comes just one week after their first music video for “Call Your Mother.” Using exaggerated humor, this playful duo brings to stage the reality of what many couples experience in finding harmony in a relationship.  

    “I do think Hayley and I have a pretty special chemistry together,” shares Montbleau. Of the upcoming performance, Jane elaborates, “We try to pull on every string of the heart. Not just the loving, romantic ones. Our show usually starts meaningful discussions. We take you down with us then we make you laugh. It’s real and raw.”

    Attendees can expect to hear Yes Darling in its entirety with Montbleau and Jane being accompanied by a full band. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through Eventbrite.

    Jane is headlining the inaugural Harvestfest: Tribute to Mother Earth with special guest Rob Compa of Dopapod on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Woods Valley Ski Area in Central New York.

  • Premiere: Juniper Lays down their foundation with “Concrete Ocean”

    Boston’s Juniper today premiere their latest single “Concrete Ocean,” a song that tackles a theme of ‘aloneness,’ inspired by bassist Scott Johnson’s transfer to Boston University. The constant sensation of being surrounded by thousands of young adults his age, Johnson was still feeling isolated due to a lack of new friends and connections.

    Johnson wrote “Concrete Ocean,” with band members Cam Ayer (lead vocals), Ahren Shreeve (guitar), Alejandro Marin (drums, vocals) and Sebastian Themelis (keys, vocals) aiding in the process throughout, making the track a full team effort in various arrangement aspects. 

    “The line “Who the fuck talks to me anymore?” in the third verse highlights that even though I would engage in conversation, it wouldn’t be about how I was feeling, or of any profound nature—merely day to day topics.”

    “I look down on, the concrete ocean, with no notion, of where I’m going” refers to constantly looking out of my dorm window at the vast city and feeling overwhelmed as to whether I made the right decision to transfer, and further questioning what I was to do/what I want to do with my life now being in a completely new environment, and the calamity of both of those coming together. Feeling like I was drowning, “may it be in loneliness” identifies that this perpetual superficiality of my reality and the loneliness I felt was suffocating.

    The end of the track and how it repeats the first two lines was meant to allude to the cyclical nature of my experience in transferring, and how others deal with similar issues, and how it may not be my last time having to undergo a similar experience.

    A five piece band who began performing in the Spring of 2017, quickly garnered a small but strong fan base and that summer embarked on their first recording project. A 5 song EP was released in September of 2017, and the group have performed in Brooklyn, Burlington, and various venues around Boston MA in the past two years.

    Since formation, Juniper have crafted their sound, which takes on a unique and eclectic energy, while maintaining a strong fluidity and purpose. Juniper derives their influence from the notion that what they have to say matters, that what everybody has to say matters. One’s voice and identity and what they experience transcends time and space, and connecting with people on that level through the medium of music is what Juniper values most.

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  • Syracuse’s Trench Announce Fall Tour

    Syracuse shoe-gazers Trench has announced a series of November dates that sees the band hitting up venues throughout the Northeast. The tour kicks off in the band’s hometown at the legendary Lost Horizon on Nov. 9.

    Joining Trench at the Lost Horizon show are Rochester’s The Joke’s on Us, Boston’s reprieve., and Syracuse’s Buggin’ Out and The Same Page. Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. show are available now through Ticketweb. Advanced sale tickets are $10. Tickets the day of the show are $12.

    Trench formed in 2015 when Chris Reilly (guitar/vocals) and Roberto Becerra (bass) got together. They were soon joined by Ron Ballweber (guitar) and Dan Sanborn (drums) to round out the band. They released their debut EP Sun Soaked on Flesh and Bone Records in 2016 and followed it up touring with Nothing, Thrice, Basement, and Silversun Pickups.

    Their second release, 2018’s genre-spanning Ritual Love has the band visiting spaces that include post-rock, shoegaze, post-hardcore and dream pop. Speaking about the album, Reilly states, “The most important thing when writing music is to be honest and genuine, and I think we accomplished that both musically and lyrically on this record.” Ballweber adds, “We never write a song and say that isn’t ‘us.’ When you write honestly and without a conscious influence or direction then everything you create is sincere.”

    Trench is part of a growing Syracuse alternative scene that includes artists such as Mattydale Music Collective, Late Earth, Lucky33, Atkins Riot, Major Player, Lily Grave and Outside Voices. Reilly, speaking to Rochester alternative culture magazine Floated recently said of the scene, “I feel like the community is stronger than it’s been in a long time…It doesn’t feel like a competition. Everyone’s moreso contributing in building a community.”

    Trench Fall Tour Dates:

    Nov. 9 – The Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY

    Nov. 12 – Monkey House – Winooski, VT

    Nov. 13 – Jewel – Manchester, NH

    Nov. 14 – Muchmores – Brooklyn, NY

    Nov. 15 – Massapequa VFW – Massapequa, NY

    Nov. 16 – Flemington DIY – Flemington, NJ

    Nov. 17 – Cult Classic Brewing – Stevensville, MD

  • Goose releases “Butter Rum” single, kick off Fall Tour in Albany on Friday

    Goose has let loose their third studio single of 2019, “Butter Rum,” ahead of the start of their Fall Tour which kicks off in Albany on Friday, October 18. The track is the band’s third consecutive song mastered by Grammy award winner Emily Lazar (Beck, Vampire Weekend).

    “Butter Rum” is a playful tale of holiday romance heartbreak. The song’s lively tropical momentum will carry you through butterflies, barbeques, and blue Hawaiians as a boy and a girl wander aimlessly hand-in-hand for days. The couple weave through sweat-soaked night clubs and piercing 6 AM sunshine until the vacation ends he’s left with “nothing but the rum.” Grab a drink and prepare to have your heart broken by the sweetheart you were never meant to have.

    As their fall tour kicks off, Goose has four sell out shows and surely more to follow given the buzz they’ve been gaining over the year. A stellar Peach Festival set is just one of the highlights of this Norwalk, CT based indie-groove outfit. At the tour opener in Albany at Parish Public House, Eggy will open the night, with music starting right at 9pm, followed by two sets of Goose.

    The rest of the 20+ date tour carries Goose to NYC on Halloween, Buffalo in mid November then out to with a year end show at Goosemas, the band’s annual holiday extravaganza, held at the Wall Street Theater in Norwalk.

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    Fall 2019 Tour Dates

    OCT 18 – Albany, NY, Parish Public House Sold Out

    OCT 19 – Cambridge, MA, Sonia Sold Out

    OCT 25 – Wilkes-Barre, PA, River Street Jazz Cafe

    OCT 31 – New York, NY, Mercury Lounge Sold Out

    NOV 02 – New Haven, CT, College Street

    NOV 07 – Harrisburg, PA, Club XL

    NOV 08 – Washington, DC, 9:30 Club

    NOV 10 – Richmond, VA, The Camel

    NOV 14 – Pittsburgh, PA, Roxian Theatre

    NOV 15 – Columbus, OH, The Summit

    NOV 16 – Buffalo, NY, Nietzche’s Sold Out

    DEC 05 – Fort Collins, CO, Aggie Theatre

    DEC 06 – Denver, CO, Cervantes Other Side

    DEC 07 – Steamboat Springs, CO, Old Town Pub

    DEC 08 – Steamboat Springs, CO, Old Town Pub

    DEC 11 – St. Louis, MO, The Bootleg

    DEC 12 – Chicago, IL, Lincoln Hall

    DEC 13 – Cincinnati, OH, Top Cats

    DEC 14 – Indianapolis, IN, The Mousetrap

    DEC 21 – Goosemas VI – South Norwalk, CT, Wall Street Theatre

  • Dopapod adds Cycles, Organ Freeman and more to Emit Time Tour

    Following their return to the music festival circuit this summer, Dopapod has announced additional dates on the Emit Time Tour, which kicked off in Denver at the Ogden Theatre, October 4-5.

    The tour picks up in Philadelphia just before Thanksgiving, then makes stops in the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast before heading to the West Coast. Dopapod is making the rounds late this fall, bringing with them impressive support acts, with Organ Freeman and Cycles joining already announced bands Ghost-Note, Jojo Mayer / NERVE, paris_monster, and DOMi & JD Beck.

    Dopapod Emit Time Tour dates

    Nov. 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts*
    Dec. 6 – Chicago, IL -Bottom Lounge^
    Dec. 7 – Covington, KY – Madison Theatre^
    Dec. 13 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club#
    Dec. 14 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club#
    Dec. 27 – Asheville, NC – Salvage Station&
    Dec. 28 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse&
    Jan. 17 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent@
    Jan. 18 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom@
    Jan. 24 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom%
    Jan. 25 – Seattle, WA – Nectar Lounge%

    * with Domi & JD Beck
    ^ with Paris_Monster
    % with JoJo Mayer/Nerve
    & with Ghost-Note
    @ with Organ Freeman
    % with Cycles

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  • Watch “Loose Lucy” and “Uncle John’s Band” from Grateful Dead Giants Stadium Box Set

    “The Swamp,” as Giants Stadium was affectionately known, hosted Grateful Dead shows in 1987, 1989 and 1991. In 1987, the band saw their hit “Touch of Grey” reach the Top 10 and the band’s stadium rock years hitting their peak. The latest box set from the godfather of jam bands, GIANTS STADIUM: 1987, 1989, 1991 features five previously unreleased Grateful Dead shows from Big Blue’s home in East Rutherford, NJ: July 12, 1987; July 9 and 10, 1989; and June 16 and 17, 1991.

    Originally recorded by John Cutler, each show has been mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. The first three shows are mixed from 24-track masters. The final two from 1991 are the only Grateful Dead shows ever recorded to 48-track masters.

    This release is limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies and available via Dead.net. Find more details on the Giants Stadium box set here.

    Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager David Lemiuex says of the “Loose Lucy” from the June 17, 1991 show, “Gone from the repertoire for 16 years, 1974-1990, when it made its return at the Capital Center on 3/14/90, it was in its slower 1973 arrangement, and was incredibly well-received, with one of the most inadvertently self-referential choruses in the Dead’s canon. Were they thanking us for a real good time? Were we thanking them? Regardless, it was a blast to sing along with Jerry when he was clearly having fun singing this classic.”

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