A couple years ago, Abe Taber created a comp of the various bands in the region who help define the sounds of our times. Warble on over to download Friends.
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The Sssssound of Mill City
2nd Annual New England Music Awards pre-party
119 Gallery
Lowell MA
The main event was hosted at UnchARTed, but 119 stepped up to showcase other New England performers; Empty Phrases (Ben Raymon, Evan Walters, Andrew Denni, and Justin Cole), Inspector 34 (Jimm Warren), and Birdorgan.
I was upstairs, and when I recognized Marc’s Gretsch, I ran down to complete my set up during their warm up. I recently switched my gear from the heavy wood box to a svelt Samsonite suitcase courtesy of Eric Sack and Felicia Sullivan.
2K Joe Brown is proud to say that his recently acquired recorder did a surprisingly nice job capturing the set, despite the inherent echo of the space and the obscene volumes attained.
Feastus at Chailey House
@ Chailey Estate, Newburyport MA. Photo by Jeff Brussel
It started as a plan for a feast. And then Big Plastic Finger asked if they could play. And of course, everyone else wanted to play, because it’s the Mansion. And because I was holding a clipboard, I became the Person Who Knows The Lineup. So, we all enjoyed Greg‘s food, BPL, Valerie Kuehne and friends whose names escape me, and me with Marc Bisson and Kit Demos. Thankfully Jeff Brussel was there with a nice little camera and his huge skill.
Rawk Scronk & Mahem
119 Gallery
Big Plastic Finger: [Brooklyn NY]
Bonnie Kane – saxophone, flute, electronics
Brian McCorkle – bass, vocals, electronics
Scott Prato – electric guitar, electronics
Mark McClemens – drums
http://bigplasticfinger.bandcamp.com/
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Guerilla Toss: [Bahstahn]
Kassie Carlson – vocals
Arian Shafiee – guitar
Ian Kovac – synthesizer
Simon Hanes – bass
Peter Negroponte – drums, triggered electronics
http://guerillatoss.com/
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Big Mess: [Lowell]
Nicholas Wiedeman – guitar
Olivia Close – bass
Nicholas Egersheim – drums
http://bigmessma.bandcamp.com/
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Los Condenados [Infierno]
Andrea Pensado – laptop, vocals
Jules Vasylenko – bamboozle, saxobone
Walter Wright – electroneeks
“The best effing band in the whole effing world!” ~ ARKM Foam & Mark Johnson, Bang! Bros
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBWufAzQqTI
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BiRdOrGaN: [Manchester, Lowell]
Marc Bisson – guitar
deiX – voice, electronics
Michael F Dailey Jr – voice, drums, general mayhem
Mike Funaiole – analog synth
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Secret Admirer: [dropins]
Valerie Kuehne – cello
Esther Neff – performance
Phog Masheen @ 119
Photo of Phog Masheeen by OCNoise
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St., Lowell MA
Phog Masheeen (Mark Soden and Bill Almas from Costa Mesa, California) use home-brew instruments, common objects, live-mix video, and extended techniques involving dry ice to create a sonic environment that is part Jules Verne submersible, part unbalanced washing machine on the spin cycle. That’s right – dry ice. AND the heating element from an E-Z Bake Oven.
http://phogmasheeen.blogspot.com/
BiRdOrGaN features Dei Xhrist (voice), Marc Bisson (guitar), Mike Funaiole (analog synth), Michael Dailey (voice, drums, general mayhem) with live video projection by Gregory Kowalski.
Sponsored by Lunar Plexus
Vanessa Lefabvre was kind enough to record; five will get you ten that it will be on the 2013 Birdorgan CD.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Connecting Lowell and New Orleans with poetry
The Worthen Attic
141 Worthen Street, Lowell, MA 01852
For more information contact: Michael Hoerman The Temp Series Project tempseries@gmail.com
A Streetcar Named Desire brings the French Quarter to Lowell on March 7, connecting Lowell and New Orleans with poetry. A showcase of Merrimack Valley and Mississippi Delta poets, this exciting event also features local musicians and artists. Join us for the launch of an exciting new collaboration between Lowell and New Orleans, one that is soon sure to make a ride on Desire from Lowell to New Orleans possible for local writers and artists.
X-Fest 2013
The region’s biggest and most challenging showcase of local talent, X-Fest draws on the network of musicians who have graced 119 Gallery. They are thrown willy-nilly in to impromptu trios and quartets, preferably in first time combinations, to challenge their ability to improvise and adapt. This is on top of whatever equipment and wardrobe failures that are inherent at any festival. While the event is free (this year, the gallery received a grant to help things along), some performers travel from several states away to couch surf and sell/trade their wares, and food is donated by local performers and friends. Help out by being here, opening your ears, and throwing some money around.
Cancellations and swaps are not listed here.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St, Lowell MA
- 8:00pm Lou Cohen – laptop, Abdul Hamid Sherzai – electronics; Chris Welcome – guitar; Matt Weston – drums
- 8:30pm Mark Johnson – electronics; Dirk Adams – voice, electronics; Chester Hawkins – electronics; Dave Grollman – snare drum
- 9:00pm Mike Funaiole – analog synth; Forbes Graham – trumpet; Nikola Ragusa – flute; Dave Scanlon – guitar; Luther Gray- drums
- 9:30pm Jill Burton – voice; Co – laptop; Andy Allen – sax; Tom Hall – sax; Mitch Ahern – homebrew instruments
- 10:00pm Joey Molinaro – violin; Ras Moshe – sax, flute; Kevin Frenette – guitar; Ryan Baker – toys; Evan Lipson – upright bass
- 10:30pm Dustin Carlson – guitar; James Ham – synthesizer; Shayna Dulberger – upright bass, electronics; Jane Boxall-Allen – drums
- 11:00pm Stephanie Lak – voice, electronics; Emilie Mouchous – electronics; Olivia Close – bass; fleisenberg – drums
- 11:30pm Tom Hamilton – electronics; Erik Brown – electronics; Marc Bisson – guitar; Rick Breault – laptop; Bob Hubbard – drums
- 12:00am Bonnie Kane – sax, flute; Jesse Collins – trumpet; Lou Bunk – styrofoamophone; Valerie Kuehne – cello; Michael F Dailey Jr – drums
- 12:30am ARKM Foam – himself; Amelie Brodeur – flute; Jimmy Hughes – analog synth; Joe Brown – bass; Dave Miller – drums
Movement by Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Joe Burgio and Andrew Duncan. Live video projection by Katherine Liberovskya, Gregory Kowalski and Emile Tobenfeld. Between sets DJs DA and Robo Rob.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23
UnchARTed, 66 Merrimack St., Lowell MA: noon to 5pm
- 12:00pm Brunch, provided with help from The Sock Hop.
- 1:30pm Fluxus Performance: Id m Theftable, Crank Sturgeon
- 2:00pm Local Poets: Mira Allen, Peter Eliopolis, Michael Hoerman, and Dave Robinson with Rick Breault – laptop; Stephanie Lak – voice, electronics; Walter Wright – drums + Joe Burgio, Paul Kafka-Gibbons and Gordon Marshall with Joshua Jefferson – saxes; fleisenberg – drums
- 3:00pm Visiting Poets: Steve Dalichinsky with Ras Moshe – flute, sax; Dustin Carlson – guitar; Evan Lipson- upright bass; Bob Hubbard – drums + Yuko Otomo with Shayna Dulberger – upright bass
- 4:00pm Apocalypso: Joe Burgio – movement; Shayna Dulberger – upright bass, electronics; Chris Welcome – guitar; Walter Wright – electronics
- 4:30pm Jack Wright Group: Jack Wright – sax; Ron Stabinsky – piano; Ben Wright – upright bass; Johnny McLellan – drums
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St, Lowell MA
- 6:00pm Doors open at 119 Gallery
- 8:00pm Emilie Mouchous – electronics; Jed Speare – laptop; Ellen Band – laptop; Dave Miller – drums
- 8:30pm Co – laptop; Kate Lee – guitar; Shayna Dulberger – upright bass, electronics; Setheyny Loueb-Pen – drums
- 9:00pm Jill Burton – voice; Andrew Neumann – laptop; Keiichi Hashimoto – trumpet; Steve Norton – reeds; Dave Grollman – snare drum
- 9:30pm Chester Hawkins – electronics; open slot; Andrea Pensado – laptop; Peter Negroponte – drums
- 10:00pm Bonnie Kane – sax, flute; Angela Sawyer – voice, objects; Dave Seidel – electronics; Evan Lipson – upright bass; Matt Weston drums
- 10:30pm Ras Moshe – sax, flute; Nikola Ragusa – flute; Matt Samolis – flute; Abram Taber – bass; open slot
- 11:00pm Valerie Kuehne – voice, cello; Stephanie Lak – voice, electronics; Dei Xhrist – voice electronics; Crank Sturgeon – himself; Heather Noeker – whatever is appropriate
- 11:30pm Todd Brunel – clarinet; Joshua Jefferson – saxes; Dustin Carlson – guitar; Christos Koulendos – electronics; Jeffu Warmouth – drums
- 12:00am Amelie Brodeur – flute; Junko Fujiwara – cello; Joey Molinaro – violin; Jingjing Zhou – piano; Zach Root – bass guitar; Anthony Richards – drums
- 12:30am Id m Theftable – himself; Dave Scanlon – guitar; Chris Welcome – guitar; Eric Stewart – guitar; Bob Hubbard – drums
Movement by Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Joe Burgio and Paul Kafka-Gibbons. Live video projection by Katherine Liberovskya, HEXbeam and Gregory Kowalski. Between sets DJs DA and Robo Rob.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24
LTC (Lowell Telecommunications Corp), 246 Market St, Lowell MA
Our extended family of New England noise makers.
- 12:00pm Brunch
- 2:00pm BiRdOrGaN: Marc Bisson – guitar; dei xhrist – vocals, electronics; Mike Funaiole – analog synth; Gregory Kowalski – live video; Michael F Dailey Jr – drums (oo look, a viddy care of Studio @!)
- 2:45pm Steamfunk: Junko Fujiwara – cello; Stephanie Lak – voice, electronics; Andrea Pensado – voice, laptop; Angela Sawyer – voice, objects
- 3:30pm Conjoined Twins + 1: Crank Sturgeon joined with Id m Theftable + Steve Norton – reeds, toy piano, electronics, percussion and celesta
- 4:15pm O-AM: ARKM Foam – himself; Stephanie Lak – voice, electronics; Walter Wright – electronics, drums
- 5:00pm Guerilla Toss: Kassie Carlson – vocals; Ian Kovac – synthesizer; Peter Negroponte – electronic drum kit; Simon Hanes – bass; Arian Shafiee – guitar
de Dionyso + Chait Emmons + 2Lous + Dim Sum + Grau Garten
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St. Lowell MA
Doors @ 7, $5+ donation greatly appreciated
Arrington de Dionyso [Olympia WA] – solo bass clarinet
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Chait Emmons Duo: [Oberlin OH]
Ross Wallace Chait – percussion, guitar, loops objects
Myles Emmons – upright bass, electronics
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2Lous: [Boston MA]
Lou Bunk – styrophomophone
Lou Cohen – surroundsound laptop (channels four)
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Dim Sum Cocktail Jazz: [Boston]
Morgan Evans-Weiler – keyboard or violin
Jesse Collins – trumpet
Keiichi Hashimoto – trumpet
fleisenberg – percussion
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Grau Garten: [Manchester NH, MA]
Marc Bisson – guitar
Dei Xhrist – voice, electronics
Gregory Kowalski – video, voice processing
Steve Norton – reeds, electronics, toy piano
Walter Wright – electronics, toy drums
Nude Ears Heave
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St Lowell MA
Monday, Dec 31, 2012
Crank Sturgeon presents a panoply of tomfoolery.
Id m Theft Able + Andrew Eisenberg + Dirk + Wei Zongle + BiRdOrGaN complete with the GiBlEtS + Bats from Pogo [Andrea Pensado + Walter Wright]
(Walter Wright, Mike Fun, Mike Dailey Jr, Dei Xhrist taped by Rat Bastard)
After Midnight bike ride, weather and sobriety permitting
DJ DA aka Dan Adam and VJ Gregory Kowalski
Scene from 12/31/11, when everyone joined the Crank Sturgeon backup band:
