April 8th, 8pm:
Family Portrait (http://www.myspace.com/officialfamilyportrait)
Truman Peyote (http://www.myspace.com/trumanpeyotemusic)
The Idols (http://www.myspace.com/andyflop)
Last minute addition: Baby Brainwaves (http://www.myspace.com/babybrainwaves)
+ Andre Obin (http://www.myspace.com/andreobin) DJiing shoegaze and beyond.
8pm doors, $5 suggested donation. byob.
in collaboration with our friends at HMS Putnam: http://undressmerobot.com/hmsputnam/
http://www.myspace.com/pyramidmerchandise
Steve Gunn’s prodigous talent for fusing traditional american song structures with a raga influence is almost criminally unheralded. Gunn’s songcraft is so strong and his playing style so effortlessly beautiful that folks should be shouting his name from every tall building and mountaintop. Without any doubt… [His latest album] Boerum Palace is a staggering accomplishment and is certainly Gunn’s most assured and confident work to date.
Native Philadelphian Gunn has been a stalwart of the american experimental scene for closing in on a decade. He is known by many for his contributions as one half of the core duo behind GHQ (with Marcia Bassett) as well as for his many other affiliations with underground luminaries such as Tom Carter, the Magik Markers and Marc Orleans. Gunn has slowly cultivated his own solo work alongside his other obligations and involvements. after a few early CDR and cassette releases under the moniker “moongang,” Gunn gravitated towards performing and releasing music in his own name, culminating in the exceptional Sundowner (Digitalis Industries, 2008). Sundowner was, to that point, the most potent burst of Gunn’s songwriting abilities and remarkable playing abilities.
John and Steve have played together over a span of years in various formations and projects. This duo strips it all down and pays homage to some of the masters from generations before. Steve’s improvisational mix of blues-raga guitar and John’s fluid style drumming melds together, rolling out the door towards the stratosphere.
High aura’d
http://www.myspace.com/highaurad
outer rings of Boston bring lull and twang
Baba Yaga
http://www.myspace.com/thisisbabayaga
major stars and dimming constellations, humming
A niveus lux lucis/End of an Empire Production
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 9:00pm
$7 suggested donation
March 9, 2010. 8pm.
STRESS APE:
OAKLAND DEATH
ISA CHRIST:
BROOKLYN NOISE
ROTTEN APPLES:
BOSTON FREAK SHOW FREAK OUT
REDFOXXXXXXXXX:
DJING LIKE <3THROB IN HELL
Come to Spectacle for an intimate show with:
UK folk legend Michael Chapman
Guitar great Glenn Jones
Rising local phenoms Quilt
Michael Chapman:
http://michaelchapman.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/fullyqualifiedsurvivor
Glenn Jones:
http://www.myspace.com/glennjonesguitar
Quilt:
http://www.myspace.com/quilt
Boston Premier Screening! Live set by Glenn Jones.
Tuesday, November 24 at 8pm
End of an Empire Presents:
Sandy Bull: No Deposit, No Return Blues
by KC Bull (director in attendance)
Plus: Glenn Jones (solo acoustic set)
Spectacle
17 Edinboro Street #3
Chinatown, Boston
$5-$10 requested donation
http://spectacle.nu/
“On recess from her job as a primary school teacher in Oakland, California, KC Bull has recently been touring with her illuminating documentary No Deposit, No Return Blues, a sensitively assembled homage to her father, the pioneering psychedelic folk musician, Sandy Bull. Active from 1950 until his death in 2001, Bull’s legendary performances, blending elements of American folk with jazz, classical, Indian and Arabic-influenced modes, and later rock n’ roll, made him a cult hero to a generation of musicians and artists, many of who, including the likes of “clown activist” Wavy Gravy and Nubian musician Hamza El Din, are seen here paying their respects.
Bull’s eclectic borrowings transcended conventional ideas of what an instrument could, or indeed should, sound like – no one had ever thought of playing a scenic cantata on a five string banjo (Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana”) before, much less a bossa nova on an electric oud (Luis Bonfa’s “Manha De Carnaval”). And while the film depicts his early career, zooming around with Hunter S. Thompson, as maybe a little regretful (despite a clutch of classic albums released on Vanguard, including Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo and Inventions), it’s also clear that Bull’s peripheral position offered him space to gestate and experiment.” – Dazed & Confused Magazine
Links:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=55836839
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bull
http://www.myspace.com/404819447
http://digital.othermusic.com/wp/index.php?tag=k.c.-bull
