|
Musica
Elettronica Viva
West
Hall Auditorium, RPI, Thursday
EMPAC and iEar have joined forces to present an evening of
electronic music pioneers on the (where else?) campus of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, the cutting-edge music-and-arts capital
of the Capital Region. The featured band will be Musica Elettronica
Viva, aka MEV, a group who have come together “intermittently
through the years” to deliver their own “peculiar style of
live acoustic/electronic improvisation” (They said it; we
didn’t.) The three original members—Alvin Curran (piano, sampler),
Frederic Rzewski (piano) and Richard Teitelbaum (electronic
keyboards)—have worked together since 1966, when were involved
in assorted European musical uprisings and carried the banner
for experimental, “free” jazz. And yes, the name is Italian.
(March 30, 7:30 PM, $5, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, 276-4829)
Cordero
College
of St. Rose, Saturday
Cordero, self-described as “bilingual indie New York dance
rock,” first were formed in Tucson, Ariz., in early 1999 by
frontwoman Ani Cordero, who borrowed members of Calexico and
Giant Sand for the outfit. Cordero are now based in New York
City, and they have released three successful albums on Indigo
Girl Amy Ray’s label, Daemon Records. (The group’s most recent
album, En Este Momento, however, was released on Bloodshot
Records.) The New York Times has described Cordero’s
music as giving “urban brashness some borderline mystery.”
Check them out when they play St. Rose’s campus center this
weekend; Importante and the Peeps are also on the bill. (April
1, 6 PM, $5, free for students, 432 Western Ave., Albany,
454-5195)
Anna
Borges Group
Justin’s,
Saturday
Justin’s, the Lark Street establishment known in these parts
for its oft-rotating, ever-popular cast of jazz performers,
will present a show with a different flavor this weekend:
An Evening of Brazilian Song with artist Anna Borges. Borges
is a Brazilian native who relocated to Boston in 2004, where
she has performed all over the city with a number of different
artists, like Sergio Brandao Group, Alfredo Cardim and Anita
Coelho. The Anna Borges Group lineup features Jason Ennis
on guitar, Jon Suters on bass, and Eric Nebbia on drums. Together,
they perform samba, bossa nova, forró, and other Brazilian
styles. (April 1, 9:30 PM, $5, 301 Lark St., Albany, 436-7008)
 |
|
KITTIE
|
Kittie
saratoga
winners, saturday
Kittie are the most respected metal band in the world. Yes,
that was a sad attempt at April Fool’s Day humor, but seriously,
Kittie have taken their knocks as a teenage, all-girl metal
band. The Landers sisters are the only original members of
the band left. Perhaps the other members just couldn’t take
the pressure. The Landers’ first foray into nu-metal, Spit,
was released when they were just 15 and 17 years
of age. Back in the day, Kittie were the beat-up-your-brother
alternative to Lilith Fair. They played to crowds who shouted
all sorts of obscenities over their Kornesque riffage. Over
time, Kittie’s music has gotten harder, and Morgan Landers’
vocals have gone from Jonathan Davis-like hissy fits to Cannibal
Corpse-in spired bellowing. Today at a Kittie show, you can
barely hear the catcalls over the savage-doom guitars. (April
1, 7:30 PM, $15, 1375 New Loudon Road, Latham, 783-1010)
Glenn
Tilbrook
WAMC
Performing arts studio, Sunday
Glenn Tilbrook inadvertently laid the groundwork for his solo
career when he toured alone beginning in 1994 in the shadow
of his band Squeeze’s success. Back in those days, they had
the pleasure of playing to large crowds, opening for acts
like Duran Duran, Sting, David Bowie and even having U2 open
for them in 1980. Now, Squeeze live on through Tilbrook,
who enjoys playing to more intimate crowds. The spontaneity
of the live set he performs with his band, the Fluffers, engages
the audience by allowing requests for old Squeeze songs, covers
and his own material instead of a conventional set list. Tilbrook
has been known to leave the stage during his energetic and
unorthodox performances, leading the audience on a walkabout
or standing on top of his car in the parking lot while performing.
(April 2, 7 PM, $20,
339 Central Ave., Albany, 465-5233)
 |
| Also
Noted |
 |
|
R.
KELLY
|
Indie
girl Scout Niblett plays the Iron Horse
Music Hall in Northampton, Mass., this evening
(Thursday); Mike Wexler opens (10 PM, $10,
413-584-0610). . . . At Valentine’s on Saturday,
catch the shape-shifting avant-rock of Jackie-O
Motherfucker, plus guitarist Sir Richard
Bishop and Burnt Hills—the band, not
the ’burb (9 PM, $5, 432-6572). . . . Gandalf
Murphy and the Slambovian Circus
of Dreams will perform music from their latest
album, Flapjacks From the Sky, at the Clark
Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., this Saturday
(8 PM, $18, $12 for members, 413-458-2303). .
. . Music’s most famous fifth wheel, Pete Best,
returns to the Van Dyck with his band this Monday
for two shows of old-school pub rock (7 and 9:30
PM, $24, 381-1111). . . . Also on Monday, ace
songwriters Jules Shear and Jess Klein
share a bill at the Iron Horse (7 PM, $15, 413-584-0610).
. . . For the umpteenth time, ska’s not dead:
Catch 22 will headline the Frostbite Ska
Tour at Saratoga Winners this Tuesday, along with
Big D & the Kids Table, Mustard
Plug, the Flatliners, and Hollywood
Funeral (7 PM, $14, 783-1010). . . . Break
out your raincoats, young ladies, because R&B-crooning
lothario R. Kelly is coming to the Palace
Theatre this Wednesday night; no word on whether
or not he’ll attempt to re-create any of the 12
chapters of his Trapped in the Closet saga,
but as long as he sings the remix to “Ignition,”
we’ll be more than satisfied (8 PM, $39.50-$72,
465-4663).
|
|
|
Classifieds
