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Fay
Victor Ensemble
Sanctuary
for Independent Media, Saturday
They’re
baa-ack! The Sanctu-ary for Independent Media reopens its
doors this Saturday, after being temporarily evicted by some
building-code bullshit last month. To celebrate the grand
reopening, the Sanctuary presents the fine jazz of New York
City’s Fay Victor Ensemble. Victor is known as a expressive,
authoritative voice, with an Ornette Coleman-esque sense of
improvisation; her latest album, Cartwheels Through the
Cosmos, was called a “borderless, cacophonous, in-your-face
experiment in tone poetry and free-form expression” by JazzTimes.
Her ace band comprises Swedish guitarist Anders Nilsson, double
bassist Ken Filiano and drummer Michael Thompson, all of whom
have impressive pedigrees below their names. Jazz aficionados,
mark your calendars. (April 26, 8 PM, $10, 3361 6th St.,
Troy, 272-2390)
Matthew
Loiacono, We Are Jeneric
Amrose
Sable Gallery, Saturday
Back in February (seems so long ago, doesn’t it?), the Web
site rpmchallenge.com issued the following challenge to songwriters
and musicians: “Record an album in 29 days, just because you
can.” Participants from all over the world accepted the challenge,
resulting in a bull market for new music this spring. This
weekend, two albums recorded for the RPM Challenge, Matthew
Loiacono’s Kentucky and We Are Jeneric’s In the
Parlor With the Moon, will be released in one fell swoop.
For erstwhile Kamikaze Heart Loiacono, it’s his second proper
solo disc (unless you’re one of the proud few to own his little-heard
college project Eyedream), and it’s already available
for free if you know where to look (hint: Google). For folk-pop
duo Jeneric, it’s their second disc in less than a year (!).
Celebrate the spirits of creativity and motivation—and live
music, naturally—Saturday night. (April 26, 8 PM, $5, 306
Hudson Ave., Albany, 607-437-6977)
Bassnectar
Red
Square, Saturday
Freeform-electronic musician Bassnectar sports an impressive
resume: He was voted San Francisco’s No.1 DJ several times;
he’s mixed for Buckethead and FreQ Nasty; and he’s skilled
in fusing styles like drum-and-bass, death metal and folk.
He’s underground, he’s Burning Man, he’s correctly heard only
with speakers that thud your skull. Because of Lorin Ashton’s
(that’s his real name) love for experimentation, this tour
is aptly titled Adventures in Bassnecterland, and the thumpin’
and bumpin’ should be plentiful. The proper dress for this
gig is somewhere between rave bracelets and studded belts;
glow sticks optional. (April 26, 8 PM, $13, 388 Broadway,
Albany, 465-0444)
The
Blakes
Jack
Rabbit Slims, Sunday
The
Blakes’ self-titled CD is just so cute-looking, all water-colored
with a fox that brings back memories of reading Le Petit
Prince in French class. Their sound: Not so cute. Don’t
stop reading here, though, because that’s a really good and
gritty thing. In this case, for—the Blakes are a garage-rock
trio with a message to deliver: something about drugs and
joy and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex. The lyrics
sure are fun, like this, from “Magoo”: “Lama gama gama lama
magoo/Gonna get you/Got to get you/Gonna get you to move.”
But honestly, we still can’t stop giggling over the birth-certificate-certified
names of the three members: Garnet, Snow and Bob. (April
27, 7 PM, $7, 895 Broadway, Albany. 434-4540).
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Nick
Lowe
Photo:
Dan Burn-Forti
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Nick
Lowe, Ron Sexsmith, Eli “Paperboy” Reed
WAMC
Performing Arts Studio, Wednesday
Mind
our language, but holy shit, what a fucking awesome bill.
It was awesome when just Lowe, one of the great songwriters
of the last 40 years and a world-class performer in his own
right, was announced. Then we heard that Eli Reed was opening,
and we were like no way!—the young, Boston-based soul
singer possesses one of those voices that just makes you shake
your head and say “damn.” Then, as if to taunt the apocalypse,
Canadian songsmith Sexsmith was tacked on. Sexsmith is one
of those guys we thought would never ever ever come
through town—and here he is. So, to recap, Lowe: wow. Reed:
It gets better. Sexsmith: OMFG! Call the venue way
ahead of time: Odds are the tickets will be long gone by showtime.
(April 30, 8 PM, $30, 339 Central Ave., Albany, 465-5233
ext. 4)
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Catch
the next generation of country music at the Palace
Theatre tonight (Thursday) when Sara Evans
takes the stage, with guest Jason Michael
Carroll opening (7:30 PM, $39-$59, 465-3335).
. . . You are blessed, Capital Region: Ghostface
Killah is back for his second local performance
in six months, at Skidmore College tomorrow (Friday);
Swedish electronic artist the Field will
opens(8 PM, $20, $5 students, 580-9298). . . .
Friday at Red Square, it’s another Roots Music
Festival with almost a dozen acts, including Rocky
Velvet and Ramblin Jug Stompers (5
PM, $10, 465-0444). . . . Aussie singer-songwriter
and yoga enthusiast (fair game; it’s in his bio)
Paul Turner makes a stop at the Colony
Café in Woodstock on Saturday (7 PM, $5, 845-679-5342).
. . . 1, 2, 3, 4, good luck getting through the
door: Feist will perform a sold-out show
at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. on Friday;
Ingrid Michaelson opens (7:30 PM, $25,
413-584-2700). . . . Saturday at Pearl Street
in Northampton, the snazzy spaz-pop of Tokyo
Police Club and the adolescent indie-rock
of Smoosh take center stage (8:30 PM, $15,
413-584-7771). . . . Area college students’ alt-rock
wet dreams come true on Saturday, when Eve
6 bring their tender, heart-in-a-blender tunes
to both the College of Saint Rose (students only!)
and Siena College, where they share a bill with
Clive Davis-approved pop dooder Gavin Degraw
(7 PM, $15, 783-2330). . . . At Northern Lights
on Saturday, Adirondack Community College radio
station WGFR present SuperJam, with live metal
from Skinless and Re-Creation among
others (5 PM, $10, 371-0012). . . . Tuesday
at Revolution Hall, get your Hawaiian ska fix
with Pepper; Redeye Empire and Iration
open (6:30 PM, $16, 274-0553).
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