Wednesday, April 7, 2010
This just in: Nuclear Power Pants are playing 242 Main next Wednesday (4/14) with fellow Baltimore/Wham City outfit Height and local experimental songwriter tooth ache. Unfortunately, word of this show didn't come along in time for me to work a mention into my column this week. But judging by this video for NPP's "Got Soul, Need Body," it should be a interesting night at 242, to say the least.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
As I've pointed out at least a couple of times now, Tuesday night pre-Honky Tonk at Radio Bean has become an interesting time slot to keep an eye on. Whether it's a month-long residency by folks like Jamie Masefield and Doug Perkins, or bigger touring acts with a night to kill, such as Christabel and the Jons or The Daredevil Christopher Wright, for some reason it seems there is always something cool going on at the Bean on Tuesdays at 8:30, week in and week out.
Tonight it's a San Fran freak-folk singer calling himself Plastic Fantastic Lover, aka Chris Jeffries, who apparently moonlights as a member of VT ex-pats The Jugtown Pirates (formerly of Lake Champlain). Small world. Anyway, here's a clip of the apparent Jefferson Airplane fan doing his thing. Enjoy.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Sierra Leone's Refugee Allstars are in town this week, preparing for their upcoming US tour, which begins at Higher Ground on Wednesday. The band, touring behind a new album, Rise and Shine — their first for Charlotte label Cumbancha — will make a special appearance at UVM's Ira Allen Chapel on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. They'll be showing clips from the award-winning 2005 documentary film about the band (trailer below) as well as answering questions about their lives, their story and, of course, their music.