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SUMMARY:Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls - Night 5
DESCRIPTION:Bowery Boston presents \nDoors: 6:30 pm / Show: 7:30 pm \nTickets on sale NOW! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nFrank Turner & The Sleeping Souls \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nFrank Turner has announced details of his forthcoming seventh studio album entitled Be More Kind available on May 4th via Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor UK /Interscope Records. The album is available for pre-order and those who pre-order will receive instant downloads of “1933” and the previously released track “There She Is” from the 2017 release Songbook. \nMonths after the release of Songbook\, a career-spanning retrospective which also saw reworked versions of tracks from across the past decade\, Be More Kind represents a thematic and sonic line in the sand for the 36-year-old. It’s a record that combines universal anthems with raw emotion and the political and the personal\, with the intricate folk and punk roar trademarks of Turner’s sound imbued with new\, bold experimental shades. Be More Kind is produced by Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block\, formerly of psychedelic-rock Texans White Denim\, and Florence And The Machine and Halsey collaborator Charlie Hugall. “I wanted to try and get out of my comfort zone and do something different\,” says Turner. \nTurner was halfway through writing a very different sort of album\, a concept record about women from the historical record who had been ignored\, when he was reading a collection of Clive James’ poetry and one particular line compelled him to re-think his direction. It was from a poem called Leçons Des Ténèbres: “I should have been more kind. It is my fate. To find this out\, but find it out too late.” “It devastated me the first time I read it\,” he says. \nTurner and his band\, the Sleeping Souls\, were on tour in the USA in 2016 “when the world decided to go collectively nuts” and the songs that make up Be More Kind started to come together. “Somewhere in the record\, there’s a convergence of the ideas of personal and political\, which is a central theme of the album\,” Turner says. One of the driving themes of the album is empathy\, even for your enemy. “You should at least be able to inhabit the mental universe of the people you disagree with. If you can’t do that\, then how do you communicate with people other than through force of arms\, which is something we all agree is a bad idea.” \nTurner’s last two records\, 2013’s Tape Deck Heart and 2015’s Positive Songs For Negative People\, dealt with the fallout from a break-up and saw Turner struggling to cover the cracks in his personal life. Now happily in a relationship and living with his partner and their cat\, he again set his sights to the bigger picture. Positive Songs… was cut in nine\, intense days whereas Be More Kind was made over a period of seven months\, giving Turner the opportunity to turn songs on their head\, try different versions and shake up the dynamics within his band. \nThe first track to be released from Be More Kind is “1933\,” a clattering\, state-of-the-nation anthem. Furious and direct\, it’s inspired by articles Turner saw that suggested the alt-right was punk rock. “That filled me with a mixture of incredulity and anger\,” says Turner. “The idea that Breitbart or Steve Bannon think they have anything to do with punk rock makes me extremely angry.” \nThe Be More Kind World Tour will begin in the UK in April and head to North America on May 31\, with its first leg playing to over 200\,000 people across the UK\, the USA\, Europe\, Canada\, Australia and New Zealand\, taking them through to Christmas. Turner promises that 2019 will include visits to some “slightly more weird and wonderful places.” \n*** \nThe Hotelier \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nWe Are All Alone\nIt Never Goes Out\nHome\, Like Noplace Is There\nGoodness \n*** \nWar on Women \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nWar On Women is a co-ed feminist hardcore punk band. Formed in Baltimore\, MD in 2011\, W.O.W. use driving riffs and in your face vocals that attack the listener both sonically and lyrically\, penning catchy and confrontational songs that touch on rape culture\, street harassment\, the gender wage gap\, transphobia\, and other vitally pertinent social issues. \nIn 2015\, W.O.W. released their debut self-titled full length (recorded in collaboration with J. Robbins at Magpie Cage) on Bridge Nine Records and have been touring relentlessly ever since\, with dates in the US\, UK\, and Western Europe sharing the stage with such bands as the Refused\, Propagandhi\, Anti-Flag\, Boy Sets Fire\, Jello Biafra\, RVIVR\, Iron Reagan\, Dismemberment Plan\, and Shai Hulud.
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SUMMARY:Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls - Night 6
DESCRIPTION:Bowery Boston presents \nDoors: 6:30 pm / Show: 7:30 pm \nTickets on sale NOW! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nFrank Turner & The Sleeping Souls \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nFrank Turner has announced details of his forthcoming seventh studio album entitled Be More Kind available on May 4th via Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor UK /Interscope Records. The album is available for pre-order and those who pre-order will receive instant downloads of “1933” and the previously released track “There She Is” from the 2017 release Songbook. \nMonths after the release of Songbook\, a career-spanning retrospective which also saw reworked versions of tracks from across the past decade\, Be More Kind represents a thematic and sonic line in the sand for the 36-year-old. It’s a record that combines universal anthems with raw emotion and the political and the personal\, with the intricate folk and punk roar trademarks of Turner’s sound imbued with new\, bold experimental shades. Be More Kind is produced by Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block\, formerly of psychedelic-rock Texans White Denim\, and Florence And The Machine and Halsey collaborator Charlie Hugall. “I wanted to try and get out of my comfort zone and do something different\,” says Turner. \nTurner was halfway through writing a very different sort of album\, a concept record about women from the historical record who had been ignored\, when he was reading a collection of Clive James’ poetry and one particular line compelled him to re-think his direction. It was from a poem called Leçons Des Ténèbres: “I should have been more kind. It is my fate. To find this out\, but find it out too late.” “It devastated me the first time I read it\,” he says. \nTurner and his band\, the Sleeping Souls\, were on tour in the USA in 2016 “when the world decided to go collectively nuts” and the songs that make up Be More Kind started to come together. “Somewhere in the record\, there’s a convergence of the ideas of personal and political\, which is a central theme of the album\,” Turner says. One of the driving themes of the album is empathy\, even for your enemy. “You should at least be able to inhabit the mental universe of the people you disagree with. If you can’t do that\, then how do you communicate with people other than through force of arms\, which is something we all agree is a bad idea.” \nTurner’s last two records\, 2013’s Tape Deck Heart and 2015’s Positive Songs For Negative People\, dealt with the fallout from a break-up and saw Turner struggling to cover the cracks in his personal life. Now happily in a relationship and living with his partner and their cat\, he again set his sights to the bigger picture. Positive Songs… was cut in nine\, intense days whereas Be More Kind was made over a period of seven months\, giving Turner the opportunity to turn songs on their head\, try different versions and shake up the dynamics within his band. \nThe first track to be released from Be More Kind is “1933\,” a clattering\, state-of-the-nation anthem. Furious and direct\, it’s inspired by articles Turner saw that suggested the alt-right was punk rock. “That filled me with a mixture of incredulity and anger\,” says Turner. “The idea that Breitbart or Steve Bannon think they have anything to do with punk rock makes me extremely angry.” \nThe Be More Kind World Tour will begin in the UK in April and head to North America on May 31\, with its first leg playing to over 200\,000 people across the UK\, the USA\, Europe\, Canada\, Australia and New Zealand\, taking them through to Christmas. Turner promises that 2019 will include visits to some “slightly more weird and wonderful places.” \n*** \nKevin Devin & The Goddamn Band \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nKevin Devine is an independent singer/songwriter from Brooklyn\, NY. He plays alone\, with his Goddamn Band\, and as a member of Bad Books. \n***\nTrapper Schoepp \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \n“Rangers & Valentines is Trapper Schoepp’s mini masterpiece.” -Relix \n“Rootsy\, cinematic rock that charms as it soars.” -NPR Music \n“Story songs that explore and explode the conventions of rock and roll.” -PBS \n“A master storyteller.” -Huffington Post​ \nRangers & Valentines: Best of the Week\, 4/1/16 – Billboard Magazine \n“This Wisconsin outfit–lead by one of two brothers—are as capable of kicking roots rock ass as they are delivering introspective Gram Parsons-tinged tunes.” -FUSE TV \n“This Milwaukee troupe plays alt.country like it’s 1997 and they have something to prove.” -The Austin Chronicle \n“Excellent…The band’s sound is all their own.” –Paste Magazine \n“Replacements-meets-Uncle Tupelo influence rings clear…Trapper Schoepp & The Shades can only get better.” (4/5 stars) –Alternative Press \n“Their boisterous tune ‘Tracks’ is probably going to end up on all of my summer playlists.” –CMT.com \n“Schoepp clearly grew up rifling through his parents’ record collection\, paying special attention to the artists who pioneered California’s country-rock sound during the 1970s.” -American Songwriter Magazine
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SUMMARY:Sofa King Fridays ft. MATOMA
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SUMMARY:MAKE AMERICA RAGE AGAIN ft. DJ RM
DESCRIPTION:21+
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SUMMARY:[SOLD OUT] Adult Swim Presents: The Pillows Feat. FLCL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm \nMOVED FROM THE SINCLAIR TO ROYALE DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND!  \nThis show is SOLD OUT. \nPlease note: this show is all ages. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n***
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SUMMARY:Dragathon: 10s Across The Board Tour
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SUMMARY:Sofa King Fridays Ft. Aly & Fila
DESCRIPTION:21+ \nCall or text 617.733.0505 for VIP table reservations.
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SUMMARY:Welcome To The Jungle ft. DJ Tao
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SUMMARY:Sofa King Fridays ft. Darude
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SUMMARY:CASINO ROYALE ft. G-SQUARED
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SUMMARY:Deafheaven
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 7:00 pm / Show: 7:30 pm \nTickets on sale NOW! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nDeafheaven \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nDeafheaven is a California-based act that has garnered acclaim for their signature hybrid sound of black metal\, shoegaze\, and post-rock. On October 2 the band will release their next album New Bermuda on ANTI-. \nGeorge Clarke (vocals)\, Kerry McCoy (guitar)\, Dan Tracy (drums)\, Stephen Lee Clark (bass)\, and Shiv Mehra (guitar) recorded New Bermuda live to tape at 25th Street Recording in Oakland\, CA and Atomic Garden Recording in East Palo Alto\, CA in April 2015. It was produced\, engineered\, mixed\, and mastered by Jack Shirley who has worked with the band on their previous releases. Clarke says that he came up with the idea of “New Bermuda” to describe a new destination in life\, a nebulous point of arrival\, and an unknown future where things get swallowed up and dragged into darkness. The album artwork for New Bermuda is an oil painting\, dense in brush strokes of darker tones and deep blues\, by Allison Schulnik. The layout was designed by art director Nick Steinhardt. \nFormed in 2010 in San Francisco\, California\, the band has released two studio albums on Deathwish; Roads to Judah in 2011 and their lauded Sunbather in 2013. Sunbather received accolades from NPR on their Favorite Albums of 2013 list\, a coveted Best New Music at Pitchfork\, the Best Metal Album of 2013 per Rolling Stone\, a 9/10 star review from Decibel Magazine\, and it was the highest rated album of 2013 according to Metacritic. Deafheaven have spent the last two years touring extensively nationally and around the world with shows in Australia\, Japan\, Asia\, Europe\, Russia\, the UK\, and Canada with festival appearances at Pitchfork\, Bonnaroo\, Primavera\, Roskilde\, Fun Fun Fun\, FYF Fest\, SXSW\, Basilica Sound Scape 14\, Corona Capital\, ATP Iceland\, amongst others. Deafheaven will perform August 8 at Heavy Montreal in Canada. Details on a forthcoming North American tour are soon to be announced. \n*** \nDrab Majesty \n \nFacebook\nTwitter \nDrab Majesty began as a warbled transmission received via 4-track cassette in a dim\, Los Angeles bedroom in 2012. The entity known as Deb Demure\, an interdimensional muse of sorts\, lent an otherworldly vision to a human contact; one to be realized through meticulously composed lo-fi recordings. Focusing on the aesthetics of cult ritual and the devastating power of music\, Deb sought an alternative way to share the cosmic agenda. Culminating in a cassette titled Unarian Dances\, Drab Majesty’s manifesto to humanity was revealed: revel in the power of artistic influences that reside beyond the self.\nThe tape circulated through Los Angeles\, catching the attention of local tastemakers like the heads at Lollipop Records in Echo Park. It quickly found a place on the shelves of LA’s underground musical seekers. After a gauntlet of performances and late night manifestations\, Drab Majesty came on the radar of DAIS Records. \nIn 2015\, Drab Majesty released Careless\, the first LP which was received and recorded soley by Demure on living room floors and in cluttered spaces across the city. After three pressings and an imminent fourth\, Careless remains a fixture in LA’s somber yet sublime nightlife and a noted contribution to the murkier subcultures abroad. \nWielding a left-handed guitar\, Deb employs a unique style of arpeggiated finger picking\, producing vast and organic musical textures reminiscent of Vinny Reilly (Durutti Column) with the anthemic power of Sisters of Mercy and Cocteau Twins. In the past two years Deb has been invited to support bands such as Psychic TV\, Clan of Xymox\, The Frozen Autumn\, Prayers\, and label mates Youth Code and King Dude. \nFrom its incarnation\, Drab Majesty was a solo act; an interplay between guitar and triggered machines. In 2016\, with growing audiences and heightened interest\, Drab expanded into a duo\, employing the keyboard accompaniment of far-out twin\, Mona D – filling out frequencies and upping the spectacle of the live performance. \nJanuary of 2017 saw the release of Deb’s second album entitled The Demonstration\, recorded by Josh Eustis (NIN\, Telefon Tel Aviv). With extensive worldwide touring to follow\, Drab Majesty will spread its message to new and grander audiences around the globe. \n*** \nUniform \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nUniform formed in New York City in late 2013 when old friends Ben Greenberg (Hubble\, The Men\, Pygymy Shrews) and Michael Berdan (York Factory Complaint\, Drunkdriver\, Believer/Law) realized they lived on the same street. Their impulsive collaboration quickly yielded Our Blood / Of Sound Mind and Body single. The six tracks that comprise the equally abrasive but more refined Perfect World have been coming together between tours and work ever since. \nThe music that Greenberg and Berdan conjure up under the Uniform moniker is immediate\, aggressive\, and even primal in form\, but it plumbs untold depths. Berdan’s venomous voice mines deeply personal themes of resentment\, regret\, reflection and addiction over the hum of Greenberg’s almost impossibly disciplined guitar\, bass synth\, and drum machine lines. Greenberg uses the word “templatized” to describe their approach to writing songs for Uniform. \n“There’s this set bunch of gear to create sounds\, and it only creates sound through a certain process\, or within its own limitations\,” Greenberg said. “The goal of songwriting is to see how many different kinds of sounds you can get from the same basic process and machine.” \nOn Perfect World\, that machine is firing on all cylinders. The guitar is run through a cheap ’80s preamp marketed to metal kids. The drum machine is equally no-frills\, an Akai XR20 that Greenberg says “most people wouldn’t want to keep around.” These humble components are combined with noisy synth and Berdan’s profound howling to form something much greater. Post-punk\, synthpunk\, and industrial traditions are borrowed from as needed\, but the constraints placed on the process mean the result is unique to Uniform. Berdan describes his lyrics as the consequence of feeling “so full of pain\, confusion\, deep selfishness\, and general animosity that you make some horrible mistakes and have to learn how to forgive yourself for them.” Perfect World feels like the sum of all that pain and confusion\, but it also feels like the catharsis.
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SUMMARY:Raphael Saadiq
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm \nTickets on sale Fri. 5/4 at 10AM! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \nRaphael Saadiq \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nRaphael Saadiq just announced his first headline tour dates in several years. The Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning musician and producer will head out on a seven-city run including headline shows in NYC\, Boston\, Philadelphia and more\, and a performance at Chicago’s Pitchfork Festival (read ‘The Meaning of Soul Music According to Raphael Saadiq’ via the 2017 Pitchfork here). The dates come as he’s set to finish work on his anticipated fifth solo album and first since 2011’s Stone Rollin’. The upcoming shows follow 2017 performances as a headliner at Afropunk Brooklyn\, a surprise appearance with A Tribe Called Quest at FYF Fest 2017\, and several dates with Maxwell\, among other shows. See all upcoming tour dates below and get tix this Friday\, May 4 at 10am local time. \nIn addition to his own music\, Raphael has been working on many high profile projects with other musicians. In the last year\, he has worked with the likes of Chromeo\, Justin Timberlake\, Rick Ross\, Little Dragon\, and much more. In 2016\, he also served as executive producer on Solange’s critically lauded album A Seat at the Table. \nSaadiq has become a musical go-to in the film & television world over the last several years. He received his first Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for co-writing the song “Mighty River” from Mudbound with co-songwriters Mary J. Blige and Taura Stinson. In addition to his work on Mudbound\, he composes the music for HBO’s hit series Insecure which returns soon for a third season (see him on the show’s ‘Wine Down’ here). Saadiq also scored the Netflix film Step Sisters and the Sundance documentary STEP with Laura Karpman; and he has composed music for the film Black Nativity\, television shows Underground (WGN) and Rebel (BET)\, performed on Luke Cage (Netflix)\, among others. \nRaphael Saadiq’s first foray into the international music scene came as a teenager when he performed as part of Sheila E.’s backing band and toured with Prince. Saadiq has also released critically acclaimed solo albums including his five-time Grammy-nominated debut album Instant Vintage and 2004’s Ray Ray. For the last two decades\, Saadiq has also worked behind the scenes as a celebrated producer and songwriter for major artists including D’Angelo (Grammy-winner for “How Does It Feel”)\, John Legend\, Miguel\, The Roots\, A Tribe Called Quest\, Stevie Wonder\, Mary J. Blige\, Snoop Dogg\, The Isley Brothers\, TLC\, Whitney Houston\, the Bee Gees\, Joss Stone\, and more. He was also a founding member of the multi-platinum selling group Tony! Toni! Toné! \n*** \n Ali Shaheed Muhammad  \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nDJ/Producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad is known around the world as one-third of the legendary hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest\, but he began his musical career in his hometown of Brooklyn\, New York. It was there that his uncle\, Michael Jones\, a bass player and DJ himself\, pulled aside 8-year-old Ali and began teaching him music. Ali then spent years DJ-ing parties in his Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood and recorded a slew of demos before co-founding Tribe in 1985 with Q-Tip\, Phife Dawg\, and Jarobi. He was just 19 when the group released its first album\, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm\, in 1990\, and four more followed: The Low End Theory (released in 1991); Midnight Marauders (1993); Beats\, Rhymes and Life (1996); and The Love Movement (1998). All went either gold or platinum\, with The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders both widely considered hip-hop classics. The group’s socially conscious lyrics – coupled with their unique production: heavy on jazz\, funk and ’70s rock samples – helped push it to the forefront of rap\, and scores of current artists/producers\, including Kanye West\, Pharrell Williams and Will. I. Am\, cite Tribe as an influence. \nThough Tribe disbanded in 1998\, the group’s place in hip hop’s pantheon has long been secured. It is unclear if the group will record another album\, but Tribe remains relevant\, recently eclipsing their contemporaries as co-headliners on the Rock the Bells 2010 Tour and starring in the 2010 documentary\, Beats\, Rhymes\, & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest. \nTribe\, however\, is just one representation of Ali’s talent. He formed the production company The Ummah in the ’90s with Jay Dee and Q-Tip\, and he’s worked with a wide range of artists\, including Faith Evans\, Mos Def\, and D’Angelo\, the last of whom he collaborated on the Grammy-nominated single\, Brown Sugar\, in 1995. That song led the way for the “neo-soul” movement\, making possible the rise of such performers as Erykah Badu\, Musiq Soulchild and Jill Scott. Ali has also remixed songs for Janet Jackson Maxwell\, Maroon 5and KRS-One. In all\, he has credits as writer\, producer or co-producer on 23 albums\, most recently with the Irish band The Kanyu Tree. The group’s lively\, fresh sound convinced Ali to work in a new genre – alternative music – and the debut album is due out summer 2011. \nAli also has a sharp eye for talent. Seeking to gain insider’s perspective on the record industry\, he took a job in 1996 as an A&R for Quincy Jones’ Qwest Records. While there\, he scouted and tried to sign Corey Glover\, Common\, The Black Eyed Peas and The Neptunes. Qwest passed on all. Feeling that he was unable to satisfy the needs of Qwest\, Ali parted ways with the label. Separately\, he was introduced by his friend\, producer Dahoud Darien\, to Bilal\, and Ali tried to get him signed\, as well\, but Ali could not convince his contacts to make the deal. Though he soon returned to his own artistic ambitions\, it is worth noting that Ali’s instincts were correct: those artists have gone on to sell millions of records. \nIn 1999 he co-founded the star trio Lucy Pearl\, aligning with Dawn Robinson\, formerly of En Vogue\, and Raphael Saadiq\, of Tony! Toni! Toné! Lucy Pearl fused funk\, rock\, R&B and hip-hop to create an organic\, sexy sound that was unprecedented at the time and still unmatched today. The group’s self-titled debut album produced the hits Don’t Mess With My Man\, and Dance Tonight\, the latter nominated for a Grammy in the best vocal performance by a duo or group category. \nAli has also built up a solo career\, beginning with his 2004 debut LP Shaheedulah and Stereotypes\, featuring the dance song All Night. Beyond engineering a unique sound for his first LP\, Ali also performed songs on it\, and he has two more albums scheduled for release in summer 2011. The first is pure hip hop and boasts collaborations with Phife Dawg\, De La Soul and Raphael Saadiq; the second is a dance album\, continuing the vibe he started with All Night. \nWhile the music world awaits those two albums\, Ali keeps busy by performing as a DJ around the globe\, reaching music fans of all types\, each gig adding to the journey he started as an 8-year-old in Brooklyn.
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SUMMARY:Felix Cartal
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SUMMARY:[SOLD OUT] Sleep
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 6:00 pm / Show: 6:30 pm \nThis show is SOLD OUT! \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n***\nSleep \n \nWebsite\nFacebook \nThe words have failed them all. Since by the time you’ve read this far you’ve already read words that are intended to be touchstones but which do nothing but make it easier to not hear what should be all about hearing: their music. \nSo let’s dispense with “stoner” and “doom” and while “metal” is a good catch-all even that does what SLEEP does an injustice. What SLEEP does and has been doing since 1990. Since San Jose. Since vocalist and bassist Al Cisneros hinted darkly at his next act after Asbestosdeath. Make something that was like something you had never heard/felt before even if you had heard/felt it before. Like wind or the yawning subsonic expanse of an earthquake: something undeniably large. \nAnd like ragas\, the songs were not just songs but movements and the movements trended toward the eternal. Almost time-wise too with songs that lasted as long as some entire records\, which is as long as it needs to be to get short-sighted labels to drop you. And beyond time\, the weight was equally significant. Heavy\, sublime and not even a little bit ridiculous and whether or not these were influenced by the sacramental consumption of weed really misses the point. \nWhile there may have been a few like them before them\, there were none like them really and certainly none of after them. And so in 2009 when they were reborn with Cisneros who’d been reframing the world with the band OM\, Matt Pike doing double duty with this and his HIGH ON FIRE\, and the estimable Jason Roeder doing the same with NEUROSIS\, SLEEP did what it had done and what it had left to do. Largely and without pause\, make music in tune with The Ages. \nBest to be enjoyed? Live and living. See\, hear\, feel\, do it. Well\, beyond just music and well into the experiential joy of pure being. SLEEP. Undoubtedly. \n***\nHeavy Blanket \n \nWebsite\nFacebook \nIn a Dutch Haze – digital by Earthless Meets Heavy Blanket \nJ Mascis rounds up a couple partners-in-crime from his adolescence with an eye – and ear – towards shredding harder\, wailing louder\, and generally melting faces even more brutally than ever before. Stoner dirtbags cloaked in mystery\, j’s longtime buddies Pete Cougar and Johnny Pancake lay down the heavy rhythm base for j’s massive licks and blistering guitar mastery. Ever wondered what Band of Gypsies would sound like if you mixed it up with Japanese hard psych and smoked it through a giant power bong? Well\, now you know. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. \n***\nDylan Carlson \n \nWebsite\nFacebook \nGuitarist and founder/principal member of the rock band Earth\, as well as numerous solo/side projects. These include drcarlsonalbion\, an ongoing exploration reflecting Carlson’s long standing interest in occult folklore and history of the United Kingdom and his abiding love for all things British. Its ancillary project\, Coleman Grey\, dealing with the ffayre folklore of the British Isles. The improvisatory music of the Dylan Carlson/Rogier Smal duo. The Bug vs. Earth collaboration. Composer of the soundtrack for the German feature film ‘Gold’. Husband to Holly Carlson.
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SUMMARY:Art Deko ft. Dirty Dek
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SUMMARY:Quicksand & Glassjaw
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 6:30 pm / Show: 7:30 pm \nTickets on sale Fri 4/6 at 10AM! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nQuicksand \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nInteriors is Quicksand’s best album yet. It sounds like nothing else you are going to hear this year. \nIt arrives deliberately unannounced\, two decades after the pioneering post-hardcore quartet’s last album. Made completely on the band’s own terms\, Interiors has a power\, strength and subtlety that will likely stun you. There are no wasted notes\, no flab\, and no excess whatsoever. It is absolutely perfect. \n“This struck a chord\, where we felt this is actually something that could represent us now\,” says bassist Sergio Vega. “It doesn’t sound like a third album a couple of decades later. It’s a piece of work that we really\, really can back.” \nThat may be an understatement: Interiors is breathtaking in its surging\, sculptured sonic attack\, a welcome reminder that the band’s longtime status as musical innovators is not undeserved. \nTo make the record\, the band first had to return to the beginning—to the purity of why Quicksand started making music in the first place. In the process\, they made a great record that speaks to their past—but\, more essentially\, to their present and future. \n“First we went out and made the record we wanted to make\, with the person we wanted to make it with\,” says drummer Alan Cage. “Then we went with a finished product and said ‘OK\, who’s going to put this thing out?’ Of course we want to share it\, have people listen to it\, and create their own relationship with it–but at the core\, it is our thing. “I think we landed in a perfect place to do that with epitaph.” \n“When we first became a band\, that’s what we did with making our EP. We put together $1500 and recorded the songs\, because no one knew or cared about what we were doing\, except for us. We took the same approach with Interiors.” \nAnd of course\, so much has changed since then. \n“I’m thrilled to be listening back to a record that we made with our own money\, on our own schedule and creative terms\,” says Quicksand front man/guitarist Walter Schreifels. “While it was definitely important for us to speak to our longtime fans\, we thought the best way to do that was to embrace who we are now\, to allow our selves to be open to people that have never heard of us. Our tastes and experiences as musicians and as people have grown\, and we decided to run with that. As a result\, I think ‘Interiors’ has a wider spectrum on it than our past records.” \nInteriors makes clear via its searing opening sequence of tracks that Quicksand’s skills as songsmiths and players have never been sharper. \nFrom the pulse-pounding start of the opening track “Illuminant\,” the band immediately draws you in with its unique combination of pounding rhythm and shifting loud/soft dynamics\, heightened by Schreifels’ deliberately restrained—but powerful—vocal. \n“To me\, ‘Illuminant’ was the first song that set the bar for the rest of the album. We had compiled various jams and song inspirations that we’d recorded at sound checks and rehearsals\, but it is a significant step to take song ideas\, riffs etc. and commit to the structure that makes it a ‘song.’ Especially for us. We were searching for the abstract idea of ‘what does a new Quicksand song sound like?’ Once we put ‘Illuminant’ together\, it happened pretty quickly. I felt confident we could make a great album.” \nA similar standout is “Cosmonauts\,” a stylistic leap forward for the band both in terms of its powerfully rhythmic\, slow pacing and Schreifels’ textured and melodic vocal. \n“One of the things about Quicksand back in the day that made it hard for me was that most of the vocals were close to the top of my range\, it had impact but was exhausting to perform live. As a Quicksand song\, ‘Cosmonauts’ has all the elements that our fans dig\, but I gave myself license to sing. Over time I’ve discovered that if you have the right emotional pitch–if you understand what you’re trying to say\, you don’t necessarily have to scream it to make a point.” \nThat point also applies to the album’s title track\, among the finest the band has ever recorded. “Interiors” is majestic\, glacial\, powerful\, throbbing—like no other song you’ve ever heard—pairing a howling\, repetitive guitar figure partnered with Schreifels’ emotional\, almost resigned delivery of the lyrics. It is a mind-blower from top to bottom\, and its final moments feature a stunning instrumental break ranking among Quicksand’s best ever work. \nThere’s an astounding array of sonic diversity displayed on Interiors that will satisfy Quicksand fans both old and new. And that’s been done purposely\, adds Schreifels\, pointing to the significant contributions of producer Will Yip. “I worked with Will on another project some years ago–Title Fight’s Shed album\,” he says. “We had a blast. And with Will’s combination of expertise and taste\, I knew that he would gel with the other Quicksand guys. \nNo small matter was the fact that Yip has produced the records of several young\, critically admired bands that cite Quicksand as an influence\, he adds. \n“It made sense to thread that with where music is now. While working on this record\, Will really joined the band–and every move we made was in service of the song sonically\, structurally and overall energy-wise. We were not afraid to diverge from formula moves\, and we were also down to embrace aspects of our style that our fans have come to expect–as long as there was a twist. \n“For example\, ‘Under The Screw’ I really dig because I wanted something that kind of connected to the Quicksand that people remember\,” he says. “But in the vocals\, I took a more surrealistic approach than I would have in the past–which I think gives license for us to take more unexpected turns as the song progresses.” \nThere is a sense of growth and maturity on Interiors that longtime fans will hear upon first listen. A lot has happened since the early ‘90s\, a lot has happened since those days of Manic Compression and the very first Warped Tour. And a lot has happened in the lives of the four members of Quicksand. \n“This record just sounds like who we are\,” says Schreifels. “Lyrically\, I wasn’t interested in re-creating some ersatz version of the struggles I was having when I was 20 years old\, I lived that already. It took me a minute to find the thread but once I had a few songs done\, the language and themes of Interiors began to write themselves.” \nFrom start to finish\, there is growth\, there is strength\, and there is power in this music. More power than ever before\, and it may surprise you. \nTranslation? Quicksand has made the album of a lifetime. And now the world gets to hear it. \n*** \nGlassjaw \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nMaking things since 1993 \n*** \nPrimitive Weapons \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nThe Future of Death
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