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ASCAP Presents…
Rock showcase
Hard Rock Café (222 East
6th Street)
Featuring:
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Tangiers
On the heels of their acclaimed
indie smash, Hot New Spirits (two
consecutive months at Number One
on Canada's !Earshot college radio
album charts and Number Five for
2003 in its entirety), Toronto's
Tangiers return reborn and rejuvenated
with their sophomore follow-up,
Never Bring You Pleasure. With a
revised line up including Tangiers
veteran Shelton Deverall's return
to the fold and ex-Guided By Voices
member John McCann drumming on the
album, the band reinvents the best
and timeless heartfelt elements
of true rock and roll. Tangiers
also includes Josh Reichmann on
guitar and lead vocals and James
Sayce on bass.
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Goldrush
Robin, Joe, Hamish, G and Garo have
spent the past few years dipping
in and out of the Oxfordshire countryside
building a studio, starting a record
label, running a festival, touring
the world, along with the small
matter of writing a set of songs
with inspiration far from the current
climate: Legends like Neil Young,
Nick Drake and The Band, and more
recent American innovators like
Grandaddy and Mercury Rev. The band
have toured with likeminded groups
such as Electric Soft Parade, Mark
Gardener (Ride), Flaming Lips, and
Elbow until it came for them to
laid down a stunning debut album
at Abbey Road and achieved playlistings
on Radio 2, BBC 6, Evening Session
and XFM. Goldrush have been recording
their greatest material to date,
which will see the light of day
on the in the form of an EP, scheduled
for release in May 2004. The seven
tracks include production duties
from Phil Vinall (Placebo, Elastica),
Lenny Franchi (The Music, Richard
Ashcroft) and Dave Fridmann (Flaming
Lips, Mercury Rev).
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The
City Drive
The City Drive's Danny Smith, from
Pickering, Ontario, Canada, started
out recording demos of his music
featuring Lisa Loeb on backing vocals.
He eventually also found time to
record in Memphis at the legendary
Sun Studio, home to Elvis and U2.
Driven by his passion for writing
songs, Danny got his Green Card
and moved to Los Angeles, where
he started the band, The City Drive.
Drummer Marc Precilla of West Covina,
California and bassist Scott Waldman
of Long Island, New York, round
up the rest of the coast-to-coast
line-up that has garnered a solid
reputation as a live and recorded
act.
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The
Go
The Go are an imposing Detroit garage
collective with an archivist's appreciation
for what's come before and a trendsetter's
spirit for making music that sounds
present, past and future -- in other
words, timeless. The Go's core –
Bobby Harlow (vocals, guitar) John
Krautner (bass, vocals) and Marc
Fellis (drums) --were childhood
friends who grew up listening to
artists like Jimi Hendrix and The
Beatles. The group's self-titled
debut CD was released by the Lizard
King label in London. In the past,
The Go have opened for the White
Stripes in England and in the U.S.
This year they will also perform
at Noise Pop in San Francisco, the
Lollapalooza stop in Detroit, and
supporting shows for Guided By Voices
with Mooney Suzuki and the Witnesses.
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The
Dresden Dolls
This Boston-based duo calls their
music "Brechtian punk cabaret,"
which as it turns out is the perfect
description for their peculiar brand
of music featured on their self-titled
debut, produced by well-known producer
Martin Bisi. Drummer Brian Viglione
and singer-pianist Amanda Palmer
wear mime-like face makeup with
black-white ensembles and create
music that wavers swiftly from romantic
to neurotic. Palmer's voice is comparable
in depth and scope to PJ Harvey's,
ranging from gentle and vulnerable
to just flat-out frantic. She sings
songs about coin-operated boys,
kissing misters, and savagely broken
hearts. Recently, the duo have been
spotlighted in CMJ's New Music Report,
The Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix
and Boston Magazine.
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A
Place To Bury Strangers
New York-based A Place to Bury Strangers
play deeply brooding melodies that
seep through a wall of fuzz. The
three-piece shoegazer band formed
in New York City in 2003. Their
attitude is completely DIY; self-producing
their self-titled EP, hand silk-screening
posters, and booking their own tours.
APBS weds sonic mayhem to pop melodies,
generating an exclusive buzz for
a loyal and expanding fan base.
Lead singer Oliver Ackermann (ex-Skywave),
bassist Tim Gregorio (ex-Virus)
and drummer Justin Avery play each
show like it's their last one. Their
music could be compared to their
well-known rock contemporaries --
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Spiritualized
and the Warlocks.
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Donnybrook
The word "donnybrook"
originated from a town in Ireland
notorious for its annual fair that
incited uproarious and uncontrollable
brawls. The term "donnybrook"
eventually adopted that same meaning.
With this definition in mind, five
musicians from Lincoln, Maine created
a sound and attitude resembling
an overwhelming "Donnybrook."
Started in 1997, Donnybrook has
persevered in their quest to bring
an intelligent, melodic wall of
sound to the listening audience.
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