Despite all his bubbling creativity, Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation still gets his biggest thrills from exploring music by other people — specifically by crate digging, the ritual hunt by dedicated DJs for dusty vinyl tucked away in the back rooms of record stores (if there are even any of those left). The difference is that in Garza’s case, the crate is just as likely to be in an open-air market in Cairo. Each record since Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi, their globe-trotting 1997 debut, has further distanced this duo of Garza and Eric Hilton from the Anglophilic navel-gazing common in electronic music— instead weaving together meticulous sequences and left-field exotic flavors inspired by corners of the world where you might not even be able to plug in a drum machine. That’s OK, though; on last year’s Radio Retaliation, they remained as engrossing as ever even as they pulled the ol’ Crossover 101 trick of peppering guest vocalists across nearly every track. But those guests consisted of Nigerian Afrobeat prince Femi Kuti, Indian sitar player Anoushka Shankar, and Brazilian singer Seu Jorge. After all, “crossover” is a relative term. The Hook: Do you listen to a lot of trip hop and electronica these days? RG: I’m more enchanted with older, obscure, organic sounds and finding those rare gems. The Hook: And where do you find them? RG: When I met Eric back in ‘95, one of the things we had in common was a very eclectic record collection. We were both into jazz, Brazilian music, music from India, music from Jamaica. That’s where our inspiration comes from— finding a way of including all these sounds that inspire us. The Hook: How deeply do you engage with the music you’re drawing from? RG: I think it’s more an appreciation from the DJ aesthetic, crate-digging and finding things that inspire you rather than the musicologist perspective. Half the fun of the journey is exploring and being introduced to different things at different times and going off on tangents. The Hook: What’s your gut reaction to the term “world music?” RG: I hate it. Everything in this world is world music, technically. The Hook: Radio Retaliation features many tunes which seem to be heavily influenced by the chosen guest vocalist. Do you ever feel like you’re giving away the keys to the car? RG: What’s funny about those songs is that a lot of the times we’ll start off with the tracks close to being finished, and then we’ll start to think of a particular vocalist. With the Femi Kuti track, Femi was in town, and we had a sketch, and he came in and started laying down the parts for Vampires. Anoushka Shankar as well; we had a few songs that we were trying, and “Mandala” was the one where it all kind of clicked together. The Hook: Paul McCartney asked you to open for him at a D.C. show this past summer. What was it like being validated by a Beatle? RG: That was pretty wild. That’s like a whole new level. The Hook: Their 1967 trip to India had a huge impact on their music, and on popular music in general. In a way, aren’t you guys are sort of a modern embodiment of that same aesthetic blend? RG: Yeah, that’s a big turning point. We’re fascinated by that time period, where you had a real cross-pollenization of East meeting West, jazz guys doing rock things, film music guys doing Bossa tracks. Those records that you hear sometimes, going back to those eras, are the most inspiring, these pieces that transcend you out of your normal space. That’s what I love about music— being that vehicle. Thievery Corporation takes you places for $35, departing from the Charlottesville Pavilion on October 29 at 7pm.
Tonight’s featured show would probably have otherwise been indie-whatever songwriter Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson at the Tea Bazaar, but that was before the tragic death of Johnny Gilmore, the local drummer extraordinaire who died in a fire on Thursday night. This last-minute memorial at Fry’s Spring Beach Club will include a collection to benefit Curtis Gilmore, Johnny’s father, whose home was ravaged by the fire that also killed his son. You can also donate via PayPal to the [email protected] account.
As everyone seems to be noting, Johnny was an astonishing top-shelf musician and always seemed to have a smile on his face. If you are among the lucky ones who were able to experience either, you’re probably already planning to be here. If not, Jenn Rhubright makes a strong case for why you should go anyway.
Tentative schedule, subject to change since that’s not really the point:
6pm-6:20pm: Mike Sokolowski
6:25pm-6:50pm: William Walter and Tucker Rodgers
7pm-7:20pm: Jamie Dyer and Jamal Millner
7:30pm-7:45pm: Bentley Rhodes
7:45pm-8pm: Andy Waldeck
8pm-8:30: Walker’s Run
8:45pm-9:15pm: The Guano Boys
9:20pm-9:50pm: The Gladstones
10pm-10:30pm: Ian Gilliam and the Fire Kings
10:45pm-11:15pm: John D’earth and Friends
11:15pm-11:45pm: Thrum
11:45pm-12:35pm: DJ Ducktape and DJ XSV
12:40pm-?: The Illville Crew
End: Jam
‘Everybody who’s anybody musically in this town played with Johnny Gilmore,’ says singer-songwriter William Walter.Acclaimed local drummer Johnny Gilmore has died in a fire, and his father was hospitalized after the blaze erupted Thursday night in the musician’s room at the Green Leaf Townhouses in midtown on Fifth Street, SW.
“I was talking to him an hour or an hour and a half before it happened,” says Rougemont Avenue resident Kenneth Jackson, who was visiting his sister in the unit adjacent to Gilmore’s in the nine-unit apartment complex. “He was sitting on the wall, and we were talking about music.”
Music was the 45-year-old’s life, say those who heard the (more)
The John Paul Jones Arena parking lots are usually scenes of frivolity, as seen in this pre-DMB concert photo from April.Friday update: the reward announced at findmorgan.com for information leading to the young woman’s safe return is $100,000.
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“Witnesses and conversations” indicate that missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington– who left a concert in search of a bathroom– spent the hour between 8:30pm and 9:30pm Saturday outdoors near the John Paul Jones Arena, a time when the performance by Metallica, according to the venue manager, was underway.
The time information came October 21 before a phalanx of reporters at a press conference held at UVA Police headquarters by Lieutenant Joe Rader of the Virginia State Police, who also announced the then imminent reward fund and a new (more)
Indie-pop and electronic
Straight Punch To The Crotch - Robot Baby
Straight Punch To The Crotch - When Animals Attack
Straight Punch To The Crotch - Summer Sun and Firecrackers
Centric - In Flight
Centric - Thanks For Something
Centric - Second Hand
Westminster Presbyterian Church does organ concerts all year round, but we can probably all agree that late October is the best time to go.
“Music Of The Hunt” program. Black tie attire. You really gonna go hunting in that getup?
Brooklyn indie punk it-band Vivian Girls has been inducing fits in bloggers for years with equal parts shoegaze and shenanigans, so give this a shot if you like either. The Invisible Hand and The Super Vacations open.
Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To
Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand - There’s Room In My Will
Above all, Eli Cook stays true to his roots. PUBLICITY PHOTO
Photo by Andrew Shurtleff
Space-lovers who take their cues from Iron Maiden and 70’s rock. The Great Eastern and Bowie-loving glam-rockers Red Satellites open.
Corsair - Last Night On Earth
Corsair - Space Is A Lonely Place
Corsair - Starcophagus
Gritty Brooklyn indie folk-pop songwriter Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson has famously been championed by Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor and TV On The Radio’s Kyp Malone and is now signed to the influential Saddle Creek label run by Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes and Monsters Of Folk. (Good lord, that’s a lot of names.) His latest album Summer Of Fear is stocked with autobiographical tunes with which he attempts to flash-freeze his emotions from the summer of 2007. Highly recommended; this is Tea House indie hipness at its prime.
Warpaint opens.
The Halloween performance by what might just be the world’s largest Black Sabbath tribute band is also one of Charlottesville’s coolest annual traditions.
buy tickets onlinePhilly’s finest experimental indie rockers are kooky weirdos anyway. Lord only knows what they’ll do with a Halloween show.
buy tickets onlineWarm up with dance-friendly indie-electro bits from San Francisco-based !!!-buddies Sugar and Gold, and then keep the blood flowing with a set from Of Montreal multi-instrumentalist alum James Husband.
Also featuring Hot Lava.
buy tickets onlineIt wasn’t until their third release that this Austin-based Americana and roots-rock band bothered to enter a studio — the first few were live recordings, which bodes well for this show. They’ll also be appearing on Austin City Limits on Saturday, so be sure to tune in if you like what you see here or have to miss it entirely.
buy tickets onlineThis classic country act started out rooted in gospel back in the 60’s, and after having a go at secular music in the 70’s, scored some pop hits and eventually went on to become one of the longest-running groups in country music history.
buy tickets onlineClassical pianist plays Schumann and Chopin
buy tickets onlineSinger-songwriter whose tunes you’ve likely heard during the most dramatic moments of hour-long TV medical dramas and also shortly after the plane crash on Lost, although maybe that never even happened in the first place given the time-traveling retcon malarkey at the end of last season’s finale. Multi-instrumentalist Julie Peel, previously featured on compilation tribute albums dedicated to the Pixies, Neil Young, and the Cure, opens with material from her own debut record.
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Eight-legged indie-folk somewhat fashioned after Joanna Newsom from New York songwriter Jane Herships, former guitarist for Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Also featuring Magdyn Osh and a solo set from Arbouretum singer Dave Heumann.
Photo by David Kling_Thing
The hard-working local punk rockers celebrate the release of their new album In The Offing. Also featuring St. God’s Hospital.
Worn In Red - Vital Joys
Worn In Red - When People Have Something To Say
Impossible ArmsTwisted Branch Tea Bazaar
November 13, 8:30pm
$5
This joyously messy Chapel Hill guitar rock trio is inspired by 90’s icons like Hüsker Dü and Dinosaur Junior and share a label with The Kingsbury Manx, who you might have caught at the Bridge a few months back. Upstart local indie rockers Drunk Tigers, whose pedigree involves various alumni of popular local bands like Cataract Camp and Order, open with a like-minded set of howl-n-jangle. (And hey, heads up — keep an eye out for new recordings from those guys within a few months.)
Impossible Arms - Prescriptions Filled
Impossible Arms - Big Plans
Drunk Tigers - Overland [live]
Drunk Tigers - Long Bored [live]
Drunk Tigers - Outer Banks Inner Peace [live]
Drunk Tigers - Winter Party [live]
Drunk Tigers - Sirens [live]
visit Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar onlineBrian PatrickFardowner's
January 15, 10:00pm
$3
Rootsy Americana and classic rock from the local guitarist and his quartet.
The Brian Patrick Band - Tumbleweed
The Brian Patrick Band - Nowhere Left To Fall
The Brian Patrick Band - It Hurts Me More
The Brian Patrick Band - Don’t Believe In Me
The Brian Patrick Band - California
The Brian Patrick Band - Big Muddy
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May 8, 10:00pm
$3
Finger-pickin’ foot-stompin’ folk rock
HoBoJac - Uncle Joe
HoBoJac - Ramblings Of A Sinner
HoBoJac - Crossroads
visit Fardowner's onlineThe Chickenhead Blues BandFardowner's
January 29, 10:00pm
$5
The Chickenhead Blues Band - Talk To Me, Baby
The Chickenhead Blues Band - Glamour Girl
The Chickenhead Blues Band - Hunky Dorey
The Chickenhead Blues Band - Marvin’s Water
visit Fardowner's onlineThe Doc MarshallsTwisted Branch Tea Bazaar
November 7, 8:30pm
$5
NYC country quintet The Doc Marshalls routinely try to slip unexpected zydeco or Cajun accordion bombs in alongside the expected straightforward six-string Burrito Brothers style Americana. Also featuring Hunter Smith and local alt-country songwriter Carlton James.
Carlton James - St. Augy
Carlton James - Smile Boys
Carlton James - Dig A Hole
Carlton James - Blue Moon Please
visit Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar onlineTigerLilyBel Rio
January 30, 8:00pm
$7
Indie folk-pop
TigerLily - Bed Of Roses
TigerLily - Rockfish River
visit Bel Rio onlineThe UVA Klezmer EnsembleOld Cabell Hall
November 15, 3:30pm
$5-$10
Klezmer with guest trombone player Dan Blacksberg
visit Old Cabell Hall onlineThe UVA Jazz EnsembleOld Cabell Hall
November 13, 8:00pm
$5-$10
Photo by Nadette Boughton
Tunes for Friday the Thirteenth, mostly by Mingus. Director John D’earth will be given a special educator’s award by the Charlottesville Jazz Society; guess it’s his lucky day!
visit Old Cabell Hall onlineTechnosonicsLive Arts
November 13, 8:00pm
Free
Abstract technical and electronic pieces from the more forward-thinking parts of the UVA music department, this year united by the common theme of “building,” which can be taken to refer to anything from Jefferson’s Rotunda to robotic musicians (seriously).
visit Live Arts onlineThe Charlottesville and University Symphony OrchestraMonticello High School
November 8, 3:30pm
$10-$35
Debussy’s La Mer and other pieces by French composers
visit Monticello High School onlineThe Charlottesville and University Symphony OrchestraOld Cabell Hall
November 7, 8:00pm
$10-$35
Debussy’s La Mer and other pieces by French composers
visit Old Cabell Hall onlineThe Albemarle EnsembleOld Cabell Hall
November 1, 3:30pm
$10-$20, 18 and under free
Pieces by Beethoven, György Ligeti, Astor Piazzolla, and August Klughart. With pianist Mimi Tung
visit Old Cabell Hall onlineThe FalsiesRapture
October 18, 9:00pm
$5-$10
As you may remember, wacko local rock troupe The Falsies made a zombie movie some time ago which, beyond already being awesome, then went on to pick up some festival accolades. Now, you can finally catch a hometown screening at Vinegar Hill and then see the zombies rock out in the (morbid/rotting) flesh just down the mall at Rapture. Admission to the show is free with your $10 movie ticket, or $5 on its own.
The Falsies - Are You Sexually Available
visit Rapture onlineDriftwood FireRapunzel's
October 24, 7:30pm
$5 donation
Harmony-laden singers. Lindsey Osborne opens.
visit Rapunzel's onlineSongwriting ContestRapunzel's
October 23, 7:30pm
$5 donation
Up-and-coming local talents — 30 of ‘em, in fact — vie for cash, recording time, and most importantly bragging rights (although for the first time in a while the economy is bad enough to make the cash pretty darn important too).
visit Rapunzel's onlineCaninosThe Garage
October 30, 8:00pm
Free
Indie rock. Also featuring a solo set from former Titus Andronicus guitarist Andrew Cedermark, and keyboard player Jacob Wolf, all hopefully wrapping up in time for the Man Man show over at the Southern.
visit The Garage onlineSarah WhiteThe Garage
October 23, 8:00pm
Free
Award-winning local alt-country songstress
Sarah White - Apple In B Major
Sarah White - Half A Smile
Sarah White - Ply Me
Sarah White - Sweetheart
Sarah White - Where You’re Going
visit The Garage onlineCarleigh Nesbit and Carl AndersonThe Garage
October 22, 8:30pm
Free
Alt-folk duo. Organizer Sam Bush opens with a set of his own.
Carleigh Nesbit and Carl Anderson - Three Steps Out The Door [live]
Carleigh Nesbit and Carl Anderson - Passing Through
Carleigh Nesbit and Carl Anderson - Train Song
Carleigh Nesbit - Three Steps Out The Door
Carleigh Nesbit - River Run Dry
Carleigh Nesbit - Turn On The Heat
Carleigh Nesbit - Your City Skies
visit The Garage onlineGunchuxFardowner's
February 25, 10:00pm
$5
Nice Jenkins frontman Rob Cheatham’s country-rock band
Gunchux - Suburban Landscape
Gunchux - The Tour
Gunchux - Williamstown
Gunchux - You Crushed My Heart
Gunchux - Walk Up 21st St.
visit Fardowner's onlineRaw DawgZinc
October 31, 10:00pm
Free
Costume party with the local rock band.
Raw Dawg - Alibi
Raw Dawg - Dig
Raw Dawg - HOI
visit Zinc onlineHarps Of GoldFirst Presbyterian Church
November 1, 3:00pm
$10-$25
Harpists (plural!) in period costumes (also plural!) performing on seven harps (again!).
Christian Breeden and the Dirty HorseCantina
November 13, 10:00pm
Free
Rockin’ new band from the local songwriter
visit Cantina onlineCVBS Blues JamBatesville Store
February 27, 7:00pm
Free
Blues. If you want to perform, make sure to register beforehand by emailing , or else come showtime you’ll have the… well, you know.
Interview: Eerie? Phil Elverum as transparent as the Windby Stephanie Garcia
Anacortes, Washington-based musician Phil Elverum has a strong sense of identity– although at first glance, this indie-rocker may not seem to have any clue where his music will take him next. (more)
visit Blue Mountain Brewery onlinePhishJohn Paul Jones Arena
December 5, 7:30pm
$50
It’s been more than five years since Charlottesville sent local DJ Nick Rubin up to Vermont to serenade the hippie hordes descending on Coventry to say farewell to the legendary jamband kooks of Phish, and roughly three since we helped guitarist Trey Anastasio realize that he’d given his subsequent solo album the wrong title. Now they’re back in all their druggy-noodle glory to give the tapers another few dozen gigs to play with over the next decade, and whatever your stance on their meandering jams, their legacy as the band that defined improvisational rock and the culture that now surrounds it before anybody save perhaps the Grateful Dead is worth a little respect. Fifty bucks is a bargain for a band this influential, but if you’re not going, at least pop a few painkillers in their honor.
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Mike DoughtyThe Southern
October 28, 9:00pm
$16
Offbeat alt-rock quartet Soul Coughing dissolved, fittingly, just as the 90’s faded into the 00’s, but poetic frontman Mike Doughty managed to flip their implosion into a viable solo career within about six months. His last couple albums have moved toward thicker radio-friendly pop production than the sparseness his fans grew used to, but the just-released Sad Man Happy Man tones it back down again and zeroes in on the acoustic skeletons and the programmed beats slated to move into the foreground with his upcoming electronic album Dubious Luxury.
New York singer-songwriter Porter Block opens with tunes co-written by several of his Brooklyn neighborhood’s finest musicians.
Porter Block - Youth’s Magic Horn
Porter Block - Got To Get Back
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Griffin HouseThe Southern
October 22, 8:00pm
$10-$12
Americana songwriter. With Genna Matthew and Thad Cockrell.
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Dr. DogThe Southern
October 20, 8:00pm
$13-$15
Dr. Dog’s wildly successful retro-pop is just as cool as it was back when they came to Gravity Lounge back in February, which makes the 50% price increase here particularly unpalatable. Oh well. Anti-folk singer Jeffrey Lewis opens, at least.
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Lost In The TreesTwisted Branch Tea Bazaar
October 21, 9:00pm
$6
Indie-folk with orchestral aspirations. Stringy local madman Wes Swing opens.
Lost In The Trees - Walk Around The Lake
Lost In The Trees - Tall Trees
Lost In The Trees - Fireplace
Wes Swing - Lullaby
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October 19, 11:00pm
$5
Pitchfork once praised this funky Miami dance-rock duo, which has opened for both Girl Talk and Animal Collective, as “the right balance between magnet school and special ed” while simultaneously chastising them for “the worst name since Ninja High School;” local opener DBB Plays Cups makes a strong showing with that last one too. Also featuring Giant Cloud. Hoo boy. Come on, guys.
Awesome New Republic - Alleycat
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$5 suggested donation
Noise rock band led by Adam Smith. Also featuring dance performances from This Little Bird Studio and the political drama from Insurgent Theater.
visit The Bridge onlineMenyaTwisted Branch Tea Bazaar
October 17, 9:00pm
$5
Catchy-ass guilty-pleasure NYU electro-pop-rap, occasionally filthy and/or in the spirit of Brazilian 2007 dance-rock sensations CSS, and probably the only band we’ve heard from all year which willfully compares themselves with the Black Eyed Peas. Local dance-rockers Bear War open.
Menya - Philly Gurls
Menya - Oh
Menya - Loose
Menya - Diana (I Heart You)
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October 17, 8:00pm
$6
Wurlitzer-poundin’ indie rock songwriter Casey Dienel sometimes switches over to uke, accompanied all the while by duo partner Shawn Creeden’s percussion, tape loops, and other details. Also featuring guitar-pluckin’ former Hackensaw Boys leader David Sickmen.
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October 19, 7:00pm
$8-$10
Elizabeth Ziman and her Brooklyn indie-pop trio caught the attention of Bright Eyes multi-instrumentalist producer Mike Mogis (currently zig-zagging the world with the Monsters Of Folk supergroup), leading to their jazz-inflected Verve debut Taller Children this past summer.
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Richard Thompson and Loudon WainwrightParamount Theater
October 16, 8:00pm
$22.50-$29.50
Fairport convention guitar virtuoso and badass folk soloist Richard Thompson’s last appearance in town was on the heels of a spectacularly irreverent millennial greatest hits package in which he interpreted his favorite arias and Scottish carols alongside Britney, Justin, and Bowling For Soup. The scope has since been tightened considerably and he’s no longer the class clown, since he’s just promoting a forty-year retrospective of his own tunes here, but that just means he’ll be kicking butt with a straight face this time.
Also featuring Loudon Wainwright III, who is every bit as much a folk icon, having sired a sizable pie-slice of the Wainwright/McGarrigle alt- and indie-folk performers active today. His last two albums have been dedicated to turn-of-the-century old-time banjo player Charlie Poole and Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up, respectively. Man, it must be nice to be royalty.
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Jimmy BuffettJohn Paul Jones Arena
November 17, 8:00pm
$36-$136
Stoner-fried islander tunes from the musical/cross-promotional genius who brought you “Margaritaville,” Margaritaville Margarita Mix, Margaritaville Sunset Shrimp Scampi frozen dinners, “Cheeseburger In Paradise,” Cheeseburger In Paradise, Inc. on Route 29N, and “A Pirate Looks At 40″ (can’t do anything silly with that one, it’s just awesome). We’ll see how the beach vibe plays out against the November chill.
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The Low AnthemThe Southern
November 10, 8:00pm
$10-$12
Mixed-method Americana with elements of jazz, gospel, and blues. Also featuring peppy Portland pop and folk-rock band Blind Pilot.
Blind Pilot - The Story I Heard
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Dark MeatTwisted Branch Tea Bazaar
October 22, 8:30pm
$8
Dark Meat, whose members hail from Elf Power, Of Montreal, Olivia Tremor Control and Lil Wayne’s touring band, plays psychedelic rock so wild and senseless that no matter how many drugs you take beforehand, it’ll always be clear that the band members have outdone you. (Do still try your best, though.)
Indie-pop singer Stephen Steinbrink opens.
Stephen Steinbrink - Wet Cloud
Stephen Steinbrink - Warning
Stephen Steinbrink - The Cops
Stephen Steinbrink - Neighbors In The Bedroom
Stephen Steinbrink - My Cacoon
Stephen Steinbrink - A Set Of Hours
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listen to Dark Meat at the Hype MachineThe Olivarez TrioHamner Theater
October 24, 7:30pm
$20, $35/couple
Django-style gypsy jazz from the popular local guitar player.
Olivarez Trio - Choti
Olivarez Trio - Adieu, Bienville
Olivarez Trio - Chez Drennon
visit Hamner Theater onlineEli CookRivals
October 24, 9:00pm
$8
If you’ve been following our occasional checkup chats, which you totally should be, you probably already know that local guitarist Eli Cook maintains roughly equivalent levels of enthusiasm for acoustic early proto-blues (see 2005’s Miss Blues’es Child), 90’s Seattle grunge (2007’s not-particularly-traditional alt-rock record Electricholyfirewater, and New Orleans R&B (the latest incarnation of his power trio). With the record released here, Static In The Blood, we get another angle: the singer-songwriter. Cook spent two years cooking up these seventeen tracks alone, playing almost all the instruments himself, and says they’re bluesy, but not actually blues per se.
Paradoxically, this will probably continue to make him even less marketable to those rare purists looking for someone they can call a blues guitarist without needing a footnote, but those people should put a sock in it anyway (as should you, if you’re thinking of complaining about spending your Saturday night up on Route 29 — this is definitely the Rivals show to catch).
Book Of Job opens, followed by sets by Eli both as a soloist and with the trio.
Eli Cook - Static In The Blood
visit Rivals onlineTao Rodriguez-SeegerMilano
October 22, 7:30pm
$8-$10
As the grandson of (freakin’ nonagenarian!) folk legend Pete, alt-folk singer Tao Rodriguez-Seeger performs in a fairly sizable genetic shadow, much like his former bandmates Ruth Ungar (Jay’s daughter) and Sarah Lee Guthrie (spawn of Woody and Arlo — not together, you perv). That, however, doesn’t dissuade him from running the expected folk tunes through an unexpected pedalboard during his live performances, the most monumental recent engagement being alongside Gramps and Springsteen as the finale at the Obama inauguration. Johnson’s Crossroad jams a little bluegrass into the opening set.
The Whiskey RebellionMono Loco
October 16, 10:00pm
Free
Narrative-heavy newgrass and folk from the energetic Richmond quartet.
visit Mono Loco onlineThe New MastersoundsRapture
November 4, 8:30pm
$10-$12
Old-school UK funk quartet The New Mastersounds, now hitting their ten-year anniversary, has been anchored for the past decade by the astonishing pocket of bassist Pete Shand through gigs alongside Matisyahu, the Crowes, and the Peas. Keep your fingers crossed for their 2007 instrumental cover of Roots Manuva’s “Witness (1 Hope),” whose bobbling bassline has been begging for a stoner-jam reinterpretation forever. This should be a no-brainer for Daptone fans.
The New Mastersounds - Thermal Bad [live]
East Ponce Soul Faction opens.
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ROSMY FundraiserEscafé
October 23, 8:00pm
$10
John Ashley’s fundraiser for ROSMY, a Richmond non-profit organization dedicated to helping troubled gay and lesbian youth, features songwriter Andy Moore (who, somewhat ironically, is female, though the name suggests otherwise) as well as a solo set from Gene Osborn of Straight Punch To The Crotch (who, also ironically, would advocate nothing of the sort in this case).
visit Escafé onlineMount EerieUVA Chapel
October 23, 8:00pm
$10
In all the lamenting of lost venues, everyone seemed to forget the Chapel, which unexpectedly started hosting shows a few years back from Sarah White, Le Loup, and Ben Chasny’s Six Organs Of Admittance (which, mercifully, did not cost nearly as much as you might think).
Now, praise the Lord, it comes roaring back — figuratively, that is, since the great K Records‘ act Mount Eerie is actually an indie-folk project. Phil Elverum’s latest album touches on both field recordings and ambient black metal, though, so maybe there’s a roar here after all.
Mount Eerie - Between Two Mysteries
Opening: fellow K songwriter Tara Jane O’Neil, and Stephen Steinbrink, the (extremely) young Phoenix-based pop songwriter formerly known as French Quarter whose latest album is available as either a digital download or — wait for it — VHS. Crazy kids!
Stephen Steinbrink - Wet Cloud
Stephen Steinbrink - Warning
Stephen Steinbrink - The Cops
Stephen Steinbrink - Neighbors In The Bedroom
Stephen Steinbrink - My Cacoon
Stephen Steinbrink - A Set Of Hours
listen to more Mount Eerie at the Hype MachineThe Shaky HandsTwisted Branch Tea Bazaar
October 27, 9:00pm
$7
Former Meat Puppets tour-mates and recent Kill Rock Stars signees The Shaky Hands thumb their noses at the mania typical of the indie rock bands constantly manufacturing ways to come across as progressive and instead resort to the simplistic and straightforward guitar parts that gave us Tom Petty and the Strokes. Case in point: Nick Delffs spent a month and a half in India shortly before recording their latest album Let It Die and didn’t fill it with tabla and sitar flourishes.
The Shaky Hands - Allison And The Ancient Eyes
Fresh-faced indie rock locals Pompadour open with a dance-friendly set.
visit Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar onlineCaptured! By RobotsOutback Lodge
October 30, 9:00pm
$6-$10
We’d call the guys in theatrical punk and screamo comic outfit Captured! By Robots consummate showmen, but DRMBOT 0110 and GTRBOT666 insist they’re not men at all. The sole human is the eviscerated slave JBOT (née Jay Vance), who used to play bass for skate-rock faves Skankin’ Pickle during the mid-90’s. If you’re not here, you better be at home stocking the bunker for Judgment Day. Comparative Anatomy opens.
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Horse’s MouthTwisted Branch Tea Bazaar
November 21, 10:00pm
$6
As you may know from his previous Tea Bazaar shows, Brooklyn songwriter Tavo Carbone used to take his pop and folk tunes on tour with a revolving-door band and often with outlandish instruments (glockenspiel, accordion, etc). Things have settled down recently, though, so now we have Horse’s Mouth, the new stable band which should prove to be a) tighter and b) louder (we heard all that straight from the, er, original source).
Tavo Carbone - Boxcar Serenade
Tavo Carbone - Off To Hawaii
Tavo Carbone - Blue Boats On Black Lakes
Horse’s Mouth - As I Climb In The Horse’s Mouth
With The Invisible Hand and Harrisonburg’s Preacher; says the latter of their gospel-garage-glam sets: “Saturday night services legitimize Sunday morning sleeping.”
Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand - There’s Room In My Will
Preacher - I Luv You My Friends
Preacher - How Can I Keep From Singing
Preacher - He Is A Rock
visit Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar onlineSpace Cadet 7Fardowner's
Rachel GrimesChrist Episcopal Church
October 16, 7:00pm
$10
Pianist Rachel Grimes (part of the folkish Louisville chamber-pop band Rachel’s, though confusingly not actually the namesake) performs her new pastoral-themed new abstract classical album Book Of Leaves and, if we’re lucky, maybe a few of Erik Satie’s intoxicating Gnossiennes, which she’s reportedly brought out at other shows on this tour.
visit Christ Episcopal Church onlineJesse WinchesterRockfish Valley Community Center
November 7, 8:30pm
$40
Folk legend Jesse Winchester is known as much for his 1967 draft dodge as for his tunes, which include several to garner endorsements from The Band’s Robbie Robertson, eventual covers by bigwigs like Jimmy Buffett and Reba McEntire, and his own hit “Yankee Lady.” Even though he lives in Charlottesville, this is his first serious show around these parts since the release of Love Filling Station earlier this year, the release party for which was canned when Gravity Lounge abruptly closed back in April.
Jesse Winchester - Wear Me Out
visit Rockfish Valley Community Center onlineBentley RhodesFardowner's
October 16, 10:00pm
$3
Earl Knox frontman Bentley Rhodes, who himself hails from REM’s native Athens, Georgia, plays covers of their early material through 1988’s Green alongside a set of his own originals.
visit Fardowner's onlineMax RabinovitsjUnitarian Universalist Church
October 17, 8:00pm
$10 suggested donation
Violin player leads a chamber music ensemble through Schubert’s Quintet in C Major.
visit Unitarian Universalist Church onlineKeith Morris and Carlton JamesMono Loco
October 17, 10:00pm
Free
All summer, local folk singer Keith Morris has been organizing this outdoor concert series on the Mono Loco patio, which closes here with a set from the Crooked Numbers and one from alt-country guitarist Carlton James and his band.
Carlton James - St. Augy
Carlton James - Smile Boys
Carlton James - Dig A Hole
Carlton James - Blue Moon Please
Keith Morris - Live Candy EP
Snowday [live]
Billy Weir’s Dress [live]
Baby Saves World [live]
Waltzing [live]
Candy Apples [March Rosetta remix]
visit Mono Loco onlineWilliam Walter and CompanyBoylan Heights
October 29, 10:00pm
Free
Jammy pop-rock singer-songwriter
William Walter and Company - Sunflower [live]
William Walter and Company - All The Best [live]
William Walter and Company - Alright [live]
William Walter and Company - Border Crosser [live]
William Walter and Company - Myspace
visit Boylan Heights onlineSecond DrawBel Rio
December 12, 9:00pm
$5
Jammy acoustic folk and bluegrass in the tradition of Yonder Mountain and Old Crow.
Second Draw - Water
Second Draw - The River
Second Draw - Take Me
Second Draw - So Many Dreams Of Love
Second Draw - Distant Star
Second Draw - Back To Me
visit Bel Rio online
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