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Artvoice Weekly Edition » Issue v5n51 (12/21/2006) » Section: Calendar Spotlight


Every Time I Die

If Buffalo-based band Every Time I Die keeps their promise, everyone in attendance at this small, personal, in-your-face show at the Icon on Friday (Dec. 22) will be so enthralled and blown away by their performance they won’t be able to help but think, “the Goo Goo.... who?” Poised to become the next big band out of Buffalo, Every Time I Die aims to shatter and expunge any current preconceptions about underground heavy rock and redefine them. Their latest CD release, Gutter Phenomenon, is “the ETID record” – one that may mark a major milestone and turning point in their career. Doors open at 8pm and limited tickets are available for $15 pre-sale, or $18 at the door. Also performing that night will be Inferis, Come the Dawn, and Sailing to Rome



The Crumbs of Insanity

The Crumbs of Insanity will be reuniting for their tenth annual Christmas concert this Friday (Dec 22) at Nietzsche’s at 10:30pm. This show in particular will be a special one as it marks the band’s second celebration of their first concert 20 years ago. The band and friends will be reminiscing about the ups and downs they’ve experienced during the 8 years they spent making the rounds in the Buffalo bar and music club scene, and will also be jamming out hits from their three self-produced albums, as well as their own versions of songs by The Allman Brothers, Santana, The Grateful Dead, the Doors, and many others. Special guests Mitch’s Infidels will be playing too



The Fems

For 26 years the Buffalo music scene has been able to count on one bright and shining reunion show each holiday season. That’s right kids, it’s time to “go to a party and act like an asshole” when The Fems tear it up at Club Diablo on Saturday (Dec. 23) at 10pm. Something like an old home days get together for hardcore denizens of the area’s punk scene, this show never fails to satisfy that craving for loud rebellious fun in the midst of a season typically devoted to prim caroling. Mark Freeland and the boys are coming down the chimney, so hang up your stockings and blow out the tubes—you don’t want to miss this one!



C. O. Jones

The coolest, partying-est funk band heads into it’s 12th year and they are ringing in some holiday cheer. C.O. Jones returns for a holiday gig on Christmas eve eve, this Saturday (Dec. 23) at 11pm at Mohawk Place. The band’s leader, Buffalo native Dave Schulz, is a full-time west coast resident. Much like Santa he has been returning once a year with his C.O. cohorts to deliver packages of booty-shaking soul and funky, funky grooves. Support on Saturday comes from former Pine Dogs singer Gretchen Shulz backed by her band, The Morvelles.



Hatebreed

Stillborn Records, owned and run by Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta, brings you an all-out hardcore assault on Friday (Dec. 29) with Stillborn Fest, an all-ages show featuring Sick of it All and Hatebreed, along with fellow Stillborn Records label-mates Full Blown Chaos and Subzero. Each of these hardcore veterans, most of whom have been in the scene ten years or more, have released new albums in the past year, so expect performances showcasing both new material as well as old favorites. Doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 7:30pm at Showplace Theater



Novelist

Looking outside traditional band configurations to forge a “new approach to heavy/ ambient guitar,” the local duo of Chase Middaugh and Ryan McMullen wrench a full band’s worth of heavy rock atmospherics from Novelist’s relatively sparse drums and guitar format. With an all instrumental sound that falls somewhere between The Who’s long-form feedback jams, Glenn Branca’s art-rock symphonies and Sunn O))))’s drone metal soundscapes, Novelist maximize their minimal attack. On Friday (Dec. 29) at Soundlab, the group diverges even further from tradition when McMullen trades his drum kit for a guitar and Bill Abdale (guitarist with Brooklyn’s Black Centipede) joins the group to create a one-night-only all-guitar collaborative trio. Opening is Buffalo experimentalists The Beta Cloud, and Jax Deluca will provide projections, starting up at 9pm



The Common Kings

After years of playing in bands that have since broken up, The Common Kings recently found each other and formed what looks to be the band that lasts. Playing at the Buffalo Icon on Friday (Dec. 29) at 6pm, The Common Kings fuse together sounds from many different genres, and thank their widely ranging fan base for allowing them to be able to bring their individual musical tastes and talents under one roof. They describe their sound as a cohesion between aggressive and intimate – “something standard, yet sovereign.” The concert will be hosted by Jeff Martin, previously of This Day and Age, and will also feature performances by Colors in the Air, The Airview, The Thermidors and Vita Eterna





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