Friday, June 20
Rob Dickinson

The enigmatic frontman of Catherine Wheel only increased his mystique by all but disappearing after the dissolution of that seminal British rock band. Catherine Wheel reigned in the nineties with a soaring, visceral intensity that few bands have rivaled, even in the years since they set the standard for that sort of tortured, gut wrenching music. (Hence, the name: the Catherine Wheel was a medieval torture device used to inflict a perverse and agonizing death that is nauseating to even describe. But I digress...) Since the group disbanded in 2000, Dickinson has kept a low profile, reappearing in 2005 with his first solo effort, Fresh Wine For the Horses, and in 2006 to tour with the Church at that band’s behest. Dickinson is now headlining his own tour, along with the release this month of a double disk out on Universal/Fontana, featuring a rerelease of Fresh Wine For the Horses (Disk One), and Nude (Disk Two), a tribute to his former band with a reworking of six favorite Catherine Wheel tracks. Seeing as Catherine Wheel is probably one of the most influential of all those bands that have been critically overloooked to the point of obscurity, the album is a triumph for fans and a second chance for those who, for whatever reason, didn’t get it the first time around. Local support comes from Here Come the Comets, and after the show Technoir will present its monthly dance party featuring Digital Geist and Silent Auction

k. o’day

7pm. Mohawk Place, 47 E Mohawk St. (855-3931/www.mohawkplace.com). $10