PSYCHED to get into it tonight with 2/3 of SoD. devin drobka and i are going to tear up Radio Zero. get there early, we done by 8. hang late to hear more great jams.
1118 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn.
NYC, i’m finally back in you! i’m playing with these fine folks tonight at Douglass Street Music Collective. 295 Douglass Street, Brooklyn. 9 pm. gonna be nasty!
this is what Cathlene and I have been up to for the past couple of weeks. this is from Wednesday night in Berkeley, CA.
coming up, Spokane on Tuesday, then LA on Saturday.
new sounds from Double Double. 9 February 2013
me - tenor
Adam Hopkins - bass
Will McEvoy - bass
Flin Van Hemmen - drums
Tour with Cathlene Pineda starts in earnest tomorrow with a house concert in Santa Cruz. So amped! More dates / deets in the TOUR section.
3/26 - House Concert. Santa Cruz, CA.
3/27 - Berkeley Arts. Berkeley, CA.
3/28 - Piano Fort. Portland, OR.
3/30 - Wayward Music Series. Seattle, WA.
4/2 - Spokane Falls Community College. Spokane, WA.
4/6 - ArtShare LA. Los Angeles, CA.
get ready for more of THIS. Friday. doors 7. jams 8. address / deets here: HERE. here.
VAX + Cauchemara (big band) playing a new piece of ours, plus a piece by Biz for Cauche specially composed / designed to open a portal to another plane. the last time she did this there was a hurricane. sorry about that.
SO EXCITED SO EXCITED SO EXCITED.
if you live within 100 miles of NYC and you miss DRINKS WITH FRIENDS tomorrow night at Douglass Street Music Collective, you need to rethink your priorities. i play with Battle Trance at 8 and Mutasm at about 10.
$10 gets you in. another $5 gets you a bottomless cup. why don’t we throw keggers EVERY weekend? probably lots of reasons.
prepare to have your cellular makeup reorganized.
playing with THE MEN on thursday night at Bowery Ballroom for the release of their newest CD “New Moon.” this is what they look like. HOT. also playing: Nude Beach and Parquet Courts. this thing is sold out. WHOA.
TONIGHT, Radio Zero presents Patrick Breiner as Vartan Mamigonian, Jessica Pavone (solo viola/voice), and CJ Boyd (solo bass). SO STOKED!!!!
8 pm at the Sycamore. 1118 Cortelyou Road. Brooklyn, NY.
See you there.
sweet crap Cirque du Sol-Soul was a BLAST last night! a huge thanks to all those who played and to those brave souls who came just to check it out. too many highlights to name. again soon. y’all ain’t even ready.
this happens on Saturday!!! DOUBLE DOUBLE. my music for 2 basses (will mcevoy and adam hopkins) along with myself and drummer flin van hemmen. we’re splitting the night with some very special bands. i’m REALLY stoked on this concert.
Saturday 2/9 at the Sounds and Sounds Series at Launch Pad, Brooklyn, NY. 721 Franklin Ave.
8 pm - Swimmer (Dave Miller, Corey Healey) LISTEN
9 pm - Laila and Smitty (Kenny Warren, Josh Myers, Myk Freedman, Jeremiah Lockwood)
10 pm - Double Double
my Monday night curatorial residency start TONIGHT at the Sycamore. 20+ musicians take part in a piece that I wrote called Cirque du Sol-Sous (chart included).
the rest of the month is gonna be NASTY, too:
2/11 - Tony Malaby, Ben Gerstein, Todd Neufeld, Ches Smith
2/18 - Patrick Breiner as Vartan Mamigonian (solo), Jessica Pavone solo, CJ Boyd solo
2/25 - Danny Fox Trio and Alex Wyatt Group
every performance starts at 8 pm. $10 suggested. 1118 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY.
LOTS of hotnezz happening this month. scope out the TOUR section. these days i’m mostly touring brooklyn, but dayum, lots of amazing stuff is happening.
first and foremost, tonight at devin gray’s house (hit me up for exact address) VAX is performing a 40 minute piece we composed over the course of the last month. i can’t even describe it. y’all are going to lose your minds. ours are LONG gone. click flyer above for info. also performing are video artist zach caldwell, solo reedist joachim badenhorst, and comedian evan davis. WHAT? yup. plus there’s going to be curry. LOTS OF IT.
NEXT, i’m curating mondays in February at the sycamore as part of the RADIO ZERO music series there. the whole month is going to be nuts. this monday 20 musicians will come together to perform a new improv pool piece of mine called Cirque du Sol-Sous. yup. more info / dates HERE.
i’m also super psyched about my band DOUBLE DOUBLE on Feb 9 at the Launch Pad (with Will McEvoy and Adam Hopkins on basses and Flin Van Hemmen on drums)
and about Premoticon with Will McEvoy at Jesse Stacken’s house on Feb 16.
and about Feb 23 at Muchmore’s with a gnarly new band led by Travis Laplante called Battle Trance (4 tenor saxophones, me, travis, matt nelson, jeremy viner. SCARY GOOD).
rehearsals for VAX show on friday are going greeeeeeeeat. seriously. you’re going to lose your minds. ours are way lost already. JUMP!
