Indie rock group Zoo Front and solo performer An Historic play Best video Performance Space on Thursday, Aug. 11. The show starts at 8 PM and the cover is $5.
The last couple of years have been busy ones for Zoo Front. Their CD Red Stereo Dress marked the beginning of a new era for the band, with Nancie Tief making her singing and songwriting debut. Adding to the fun, they adopted a new working philosophy they call ABM – “ambient background mischief”. The idea is to add a subliminal track to each song that somehow fills out the sound in a way that defies definition.
The personnel is Ed Ekendu (Guitar), Nancie Tief (Guitar), Julie Riccio (Drums) and Ju Dee Luna.
An Historic is the songwriting alias of composer/accordionist/vocalist Adam Matlock, focusing on frenzied and narrative songs with elements of Balkan music, cabaret, many varieties of art-song and American soul and punk. Songs are performed live with a core of solo accordion and voice, and sometimes fleshed out and fully inhabited with the confident interplay of guitarist Chris Cretella, percussionist Michael Paolucci, multi-instrumentalist Brian Slattery and bassists Mike Tepper or Carl Testa.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
• Monday, Aug. 1. FILM SCREENING: “THE TRAIN”
• Wednesday, Aug. 3. INDIE ROCK: JELLYSHIRTS
• Thursday, Aug. 4. ECLECTIC ACOUSTIC: THE NAMELESS TRIO
• Friday, Aug. 5. INDIE ROCK: THE LYS GUILLORN BAND, JULIE BEMAN & ERIC BLOOMQUIST
• Monday, Aug. 8. FILM SCREENING: “MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION”
• Wednesday, Aug. 10. BLUEGRASS: EAST ROCK RAMBLERS
• Thursday, Aug. 11. INDIE ROCK: ZOO FRONT, AN HISTORIC
• Friday, Aug. 12. INDIE/DIY/QUEERCORE: LADY QUEEN PARADISE, ADULT MOM, SPACE CAMP
• Wednesday, Aug. 17. SINGER-SONGWRITER POP: THE SHELLYE VALAUSKAS EXPERIENCE, TINY OCEAN
• Thursday, Aug. 18. ROCK: THE RIGHT-OFFS
• Friday, Aug. 19. SINGER-SONGWRITERS: PONYBIRD, FRANK CRITELLI, CHRISTOPHER BOUSQUET
• Sunday, Aug. 21. INDIE ROCK: WALTER, ETC.; BLOWOUT, 1 more TBA
• Wednesday, Aug. 24. OLD-TIMEY/BLUES: THE ZuZAZZ STRING ORKESTRA
• Thursday, Aug. 25. JAZZ: BRIAN JARAWA GRAY
• Friday, Aug. 26. ACOUSTIC ROCK: THE BIRDMEN
• Tuesday, Aug. 30. BLUEGRASS: STACY PHILLIPS & HIS BLUEGRASS CHARACTERS
• Wednesday, Aug. 31. BLUES/FOLK: CODA BLUE, THE RED HOTS
• Friday, Sept. 2. JAZZ: JOVAN ALEXANDRE
• Sunday, Sept. 4. FREE AFTERNOON BLUEGRASS JAM SPONSORED BY GUITARTOWNCT PRODUCTIONS
• Friday, Sept. 9. ROCK: THE FURORS
• Thursday, Sept. 15. FOLK/SOUL: CHRISSY GARDNER & ROBERT MESSORE
• Saturday, Sept. 17. BLUEGRASS/SWING: TOO BLUE
• Thursday, Sept. 22. PIANO MUSIC: DONALD ALFANO
• Friday, Sept. 23. SINGER-SONGWRITER: SETH ADAM
• Sunday, Sept. 25. SURJ FILM SCREENING: “RACE: THE POWER OF AN ILLUSION”
• Tuesday, Sept. 27. SINGER-SONGWRITER: DANIELLE ATE THE SANDWICH
• Wednesday, Sept. 28. BRAZILIAN CHORO MUSIC: ROGÉRIO SOUZA, EDINHO GERBER & STEPHEN GUERRA
• Thursday, Sept. 29. AMERICAN PRIMITIVE GUITAR: SWAMP YANKEE
• Friday, Sept. 30. BRAZILIAN MUSIC: SAMBELEZA
• Wednesday, Oct. 5. WINE TASTING WITH BOB FEINN OF MT. CARMEL WINE & SPIRITS
• Friday, Oct. 7. BLUEGRASS/NEW ACOUSTIC: JOE WALSH & FRIENDS (A GUITARTOWN CT PRODUCTION)
• Saturday, Oct. 8. THE NEW ENGLAND UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
• Thursday, Oct. 13. CELTIC/APPALACHIAN: REELIN’ AWAY
• Sunday, Oct. 23. MARK SCHENKER: HOW TO READ A FILM—JOHN HUSTON’S “THE MALTESE FALCON”
• Sunday, Oct. 23. MARK SCHENKER: HOW TO READ A FILM—JOHN HUSTON’S “THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE”
• Sunday, Oct. 23. MARK SCHENKER: HOW TO READ A FILM—JOHN HUSTON’S “THE ASPHALT JUNGLE”
• Sunday, Oct. 23. MARK SCHENKER: HOW TO READ A FILM—JOHN HUSTON’S “THE AFRICAN QUEEN”