Event
LAKE STREET DIVE with very special guests THE BECCA STEVENS BAND and SEA MONSTERS
Thursday 4/9
LAKE STREET DIVE
with very special guests...
THE BECCA STEVENS BAND
SEA MONSTERS
$8 ADVANCE / $10 AT THE DOOR
8:30 doors / 9:15 show
www.myspace.com/lakestreetdive
www.myspace.com/beccastevens
www.myspace.com/christianmcneillmusic
LAKE STREET DIVE IS A POP MUSIC PLAY-DATE. The ensemble derives inexhaustible energy from the joy of invention and creation together. Their exuberant live shows and carefully crafted studio albums share a blissful irreverence for convention and an undying devotion to melody, spontaneity and groove.
BECCA STEVENS BAND Becca Stevens is perhaps best known as the vocalist for Travis Sullivans Bjrkestra, the eighteen-piece jazz ensemble dedicated to exploring the work of the well-known Icelandic swan shamaness. Like Bjrk, Stevens and her band employ an inventive texturing in the music (banjo + accordion + French horn; harp + kalimba) augmented by wordless vocalizationssometimes almost scat-sung, sometimes melodic, sometimes purposely off-keyeither echoing the instrumentation to create texture or acting like instruments themselves. Even the compelling lyrics, written by Stevens, are themselves instruments at times, creating and sustaining rhythm in their sonic interactions.
SEA MONSTERS is a local supergoup that Christian McNeill (ex Hybrasil) & Jesse Dee front, horn section and all! ...
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LocationThe Lizard Lounge
1667 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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