Anne’s Shore & More #56 – September 6 2012

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WEEK

The big show in the area this week is I AM Festival 2012 (http://iamfest.org/) in New London on Saturday. After a brief hiatus, the festival returns for another year, with some changes. This year, bands will play in the heart of downtown, on four stages, all within a block of each other. The main stages will be at the Parade Plaza and the Hygienic Art Park, with set times staggered between the two. When a band ends at one stage, another band will start at the other stage. There will also be peripheral stages at the Oasis Pub and the Telegraph record store. With everything happening in such a small area, it will be easy to check out as many of the bands as you would like to. In addition to the music, the I AM Festival will also include food vendors, beer and wine (at the Hygienic Art Park, for those of legal drinking age), and an indie marketplace (next to the Parade Plaza). Downtown stores and restaurants will also be open for business. This is a free, all-day event, open to all ages. Music begins at 1 pm and continues outdoors until 11 pm, then the final two bands will play indoors at the Oasis Pub until 1 am (or bar closing time). Parking is available in the municipal lot on Eugene O’Neill Drive, the Water Street and Governor Winthrop parking garages, and on the street. There are a total of 22 bands, with one of those still TBA. Here is the schedule with set times:
CT.com Stage at Parade Plaza (Intersection of Bank and State Streets)

1:00 -   2:00  Frank Lo & The Fly Ones present The Nu Lo Order (http://thefly1s.wordpress.com/)
2:30 -   3:15  Sidewalk Dave (www.sidewalkdave.com)
4:00 -   4:45  The Hempsteadys http://www.reverbnation.com/thehempsteadys)
5:30 -   6:15  Sean Bones (www.seanbones.com)
7:00 -   7:45  Bearstronaut (http://bearstronaut.tumblr.com/)
8:30 -   9:15  Dom (http://www.wearedom.com/)
10:00-11:00  Hospitality (https://www.facebook.com/hospitalitylives)

Hygienic Art Park (79 Bank Street)

3:15 -  4:00  Modern Merchant (http://modernmerchant.bandcamp.com/)
4:45 -  5:30  Math the Band (www.maththeband.com)
6:15 -  7:00  Shake The Baron (www.shakethebaron.com)
7:45 -  8:30  Suicide Dolls (http://thesuicidedolls.bandcamp.com/)
9:15 -10:00  Bear Hands (www.bearhandsband.com) Oasis Pub (16 Bank Street)
6:15p  – 7:00p  Ferocious Fucking Teeth (http://ferociousfuckingteeth.bandcamp.com/)
7:45p  – 8:30p  Fake Babies (https://www.facebook.com/fakebabies)
11:00p-11:45p  GraveRobbers (http://graverobbers.bandcamp.com/)
12:00a – 1:00a  MT Bearington (http://www.mtbearington.com/)
The Telegraph (19 Golden Street)

1pm  Haunt the House (http://www.reverbnation.com/willhauntyou)
2pm  The Sea The Sea (https://www.facebook.com/theseatheseamusic)
3pm  Sister Mary (http://sistermary.bandcamp.com/)
4pm  Sam Perduta (Elison Jackson) (https://www.facebook.com/elisonjackson)
5pm  TBA
6pm  Street People

In other shows this week, you can see Vince Tuckwood (http://www.reverbnation.com/vincenttuckwood) play a solo acoustic show at Captain’s Pizza on Bank Street in New London on Thursday evening. Vince is a talented songwriter and guitarist, and he is also a published author of novels, screenplays, and poetry. He’ll entertain you with songs, stories and verse from 6 to 8 pm. There is no cover, and I believe the show will take place upstairs on the deck if weather permits.

Also on Thursday night, Jim Carpenter and friends (AKA the acoustic Hoolios) (www.locodare.com) make their regular monthly appearance under the moose at Sneekers Cafe in Groton. You never know who might sit in with the band for a guest spot at these shows. There is no cover, and the band plays from 7 to 10 pm. It’s always a good time.

On Friday night, one of my favorite bands returns to the area. The Mallett Brothers Band (http://mallettbrothersband.com/) will be playing at the High Noon Saloon (297 West Main Street) in Norwich, along with opener Colt Six. After seeing the Mallett Brothers at the Side Pocket Cafe for the first time last fall, I could not stop talking about them. In fact, I still can’t. This is such a great band! If you are at all into alt-country or roots music, do yourself a favor and go check them out. They are a young, hard-working 6-piece band from Portland, Maine, with brothers Luke and Will Mallett up front on guitars and vocals. Their dad (David Mallett) is a well known folk singer/songwriter, so talent runs in the family. The show starts at 9 pm and admission is $5. Be sure to bring extra money for merch, which includes their two CDs and also the “Mallett Brothers Drinking Kit”. (The shot glass is pretty sweet…) They will also be within a reasonable driving distance on Thursday night, when they play at the Met in Pawtucket, RI.

Here are the Mallett Brothers Band with their video for “Low Down”:

CONCERT CALENDAR    

Thur 9/6/12    – Jim Carpenter and friends at Sneekers Cafe in Groton 7-10 pm NO COVER

- Vince Tuckwood at Captain’s Pizza in New London 6-8 pm NO COVER

- The Mallett Brothers Band at the Met in Pawtucket  8 pm

- Man on Earth, Find Vienna at Two Boots in Bridgeport  9 pm NO COVER

Fri 9/7/12        – The Mallett Brothers Band, the Colt Six, Brian Larney at the High Noon Saloon in Norwich 8 pm

- Pat Daddona, Trevor Giles at Captain’s Pizza in New London 5-7 pm

- Leftover Crack, Juicy Karkass, Opposition Rising, Midnight Saints, Dead City Riot, BlastMat, PickPocket at the El ‘n’ Gee in New London 5 pm

- Anonymous Inc., Crunk Witch, Jesse Dangerously, Adam Warrock, Mikal K Hill at Cafe Nine in New Haven 9 pm

- M.T. Bearington, Great Elk, Good Night Blue Moon at the Outer Space in Hamden 8 pm

Sat 9/8/12        – I AM FEST 2012 in New London  (see schedule above)

- David Carradine, Biigpiigwan, Toad at the El ‘n’ Gee in New London 4-7 pm

- Damn Broads, Absum, more TBA at Dot’s Cafe in Uncasville 9 pm

- Old Man Lady Luck, Shark at Elm Bar in New Haven

- Joe Fletcher & the Wrong Reasons at the Met in Pawtucket 9 pm

Sun 9/9/12      – The Suicide Dolls at Galaxy Roller Rink in Groton (halftime at Shoreline Roller Derby bout) all ages, doors 6 pm, bout 7 pm, tix $10 advance, $12 door

- Cracker at Jonathan Edwards Winery in North Stonington 6:30-8:30 pm

- Old Monk, Dead Wives at the Space in Hamden 7 pm

- Dirt Road Radio at the Outer Space in Hamden 8 pm

Mon 9/10/12   – The Lost Riots, Bedroom Rehab Corporation, Eric Hartlett at the Outer Space in Hamden 9 pm

Wed 9/12/12   - The Woggles, the Radiation at Cafe Nine in New Haven 9 pm

- The Wombats at the Met in Pawtucket 9 pm

Thu 9/13/12    – Village Jammers at Sneekers Cafe in Groton 7-10 pm NO COVER

- Pete Anderson Band at Cafe Nine in New Haven 9 pm

- LaLa Land, more TBA at Two Boots in Bridgeport 8:30 pm NO COVER

Fri 9/14/12      – The Mallett Brothers Band at Arch Street Tavern in Hartford

- Modern Merchant, Ports of Spain, Jesse Stanford at Cafe Nine in New Haven 9 pm

Sat 9/15/12      – 2^nd Annual Down By the Riverside Festival at Riverside Park in New London with:

11:00 Christian Brunelle

11:45 Bruce McDermott

12:30 Sue Mead/Carl Suiter/Cathy Yuhas

2:15 Hugh Birdsall

3:00 Trevor Giles

3:45 Ohio-Freer Collective

4:30 I Love Diane

- Sadplant, the Theater Zombies, Modern Primates at the Bank Street Cafe in New London 9 pm

- Perhaps, Wess Meets West, Breakthrough Frequencies at Cafe Nine in New Haven 8 pm

- Paper Hill Casket Company, Jose Oyola at Elm Bar in New Haven

- Uncle Flatty at the Stomping Ground in Putnam 8-11 pm

- Steve Forbert, Becky Kessler at Arch Street Tavern in Hartford 7 pm

Anne Castellano is a New London songwriter and musician who has played in several bands over the years (the Uninformed, the Skin Walkers, and the Cavities). She has been performing as a solo artist since 2007 but is currently rehearsing with her new band Anne Castellano and the Smoke.

In 2010 she released a full-length self-produced CD entitled “What’s Been Going On” on the New London-based Cosmodemonic Telegraph label. She is a 30-year veteran of college radio, and is currently doing the Deranged Radio Show on alternate Tuesday evenings from 6-9pm at WCNI 90.9 FM in New London.

She grew up in New Fairfield, CT in a musical family, with a father who played guitar and listened to country artists such as Hank Williams and Patsy Cline, and a mother who loved Elvis Presley. Involvement in band and chorus in high school led to membership in the UCONN Marching Band and a two-week tour of Europe performing with the band in the early 1980s.

Anne moved to New London in 1987 because of the vibrant local music scene there. In 2005 she began putting together a concert calendar to get the word out about all the local band shows that were taking place in the area. She enjoys books, animals, hiking, and the beach, and sees as much live original music as her “day job” schedule permits.

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