Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Holy City Cold Heart Revival 11/10

Posted by T. Ballard Lesemann on Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 4:16 PM

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Local vocalists and songwriters Jamie Resch and Lindsay Holler have solidified the lineup for this year’s Holy City Cold Heart Revival — an all-night event featuring some the region’s finest original alt-country, folk-pop, and Americana acts. The gig takes lace at the Pour House starting at 6 p.m. on Sat. Nov. 10 with performances from N.C. singers Caitlin Cary and Lynn Blakey (both of Tres Chicas), local choral group LASSO, N.Y.C. Americana vets The Silos, Holler and her band The Dirty Kids, Resch and her band Kentucky Shoes, N.Y.C. group Runaway Dorothy, and local uke/jug band the V-Tones.

Bobby Pickett's Monster Mash

Posted by T. Ballard Lesemann on Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 3:59 PM

To many, the ultimate, most authentic rock ’n’ roll mash-up of Halloween themes and music goes back to 1962, when the late Bobby “Boris” Pickett scored a hit with the ghoulish novelty tune “Monster Mash” — a bouncing, hand-clappy rave-up containing all the right ingredients: spooky settings, scary creatures, vampires, graveyards, zombies, werewolves, mad scientists … and references to popular horror film characters.

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Musically, the tune is basically a rip-off of “Little Darling,” a doo-wop hit for The Diamonds, written by Maurice Williams (an S.C. native), but played slower with a lazier, less-Latin beat. With Pickett singing in deep-tone Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi voices — and a gaggle of backup singers who sound like monster extras on Sesame Street — the song touches on a classic horror flick scenario: the resurrection of a Frankenstein-style monster who rises from a slab. Lyrically, the scary scene takes a comedic turn as he quickly sparks a new dance craze — The Mash. It caught on in a flash. It was a graveyard smash. The party scene that developed included, among other characters, Dracula and his son (who knew he had a son?).

“Monster Mash” went to number one on the pop charts over 40 years ago and has proven its mettle as a classic hit that will not die. Like the best elements of a good Halloween night, it’s all at once a little creepy, very funny, slightly silly, and uniquely American.

Pickett died at the age of 69 on April 25, 2007 in Los Angeles, due to complications from leukemia. Here's to the Mash.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Correction — Avett Brothers at Music Farm 10/28

Posted by T. Ballard Lesemann on Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 9:10 AM

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North Carolina’s Avett Brothers perform on stage at the newly refurbished Music Farm on Sunday. Oct. 28. That’s for sure. Unfortunately, the wrong venue information ran this week in City Paper’s print version of the feature covering the event (we listed Cumberland’s by mistake). Apologies for the error! This show is the first of many at the new Music Farm (32 Ann Street, (843) 853-3276).

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Trucks deliver weirdness at Map Room

Posted by T. Ballard Lesemann on Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:10 AM

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The Trucks — keyboardist Kristin Allen-Zito, xylophonist Marissa Moore, bassist Faith Reichel, and drummer Lindy McIntyre — are a dancey group who hail from the weird little college town of Bellingham, Washington (way, way up there, between Seattle and Vancouver). The fish-netted quartet play an off-kilter, sassy style of lo-fi, electro indie-pop, as heard on their peculiar self-titled album is available on ClickPop. They headline a show this evening (Tues. Oct. 23.) at The Map Room (1650 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., (843) 769-6336) at 10 p.m. with support from Castles Underground and Darling.

Final gig for Kopaja at Cordavi this week

Posted by T. Ballard Lesemann on Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:01 AM

The Kopaja Trio have enjoyed a long-running weekly gig at Cordavi (14 N. Market St., 577-0090) all year, but things are coming to a stop this week.

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The trio consists of Nathan Koci on accordion, flügelhorn, and Wurlitzer; Kevin Hamilton on bass; and Ron Wiltrout drums and percussion. All three are active within the local New Music Collective. They formed Kopaja when Cordavi opened last year, and have been playing eclectic jazz and pop at the venue every Wednesday night from 8 to 11 p.m.

“This Wednesday will be the last that Kopaja will play at Cordavi,” reports Koci. “For those of you who have joined us on many a Wednesday evening, we thank you and invite you to hear what will be the Green Al of the Century. For those of you who have never seen Kopaja before, this may be your last chance for a little while. We’ll still be around as a trio, and sometimes as a quintet, and will be on the lookout for a new venue to host our musical offerings."

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