This Week In Music: November 27 - December 3

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This Week In Music: Nov 27 – Dec 3

Monday, Nov 27^th
Sam Roberts Band
Bowery Ballroom
$17/ $15 advance

Multi-platinum Canadian surfer/ songwriter Sam Roberts has something to sing about. His band's sophomore album, We Were Born In a Flame sold more than 500,000 copies in his native country alone and this was in no small part due to Roberts' adept crafting of accessibly warm pop-rock parcels like Small Road and Where Have All The Good People Gone. Supporting their new album, Chemical City Sam Roberts Band pull together a more stripped down and assured sound. If you've seen them before you're already sold. If not, you know what to do.

Tuesday, Nov 28
Manhattan Trinity
Dizzy's club Coca Cola
$30

Manhattan Trinity with Cyrus Chestnut, George Mraz, and Lewis Nash wont disappoint those who enjoy a sophisticated polish to their jazz. Is there anything this capable trio can't play to perfection?

Wednesday, Nov 29
Pat Martino
Birdland
$40

Having re-taught himself his own technical style of Virtuoso guitar after a life-threatening illness in the 80's, Martino is an impressive performer, always pushing his own limits through exploration of new material and the incorporation of talented, young musicians into his live show. His current CD celebrates the music of Wes Montgomery.

Thursday, Nov 30
Mercury Rev
Irving Plaza
$20

Having recently released both a Best Of compilation and a sound track to the film Bye Bye Blackbird, Mercury Rev are in top form – at least from the perspective that going along to their live show is like attending to the audio/ visual soundtrack of your last 10 years…at least it is if you've been taking lots of acid and surrounding yourself with small animals who speak to you.

Friday, Dec 1
The Stills
Bowery Ballroom
$18

Damn you Stills. Damn you to hell for writing your aggressively hooky tracks. What's with these Canadian bands showing us just how it's done?! Just take your little fingers to The Stills and have a listen to the entire Without Feathers album. Lucky for us, we've got Pete Yorn, Nada Surf and Alexi Murdoch or there'd need to be some serious questions asked about what we're doing to free up border control…

Saturday, Dec 2
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Irving Plaza
$26

She's back, she's black (in attire) and it stands to reason that the queen of rock n' roll will blow away her Runaways devotees right through to fans of the current record, Sinner. Unwavering and true to their brand or punk-rock, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts deliver it live with a carefully selected set list of old and new. Based on the fact that I Love Rock 'N' Roll is still one of the greatest rock tracks of all time (and spent 8 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard charts) can you afford not to go?

Sunday, Dec 3
Grey Daturas
Mercury Lounge
$8

Melbournian instrumental noise-rock trio, Grey Daturas have a penchant for intense, high decibel tolerant compositions. Expect a unique and improvisational wall-of-sound.

Tags:   Alexi Murdoch, Australian Music, Birdland, Canadian Music, Grey Daturas, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Manhattan Trinity, Mercury Rev, Nada Surf, New Music, Pat Martino, Sam Roberts Band, The Stills

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Posted on 11/27/2006 ( Permanent Link )
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