Ska and beyond with Streetlight Manifesto at 8pm Thursday, October 18th in the Pearl Street Ballroom
Seven
guys, seven different musical backgrounds, seven different
personalities, one band, one unique and unmistakable voice. Formed four
years ago in New Jersey as an ad hoc group intended to put out one album
and disappear, one thing lead to another and within a few months of
their debut release,
Everything Goes Numb, Streetlight Manifesto
were officially a full time touring band, traveling the world,
spreading their infectious and energetic tunes to all who would listen.
One part rock, one part ska, with influences from latin, klezmer, folk,
world, funk, jazz and classical thrown in, the band redefined what most
people expected from a "ska" band. Three albums later, and after
countless worldwide tours, the guys are still at it, still performing
live to sold out shows filled with sweat drenched fans, all dancing and
singing along at the top of their lungs. And the Streetlight boys
wouldn't have it any other way. Lionize and the Chicarones open the
show.
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Indie super-group Divine Fits, much more than the sum of Spoon, Wolf Parade, and New Bomb Turks, play Friday October 19th at 9pm in the Pearl Street Clubroom
Divine Fits (click for high res)
Divine Fits is a super-trio comprised of
Spoon's Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner and Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks. OF COURSE there are echoes of what these guys have done before. The band's insanely acclaimed debut album,
A Thing Called Divine Fits (Merge)
crackles with the sort of daring and electricity few of their
contemporaries can muster. There's tremendous songcraft to spare on the
second single
"Would That Not Be Nice." The tour that brings
them to Northampton follows a series of debut shows in the band members'
hometowns of Austin, Montreal and Columbus OH that drew unanimous
raves, as did a series of one-offs and festival appearances, a Los
Angeles residency and a triumphant network TV debut on
LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON.Video for "Would That Not Be Nice." Tickets are on sale now at Northampton Box Office, 76 Main Street, 413 586 8686 and online at IHEG.com.
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