Members of the New York progressive rock band IZZ join fellow New York orchestral rockers Edensong and Toronto based group Half Past Four for a one time performance at Manhattan's historic Webster Hall during Labor Day weekend. The show begins at 7pm on Sunday, September 5th at the Studio at Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003. This show is 19+. Tickets are $10 ($15 at the door) and available now from www.ticketmaster.com.
IZZ Lite (www.izznet.com) - Galgano brothers, Tom and John, lead a stripped down ensemble with a focus on the band's more acoustic material. It's a rare chance to witness a completely different take on the epic and intricate music of IZZ in this intimate setting.
Edensong (www.edensongtheband.com) - The symphonic rock sextet celebrate the release of their new EP Echoes of Edensong in a rare hometown performance. The band will play tracks from the new CD, their critically acclaimed debut "The Fruit Fallen" and possibly premier some new material.
Half Past Four (www.halfpastfour.com) - A first ever chance to see this up and coming creative Canadian quintet in New York: one of only two US shows. The band makes a detour on the way back home from Progday in Chapel Hill, NC to treat this NY audience to their unique and captivating stage show.
Webster Hall (www.websterhall.com) was originally built in 1886 as the city's first modern nightclub. Through the years, it has been home to concerts by many well known acts. The Studio at Webster Hall, opened in 2008, is the hall's newest performance space and is regarded by many as the best new venue to see a show in New York City.
Make this special concert part of your plans for Labor Day weekend. Buy your tickets early and help progressive music thrive in the NYC area. See you at the show!
Connecticut will finally have a Prog Rock festival of its own!
Marred Productions is pleased to announce the coming of MARPROG '09, the first of what is hoped to be many more annual events featuring the finest of the Prog Rock world from in and around Connecticut. The show is scheduled to be held at Toad's Place, 300 York St. in New Haven, on July 19th, 2009. Doors open at 12:30 PM and music starts at 1:00 PM.
The five bands (in order of appearance) are Brett Bottomley's Toy Masheen, IZZ, Helmet of Gnats, Advent, and Holding Pattern. The event will take place throughout the afternoon and last into the early evening, and is expected to be an excellent representation of what the area has to offer in the genre of original Progressive Rock.
Tickets are now on sale at: http://tinyurl.com/marprog09tix for $27.50 (plus nominal ticket fee) in advance and $30 at the door on the day of performance. Please plan to join us and help make this inaugural event a rousing success!
They've played most every Prog Festival in the U.S. but never played our nations capital!
On May 17 that changes when IZZ comes to Washington to play with some SOAR bands at Artomatic. Artomatic is a month-long multimedia arts event that draws together visual artists, musicians and performers and brings their work to the community without charge. More about AOM here: http://www.artomatic.org/about/facts
SOAR started working with AOM last year, with a few SOAR bands playing multiple sets over the month. This year we've lumped them all in one day. The line up includes:
On the Electric Stage starting at 4PM
Conduit
Kinetic Element
Cliff Art
Ephemeral Sun
IZZ
On the Cabaret Stage:
Gary Rouzer (solo bass)
Circus of Saints
Rob Martino (stick)
And between sets, there are six floors of visual art to peruse.
FIRST FRIDAY ON FRANKFORD AVENUE
GERM PRESENTS The Red Masque, "Philadelphia's premier avant rock band"
This Friday, much deserved excitement surrounds the Lisa Spera/Lydia Hamilton Brown photography art opening at the Highwire Gallery, just one block away from us (www.kenbmiller.com/highwire/index.html). We're hoping their sun catches our rainbow on fire (sorry, Douglas), as we simultaneously host the disciplined chaos of progressive rock titans THE RED MASQUE.
City Paper described them as the "darkness of Hammer Horror ambience and cursedly complex musicianship (think Gong meets Bauhaus) with only feedbacking noise, sound-collage clustering and the howl of vocalist Lynnette Shelley to light its way." Plus, they sing about some of your favorite Germ subjects! Cthulhu, pre-Cambrian insects, Atlantis…
