Lots of things are cooking at Sugar City these days, from a screening of Barbarella last week, a performance by the folk duo Paleface, new exhibitions by Jay Miller and Tambyln Gawley, and a swap o rama rama night of free stuff-trading.
Tonight the fun continues with the music of Karl Blau and LAKE, two bands from Olympia Washington's K records. Labelmates The Curious Mystery open the show. Information about the bands follows:
Since forming in 2005, LAKE has recorded 12 full-length albums. Their new album Let's Build A Roof was produced by Northwest legend and tourmate Karl Blau. Their sound has been described as sweet, funky and nostalgic with a retro-jingly pop aesthetic that captures a childlike wonderment. The six-member group creates a kaleidoscopic of sounds and harmonies. They have played across the world supporting such acts as Adrian Orange and Her Band, Half Handed Cloud, Laura Veirs, and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.
Karl Blau is an indie rock and folk musician based in Anacortes, Wa. His music is eclectic, incorporating elements of folk, dub, R&B, bossa nova, grunge, hip hop, drone, and worldbeat. The common thread running through Blau's records is a love felt for homegrown music. His passion has led him to produce many recordings in his backyard studio for an array of artists and the creation of a mail-order music subscription service called the "Kelp Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism Society." For his latest release Zebra, Blau explored the frontiers of folklore, adding one instrument at a time (drum, guitar, bell, keys, saxophone, flute, piano) in an organic process of response to this confluence of sounds.
The Curious Mystery blends Sixties-style psychedelia with American country-blues and garage experimentalism. Formed in Seattle,Wa in 2005 their first album Rotting Slowly hit May 2009. The group places an emphasis on dense sonic texture and unorthodox song structures.
Sugar City
19 Wadsworth Street in Allentown.
The show is $6 at the door and starts right at 7.
It's no smoking, no booze, and open to all.
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Shhhhhhh! Keep it down! Allentown hates noise!
http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/05/sugar-city---is-there-a-sound-solution.html
If they don't try to ruin the hearing of their audience, the Lewandowskis probably won't hear it through all that soundproofing; yes or no?