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1/23 – CONTROL & Stray Passage @ Mickey’s | 1/24 – Rolling Stones Tribute @ High Noon

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Fri, 1/23  |  10pm, Free @ Mickey’s Tavern

CONTROL

Brennan Connors & Stray Passage

A personal treat: one of my favorite Madison bands, CONTROL, set at one of my favorite Madison venues, Mickey’s Tavern.  It is here that we convene this Friday night, Jan the 23rd, to melt-face.  Two power trios, one of the rock &/or roll variety & one of the free-jazz persuasion.  Come on down, bang your head, rock with us.

Sat, 1/24  |  8pm, $10 @ High Noon Saloon

EXILE ON WILLY STREET 

A Rolling Stones Tribute

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~ via High Noon Saloon:   “”EXILE ON WILLY STREET” brings together some of Madison’s finest to celebrate The Rolling Stones classic “Exile on Main Street” double album.

featuring…
Ben Wolf
Anna Vogelzang (As herself)
Evan Murdoch and Aaron Jossart (Imperfect Strangers)
Whitney Mann and Kyle Jacobson (Whitney Mann Band)
Dietrich Gosser (The one and only) w/ BC Grimm & Luke Bassuener
Meghan Rose (Little Red Wolf, I Saw The Creature, etc)
Post Social (Real Rock, Y’all)
Greg Dierks , Troy Ostrowski, Ted Weigl, Mark Goad (Pine Barrens)
Eric Levy (F!ck Knights from Twin Cities)
Corey Hart (Corey Hart!)
Nick Brown (Mr. Slowboat, Brown Derby)
Andy Moore (Mr. Showboat, Winn Dixie)
Maggie Moore (songstress extraordinaire)
Nate Treddinick (Something to Do, 1000 Other Bands)
Annelies Howell (German Art Students)
Brian Knapp (Ghost Town Council)
Chris Eby (Kentucky’s Finest)
Matt Earley (Winn Dixie, The Delicate Delegate)
Siv Earley (Post Social)
Jim Earley (Fanged Robot from Lexington, KY)

The Low Czars will open the show.

Tickets on sale now! ► http://bit.ly/ExileOnWillySt

SHOWS: 12/30, 12/31, 1/2, 1/3

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Tue, 12/30 – $5  8:30pm  |  It’s New Year’s Eve’s Eve @ The Frequency!

Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps (Madison Jazz-Rock-Experimental)

Sinister Resonance (Madison Jazz-Rock-Experimental)

Nude Human (Madison/MKE Ambient-Experimental)

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Wed, 12/31 – $0  9pm  |  The Mason Lounge – New Year’s Eve Special

Charlie Painter (guitar), Brennan Connors (sax), Michael Koszewski (drums), BCG (bass)

Ring in the new year with this jazz quartet!

Fri, 1/2 – $5  8pm  |  Good Style Shop – An evening of solo & group improvisations from:

Ben Willis / Amanda Schoofs / Brian Grimm

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Sat, 1/3 – $0  10pm  |  Mickey’s Tavern 

Tontine Ensemble // Netmoiré trio  // Lovely Socialite

Netmoiré creates an energetic, abstract, and mercurial experience that blends the avant-garde with electronic, beat-driven music. Netmoiré is an improvisational trio featuring Jason Charney (computer), Josh Simmons (computer), and Nick Zoulek (saxophones). The trio came together while pursuing graduate studies at Bowling Green State University, and bonded over a shared passion for improvisation. Searching for the overlaid patterns found through improvisational networking, Netmoiré creates an energetic, abstract, and mercurial experience that blends the avant-garde with electronic, beat-driven music. Their influences and inspirations include Death Grips, Colin Stetson, J Dilla, Tim Hecker, Evan Parker, Ben Frost, and most importantly, an affinity for chaotic sound.

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Special Note:  Lovely Socialite will be in Blast House Studios on Jan 3rd & 4th, finishing their second album with Landon Arkens!

10/26 | La Hell Gang (Chile) & Stray Passage @ Mickey’s Tavern

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– via Mickey’s Tavern >>

10/26  10pm  FREE!!

LA HELL GANG (Santiago, Chile)
The Chilean fuzzed out, desert-psych trio, La Hell Gang, is graciously taking a detour from their first ever U.S. tour to visit Mickey’s Tavern and perform for YOU!!

DO NOT MISS!!

“A warm, melting conglomeration of shoegaze and heavy head drone psych, La Hell Gang have just loosed another platter of dystopian melancholy psychedelia on the world in the form of… Thru Me Again… for [the Brooklyn-based label] Mexican Summer.
Throttling back from 2010’s Just What Is Real for BYM Records, La Hell Gang have settled into a sound that’s quite reminiscent of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club when they were at the top of their game, mellow, yet harsh, and meticulously and intricately constructed… Raucous and spacious guitars paint a luscious landscape in which the bass and drums fill in the colors and bring the listener along for a demented technicolor trip across the worlds of sound.” –psychedelicbaby.blogspot.com


Opening the night is the ultra impressive experimental avant-jazz trio, BRENNAN CONNORS & STRAY PASSAGE, ft. Brian Grimm on strings, Geoff Brady on percussion, and Brennan Connors on saxophones and other toys.

WORT FM‘s DJ Dave 3000 will be providing a potentially face-melting musical backdrop for the evening!

 

5/23 | Madison’s First “Jazz Crawl” @ Schenk’s Corners

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The Greater Madison Jazz Consortium, WORT, & Isthmus Present:

5/23/14  STROLLIN SCHENK’S CORNERS 

Brennan Connors & Stray Passage (featuring Tim Russell subbing in for Geoff Brady on percussion) will be playing Friday, 5/23 at Thorps Salon for the first ever “Madison Jazz Crawl“!  We’re thrilled to play along side our buddies John Christensen & Devin Drobka as they shape-shift into Lesser Lakes Trio!  The first show that Stray Passage ever played was at Audio For the Arts with John & Devin (then performing with Luke Polipnick as Deconunisms).  This year I have been the house bass player at The Mason Lounge every Tuesday night from 9-12 with the 5 Points Jazz Collective.  Charlie Painter, jazz guitarist & 5-Points band leader, will be performing with his Trio at One Barrel Brewing.  If you’re around for the late sets, don’t forget to swing by Alchemy Cafe to hear saxophonist Tony Barba guest with Paddy Cassidy & El Clan Destino!

Come on out ‘n bop around!  Celebrate Jazz in Madison & the wonderful, unique local establishments found on Schenk’s Corners!

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