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6-15 Shore-Much Ado-Nj-Ny-Loud shoreworld by Chris Barry crying this song or just going through ROOTS BOOGIE WITH home of such a hall of fame,” while John another typical day, brushing off the vapors SONNY KENN Scher who promoted many shows at and the moods that cling to her like skin, or Convention Hall back in the city’s rock and If you itch for some roots boogie, get it just as easily fall aside? roll heyday said that because Asbury has down with The Sonny Kenn Band at Obviously, no change of stance here, as such a rich musical history of its own that it’s Crossroads this Saturday the 18th on Main Jaine works with the same playfully depraved only fitting the ’Bury be the location. Street in Asbury Park. Info at 732-774-8400, DNA that has crafted her previously wrench- And because New Jersey’s played a while next Wednesday Sonny brings his ing outpourings, but with Revue Noir brings major role in the history of American Music rockin’ blues sound back for the dinner her emotionally electro-shocked id into the from America’s very beginnings. Not merely crowd at Giamano’s, on Main in Bradley forefront like the soundtrack of one of those epitomized by Springsteen or Sinatra, don’t Beach, 732-775-4275, and Friday 6/24 at pungently sad and painful foreign films with forget that Edison discovered how to record Bello’s in Sayreville, 732-721-3331. For lots of longshots of landscapes and timeless- sound in the Garden State in 1877, and more info, check Sonny’s homepage at ly urban backdrops. electric guitar pioneer Les Paul invented www.sonnykennband.com If that makes sense, Nicki’s new collabora- some of his earliest multitrack recording gloriously expanded on the Nicki Jaine NICKI JAINE DARKLY, tion with Rosenthal seems to have a faithful devices here, as well as his famed electric sound. AGAIN, AT LAST… ring to it, while other players on the disc guitars. Plus, one of music history’s earliest Then again, it’s something else entirely. Not something you’d find on the Olsen include Tim Karsten, drums, Kerry Smith, HALL OF FAME GATHERS milestones dates back to 1759, when Ye s, it’s a funereal, marching beat with the sisters’ I-pods next to Avril Lavigne or The string arrangement, Sandra Park & Junsun EVERYDAY STEAM… James Lyon and Francis Hopkinson com- eerily soft tones of the theramin that herald Archies do Adam Ant, Nicki Jaine has mor- Yo o, violin and Jeanne Leblanc, cello and “It looks like the idea has legs,” according posed some of the first musical scores writ- the onset of “The Gravediggers.” The sole phed herself through several different incar- basically sound like the classiest ensemble to to NJ Music Hall of Fame Board President ten in America. Other notable musical fig- contribution here that’s written by nations since she started performing around back Jaine to date. Gary Wein, as he surveyed the turnout for ures with ties to the state include Bon Jovi, Rosenthal, Nicki adds her own vocal tension the Philadelphia scene in her mid-teens. The band recently completed a mini-tour, its first official meeting in a well-attended Ice-T, Paul Robeson, Patti LaBelle and as a mournfully insistent violin accompanies And with last year’s previous release with local dates like CB’s Gallery and last gathering last month at The Stone Pony. more. her. “As the winds discuss my fate,” she Pigeons And Other Curiosities, she’s estab- month’s appearance at The Calliope Fest Original members of the E Street Band Plans for NJMHOF to begin a nomina- wakes with a start in a luxurious warm bed lished herself as more than a musical down in Fort Lauderdale, alongside acts like and Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes tions/inductees list were set aside for the while “they scrape their shovels against the curiosity to reckon with. Ginger Snapped and The Livid Kittens. were on hand, along with dignitaries like next meeting in September, and they will earth,” as she continues to observe a dark- Down around the Shore, we’ve adored But as more than a point of reference, Asbury Park Deputy Mayor James Bruno begin fund-raising activities along with er, more foreboding scene in her head. her through the wrenching fragility of Revue Noir’s rendition of “Rock n Roll Sui- and promoter John Scher to help announce acquiring memorabilia at that time. To Then it’s a re-dux of “Amsterdam” from Antarctica and the highly nuanced emotion- cide” is featured on a David Bowie compila- the launch of the New Jersey Music Hall of keep tabs on this worthy project, go to the Pigeons CD, only this one’s softer, more al nudity of previous solo projects and bands tion released by Failure To Communicate Fame (NJMHOF). The concept was dis- www.njmusic.org, there’s also a compre- touching and yes, even terrifyingly sadder like Torn Paper Dolls. In fact, she’s become Records. Gregor Kitzis, who is featured as cussed and ideas floated around as to the hensive list of Jersey artists, performers and than the first. She dares to be depressed, a name to watch among lovers of Goth, with first violin on David Bowie’s “Heathen” is now official location of the Hall of Fame site. bands, and they’re not just rock and roll… yet mentions the symphony as she recounts her own deeply branded Dark Cabaret a member of Revue Noir and also plays vio- “We’re still in negotiation with a couple differ- this litany of shared memories and images sound. But for the sake of today’s Nicki lin on their cover of the timeless Bowie classic. ent locations,” Wein said, “One is along the Attention: bands! If you’re from with a fallen lover. Jaine, we’ll cut to the chase. On July 16, Revue Noir will be part of ocean front, and the other is on Cookman Monmouth, Ocean or Middlesex County Follow this with “A Girl, A Smoke,” as After touring this fall as a member of Black Dominion, at Rare Nightclub, 416 West 14 Avenue, in the city’s downtown area.” or further South in 609, send all gig info, Jaine uses her smokiest, huskiest Dietrich Tape For A Blue Girl, Nicki began to collab- Street, NYC (212-675-2220). 18+ are admit- The plan is to have it open and operating news, etc. at least two weeks in advance voice and Nico persona to perfect effect as orate with Black Tape founder Sam ted. Revue Noir appear at 9 p.m., followed by by the Summer of 2006. to [email protected]. For review she asks, “Why do I always laugh at the Rosenthal on new material in a dark cabaret Carfax Abbey, Anathema Device, Hate In The But why base such a momentous place in consideration, please send new CDs or wrong time?” vein. Before long, Jaine and Rosenthal were Box and Still Life Decay. Jersey, you may ask? Asbury Deputy Mayor related material to me at POB 497, The languid pace of the piano and snare putting together something called Revue For more info, it’s at www.revuenoir.com, or Bruno stood at the mike proudly and said, Asbury Park, NJ 07712...See you next drum egg her on, as she beats herself with Noir, and releasing a three song CD that has on www.nickijaine.com “No other city is more deserving to be the week, with more than a quick peek… her own questions and you wonder, is she much ado by Mark Mitchell dig deeper beneath the surface to find things that Connor Oberst is a guy on top of his game, who has THE GENIUS IN THE are relatively unknown to the general public, and are been on top of his game for the past five years, and that much better for it. now people are finally beginning to realize his SHADOWS Which brings me to Bright Eyes, Connor Oberst’s genius. He is still not an extremely popular musician band, which consists of him, and whomever he by any means. There are still many people who have I’m sure that by now most people know that the seems to want to bring along with him at the no idea who he is or what he’s all about, and to most popular things are not necessarily the best, by moment. I first heard Bright Eyes in late 2000, when those people, I feel sorry for you. any stretch of the imagination. Now I’m not one of a friend of mine who had just come back from tak- With Bright Eyes, the songwriting of Connor those guys who will immediately start to rant against ing a trip out west, handed me a copy of Fevers And Oberst cuts right to the heart, making you feel what anything that is popular. Take, for instance, The Mirrors from this band that he had seen at a small he is singing about. Many critics say that he can’t Beatles, the most popular band of all time. They are club in Nevada. I spent the next few months of my sing, but that is a laughable statement. I’ll agree that the most popular because they are the best, it’s that life hunched over my CD player, trying to figure out he might not have the vocal range of guys like Justin simple. Another popular thing that I am a big fan of what was going on with this record.
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