October 5th: Chapterhouse, Ulrich Schnauss, 28 Degrees Taurus

The gods of UK rock have been smiling on New England as of late, bringing us in recent months a visit by CHAMELEONS UK, and now by personal faves CHAPTERHOUSE, in short succession.

Chapterhouse

There are few greater achievements in the canon of shoegazer rock than Chapterhouse's aptly-titled 1991 debut "Whirlpool". From the pop jangle of "Breather" to the ecstatic, enveloping warmth of "Treasure" to the propulsive and sinister guitar thrust of "Autosleeper"; the Reading, UK group managed in nine songs to mine a far wider range of sonic materials than even their more-hyped counterparts (such as Ride and My Bloody Valentine) could ever fit into one record, all while retaining a distinct sound throughout.



28 Degrees Taurus

Chapterhouse alone would be reason to leave the house, but luckily for you and I they are paired with an amazing pair of quite distinct talents. Germany's Ulrich Schnauss, who is touring with the group, is a purveyor of the kind of dreamy chillout electronica that pulls you in and won't let go, managing to sound somehow upbeat and sunny without ever being chirpy or saccharine. Local post-punk/psych favorites 28 Degrees Taurus will round out the bill with their dreamily eastern melodies and hard-partying boy/girl lyrical delivery.

CHAPTERHOUSE (UK)
ULRICH SCHNAUSS (GERMANY)
28 DEGREES TAURUS
@The Middle East (Downstairs)
18+, 8pm doors
$15
480 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, MA
The Middle East Website

October 1st: An Evening with Graham Hancock

GRAHAM HANCOCK

Leading counter-cultural figure and fucker of minds Graham Hancock, best known for his 1995 investigation into the roots of civilization, "Fingerprints of the Gods", will be making a stop in Massachusetts to promote his new book, "Entangled", on October 1st. Although Entangled is Hancock's first fictional novel, you can bet that topics discussed at the reading will range from prehistorical civilizations to extraterrestrial contact to psychedelics to the approaching 2012 event and back. Anyone with a curiosity regarding the more esoteric and mysterious aspects of human existence would do well to attend.

The Emergence Project presents...
GRAHAM HANCOCK
Friday, October 1st from 7:30 to 9:30
@ The Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA
$10/$5 for students
for tickets and information, click here.

TONIGHT: The Middle East and End of an Empire present FENNESZ, BURNING STAR CORE, NOVELLER

FENNESZ



Christian Fennesz, for those unaware, has been one of the most important purveyors of ambient experimental music to emerge in the past 20 years. His work with Ryuichi Sakamoto is already the stuff of legends, and his solo masterpiece "Endless Summer" is, to these ears, an absolute essential for anybody with an interest in more left-field, "out" sounds.

Make sure to show up in time for BURNING STAR CORE, as well. C. Spenser Yeh has spent a number of years now perfecting his noise/drone compositions for violin, electronics and vocals and may well prove to give the headliner a run for his money in the "intensity" department.

Opening act NOVELLER is less familiar to me, but an overview of her myspace page belies a sensibility which fits this bill perfectly. Her eddying currents of bowed and treated double-neck guitar and various effects are sure to pull plenty of early-birds up from their barstools to the front of the room.


NOVELLER

End of an Empire presents...
FENNESZ (Vienna, Austria)
BURNING STAR CORE (Cincinatti, OH)
NOVELLER (Brooklyn, NY)

@The Middle East (Downstairs)
18+, 8pm doors
$15 adv./$17 at door
480 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, MA
The Middle East Website

You killed my beta fish! Just threw it out the window!

Yours truly was comped a ticket for tonight's Of Montreal/Janelle Monae gig at House of Blues. Couldn't be more excited, because the pix from the tour kickoff make it pretty clear that the "False Priest" tour is gonna be a TRIP!


Of Montreal

The opener is possessed of some crazy dance talent and a penchant for retro Sci-Fi dystopia, as evinced in this video featuring Outkast's Big Boi...

Dubstep's seasoned vet and upstart rookies take the Hub by storm!

On September 24th, Bassic will be playing host to one of the true originators of Dubstep and one of its most consistently-gamechanging recording artists, Hotflush records honcho SCUBA!


SCUBA

His "Triangulation" LP was undoubtedly one of the year's masterpieces. In fact, one of the only better releases of 2010 was "Crooks & Lovers", by Hotflush signees Mount Kimbie... and wouldn't you know it, the fine folks over at Music Ecology have Kimbie stopping over for a gig with Coralcola at Wonderbar in Allston a mere four days later!


Mount Kimbie

This will be a week to remember for years, and if I were you I'd make it my business to miss neither of these events. Show up early, kiddos!