Samtökin 78, Reykjavík, Iceland, Opening Sat Jan 21,
Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD. Opening Fri Jul 27,
Artists:
CD Contributors:
Zine Contributors:
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9pm Saturday Jan 7
Metro Gallery
1700 N. Charles Baltimore
The Degenerettes CD release of their new album: Philosopher Queens
with Saddle of Centaur, Schwervon! and Snacks
$7 at the door, includes CD
Come wish bon voyage to Chrissy!
The Degenerettes second studio album, Philosopher Queens, is a lofi pop fuzz anthology with nods to blues, new wave, and early punk. Philosopher Queens combines jangly guitar, super-charged melodic bass, sweet harmonies, old school pop hooks, and Rahne’s literary song style into 11 tiny narrative universes. Like a collection of short stories, the album chronicles the deeds of heroic friends, mad scientists, and philosopher queens. The songs also tribute some of the greatest degenerettes of the 20th century: Gertrude Stein, Amber Hollibaugh, Candy Darling and Baltimore’s first lesbian rockabilly band, The Roc-a-Jets.
Recorded (on tape) and mixed by Rob Girardi at Lord Baltimore and mastered by Steven Berson at Total Sonic Media (Brooklyn, NY).
The CD release party is also a going-away party for bassist Chrissy Howland, who is moving to Europe later this winter. Chrissy joined the band in the summer of 2007, about a month before we set off on a three-week tour and then came right home to record our first record, Bad Girls Go To Hell. We hit the ground running and were off on a fantastic 5-year collaboration which included being part of Riot Acts, a feature-length doc about trans musicians, several collaborations with The Miss America Puppet Show, two records, and countless great shows. Chrissy’s contribution to the Degenerettes sound is beyond measure.
Tonight we toast our collaboration, bid Chrissy bon voyage, and celebrate the new CD with some of our favorite bands and our friends!
NOV 22 - GOLDEN WEST CAFE - 10pm - $6
JEFFREY LEWIS & THE JUNKYARD
http://www.thejeffreylewissite.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jefflewisband
THE CREEPERS
http://www.myspace.com/creepingwiththecreepers
THE DEGENERETTES
http://www.facebook.com/thedegenerettes?ref=ts
get tix http://sonartoo.thundertix.com/events/4318/performances
$6.00
Doors at 10
All Ages
Born and raised Lower East Sider Jeffrey Lewis leads a double-life, as both a comic book writer/artist and a musician (or is that a triple-life?). His band Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard also has a schizophrenic existence, ranging between contemplative folk narratives and distortion-fueled garage rock. Live shows incorporate “low budget videos,” Jeff’s large illustrations displayed to accompany certain songs, such as Jeff’s educational multi-part “History of Communism” or flights of fancy like “The Creeping Brain.” In 2001 Jeffrey Lewis signed to Rough Trade Records (The Smiths, The Strokes, Belle & Sebastian, etc) and has since released five albums, in addition to touring the world and performing with Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Devendra Banhart, Black Dice, Thurston Moore, The Fall, The Vaselines, Beth Orton, Frank Black, The Fiery Furnaces, Daniel Johnston, Scout Niblett, The Mountain Goats, The Moldy Peaches, Cornershop, The Cribs, Dr. Dog, Kimya Dawson, Adam Green, Akron/Family, Roky Erickson, Au Revoir Simone, Peter Stampfel, and other luminaries.
The album Jeffrey Lewis: 12 Crass Songs, released by Rough Trade in late 2007, is a collection of songs by the legendary anarchist punk band Crass, reworked by Jeffrey into glorious folk, rock, psychedelic, orchestral and electronica productions which dazzle the ear while losing none of the political power of the originals - an album which garnered praise from Crass themselves as well as four stars in Rolling Stone magazine and many other enviable plaudits. The most recent release by Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard is 2009’s ‘Em Are I, which was also widely praised; a full-page feature in Mojo Magazine declared it “brilliant… full of wit and musical variations,” while a 9-star review in All Music Guide called ‘Em Are I “not just Lewis’ most consistent album, but also his most truly affecting and easily his most successful outing to date.” Jeffrey has written multiple articles for the New York Times’ “Measure For Measure” songwriting feature, and most recently has been creating a series of historical illustrated songs for the History Channel website. His critical writings on the comic book Watchmen have lead to Jeffrey lecturing on Watchmen around America, Australia, Europe and the UK; Jeffrey’s own comics have been published in collections like “Wobblies!” (a history of the Industrial Workers of the World), “The Beats,” “Jews & American Comics” and others. Jeffrey’s most recent self-published comic book Fuff is an anthology series combining biographical pieces, fiction, and travelogues, and is currently up to issue eight.
8pm MONDAY 24 OCTOBER 2011
with THE DEGENERETTES, PLURALS and THE QUARANTINES!
Ottobar
2549 Howard Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
ALL AGES!
$10 Advance tickets at MissionTix, The Ottobar, and Charmington’s
Shonen Knife will be in-store at Atomic Books/Celebrated Summer from 6-7pm Oct 24!!
Weds 11 Aug 6pm-close
INSUBORDINATION FEST KICKOFF PARTY
Sidebar Tavern, 218 Lexington St., Baltimore
$8 door
Insubordination Fest returns to its legendary birthplace once again at the Sidebar Tavern, kicking off the 2011 Insubordination Fest with sets by
MOTORETTES
MALLSTARS
DEGENERETTES
FLAMINGO NOSEBLEED
BRACEFACE
SINGLETON
LEXINGTON ARROWS
MANDROIDS
7pm Thursday 7 July 2011
The Windup Space
12 W. North Ave.
An aviary of experimental birds and horrors
Short works on film & video
“Four Ravens” and “Birdilodica” - Kelley Bell
“Bird of A Nation” - Rahne Alexander
“Aliki” - Richard Wiebe
“Sapsucker” - Christopher Holmes
“Enrique Wrecks The World” - David Chai
Stick around for Mondo Baltimore’s BIRDEMIC
Admission: FREE AS A BIRD
Saint Lucy Launch Party
Thursday, June 30 · 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Wind Up Space
12 W. North Avenue
Baltimore MD
featuring performances by
The Degenerettes and Jaimes Mayhew
June 11: Sex. Art. Rock N Roll.
Area 405
405 E. Oliver, Baltimore
VIP RECEPTION: 6pm-8pm ($40)
MAIN EVENT: 9pm-12am ($10)
starring
The Degenerettes
The Shondes
War On Women
Burlesque by
Gilded Lily Burlesque
Sticky Buns Burlesque
Saturday, May 28 · 7:00pm - 11:00pm
ALL AGES! No Booze!
2640 Space - 2640 St Paul St. Baltimore, MD
100% pure queer jams for lambs! $5-$10 sliding scale and ALL AGES! Doors open at 7pm, music at 8pm.
Performers include:
Silence Kid
Saddle of Centaur
The Degenerettes
Lovers
and video trickery by Brinson Renda!
