Somewhere between the 1980s and today, the use of a horn section in a rock band fell out of favor. I’m not sure how or when, but we went from awesome sax solos and trumpets in songs like “Urgent” from Foreigner, “Who Can It Be Now?” from Men at Work, and Huey Lewis and the News when they toured with the horns of the Tower of Power. Sure there are a few groups like the Dave Matthews Band who still use a trumpet or sax now and then, but it’s not quite as integrated into the whole rock experience as it used to be.
Now bring in Frank Viele and the Manhattan Project (from where else, but the New York City metropolitan area) – a six piece group featuring Viele on vocals as well as acoustic and electric guitars, Mario Capdiferro on drums, Rob Liptrot on bass and backing vocals, Eddie Arjun Peters on lead guitar, Pasquale Ianelli playing tenor, soprano, and baritone saxophones, and Andrew Mericle on trumpet. Add to that mix Richie Cannata playing sax (from Billy Joel’s band) on “Turn Around,” Jason Hirth on keyboards on six tracks, and Ben Golder-Novick helping on the alto sax on six tracks… and where having a strong horn sound can sometimes overwhelms a band, these guys sound amazingly well together.
They’ve been touring together for a few years now and Neon Lights is their first full-length album. It doesn’t disappoint, crossing multiple genres (funk, rock, pop, jazz, blues, and swing) on nine great tracks.
What blew me away was the title track – “Neon Lights”. It opens with a bass line that has stuck with me like few recent songs, reminding me of the way the bass line in “Running Down a Dream” from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers wormed its way into my head to the point where I can’t help but sing along. Layer that with Viele’s rough voice, the backing horns, and some sweet lead guitar and it is tough to get me to stop listening to it over and over again…
Like most great bands who write their own songs, the lyrics for “Neon Lights” tell a story as well. A modern tale of wanting the best for an ex- with drug and alcohol problems… “Then my hip starts buzzing, you’re on the telephone / But Honey you know they’re wrong and that you don’t want to stay…” It’s not quite a plea for her to come back (after all, in the first verse they say she “ain’t coming home”), but you can tell he’s worried.
Another great track is “Portland Rain” which has some awesome horn riffs that remind me of some of the great R&B groups of the ’60s and ’70s. It’s a throwback to an earlier time with a guitar solo tearing up a chunk of the song as well.
And so you don’t think it’s all R&B and rock, their song “Try” sounds very much like something you might hear from Dave Matthews. The syncopated rhythms on an acoustic guitar mixed with Viele’s voice talking straight to a girl he wants to get to know better… “Yeah but Baby, there ain’t enough wine in me to tell you that God is on your side / And there ain’t no holy roller that’s gonna bring you peace tonight / … / But if you leet me be your lover, I will bring you peace tonight…” It’s a heck of a pick-up line to play from the stage, but it just might work!
My only complaint with this album isn’t with the musicians, but with Viele’s voice at times. Every now and then it was so gravelly or growly that it was nearly impossible to tell what he was singing. But most of the time when he wasn’t going that far, he sounded great and was backed up by his amazing guitars and horn players.
If you’re looking for something different with some sensational horns and guitars and a funky modern feel, give Frank and the boys a listen. Look for Neon Lights at your favorite music online or brick-and-mortar retailer when it’s available July 13, 2010. And check out their website at FrankVieleMusic.com for a list of tour dates and more information about the band!
This article first appeared at BlogCritics.org here.
As I’ve become older, I think I’ve become more jaded. Rarely does something come along that surprises me in fiction. Susan Hubbard’s The Society of S surprised me.
In The Society of S, writer Susan Hubbard took me into the mind of a 13-year-old girl. Not just any 13-year-old girl either. Ariella Montero lives in a Victorian mansion in Saratoga Springs, New York. Isolated by her father, Raphael, she gains a classical education mixed with the natural sciences. She is tended to by their housekeeper and cook, Mrs. McGarritt, who isn’t a very good cook at all but takes good care of Ari. And she wonders about her mother, who left them when Ari was a baby.
Now casually toss in the concept of Raphael being a vampire and Ari possibly being at least half a vampire, and you begin to get a bit more appreciation for what Hubbard has done with this book. As a less than normal teenage girl, Ari wants to see more of the world and feel more like she fits in somewhere. Though her father resists, Mrs. McGarritt finds ways to get Ari out of the mansion and to the McGarritt family home for the occasional visit, dinner, or sleepover. That’s where Ari meets Katherine McGarritt and gains her first real childhood friend.
It was the little details that sucked me in. I felt as though I was inside Ari’s head as she wrote the words of the book as a journal. The conversations with her father, with Katherine, with Michael who becomes Ari’s first boyfriend… all written with an elegance that makes you feel a part of the story. Even when Ari hits the road Keroac-style to find her mother, whom she’s never met except through the stories told by her father, you take part in her journey from New York south to Florida as she discovers her vampire nature and talents through trial and error.
The Society of S evokes some aspects of Anne Rice‘s vampires, but from the perspective of a child as a young woman and not as the child vampire Claudia with the lusts of an adult woman trapped in a child’s body. We’re not there yet in this book with Ari. She is 13. Older and wiser than Claudia and not thrust into the world of Lestat and Louis. I have not yet read any of Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight series of books, nor seen the movies, but they seem to deal with a more teenage angst approach to the intersection between the mortal world and that of the supernatural. So far, though there has been some angst, it has not been quite as dramatic as a Twilight movie trailer.
The writing, story, and characters within this book work beautifully. Hubbard has done an amazing job crafting The Society of S into a compelling narrative – enough so that I now must read the 2nd book in the series – The Year of Disappearances. Be sure to check them out before the next book – The Season of Risks is released in July 2010.
–Fitz
p.s. Check out this series and other vampire novels below!
Some bands defy categorization. KiNDERGARTEN falls into that camp for me. The four members’ diverse array of experience and musical talent mixes styles and influences with minimal effort and presents a unique sound that definitely leaves an impression.
My first exposure to the band was through their “The Man on the Stairs” video, which evokes a vibe that’s part “Thriller”, part Thomas Dolby. The creepy dancers in black and the entertaining video cuts and transitions that match perfectly with the bizarre, yet catchy tune. Who knew a song about being freaked out by a “dead man doin’ the moonwalk” upstairs would leave such a lasting impression?
But KiNDERGARTEN doesn’t stop there. “The Man On The Stairs” is joined by eleven other unique tracks on the album Small, which was released in early February 2010. The whole album is awesome, but I have a few favorites…
“Elementally Challenged” reminds me somehow of Rocky Horror Picture Show in the way it grooves along almost conversationally. In it, the band manages to mix rock sensibilities with the seasons. At first, we have a summer hotter than usual, then we have a winter “like a slow death in a meat locker,” which finally signals the end to the battle between the heat and cold in springtime. And like many of us in areas that suffer Mother Nature’s wrath at times in the passing of seasons, the singer is “elementally challenged” from time to time.
Then you have “C15-78Y” which hits me as a hard rock version of the Beatles’ “Come Together,” combining a very disparate, futuristic set of sounds with the story of a man with no name – just a number. He wants a name. He wants to know his family. Serious commentary on the harsh realities of the modern world set to a rockin’ tune. “Take your number, I’m tired of living a lie” he says – “just don’t gimme no number.” A sentiment I think many of us can identify with from time to time in the computerized age of rank and file.
The four members of Kindergarten have some serious music chops to their credit. Lead singer Ariel Levine started his music career in the 5th grade with saxophone and guitar, moved on to voice and theater in high school, and skipped college all together to learn audio engineering. From there, he worked as a professional music producer with such talents as Wynton Marsalis, Carmine Appice, Eric Lewis, and Collective Soul. In 2005, he decided to form his own band and connected with the other three artists.
Sakura Toyama is the group’s keyboardist. She started playing at age 3 and later earned a Bachelors in Musical Arts from the University of Michigan and an Artists Diploma from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland. In 2001, she moved to New York City and had to give up playing piano for a while when she couldn’t fit one in her apartment. Later she heard Levine was looking for a keyboardist and became part of the band that became KiNDERGARTEN.
A year after Toyama joined the band, Levine needed a new bassist and met Zach Abramson while working on the soundtrack for an indie film called The Changeling. Abramson had just completed his Masters in Composition at the Manhattan School of Music and though he’d grown up playing classical piano, he’d picked up the bass guitar at age 12 because it was “cooler.” He performed in funk, jazz, and rock bands throughout middle and high school and through kismet, KiNDERGARTEN gained a new bassist.
The eldest of the group, Yancy Lambert, grew up playing horns and played in the drum and bugle corps as a teen. But he didn’t pick up the drums until age 20 after watching his older brother play for years. Self-taught on percussion, he sat in on local cover bands in Massachusetts and eventually moved to New York City in the late 1980s in several funk and soul groups. That work eventually led him to a regular spot with the music collective Brooklyn Funk Essentials, who played on several movie and television soundtracks. With his experience and range of influences, he seemed a natural fit for KiNDERGARTEN when Levine heard him working as a drummer in the studio where Levine worked.
KiNDERGARTEN’s first album, River of Slime was recorded, produced, and mixed by Levine in 2007. The band has played throughout NYC, including at CBGB’s, Knitting Factory, Mercury Lounge, and many others. And though Small was evidently more of a collaboration of the foursome, you honestly can’t tell this is a sophomore album. It blows my mind to think of the amount of musical talent and experience in this group. But if you listen to the music of KiNDERGARTEN, you can hear all that experience and all the influences come through in spades. It’s hard to believe they’ve only been together since 2005!
If you’re looking for something new, different, and funky, look no further than KiNDERGARTEN’s album Small. It’ll knock your socks off with intriguing lyrics and awesome rock. Be sure to check out their website at KiNDERGARTENNYC.COM for more details!
I’m amused and interested in what the new Fame movie coming out September 25, 2009 has to offer. They just released a new trailer for the film this past week. It has a heck of a cast as teachers and students. But can it compete with the original? How does it compare with the series that ran in the 1980s?
Both of my parents were involved in the theater in college, so from their passion for the stage – musicals, plays, and so on – I gained an appreciation for theater as well. I fondly recall seeing high school productions of shows like Camelot and Guys and Dolls as well as performing in The Music Man while growing up. And we of course watched the TV series for Fame. I didn’t see the actual movie until much later (it was deemed too adult for me at the time), but found it to be filled with amazing talent and great stories as well, even though it included some more mature elements than the television series did.
So when I heard that Fame was being remade, I have to admit I groaned a bit. Remake fever has hit Hollywood with a vengeance and nothing is sacred.
But I think, at least from early glimpses in the teaser and the trailer, I have hope. The cast has a ton of potential – Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally, Bebe Neuwirth, Charles S. Dutton, and Debbie Allen to name a few. But in addition, as we are fans of the show So You think You Can Dance on FOX, I was encouraged to hear that dancer Kherington Payne was cast in a role.
In this era of High School Musical (I, II, and III) and the Disney machine, I have to wonder what changes will be made to modernize the story of the music and theater high school in New York. Can they make what’s old seem new again? I hope so.
If they can capture even half of the talent of the original movie or series, I’ll be surprised. There was a spark there that managed to inspire an entire generation of people to focus on the performance arts. Can we expect lightning to strike twice?
What do you get when you have a cello quartet play rock music? You hear a very unique sound that’s a cross between Evanescence, a jazz quartet, and a movie soundtrack. When I heard about it, I knew I had to hear it to believe it. And now I’m a believer.
Cello and drums. Three cellists – Patrik Laird, Philip Borter, and Moartin Torch-Ishii – along with percussionist/drummer Ivan Trevino. The group met at the Eastman School of Music and wanted to keep classical music vibrant and alive, mixing styles and passions to make the music accessible.
Break of Reality sold more than 20,000 copies of their last album – The Sound Between – and have performed in venues from their first gig at a local Rochester coffee shop to NYC clubs Joe’s Pub and the Knitting Factory to Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. In addition, their fans are as diverse as their music.
These are classically-trained musicians thinking outside the box. It’s no wonder that they’re appealing to a wide variety of audiences, including those coming from the educational workshops and performances they do at elementary, middle, and high schools for students around the country. Music education and the arts are some of the school programs regularly cut due to budget shortfalls and the chronic lack of educational funds felt across the country. It’s gratifying that a musical group with this much talent hasn’t forgotten to go back to the place where they all started to aid the cause music education.
When I heard of the group, I was intrigued. But after I heard their music, I was hooked. It’s the score to a million stories inside my head just waiting to come to life.
Spectrum of the Sky was inspired by the work of German artist Dominic Kamp, whose art is featured on the cover. The ten tracks on the album evoke different emotional responses, from the opening of “The Farewell” to the four movements of “Anodynia (tranquillo)”, which was commissioned for the Victoria Ballet Theater in Victoria, Texas. Anodynia is a medical term that means the absence of pain.
There are aspects of other classical works spread throughout, but it’s nearly impossible to pin their sound down to one influence or another. The blend includes a few bits that sound like classic Metallica to a point… but only to a point. Their technique includes styles from rock and classical, but also of world music such as African tribal beats.
My favorite track on the album has to be the title track “Spectrum of the Sky.” I would love to see the dancers of So You Think You Can Dance choreograph a number to it. Something about it builds a number of peaks and valleys that gave me chills as I listened. The use of silence punctuates the motions of the music beautifully. I can only imagine what the group sounds like in person.
If you are on the lookout for something unique – please check out Break of Reality’s Spectrum of the Sky. It debuted on May 16, 2009 at Mason Hall at Baruch College in New York City. Be sure to visit their website as well – BreakOfReality.com.
–Fitz
p.s. Check out their CD at your favorite music store or online:
Lately I’ve been encouraged about some of the great new bands (new to me anyway) that are releasing CDs these days. Dynasty Electric is a duo of indie rockers from Brooklyn, NY, with a unique and contagious electro-rock sound. Before I heard their music they were described to me as “Blondie on acid,” which was a bit of a scary mental image of Deborah Harry chasing acid-induced creatures through a concert hall!
For me, DE’s Burning EP takes the best of synth-pop and infuses it with a rocking personality. Not only do you have almost hypnotic beats and synth riffs, but you get terrific vocals and even some rock saxophone! Yes, you heard me. Saxophone. As a former sax player, I have always been intrigued by the use of saxophone in rock songs. Foreigner, Men at Work, and Huey Lewis and the News were just a few of the groups I loved for their use of the sax. I can now add Dynasty Electric to that mix.
Evidently Jennifer DeVeau (vocals, theremin, synthesizer) and Seth Misterka (guitar, saxophone, synthesizer, programming) met by chance after a date mishap in an East Village New York bar. I have to say it must have been kismet, as they seem to have clicked. DE formed in 2004 and they’ve been busy ever since.
Their debut album Black Box came out in 2005 and led them on a world tour through the United States, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. And their Burning EP arose from experiences at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada’s Black rock Desert. Burning Man always pulls together an amazing array of people and artists and Misterka says he “heard the groove for the song “Burning” on the drive back from the desert” after a week in the surreal environment of the festival.
And Burning doesn’t disappoint, from the first synth strains of “Closer to Contact” all the way through these six songs. I only wish there was more music on the CD. My favorite on the EP has to be “Move My Feet” with Misterka playing saxophone. The first time I listened, I cranked it in the car and when it was done, I played it again. There’s just something magical about a mix of rock-n-roll and the throaty growl of a saxophone.
The group recently released a video for “Closer to Contact” for their fans. It doesn’t disappoint either. It’s great to see indie bands doing their own thing in a music video so you get a feel for what their live performances might be like.
If you’re a fan of synthesizer rock from the likes of Garbage, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Kills, or PJ Harvey, be sure to give Dynasty Electric’s Burning EP a listen. They’re having a release party in NYC at Fontanas tonight at 8:30pm if you happen to be in the area. As good as they are on CD, they should be amazing live.
Before diving into this box set of 11 episodes from season two of Cities of the Underworld, I knew little more than what I’d seen on the occasional commercial on the History Channel. I had no idea that Don Wildman explored such amazing places. Now I’m a fan and have a season pass on my Tivo!
For those who don’t know, Cities of the Underworld is a series on the History Channel where host Don Wildman explores the dark places that most of us forget exist beneath the urban sprawl that consumes most of our daily lives. Beneath city streets in unlikely places, he finds tunnels, abandoned train lines, dungeons, tombs, hideouts, and entire cities buried for years.
Wildman brings a childlike curiosity and explorer‘s spirit to bear on these places and I have to admit I found it hard not to get caught up in his enthusiasm. Whether exploring modern man-made structures from the last 10 years, or exploring caves and ruins from thousands of years ago, you too want to see what Don finds “awesome” in his travels.
Season Two takes you all over the world to places that you may not have even suspected still existed or ever existed. The eleven episodes include everything from sites in New York and Tokyo, to Viking and Mayan ruins, and the hidden battles in Israel’s tumultuous history.
“A-Bomb Underground” explores places above and below Tokyo’s busy streets to show us structures built to avoid not only earthquakes, but flooding — and even Atomic bombs. Don even talks to a survivor of the blast at Hiroshima during World War II, which was fascinating. A school girl at the time, she still remembers August 6, 1945 like it was yesterday.
In “Maya Underground”, Don goes deep into the jungles of Belize to explore Mayan ruins both aboveground and in caves representing the Mayan underworld. As we approach 2012 and the end of the Mayan calendar, it’s unbelievable to see the sprawling Mayan ruins from their huge civilization that collapsed because it couldn’t sustain itself.
“New York Secret Societies” brings you into the underground world of New York during the Prohibition when mobsters ran much of the city, hidden subway tunnels, and even a tunnel made by the Freemasons. With so much activity in the city that never sleeps, it’s amazing to know what went on beneath those same streets!
And “Secret Soviet Bases” takes you back into the Cold War and forgotten battles of World War II. Don explores an amazingly intact nuclear submarine base and the bunkers beneath a fake apartment building built to survive World War III.
With a mix of Don’s infectious personality, history buried beneath our feet, and very cool computer generated graphics to help illustrate the complexity of some of the structures explored, Cities of the Underworld proves once again that history does not have to be dusty and boring!
Be sure to check out the Cities of the Underworld: The Complete Season Two DVD collection!
Lately it seems I’m on a bit of a streak of finding outstanding childrens’ books. Let’s keep the streak alive with The Pet Dragon by Christoph Niemann.
Lin is a young Chinese girl who is one day given the gift of a baby dragon. When the dragon disappears, Lin heads out on a quest to find her friend the dragon… and we get to go too!
Niemann has taken a small set of Chinese characters and merged them with amazing illustrations so you not only get a fun story to read, but learn something about Chinese language along the way. Each page of the story shows one or more characters in the context of the story and with a small legend along the bottom so you can learn the meaning of each of them.
I read this book with my two girls, one age 3 and the other age 7. Each took something different away from the experience. My youngest daughter was fascinated by the story and the beautiful artwork, but really didn’t take notice of the characters. My oldest daughter immediately saw how the characters were worked in and was fascinated by not only the artwork and the story, but the deeper meaning.
He and his family just recently moved to Berlin, Germany, and are adjusting to their new surroundings. Mr. Niemann was kind enough to answer a few questions by e-mail for this review.
Q: Are you doing anything special to spread the word to schools and libraries about this book? I have an aunt who helps run several libraries near where I live and a sister who is a first grade teacher – both of whom would love your book.
A: So far I have only been sending out copies to a few magazines and websites, but haven’t targeted schools and libraries in particular. I am most aware of how crucial those are for the success of such a book, but haven’t had the right contacts yet.
Q: You now have two childrens’ books under your belt that you’ve both written and illustrated, and another book you illustrated for Stephen Dubner. Do you have any more childrens’ books on the horizon?
A: I have a number of ideas that I am rather fond of, but the one that is actually taking shape right now is about the New York subway. Stylistically I want to work in a similar style as I did for the NY Times blog, but unlike that post, I will have to rework the story so it is really about the angle of the children.
Q: Do you have any favorite authors that you like to share with your boys? Or any current favorite books?
A: These days Gustav (who just turned 4) is obsessed with Freight Train, by Donald Crews, I Am Invited to a Party by Mo Willems, and Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss. Arthur (age 6) is getting interested in Grimm’s Fairy Tales, which I enjoy reading to him, even though I have to admit they are very dark at times. Arthur’s favorite book of course is Transit Maps of the World (by Mark Ovenden and Mike Ashworth), a wonderful book.
Q: How are you enjoying living in Berlin? How does it compare to living in New York?
A: What I love about Berlin: In August it is not 110 degrees 24/7 like in NY. It’s ridiculously more affordable to buy good food at the supermarket. And the kids have much more space to run around. What I miss about NY: You can’t get iced coffee at every corner. The Apple store. But most I of course miss my VERY dear friends. (He was on a plane to New York to visit some of his favorite people and places as he responded to these questions.)
Q: And lastly, any words of advice for budding childrens’ book authors or illustrators?
A: I am very excited to have a couple of books out there, and am most aware of how much luck (apart from the sweat) that took. I think it is simply impossible to “plan” on being a successful childrens’ book illustrator, and I would advice to aim broadly and look beyond childrens’ books in terms of illustration (as well as in terms of writing.) Working as an editorial illustrator has taught me a lot of discipline regarding deadlines as well as regarding concepts. Without this training I think I would have been utterly lost trying to fill 36 pages with a cohesive story and consistent art.
I want to thank Mr. Niemann for taking the time to respond to my questions and for producing such a wonderful book for children. It’s one I know my girls will enjoy for years to come.
Be sure to check out Mr. Niemann’s website and keep an eye out for his future books. I know we will!
–Fitz
p.s. You can purchase Christoph Niemann’s books at Amazon below:
To continue the theme of poverty started by the Blogger Action Day movement, I thought I’d feature one of the short documentaries I’ve found on the web about poverty in New York.
The following is the abstract for the film at SnagFilms.
“This short film confronts America’s widening poverty gap through a creative journey along New York City streets, observing the stark contrast between the rich and the poor contained within only a few blocks. People from all walks of life, whether they live on the street or study at Columbia University, approach the glaring problem through unique perspectives. The viewer sees the honest tour of New York’s poverty gap and ideas of how to solve it, through the thoughts of everyday people and through the eyes of poverty herself.”
Let’s rise above our differences and open our eyes to see solutions to the common problems on our own streets.
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Now bring in Frank Viele and the Manhattan Project (from where else, but the New York City metropolitan area) – a six piece group featuring Viele on vocals as well as acoustic and electric guitars, Mario Capdiferro on drums, Rob Liptrot on bass and backing vocals, Eddie Arjun Peters on lead guitar, Pasquale Ianelli playing tenor, soprano, and baritone saxophones, and Andrew Mericle on trumpet. Add to that mix Richie Cannata playing sax (from Billy Joel’s band) on “Turn Around,” Jason Hirth on keyboards on six tracks, and Ben Golder-Novick helping on the alto sax on six tracks… and where having a strong horn sound can sometimes overwhelms a band, these guys sound amazingly well together.![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=bf9df513-bcc2-4cb8-a98f-07c00b207535)
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