Kris Thompson's B'day: Magik Markers (rare show!) + Wet Tuna (feat. MV & EE) + Daughter of the Vine (mems Mr. Airplane Man, Konks) Featuring projection art by Nightime Gallagher
Long-time area aural practitioner and scene supporter Kris Thompson marks another spin completion on this mossy space-rock with a luxurious sonic meeting of heads & minds that he's personally curated for a full-evening engagement at Lilypad. Kris has been a member of The Prefab Messiahs, Bobb Trimble's Flying Spiders, Abunai!, Nisi Period, The Lothars, Concord Ballet Orchestra Players, Magic Shoppe, Twilight Tipi, Astral Chill, Astral East, Violet Nox, and Jasmine Love Bomb. He's recorded with and/or appeared onstage with: Damo Suzuki (Can), Bobb Trimble, Windy & Carl, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond), Brother JT, Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple), Gary War, Alastair Galbraith, Prince Rama, Sore Eros, Quilt, Barbara Manning, Dalthom, Dalthan, and The Spacious Mind (Sweden).
Magik Markers
Rare show by the 'Markers!!
"Spanning noisy improvisational rock, folky meditations, and more, Magik Markers make the most of their stream-of-consciousness approach. When they emerged from a Connecticut basement in the early 2000s, their prolific self-released recordings barely contained the freewheeling energy of 's vocals and guitar and Pete Nolan's drumming. Though they tempered their attack somewhat on 2005's official debut album I Trust My Guitar, Etc., it wasn't until 2007's Boss that the band honed their music into clearly defined songs. Paradoxically, giving their work more structure allowed them to explore more sounds, and on albums such as 2013's Surrender to the Fantasy and 2020 (which was released that year), Magik Markers folded aching ballads, brash guitar pop, and droning experiments into their music with the same intuitive confidence of their earliest work." —Heather Phares, Rovi/AllMusic
https://magikmarkers.tumblr.com/ https://www.dragcity.com/artists/magik-markers https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSjfQIiX21ZO4ZLvDDNCPMw/playlists
Wet Tuna
"...we enter the perfect climate for the glue-slick dub wonderlands worked up by Wet Tuna. Good news for all of us then that the band has a new EP set to melt the headphones into undulating pools of sweat. Just off a momentous return as MV & EE, Matt and Erika disembark the ark and head back into the swamps for Party Phone. The new EP features a heady roster of familiar names. Jim Bliss, as always is holding down the bass shudder, but this time the band invites Myriam Gendron for some vocal glaze. Samara Lubelski lends vox and violin, and Woods’ Jeremy Earl laces in some percussion. Marc Wolf (The Tower Recordings) aka Spanish Wolfman tweaks the atmospheres with some synth and sonics as well. The EP perfectly encapsulates the current wave of Tuna. The post-Gubler years of the band have seen them dive headlong into the haze, divining the murk for the moment when the mind reaches a ripple of enlightenment via aural scrub. The beat poetics and silicone seance of bookends “Party In The House” push them as close as ever. Sandwiched between the double dose of house party hypnotics is the embryonic ache of “Electronic Zen,” and the dystopian shiver of “Rough Road,” rising like a siren song out of the fallout." —Raven Sings the Blues
https://wettuna.bandcamp.com/ https://wettuna.blogspot.com/ https://www.instagram.com/wet_tunaverse
Daughter of the Vine
Exciting new garage psych project featuring Margaret Garrett (ex-Mr. Airplane Man) and Kurt Davis (ex-The Konks, ex-Bullet La Volta).