Black Tambourine played D.C. & Maxwell's, playing 1st of 3 chickfactor anniversary shows in NYC (tonight @ Bell House)
by Bill Pearis
DOWNLOAD: Black Tambourine – What’s Your Game? (MP3)
Black Tambourine at Artsphere, Washington DC (via Sammich’s instagram)
Between most songs in Black Tambourine’s set, Mike Schulman, Archie Moore, and (Washington City Paper staffer) Brian Nelson switched off between guitar, bass, and percussion. Singer Pam Berry, lectern in tow, stayed in the center–and because it was true to the original recordings, it was OK that her voice was a little low in the mix. Everything was loud, fast, and feedback-strewn. About 5 percent of the audience was absolutely flipping out. Seventy to 80 percent was mostly flipping out, but with less flailing. “We’ve practiced three times in a row, which is three more times in a row than we’d ever practiced before,” Moore said after the show. [Washington City Paper]
Black Tambourine are in the greater New York area, having played Maxwell’s last night (with Fan Modine and Rose Melberg) and will headline tonight’s first of three chickfactor 20th anniversary shows at The Bell House. Tonight (4/10 with Small Factory, Versus, the Lois Plus) and tomorrow (4/11 with The Aisler’s Set, Pipas, Bridget St. John, The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group) are sold out but you can still get tickets to Thursday’s closing show (4/12) with Stevie Jackson (Belle & Sebastian), Honey Bunch, The Pines, The Softies).
For those going tonight, there are two unannounced special guests opening the show, so get there at 8PM sharp! Black Tambourine’s new EP of Ramones covers (download “What’s Your Game?” above) isn’t out till May 15 but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was at the merch table tonight.
Additionally, for those Small Factory fans who couldn’t get tickets tonight (or are maybe going to see Pulp), the reformed Rhode Islanders play Cake Shop on Friday (4/13) with Air Waves.
Click through to see the lovely poster for the chickfactor anniverary, done by Tae Won Yu (who did the art for Built to Spill’s Perfect from Now On and Keep it Like a Secret).
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