{"id":28477,"date":"2016-03-17T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=28477"},"modified":"2016-03-17T09:46:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T13:46:33","slug":"on-stage-pete-yorns-lost-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=28477","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Pete Yorn’s ‘Lost Weekend’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring ahead for great local show lineup<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Staff Writer, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alt Rock mainstay Pete Yorn’s new album, ‘Lost Weekend’ may turn out to be his most successful. His tour hits Philadelphia this weekend.<\/p><\/div>\n

If the lead-off single \u201cLost Weekend\u201d is any indication, Pete Yorn\u2019s brand new album \u201cArranging Time\u201d is destined to be a huge success. \u2018Lost Weekend\u201d <\/span>spent four consecutive weeks in the Top 5 at Triple A radio.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cArranging Time,\u201d which is Yorn\u2019s sixth full-length studio album and first for Capitol Records, was released on March 11. Now, Yorn is touring in support of the album — a tour that brings him to this area for a show on March 17 at the <\/span>Theatre of the Living Arts (334 South Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1011, http:\/\/www.lnphilly.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

The music on \u201cArranging Time\u201d ranges from elegant folk to hardcore blues to bouncy indie-rock. As usual, Yorn plays the role of observer and steps into the lives of a variety of characters.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Yorn, \u201cI\u2019m an observer. I\u2019m into subtleties, the moments between moments, but I don\u2019t pretend to know where all the ideas come from. I try to clear myself, create a melody and let that emotion dictate what comes out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The new album <\/i><\/b>marks Yorn\u2019s <\/b>first collaboration with producer R. Walt Vincent since 2001\u2019s RIAA Gold-certified debut \u201cmusicforthemorningafter,\u201d and its follow-up \u201cDay I Forgot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes, I write a song and think it\u2019s about someone else,\u201d said Yorn, during a phone interview last Friday in a trans-Atlantic phone interview from a tour stop in London, England. \u201cThen, a year later, I realize it\u2019s about me. I design songs so they can morph. The songs just seem to grow with me over the years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, Yorn has a new batch of songs that can evolve at their own pace.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI play most of the instruments — drums, bass, guitar — so that\u2019s a lot of what\u2019s going on with this record,\u201d said Yorn, a native of North Jersey who now lives in the Los Angeles area.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI hadn\u2019t seen Walt in awhile then I ran into him in 2012. He had just moved from Culver City to downtown L.A. He told me that he had a studio in his loft. I went down one day with a song and it reminded me real fast why I liked working with Walt. He helps me articulate musically what is going on in my brain.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI funded the album with my own money. I didn\u2019t have a label. I did a song or two a week. After awhile, I had around 30 songs. I also started writing again with my buddy J.D. King, who worked with me on my \u2018The Olms\u2019 album.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I tend to play everything myself, I like to work with a few different producers. Sometimes, I\u2019m at home and I have an idea for a song. I\u2019ll have a producer friend in mind and call them. I do most of my writing at my house. When inspiration hits, I grab my guitar.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Pete Yorn — https:\/\/youtu.be\/GmWoKdnv_-g<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"kimock\"<\/a>The show at TLA will get underway at 8 p.m. General admission tickets are priced at $31.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guitar ace Steve Kimock has played a number of shows in the Delaware Valley over the years and keeps showing up with something new every time. On March 18, Kimock will return to the area for another show at the Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Kimock, who just released a new album titled \u201cLast Danger of Frost,\u201d will be performing with a seasoned quartet featuring his son John Morgan Kimock on drums, Bobby Vega on bass, and Leslie Mendelson on keyboards, guitars and vocals.<\/span><\/p>\n

The album title might reflect one of the reasons Kimock recently moved to Sebastopol, California from his home in the Lehigh Valley. Kimock grew up in Bethlehem and then moved to northern California in the 1970s.\u00a0 About 14 years ago, Kimock departed California and ended up back in Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was time for another change,\u201d said Kimock, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from the barn\/studio he still has in the Bethlehem area. \u201cI was in for a five-year plan to see what was going on back on the East Coast and I\u2019ve been here (PA) for 13 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, the winters got to me. And, I have an 8-year-old and a 12-year-old. They were in very good schools in Pennsylvania — academically — but I felt they were ready for a more progressive set-up.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, I have a whole bunch of friends on the West Coast who do music similar to mine. And, I do a whole lot of consulting on guitars and amps and that work is in California. So, I decided to get back to the West Coast community. I feel most at home when things are more rural.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLast Danger of Frost,\u201d which is officially released on March 18, features a wide variety of moods, sonic textures and musical vibes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI did most of the album in a fairly concentrated length of time at the end of last winter,\u201d said Kimock. \u201cI recorded it at my barn in Pennsylvania and then uprooted and moved back to California.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a documentary of me wandering around the studio improvising with sounds. Ninety per cent of the time on stage, my job description is lead guitar in a rock band — playing fretted electric guitar. It\u2019s a well-trodden path. I enjoy it — but it\u2019s not what I do at home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the years, Kimock has built a legion of fans through touring and recording. His musical resume includes jamming with Jerry Garcia (the Grateful Dead guitar legend who, shortly before his death, called Kimock his \u201cfavorite unknown guitar player\u201d) and playing with musicians from the now-defunct Grateful Dead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kimock has performed with Bob Weir in Kingfish, with Vince Welnick in Missing Man Formation and with Phil Lesh in the Phil & Friends. He has also played in the Heart of Gold Band with Keith and Donna Godchaux and has toured with Merle Saunders and Bruce Hornsby.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also has recorded with a number of his own bands, including Steve Kimock Crazy Engine, Zero, the Steve Kimock Band, Praang and Steve Kimock & Friends. His current line-up adds more versatility to the mix.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe new album is very listenable but it\u2019s not a dictatorial listening experience,\u201d said Kimock. \u201cAt home, I play acoustic guitar, fretless guitar and Hawaiian guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I keep going with at home is the personal thing. It\u2019s definitely different than the public thing. I just wanted to be myself for a minute. I plan to do a follow-up in May — continuing this process.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a couple things on the new album that are unplayable live. I do play some of the stuff from the new album along with some stuff we\u2019ve written along the way. I\u2019ll play some miscellaneous oldies of mine — and some cover cuts if I think it fits the mood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Steve Kimock — https:\/\/youtu.be\/nKqDQazgu0E<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Show time for Kimock\u2019s performance is 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 day of show.<\/span><\/p>\n

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American Babies<\/p><\/div>\n

On March 19, the Ardmore Music Hall will present host Tom Hamilton\u2019s American Babies — \u201cAn Epic Battle Between Light and Dark\u201d release show.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Babies is the pseudonym under which Philadelphia-based songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Tom Hamilton can be found creating his most personal and idiosyncratic work. Hamilton also shares his time with bands including Joe Russo\u2019s Almost Dead, Billy & The Kids (featuring Grateful Dead drummer Billy Kreutzmann) and Electron. It\u2019s American Babies, however, that\u2019s the home to which he always returns.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAn Epic Battle Between Light & Dark\u201d is American Babies\u2019 fourth studio album.\u00a0 True to its title, the songs assembled for this latest effort seem to define epic in sound and spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although American Babies began as a side project for Tom Hamilton with a rotating cast of musicians, the lineup has recently solidified to include Hamilton’s longtime partner-in-crime bassist Clay Parnell (Particle, Brothers Past), keyboardist Adam Flicker (The Brakes), drummer Al Smith, and rhythm guitarist Justin Mazer.<\/span><\/p>\n

With American Babies, Hamilton has turned his focus to songwriting and crafting lyrics that share tales of trials and tribulations ranging from working class hard truths and political chaos to personal relationships gone sour.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was in (Philadelphia-based indie rock band) Brothers Past when I was in my 20s,\u201d said Hamilton, during a recent phone interview from a tour stop in Chicago. \u2018American Babies started as something else to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBrothers Past was an electronic band and I wanted to focus more on songwriting. I wrote songs in that vein that the Brothers Past guys weren\u2019t into. American Babies was more of a recording project. Then, Brothers Past went the way of the dodo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoyed the way American Babies motivated me so I decided to make American Babies my main focus. It started in 2008 but I wasn\u2019t really serious about it until 2010. It\u2019s a rotating line-up because my tastes are rotating. My tastes change. I hate doing the same thing over and over again. Having a set line-up is something that can stifle your growth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe band was more traditional Americana when I started it five years ago. Having change keeps it interesting for me. It evolves when it needs to — when the writing is on the wall. The band that I have now — Tom Hamilton – Guitar; Justin Mazer – Guitar; Al Smith – Drums; Raina Mullen – Acoustic Guitar; Mark Sosnoskie – Bass — is the best version yet. It is a positive exciting group of people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have a studio in Center City (Philadelphia) with my partner Pete Tramo. We started writing and recording the album there. Pete contributed a lot to the music. I wanted to go in with no material — to see what happens and let it develop organically.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe spent about a year building the studio — go in every day and just talk — talk about life, our lives and everything. When Robin Williams passed away, that was a big moment for me. I love him and the way he approached comedy. It\u2019s a lot like the way I approach music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for American Babies — https:\/\/youtu.be\/ldkyU8e0qQc<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show in Ardmore will start at 8 p.m. with Cocktail Party Phenomenon as the opening act. Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 day of show.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other shows at the Ardmore venue over the next week feature Royal Southern Brotherhood featuring Cyril Neville and Nolatet (Mike Dillon, Johnny Vidacovich, Brian Haas & James Singleton) on March 17, and Bonerama and New Pony on March 23.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mary Fahl<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary Fahl is a singer, a guitarist and a songwriter. More than anything, Fahl, who will play a show March 19 at the World Caf\u00e9 Live at the Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 302- 994-1400,\u00a0www.queen.worldcafelive.com)<\/span><\/a>, is a performer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPerforming is my primary form of self-expression,\u201d said Fahl, during a phone interview Tuesday morning from her home in Upper Bucks County. \u201cWhen I do a show, I want to take you on a complete journey. I want to transform you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fahl has been doing just that for years — ever since her days with the band October Project starting in the early 1990s. Once you\u2019ve heard Fahl sing, you have her voice burned permanently into your memory bank. From that point on, if you hear a song by Fahl, you immediately know who is singing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in the studio right now working on a new record,\u201d said Fahl. \u201cBut, I don\u2019t want to talk about it — to give anything away until it\u2019s time. It\u2019s really fun and different. It\u2019s not pop or folk — it\u2019s a classical folk record with a well-known guitarist.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fahl has always been eager to travel down new paths.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2011, Fahl recorded her own version of one of rock\u2019s all-time classics \u2014 Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cDark Side of the Moon.\u201d Fahl re-interpreted the songs on an album she titled \u201cFrom the Dark Side of the Moon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fahl, who was a member of the October Project 20 years ago, went solo in 2001. Prior to this year, her recorded output as a solo artist has been slim \u2014\u00a0\u201cLenses of Contact\u201d EP in 2001, \u201cThe Other Side of Time\u201d album in 2003, \u201cClassics for a New Century\u201d in\u00a02003 and \u201cFrom the Dark Side of the Moon\u201d in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2014, she released her new album \u201cLove and Gravity\u201d on\u00a0Rimar Records and followed with \u201cMary Fahl: Live from Mauch Chunk Opera House\u201d \u2014 a project that included a live album, a performance DVD and a PBS special.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fans can expect to hear a number of tunes from the Floyd-influenced album and \u201cLove and Gravity\u201d when Fahl performs a solo concert at the Queen this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy solo shows are a different kind of fun for me,\u201d said Fahl. \u201cThey are very intimate –and much more revealing. They can be very impromptu. With a full band, it always has to be more structured.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m playing solo, I can talk about songs and I can take the music in any direction I want. I have a really varied repertoire. I tell a lot of stories and people like that. You have a connection with the audience that is very intimate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of Fahl\u2019s fans have been with her ever since her time with October Project which lasted from 1991-1996.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOctober Project had a large body of work and I still perform some of those songs in my live show,\u201d said Fahl. \u201cIf I don\u2019t do some of those songs, fans get upset. I also do songs from the Pink Floyd record and several compositions from my solo records.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll always have a new song I like to introduce. And, I like doing interesting covers. Putting together a set list can be difficult now and then because of the limited amount of time on stage. My sets usually are between 75 and 90 minutes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For many artists, the task of re-inventing songs from an album as iconic as \u201cDark Side of the Moon\u201d could have been too much of a challenge. Not so for Fahl who crafted a disc that honored its roots but established an identity all its own.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter making the Sony classical album (\u201cClassics for a New Century\u201d), I wanted to do something that was fun,\u201d said Fahl. \u201cAn independent filmmaker I knew wanted to use me in a performance piece. I wanted to do something that I didn\u2019t have the ability to write.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s when I decided to do the \u2018Dark Side\u2019 recording. It\u2019s like a classical piece of music. I did not intend to make a cover record. It\u2019s my version and it doesn\u2019t sound at all like Pink Floyd\u2019s version. But, a lot of die-hard Pink Floyd fans have responded well. They like the album \u2014 and my live versions of the songs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m playing live shows, I don\u2019t go out for weeks at a time. The demographics for my music are all over the place but my typical audience is a Friday-Saturday-Sunday audience. That works out well for me too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fahl\u2019s new album includes \u201cExiles\u201d, a song written for Anne Rice\u2019s new audiobook \u201cThe Wolves of Midwinter.\u201d Fahl and Rice are fans of each other\u2019s work. Rice mentions both Fahl and an October Project song (\u201cTake Me as I Am\u201d) in the \u201cThe Wolves of Midwinter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA character in the book is haunted by a song I sing,\u201d said Fahl. \u201cThen, Anne asked me to write a song for the audiobook version. I love writing for movies. I like getting into the minds of characters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fahl has written and performed songs for several major motion pictures, including the lead song (\u201cGoing Home\u201d) for the Civil War epic \u201cGods and Generals.\u201d Her music can also be found on the original soundtrack of the 2003 movie \u201cThe Guys.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Mary Fahl — https:\/\/youtu.be\/VBuDLBYgeWI<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the World Caf\u00e9 Live at the Queen will get underway at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Queen are Bumper Jacksons and Miss Tess on March 17 and Creem Circus on March 18).<\/span><\/p>\n

There is plenty of variety — musically and geographically — on the area\u2019s music calendar for March 19 including Angel Du$t, a hard-rocking band from Baltimore, and Matt Andersen, a blues singer\/guitarist from New Brunswick, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Angel Du$t<\/p><\/div>\n

Following the release of its debut album \u201cA.D.\u201d in 2014, Angel Du$t is back today to announce the release of its new album \u201cRock The F**k On Forever.\u201d The new album carries on the sound of \u201cA.D.\u201d and is the inaugural release of the band\u2019s own label — Pop Wig Records.<\/span><\/p>\n

Angel Du$t — Justice Tripp, vocals; Pat McCrory, guitar; Nick Heitman, bass; Dan Fang, drums — is touring in support of the new disc and will be in Philly on March 19 for a show at PhilaMOCA (531 North 12th Street, Philadelphia, 267-519-9651, www.philamoca.org<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the new album last August and September in Conshohocken,\u201d said Tripp, during a phone interview Tuesday from his home in Los Angeles. \u201cThe rest of the band still lives in Baltimore but I like it here on the West Coast. I\u2019m flying back east tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe did the album with Will as producer at Studio 4, his studio in Pennsylvania. It\u2019s a really great studio and Will is an amazing producer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was a fan of his work. He\u2019s produced a lot of really great albums but he doesn\u2019t do a lot of hardcore punk bands. We hit him up and he liked our music. He put a lot of energy into the project.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe had 16 or 17 songs to pick through. Will had been listening to our demos for awhile. We had two songs that we didn\u2019t think we wanted to record but he thought differently. One was the single \u2018Upside Down.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe will take demos and ten re-arrange them on his computer so we can hear what he wants from the song. When we heard those two songs the way he did, we definitely wanted to use them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The new albums has as much punch as anything the band has done in the past — but the punches come from different angles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe just started writing,\u201d said Tripp. \u201cOur tastes are always changing. The new album came out to be a lot more rock influenced — not as fast as our previous stuff. I do most of the writing and then bring it to the band. The emphasis this time was on writing a dynamic record that represented a lot of moods.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The band\u2019s fans will still have to wait a little while to hear the songs from the new album.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re pretty adamant about not playing songs live until we\u2019ve recorded them,\u201d said Justice. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working on a lot of the new material for a few years. The release date for the album is May 20 but we will play the two singles — \u2018Stay\u2019 and \u2018Upside Down\u2019 in our shows right now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Angel Du$t — https:\/\/youtu.be\/3oTKCxvL6ok<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at PhilaMOCA, which starts at 7 p.m., also features Higher Power, Soft Grip and Nightfear. Tickets are $12.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"matt<\/a>Matt Andersen, who will be performing on March 19 at the Tin Angel (20 South Second Street, Philadelphia, 215-928-0770, http:\/\/www.tinangel.com<\/span><\/a>), just released his seventh studio album\u00a0\u201cHonest Man\u201d\u00a0via True North Records on February 26. It is a follow-up to his 2014 JUNO Award nominated album \u201cWeightless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Andersen, \u201c’Honest Man\u201d is a plea for people to avoid getting caught up in the circus of pounding fists and hollow promises, to search for the ones who are really out there to do the right thing and move forward, not backward. It was inspired by some of Donald Trump\u2019s campaign antics.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI started recording the album last October,\u201d said Andersen, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from a tour stop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. \u201cI had been in the writing phase for a little while before that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Recorded in New York last fall\u00a0with producer\u00a0Commissioner Gordon\u00a0(Joss Stone, Amy Winehouse, Santana, Quincy Jones), \u201cHonest Man\u201d\u00a0is Andersen\u2019s most accessible album to date, with Gordon adding a depth of production that previous records only hinted at. Matching this, Andersen has written 10 songs that explore both the political and personal.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the political cartoon-inspired title track, \u201cLet\u2019s Get Back\u201d has Andersen thinking about how his country as a nation has changed, but not for the better. \u201cAll The Way\u201d\u00a0takes a more personal approach as he sings about the decision to fully commit to a relationship while\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m Giving In\u201d\u00a0deals with the moments leading up to that commitment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was in the studio for about 10 days,\u201d said Andersen. \u201cI didn\u2019t do very much pre-production. I wanted to keep it fresh. If you think too much ahead, you lose some of that freshness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This tour will be an even sweeter treat for Andersen\u2019s stateside fans.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have a four-piece band with me,\u201d said Andersen, whose honors include the 2013 Euro Blues Award for Best Solo\/Acoustic Act, three Maple Blues Awards in 2012, a JUNO nomination for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year, a CIMA Road Gold award, a Maple Blues Award for Male Vocalist of the Year and winning Best Solo Performer at the 2010 International Memphis Blues Challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019ve toured with a band in 10 years. I did the solo thing quite a bit and wanted to change it up this time. With a band, the songs take on a different life when they get on stage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Matt Andersen — https:\/\/youtu.be\/2otNCUbb1eA<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Tin Angel, which has Lee Harvey Osmond as the opener, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12.<\/span><\/p>\n

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She Is We<\/p><\/div>\n

Rachel Taylor, former front woman of alternative rock band He Is We, has a new project called She is We and a new album titled \u201cWar,\u201d which is being released on March 18 on Vanguard Records.<\/span><\/p>\n

Taylor and her band are now out on the road touring in support of the brand-new disc — a tour that brings them to the area on March 23 for a show at the Theatre of the Living Arts (334 South Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1011, http:\/\/www.lnphilly.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cRight now, we\u2019re on the seventh day of the tour and I can\u2019t stop smiling,\u201d said Taylor, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from a tour stop in Orlando, Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWar\u201d was produced by Steven Soloman and Taylor along with long time He Is We collaborator\/producer and She Is We guitar player Adamm Mitchell. All songs were written by Taylor herself with Mike Elinzondo and David Hodges. The album was mixed by five-time Grammy winner Chris Lord-Alge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the songs on \u2018War\u2019 — like \u2018Monster\u2019 and \u2018Heartstrings\u2019 — are four-and-a-half years old,\u201d said Taylor, who lives in the Seattle area. \u201cThe rest of the record was written in the last two years. Piano is my favorite instrument but my roots are in guitar. This record was very much piano-driven.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEach song was an entity of its own. I went into the sessions wanting to keep everything organic — whatever raw emotion I\u2019m feeling at the moment. The title of the album — \u2018War\u2019 — represents an overall theme. Each song is a battle — absolutely.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe way I put the songs in order on the album was to show who I am right now and how I got here. It\u2019s my outlet. It\u2019s my diary — except that everyone gets to read it on iTunes. I believe I was given the thing where I don\u2019t have a filter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad was a military man — a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army — so we moved around a lot and life was like a boot camp. One thing he always said to me — if you\u2019re afraid to do something, you\u2019re doing it right. That\u2019s how it was with the new album. My skeletons are being revealed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Not that long ago, Taylor almost made a very different career choice.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI almost joined the Seattle Police Department a couple years ago\u201d said Taylor. \u201cI had passed all the tests and was ready to go. Then, I got picked up by Universal (Records) and stayed with music. But, I was ready. There are a lot of cops and military in my family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Taylor is tough in a lot of ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2012, she was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease of the axial skeleton with variable involvement of peripheral joints and nonarticular structures. In severe cases, complete fusion and rigidity of the spine can occur.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ankylosing spondylitis went into complete remission the moment I stopped eating grains and drinking alcohol,\u201d said Taylor. \u201cI went on a \u2018paleo\u2019 diet and the karma pendulum swung my way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for She Is We — https:\/\/youtu.be\/14Z5nVSeN88<\/i><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the TLA, which starts at 6:30 p.m., also includes We the Kings, AJR, Elena Coats, and Brothers James. Tickets are $25.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"mac<\/a>The word \u2018unique\u2019 is a word that gets misused and abused at an alarming rate. However, it works perfectly when used to describe the band Mac Sabbath. The L.A.-based band will come to the area on March 23 for at show at Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, http:\/\/undergroundarts.org<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Mac Sabbath — Grimalice, bass; Ronald Osbourne, vocals; The Cat Burglar, drums \u00a0; Slayer MacCheeze, guitar — puts on a theatrical, multimedia stage show with a smoking grill, laser-eyed clowns, bouncing burgers and many more magical surprises.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the obvious references to a multi-national fast food chain, the band has to be very careful not to verbally reference said food chain lest it be devoured by the a horde of \u201cMac Lawyers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mac Sabbath is an American parody\/heavy metal ban that focuses on the music of Black Sabbath and employs lyricism and imagery based on fast food. In Mac Sabbath\u2019s hands, Black Sabbath\u2019s \u201cIron Man\u2019 becomes \u201cFrying Pan\u201d while Ozzie and the gang\u2019s \u201cParanoid\u201d becomes \u201cPair-a-Buns.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

None of the band members speak to the press but the task is ably handled by the group\u2019s manager Mike Odd, former lead singer of Rosemary\u2019s Billygoat and owner of a bizarre shop on Sunset Boulevard in L.A. called The Rosemary\u2019s Billygoat Odditorium.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI used to run Odditorium in Hollywood and I chased down weird stuff,\u201d said Odd, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon as the band travelled \u201csomewhere in Tennessee\u201d on its way to its next show.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI got an anonymous call to meet this guy at a fast food place in Chatsworth, California. This mess of a clown burst through the door wearing a costume of bright yellow and red, and giant shiny shoes. His costume was trailed by long, tattered, hippie fringe that was dirty from scraping the floor and his face was caked in ghostly make up.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe said his name was Ronald Osborne, and he that he was familiar with my band Rosemary\u2019s Billygoat. He said he had a concept I might appreciate — something he described as \u2018drive-thru metal.\u2019 He invited me to come to a secret 3 a.m. meeting to watch him and a cast of characters named Slayer Mac Cheeze, Grimalice, and the Cat Burglar perform.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey played Black Sabbath songs that had been changed to lyrics about fast food and they screamed about Monsanto and GMOs. He wanted me to manage them. He said it was a secret project and he wanted me to bring it above ground.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Odd told Ronald that he would manage his band — even if it was a disturbed clown and a band of Monsanto mutants who refuse to reveal their identities because they think they came here from a wormhole in space time direct from 1970.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe filmed one of our first public shows and then put \u2018Frying Pan\u2019 on YouTube,\u201d said Odd. \u201cIt got picked up by everybody. Even Black Sabbath pushed it. They got it. And, when they posted the video, it went out to 10 million Black Sabbath fans.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow, we\u2019re out on our \u2018Rock-Sham-Shake\u2019 tour. These Monsanto Mutants are tough. There are a lot of unconventional things about this project. For example, Ronald has told us that we have to go back to the 1970s when music and food was real — back to a pre-Orwellian time. He doesn\u2019t respond to any technology past the 1970s.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Mac Sabbath — https:\/\/youtu.be\/m1wkfJY3AZM<\/i><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Underground Arts, which also features a DJ Set by Perry Shall, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/i><\/span><\/a>) will have \u201cStand Up at The Flash\u201d with The Legendary Wid, John Kensil, Sarah Bell, Tim Raymus, Noah Houlihan on March 17, The Vernal Equinox Ritual with The E.B. Hawkins Large Band & The Billy Penn Burger Band on March 18, and the Dukes of Destiny on March 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>) will host \u201cPhilly in the Burbs\u201d with Nate Allebach, Kalob Griffin and August John Lutz II on March 17, Damn The Torpedoes on March 18, and Jeremiah Tall, The Sun Flights and Linus The Moon on March 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>) will have Time Gap, Seption and Josh Giannini on March 18 and The Barn Swallows and Porter & Sayles and Rivers on March 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burlap & Bean Coffeehouse (204 South Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, 484-427-4547,\u00a0www.burlapandbean.com<\/span><\/a>) will present Heather Pierson and Caleb Spaulding on March 18, and Jason Myles Goss and John Statz on March 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>) will host John Mayall on March 18, Melanie on March 19, and Roosevelt Dime and Bumper Jacksons on March 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Grand Opera House (818 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-652-5577, www.thegrandwilmington.org<\/span><\/a>) will host Invincible on March 18, Celtic Nights on March 19 and Joan Baez on March 23.<\/span><\/p>\n

Doc Watson\u2019s Public House (150 North Pottstown Pike, Exton, 610-524-2424, docwatsonspublichouse.com<\/span><\/a>) will present Jeff Dom nick and the Fraction on March 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

Valley Forge Casino (1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia, 610-354-8118, www.vfcasino.com<\/span><\/a>) will present My Hero Zero on March 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/span><\/a>) presents The Temptations and The Four Tops on March 18.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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