{"id":36922,"date":"2017-10-11T09:20:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T13:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=36922"},"modified":"2017-10-11T09:20:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T13:20:22","slug":"on-stage-spotlight-andrew-w-k-keeps-the-party-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=36922","title":{"rendered":"On Stage (Spotlight): Andrew W.K. keeps the party going"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"<\/a>It would seem natural if Andrew W.K. had a tattoo of Dionysius somewhere on his body.<\/p>\n

Dionysus was the Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and wild frenzy. He was depicted as either an older, bearded god or an effeminate, long-haired youth. He was usually accompanied by a troop of Satyrs and Mainades (wild female devotees).<\/p>\n

Andrew W.K. is a musician who is devoted to partying, playing ferocious hard rock geared to partying and making sure everyone in his presence has a good time.<\/p>\n

Andrew W.K. has long hair (but is hardly effeminate) and, at times, has sported a beard (but wouldn\u2019t be considered old). In place of Satyrs and Mainades, there are hangers-on and groupies.<\/p>\n

Pleasure, festivity, madness and wild frenzy are key elements of his concerts. And, it doesn\u2019t take too much imagination to figure out where wine and vegetation fit in.<\/p>\n

Andrew is now touring the states with his \u201cParty Never Dies Tour\u201d \u2013 a tour that visits this area on October 11 for a show at the Theatre of the Living Arts (334 South Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1011, http:\/\/www.lnphilly.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

This tour could have been in support of Andrew W.K.\u2019s first American studio release since his \u201c55 Cadillac\u201d album in 2009 — could have been but isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Andrew\u2019s new album, which is still untitled, will be released March 2, 2018\u00a0via\u00a0Sony Music\u00a0worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy am I touring before the album is released?,\u201d said Andrew W.K. during a phone interview from Little Rock, Arkansas Friday evening as he and his band traveled from Houston, Texas to a date in St. Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure when the album was coming out. I scheduled the tour preemptively to be around the album release or, if nothing else, to just be a tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made my plans and then the party gods revealed their plans. We go with the flow. So, it\u2019s a pre-season tour and we\u2019re using it as a chance to get to our best level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew also talked of the time gap between \u201c55 Cadillac\u201d and the new album.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy was there such a long time between albums,?\u201d said Andrew. \u201cIt\u2019s the nature of partying and then going into the vortex for an album. I didn\u2019t realize 10 years had passed since I recorded my last album. I don\u2019t want that long of a delay for the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n

A one-man music machine possessed by a single-minded, monomaniacal focus on euphoric joy, Andrew lives to spread a singular message:\u00a0That to party is to exist, and to exist is to party.<\/p>\n

Andrew continues to passionately deliver his extremely high-energy brand of uplifting entertainment, with an unrelenting commitment to continuing the mission\u00a0he first embarked upon in 2001 with the release of his debut single and signature tune \u201cParty Hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

The album, which is still almost five months away from seeing the light of day, showcases Andrew\u2019s signature style of blasting triumphant rock music.<\/p>\n

According to Andrew W.K., \u201cI\u2019m going for the sound of pure, unadulterated\u00a0power — every emotion, every thought, every experience, every sensation, every fear, every joy, every clarity, every confusion, every up, every down… all extruded and concentrated into one thick syrup of super life-force feeling, and then psychically amplified by the celebratory spirit of glorious partying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew\u2019s fans will have to wait a while until they hear his new songs \u2013 even those attending the shows on this tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re only playing one new song,\u201d said Andrew W.K. \u201cWhen I go see a band I like perform, I want to hear the songs that I\u2019m familiar with done by the people who made them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m focusing on songs from all my albums even though it might be exciting to play new ones. I\u2019m playing songs from all the way back to \u2018I Get Wet,\u2019 which was my first album back in 2001.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s got it all \u2013 a pretty even balance. I\u2019m playing familiar songs and some unfamiliar ones. I don\u2019t change the set list from night-to-night. I really believe in consistency and hitting the bull\u2019s-eye every night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis band has three guitars, bass, keyboards, drums and myself on vocals and keys \u2013 and everyone sings. The guys are from all over \u2013 L.A., Dallas, Brownsville, Orlando. We have never been better as a band. I\u2019m extraordinarily dedicated to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis band just happened. There was no audition process. I had never even met them until the first video shoot for \u2018Party Hard.\u2019 We had two rehearsals and, right from the start, it was \u2018destroy.\u2019 This band can play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Andrew W.K. \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/WccfbPQNMbg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at TLA, which has An Albatross as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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