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The Scene – May 9th, The Box to The City Cafe to The Box
Posted by Sully in Live Review, The Scene on May 23rd, 2009
Sinister Minstrel at The Box
Saturday May 9th I was diligently working on the blog for most of the morning when I decided to head to Zig Zag‘s a little early, knowing Kyle Nicholas, Zig Zag’s band mate in Innocent Uprising, was playing an acoustic set at The City Cafe it wouldn’t be too difficult to twist his arm into serving as my navigator for the evening. Last time I’d seen Kyle he had said he was sharing the stage this night with Andrea Belanger, someone he KNEW I’d like and shouldn’t miss. Pulling off I-95 I noticed the marquee at The Box and was reminded Sinister Minstrel and Gravity Works were playing there this fine night as well. SCORE! I parked at Zig Zag’s place and ran down to the box to say hi to some of the guys I’d been running into so frequently, and got the skinny on when they each would be starting their sets. Change of plans, I think I can squeeze in bits of four acts tonight, time to put on the game face. When I arrived to Zig Zag’s I found Zig Zag and Kyle packing up the portable PA system and loading it into the car after which we each cracked a beer and chatted. Kyle reiterated the point that I shouldn’t miss Andrea’s set tonight, but they were going to be trading off half sets, allowing more patrons throughout the night to see each of their acts. Thank you sir for making my logistics all the easier for the night! Kyle headed out and after some prodding Zig Zag was ready to come out for the night. I told him of my ambitious plan, and got him even more excited, but we still had to wait for his friends to arrive before we took to the road. We waited for a bit and Jess arrived with another of their friends, we all grabbed another brew from the fridge in wait for Meg, who was coming over for a few shots before hitting the clubs. Read the rest of this entry »
The Scene – Solo in The Box for a While
Posted by Sully in Live Review, The Scene on April 12th, 2009
Newton would be proud!
Capacity: 49
April 11th, Saturday night was the same story to start, unable to rouse any troops I assaulted Providence solo again. This time I went to The Box on North Main Street to catch Sinister Minstrel and Gravity Works as per Zach Fenner’s suggestion. I arrived at The Box (appropriately named as the capacity is 49) around 9:45 and had time to grab a basket of fries and chat with Zach and some of his friends and band mates. I came to find out that Zach would be the guitarist and co-front man for both bands performing this evening. Just another example of hard working local musicians, both Sinister Minstrel and Gravity Works are projects of his, while also playing guitar for Fungus Amungus (one of those bands I’d heard a lot about, but never really checked out, digging their tunes on Myspace).
Sinister Minstrel at The Box
Sinister Minstrel started the night with folky blues number, “Lady in Green” (guessing at the title). Zach tore it up on the electric guitar accompanied by a steady acoustic rhythm provided by Mike Davis. Jeff Siatkowski laid out some nice foot stomping bass groves with Nic Deigan rockin’ some great beats on the kit they had the whole room paying attention. Not only was the music tight, their lyrics were hilarious. They were like the bastard child of Tenatious D and Flight of the Conchords with hard rock jam sensibilities. I caught myself simultaneously shaking my ass and busing a gut. They played a heavy and humorous version of “Makeout Mountain” and Nic really let go on the skins. At various points throughout the night they took 15 second set breaks for “The Minstrel Toast,” making sure everyone on stage had the chance to wet their whistle, the camaraderie was great! Towards the end of their set they invited some friends to join them on stage. Kat (Zach’s Girlfriend) and Nate Beauvais (bassist for both Gravity Works and GROW) came down front and helped cover FOTC’s “Think about it” passing verses back and forth while the band jammed out the track. Great version! They started to wind down the set and played a song that had me busting at the seams, I’ll guess it’s titled “Pickin’ My Nose” (see the clip after the break).
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