Show Detective (Weekend Entertainment)
Written by Staff on April 6, 2023
Show Detective
Welcome to the Show Detective. Our trusty gumshoe has been out there collecting word on the street and fishing flyers out of dumpsters and we bring you the unfiltered happenings from Friday, April 7th to Sunday, April 9th. Here’s to a good time. Tip your bartender.
Friday, April 7th
KISStory, Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes, 8pm – 10:30 pm.
E1 Presents KISStory, the greatest replica tribute band to KISS, coming back to the Hall by popular demand!. With all the looks and sound… who would know the difference? And opening the evening is Monsters Of Rock with their amazing 80’s metal rock line up, immediately turning the crowd into a bunch of monsters!
The Moth, Troy Music Hall, 8pm
The Moth is true stories, told live and without notes. Celebrating the ability of true, personal storytelling to illuminate both the diversity and commonality of human experience. People all over the world and from all walks of life: astronauts, students, a dental hygienist, a hotdog eating champion, a mechanic, exonerated prisoners, veterans, Nobel laureates and everyone in between, share their stories on stage in front of a live audience. Through live and virtual shows, storytelling workshops, a podcast, Peabody Award-winning Radio Hour, and New York Times Best Selling books, The Moth brings the power of personal storytelling to millions of people each year—creating community and building empathy around the world.
Bruiser and Bicycle Album Release Show, Hangar on the Hudson, Troy, 7:30pm – 11pm
Bruiser and Bicycle play their new album “Holy Red Wagon” in full. With special guests Joan Kelsey and Blue Ranger.
Holy Red Wagon is a world to get lost in. Across nine elastic tracks, meticulously channeled freak-folk influence twists its way into Bruiser and Bicycle’s progressive rock-skewed artpop.
Replete with rich imagery and burning affirmations for life, the Albany, NY group’s exploratory writing takes the form of grandiose song structures, call-and-response passages, and confrontations with the unfamiliar. ‘Holy Red Wagon’ releases April 5th, 2023 on Topshelf Records.
The Matt Mirable Band, Rustic Barn Pub, 8pm – 11pm
Blues and R&B
The Lizards – Performing the Music of Phish, Putnam Place, Saratoga Springs, 9pm – 12:30pm
The Lizards made their debut in November of 2013, playing sold out shows and festivals to hundreds of fans. The band’s main goal is to recreate the Phish Experience. Whether it’s their ever changing setlists, synchronized dancing (or trampoline-ing) or touring with their own lighting rig and director (TG5), the band is committed to giving people that same feeling as the one we’ve all felt many times before.
The Lizards make it possible to gain that experience in our own backyard, with many feeling it’s been a long time coming that a band can create a community in this country for such a style of music. The Lizards intend to show everyone that they, above all things, can once again bring together a congregation of like-minded people that all want the same things: good times, good music & sore legs!
Band Website: www.thelizardsband.com
Colony / Seed of Pain / Burning Lord / Godskin Peeler / Halo Bite, NO FUN, Troy, 7pm – 11pm
Kaia Kater, Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, 8pm – 10pm. Doors at 7:30pm
Kaia draws on her diverse influences in Quebec, the Caribbean, and Appalachia, bringing them together to present an exciting musical direction. Known for her prowess as a songwriter and tradition bearer who performs with “the skill of a folk-circuit veteran” (Rolling Stone), Grenadian-Canadian artist took a decidedly different direction for Grenades. What started out as a search to discover the roots of her identity became a physical and emotional exploration of history, in particular her paternal ancestry, and has led to bold new heights of imagination and creative expression.
Stream this show live at caffelena.tv. Enjoy one week of access with your $5 live stream ticket.
E.R.I.E. “Suburban Mayhem” Release Party w/s/g Seize Atlantis and Alma, Lost and Found, Albany, 8:30pm
Saturday, April 8th
Melvin Seals & JGB, Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes, 8pm – 11pm
Melvin Seals has been a powerful presence in the music industry for over 30 years with a long-established reputation as a performer, recording artist and producer. Melvin is most revered for his powerful, high-spirited, Hammond B-3 organ, and keyboards in the Jerry Garcia Band.
The Lustre Kings & Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys, Hangar on the Hudson, Troy, 8pm – 11pm
The Lustre Kings boast a devoted international fanbase and continue to perform over 150 dates a year, including regular stops at nightspots, festivals and casinos like Tip Top Deluxe, Skinny Dennis and The Continental Club; Viva Las Vegas, Heritage Folk Festival and the Rockin 50s Fest; and the Potawamoti Hotel. Gamsjager, a Gretsch guitars endorsee who has taught for the National Guitar Workshop, has been a guest at prestigious venues ranging from Kennedy Center (Washington DC) to the Montreal Jazz Fest. Atlanta’s Creative Loafing got it right when they said, The Lustre Kings have a sound so powerful, it leaves listeners hungry for more.”
Jim Gaudet and The Railroad Boys
The Railroad Boy’s sound is steeped in the tradition of “Acoustic Americana Roots Music.” They deliver a dynamic blend of traditional mountain music fused with Gaudet’s diverse contemporary songwriting.
The Explicit Content Roadshow presented by Born Dead Clothing Featuring: Downswing, Empire Underground, Albany, 6:30pm
Harmonic Duo – RSVP – Rustic Barn Pub, Troy, 7pm – 10pm
The Capital District’s hardest-working duo!
Luzcid: Illusions Tour, Putnam Place, Saratoga Springs, 8pm – 2am.
LUZCID’s music is a sonic odyssey: a series of auditory adventures in which the participants completely escape time and space. Though firmly grounded in the bass world, LUZCID meticulously eludes genres in order to welcome a variety of enthusiasts to gather and celebrate the rewards of community. He hopes music can become a platform in which the peoples of the world can reconnect and begin to restore our home to a place in which we all enjoy living together.
LUZCID has performed in almost every major US city and continues to spread his wings traveling across the land bringing his music to all corners. Although his productions stand wholly on their own, LUZCID has shown that he is one of those artists you need to experience live to get the full picture. LUZCID is more than a DJ: he uses Ableton Live to weave a sonic tapestry of sensorial wonder through his hip hop-esque, expansive, psychedelic bass music.
As things continue to grow and go forth, LUZCID moves ever forward bringing his music and its message of hope and interconnectivity to the world at large. Come dream with LUZCID…
With Visuals by DATA BYTE!
Website: https://www.luzcid.com
The Bobby Lees, NO FUN, Troy, 7pm – 11pm.
The Bobby Lees – https://thebobbylees.bandcamp.com
Iggy Pop, Blondie, Henry Rollins…just a few of the Punk icons who have shown support for Woodstock, NY based band THE BOBBY LEES. Their new album BELLEVUE was released on October 7th 2022 on Ipecac Recordings (The Melvins, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More) and was produced by multi-grammy winning producer and mixer Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton, Beyonce) Their last album SKIN SUIT was produced by underground punk-legend Jon Spencer of the Blues Explosion and was released via Alive Naturalsound Records in 2020. Henry Rollins said “The Bobby Lees Skin Suit album is wild and different. I dug it immediately. Dangerous music is good for you”.
Ma’am – https://maam-band.bandcamp.com
Dogboy – https://theonlydogboy.bandcamp.com
Thruway: A Capella Sing Off, Proctor’s Theater, Schenectady, 5pm
Acapella organizations from Union College and other local institutions will compete for bragging rights at this traditional event!
Benefit Performance of Mother Jones in Heaven – a musical by Si Kahn – featuring Vivian Nesbitt with accompaniment by John Dillon, Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, 3-5pm
A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE for the Caffe Lena School of Music!
The musical drama tackling social justice is written and composed by Si Kahn, who has been touring the world over the past 50 years with renowned artists such as Pete Seeger. Kahn’s creative ability to write “Mother Jones” is supported by the playwrights’ well-earned credentials as a singer, songwriter, activist and grassroots leader.
“Mother Jones in Heaven” opens as the infamous Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, portrayed by Vivian Nesbitt, enters heaven. Through the course of the 90 minute musical, featuring 12 of Si Kahn’s orginal songs, Mother Jones balances her methods and practices with her outcomes. The issues are as poignant and as timely today as they were in 1900 when Mother Jones was fighting for better working conditions and human rights throughout North America.
Actress Vivian Nesbitt (of Breaking Bad, The Night Shift, and Longmire) is also the Director of Caffe Lena’s School of Music.
“Vivian Nesbitt truly becomes Mother Jones in the Si Kahn musical, ‘Mother Jones in Heaven.’ Ms. Nesbitt brings a fiery determination and keen sensitivity to the character of Mother Jones which ensures that her portrayal is not simply two-dimensional, but instead breathes deeply as the living embodiment of ‘the Most Dangerous Woman in America.’ This play is great entertainment, great theatre, great history, great education… ‘Mother Jones in Heaven’ deserves to be seen by all generations of playgoers who will be inspired by her life and her example.” – John P. Beck, Co-director, Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives and Associate Professor, School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, Michigan State University
Stream this show live at caffelena.tv. Enjoy one week of access with your $5 live stream ticket.
Chris Pureka, Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, 8pm – 10pm.
Over the course of two decades, Portland-based singer-songwriter Chris Pureka has gained both critical acclaim and dedicated fan engagement with her unique blend of folk, Americana and indie rock. Her bold vulnerability in processing the intimacies of life in song has struck a chord with those listeners who crave authenticity and depth. Chris’s elegant emotionality as a vocalist and her flair as a lyricist have garnered her favorable comparisons to Chan Marshall, Bruce Springsteen, and Patty Griffin. Along the way, Chris has remained truly independent, selling nearly 50,000 albums through her own label, Sad Rabbit Records.
Stream this show live at caffelena.tv. Enjoy one week of access with your $5 live stream ticket.
Sunday, April 9th
Float Like A Buffalo, Pauly’s Hotel, 8pm
Float Like a Buffalo is rock with funk, ska, reggae, and jam influences. Nods to the funk of Lettuce and The Motet, jam of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, rock of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chicago Transit Authority, soul of James Brown, & high-energy guitar licks of Jimi Hendrix all combine to make a unique sound that’s impossible not to dance to.
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