Friday, June 4th Complicated Shirt CD Release Party
Salon Style
Todd is New Each Moment
Valentine’s – Albany, NY
$5, 9PM

Friday, June 11th marks the return of Brent Gorton to the Albany scene. His new group, Better Pills, is based on a traditional jazz rhythm section of bass, keyboard, and drums and draws inspiration from early new wave, goth and Krautrock (Seventeen Seconds era Cure, Gary Numan, Faust).

Scientific Maps
Better Pills
The Tins
Valentine’s – Albany, NY
9PM

Saturday, June 12th
Saratoga Arts Fest
Matthew Carefully teams up with members of Swamp Baby to improvise music to locally-submitted silent films at the Arts Center in Saratoga.
8PM, $5 or free with Arts Pass

It is happening. The resurrection of the one night only show of the band Pumped for Dumplin. Five years ago at Valentine’s in Albany NY you may or may not have seen the four um, folks in the following picture do things that delighted, horrified, mystified and confused you.

If not, you have a second chance. The P for D revival will take place this Friday, August 7th at Valentine’s once again. The Restys will join the bill and The Mission Control of… will be opening the show. Show starts at 9PM, $5 cover.

Congrats to our favorite local radio station, WEXT for making it past the 2 year mark! Tomorrow (7/7) marks the 2 year anniversary of the launch of this excellent addition to our local community. We look forward to their giant birthday party at Valentine’s in Albany on Wednesday, featuring CCR’s own Sean Rowe, Railbird, Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned and Davy Knowles / Back Door Slam! Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM!

This sensational lineup will mesmerize, tantalize, and lobotomize you!

TWO NIGHTS!

Friday, May 1 // Parting Glass // Saratoga Springs, NY // 9PM // $10
Saturday, May 2 // Lizard Lounge // Cambridge, MA // 8PM // $10

RAILBIRD :: Digging deep into the well of American roots music to pull up handfuls of thick, exciting sound that demands full attention. Their live performance is one of the Capital Region’s most captivating and compelling sights the area has ever seen.

CUDDLE MAGIC :: A constantly morphing troupe of accomplished, young musicians performing ornately decorated baubles of song. Hypnotic and memorable, fragments of these songs will roll around in your subconscious for years and reveal themselves to you when you most need them.

MATTHEW LOIACONO :: Songs constructed with looped bits of affected mandolin, sampled rhythmic figures and careful vocals. Matthew is on a mission to capture and create the sounds heard in his head.

NOTE: Two of these acts will be selling new EPs for the first time throughout this weekend! Stay tuned to find out who…

Click above to pre-order tickets to the Magic CD Release show on Friday, April 24 at Bread & Jam in Cohoes, NY. Not only will you receive tickets for $5 ($7 at the door), you will also receive a few commemorative surprises in the mail!

Collar City Records will be giving away tickets to the show via our Twitter account within the next two weeks. Please follow us to ensure your chances of winning tickets to this event!

For all the Facebook users out there, here is the event page where you can RSVP and receive any direct updates about the show.

All this week, stream “The Walker” and “American” from Sean’s MySpace page. Next Tuesday will wrap up the two songs a week listening party with the final two songs from Magic, and, that’s it! Magic will be here!

Witness this monumental event!