http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/2078/ Events feed for the Jonathan Matis Group on Upcoming. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:25:22 -0700 Upcoming 60 en-us Philly band Circles' second CD starts with a trombone's spittle-filled squeal and a plinking of rickety Ribot-like guitar. It ends with a bashing of snares and a carnival of feedback that threatens to eschew all melody. Between those two points, Weighs a Ton (Wooden Man) embraces robbing people in the name of the Lord, the art of swimming and "Dusty Rhodes" a song that's either about a legendary wrestler or a literary journal editor. It's hard to know. While the music unfurls in what singer/guitarist/songwriter Nick Millevoi calls the influence of "Hank Williams, Pharaoh Sanders and the pentatonic scale" (add Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombone for good measure), his lyrics come through in this big matter-of-fact voice. That curt clarity gives Circles' most flywheel tracks a picayune grounding, especially in a live setting where its two drummers, facing each other during every gig, let rip like Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. It's exquisite, really.

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The Low End String Quartet rocks. They are a re-imagining of the classical model. The instrumentation differs, adding a bass, dropping a violin, and swapping a guitar where the viola should be. All instruments are amplified. This "new and improved" string quartet lineup is much better suited to alternative venues than the classical model, and is better equipped for rumbling your ribcage.

The Low End String Quartet's style lies squarely at the intersection of the post-classical, avant-jazz, and post-rock worlds. The group's members have played in rock bands, jazz groups, classical and new music ensembles. This wide range of experience allows them to draw on the best practices of each: the visceral excitement of rock, the spontaneous creativity of jazz, and the rigor of the post-classical tradition.
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