Friendly Bears to Play Water Street Lounge, Brooklyn on Saturday (Feb. 3rd)

Water Street Lounge continues to book an interesting mix of artists. The next show is Saturday, Feb. 3 and below is the list of acts that are playing:

8:45 : LOMF
(An instrumental four piece from NY and NJ, LOMF is like nothing else you've encountered. The best way to describe LOMF is not with words only sounds.)
lomfmusic.net

9:45 : Hi Red Center
("Hi Red Center has found a nice balance of pop and noise, but they're not particularly close to either pole. That's to their credit!"- Dusted Magazine)
hiredcenter.com

10:45: Yoshiko O'hara
(An accomplished visual artist from Osaka, Japan who has come to the U.S. to play music at the risk of her life and give birth to the biggest band in the world.)
bloodypanda.com

11:45 : Friendly Bears
(Avant-(garde) rock with influence of heavy jazz fusion.)
friendlybears.net

James Plotkin & Tim Wyskida (x-Khanate) to Play Water Street Lounge in Brooklyn on Jan 19th

James Plotkin & Tim Wyskida (x-Khanate) are playing the Water Street Lounge in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn on Januray 19th. The picture on the left is from James and Tim's current CD, "8 Improvisations", which was released earlier this year. This came out on the Archive CD label and was limited to 1,000 copies. Archive CD has sold out of the copies they had but James might have some remaining copies for sale at the show. Plotkin's webstore describes this release as "guitar/drums duo of fierce jazznoise invention and buzzing dronescapes. "

Also on the bill is Tartar Lamb & Hazel-Rah. Tartar Lamb is the duo of Toby Driver and Mia Matsumiya (of Kayo Dot), put together specifically to perform and record Toby's long-form violin and electric guitar duet, "60 Metonymies," and with the potential to move on to other pieces in the future. Tartar Lamb will be augmented by the participation of Tim Byrnes (trumpet) and Andrew Greenwald (drums) of The Friendly Bears for the tour and tape.

Water Street Lounge has great sound and sightlines (and last time I was there, there was plenty of free street parking) so this show is ceretainly worth checking out.