Upcoming Performances

Here are some links to performers that will be sharing their music at the Highwire Gallery in the near future.

Friday, May 9, 2008 @ 7:00 pm

$5+ donation

Sewer Election: Raw, textured grit amid turbine electronics & harsh metalic hell, [Sewer Election] is devastating noise decadence from Sweden's Dan Johansson. (http://sewerrituals.blogspot.com/, review from http://www.iheartnoise.com/news.htm)

the Rita: Almost academic in his noise purity obsession, The Rita mercilessly charts every nuance of crunch & crumble, the space between demolition, white out & heavy flood. (http://bakurita.blogspot.com/, review from http://www.iheartnoise.com/news.htm) (from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

Oscillating Innards: Realized in 2001, Oscillating Innards is a solo audial manifestation of Gordon Ashworth (also of Concern, Knelt Rote, Black Air). Expressed through vehement, deliberate electro-acoustic harsh noise, deep drone compositions, and tonally complex sound collage, recent performances and recordings focus on themes of depersonalization, failed art and maudlinism. (http://www.iatrogenesisrecords.com) (from Portland)

Work/Death: WORK/DEATH tries to recollect the pieces of a fevered dream about the transition from teenage heavy metal onto the adult slag heap. Processed electric bass navigating amnesia and automatic response. (http://www.corleonerecords.com/banddetail.asp?bandid=35) (from Providence)

Kakerlak: (http://www.myspace.com/kakerlak) (from Baltimore)

Newton: (http://www.breathmint.net/newton.htm) (from Philadelphia)

Presented by Lowest Fidelity

Sunday, May 11th

7:00 pm: Temple of Bon Matin: Temple of BonMatin has a 20 year History of Performing Internationally as well as nationally. Founded by Artist Ed Wilcox who is also a Fine Art Painter.

www.myspace.com/TempleofBonMatin

8:00 pm: The Baptist Preachers: Rocking Soul with a lot of Funk

www.myspace.com/baptistpreachers

Saturday, May 17th

Jen Molloy Acoustic Set Feat. Lisa Sunshine @ 7:30 pm

Jen Molloy, not your typical performer will be giving a not typical performance, Acoustic songs, not done in years.

Jen Lightfoot @ 8:30 pm

Instrumentation:
Jen Lightfoot - Vocals, Guitars, Ukulele, Bass, Harmonica, Keyboards

Biography:
Sitting on her bed with her tape recorder and her acoustic guitar in her arms Jen recorded her first full-length CD at the age of 17. Since then Jen has recorded two more full-length releases, an EP, a live album, and has been performing in New Jersey and Philadelphia for the past five years.

Discography:
Black Doves and Roses (2002) (out of print)
Suddenly Strange EP (2003)
Deviation From Reality (2004)
Live in Concert (2006)
Pray For The Girl (2008)
"Hello Daughter" from the album "Live in Concert" has been played on the SoupyGato Show (podcast)

Also see: IndieLifeRadio
CDs are available on CDBaby.com

Thursday, May 22nd @ 8:00 pm

Abe the Rock Star and the Happy Hour band.
"The Sound of Rock and Roll"

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Apogee

Apogee is philadelphia's premiere hard-psyche power trio, currently supporting their recent album EVOLVE & DESTROY. Hear them at: http://www.last.fm/music/Apogee+%28USA%29

Saturday, May 24 @ 8:00 pm

Thomas Nola Et son-Orchestre

Bostonian Thomas Nöla and his fluctuating orchestra waltz you through the golden ages, score curious zoetropes, and melt the senses. Sometimes they even visit your town. After debuting with the 2005 soundtrack to his own film "The Doctor", Nöla has gone on to release 3 more full lengths and entertained the moody cabarets of Germany and Spain. But what is to come next?

Thomas Nöla will perform his set with an intimate, stripped-back lineup. More at www.eskimofilms.com

David E. Williams

Though he's dabbled in cabaret, abrasive electronics and even film scores, David E. Williams is best known for electro-symphonic pop and a lyrical humor so dark that it's not really funny. Some might call it gallows humor, but "gas chamber humor" is a bit more accurate for his love songs rife with murder, abuse and obscure references to eating. Williams has been described as "Barry Manilow's evil twin" (Jim Knipfel, NY Press), "Liberace with a brain tumor" (Michael Moynihan, Blood Axis) and "Andrew Lloyd Webber in the final stages of cerebral cancer" (Headpress, U.K.). In 2007, Italy's Old Europa Cafe Records released THE APPEAL OF DISCARDED ORTHODOXY, a critically-acclaimed double CD of 38 international artists covering Williams' songs.

www.davidewilliams.com
www.myspace.com/davidewilliams

Sunday, May25th @ 8:00 pm

The Deep End Ensemble

The Deep End Ensemble blends 21st century music theory, experimental counterpoint, exotic harmony, global rhythms, dimensional music elements, spontaneous improvisations, and authentic emotions to form evolving sound structures. This fusion creates unique melodic contours, moods, imagery, and spontaneous interaction which manifests into novel listening experiences.

http://www.myspace.com/thedeependensemble

We do what we can to maintain accuracy, but performers, prices and times are subject to change without notice.