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Former Soul Coughing frontman has long abandoned the days of semi-successful alt-rock Bon Bons, relying instead on a single acoustic guitar to entertain. His last work was last year’s Rockity Roll EP, and he’s currently preparing a full-length with a complete band and Semisonic’s Dan Wilson. Performance will likely include some of the new material and perhaps some classics from his former band’s glory days. Tickets $12. 9 p.m. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston...
...year.” However, the lead singer is confident that the band can succeed if they push hard now to combine “high quality music with public acceptance.” The group aggressively promotes its website, www.chesterfrench.com, and plans on freely distributing a seven song EP (tentatively scheduled to be out by reading period). They’re all but desperate to expose their music to a wider market, but their biggest promotional technique is their live shows. On stage, Chester French welcomes the chance to break out of the gentlemanly mold they have created...
...self-promotion doesn’t stop with hiring a manager; the band has to sell itself, literally, through merchandise, which is expensive but important in conveying a band’s importance. Call the Cops has invested in 1000 copies of its professionally printed Lost Her Anyways EP, as well as lighters emblazoned with the band’s website, www.callthecopsmu-sic.com. And yet, despite his best efforts, McCambridge still finds himself “invariably” frustrated by bureaucratic hoops...
Brooklyn-based progressive rockers They Might Be Giants just put out their latest EP, Indestructible Object, their first release since their June 2002 album No! The two Johns, Linnell and Flansburgh make up maybe the only 20 year-old band which is both extremely talented and as harebrained as Spinal Tap. They even have a 24-hour music hotline, Dial-A-Song, offering updates and samples of their music...
...EP closes with a cover of the Beach Boys’ “Caroline, No,” which was recorded live at the Coney Island Museum in their hometown. It is always risky covering a well-known song, let alone one off the immortal album Pet Sounds, but TMBG do justice to the Beach Boys with their straightforward rendition of the wholesome lost love ballad...