Is the enemy of Josh Enemy a friend? And if so, what does that make the erstwhile enemy in the rare instances when the local rock veteran performs as his alter ego, Josh Friend?
Friend, foe or fence-sitter, the man who has outlived Kurt Cobain, the icon he so successfully emulated on the local circuit with his tribute band Negative Creep for many years, says that any and all are invited to the “funeral” he has planned for himself this Saturday, Dec. 11 at Maximum Capacity in Chicopee.
“It’s the death of my 20s, as I will be celebrating three decades on the planet at the stroke of midnight,” Enemy explains.
Special guests Q and a reunited Children of The Korn will provide electric eulogies throughout the evening. Jaegermeister shots will gladly be accepted in lieu of flowers.
For more information, visit the second reason for the shindig—the official launch of the new website www.joshenemy.com.
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Meanwhile, area favorites Jake Amerding, Mark Erelli and Lori McKenna have thankfully opted to take their “Under The Covers” concert—held annually at Club Passim in Harvard Square—on the road for a mini-tour that includes a Dec. 10 Iron Horse play. This special grouping will see the trio, best known for its respective original singer/songwriter offerings, tackle the works of other artists. And as Erelli is quick to add, the setlist choices for the evening are often far from obvious.
“We try and spice it up a bit and choose songs that folks might not associate with our style,” he explains. “[So] you’re just as likely to hear an interpretation of Michael Jackson as you are Jackson Browne… and don’t be surprised to hear Howard Jones’ ‘No One Is To Blame’ rubbing shoulders with Duke Ellington’s ‘Mood Indigo’ as well.”
The cover charge for Under The Covers is neatly priced at $15. For more info or to purchase, kindly point your browser to iheg.com.
In other news, ethereal indie group The Winterpills pops into Greenfield’s Arts Block (theartsblock.com) Dec. 11—still smoldering from the critical acclaim its recently released Tuxedo of Ashes EP has garnered thus far.
“I seemed to have accumulated a glut of what I thought of as ‘Hey, Judes’—five-minute-plus songs with huge, dramatic endings,” principal songwriter Philip Price says of the disc the New York Times has hailed as “cryptic, folky songs” that build “elegant arrangements steeped in 1960s folk-pop and rootsy rock, hinting at Simon and Garfunkel and Fairport Convention.” “This was one of the inspirations of the EP—that and the idea of doing it at home, up in the bedroom, with special guests sending parts via e-mail or whenever they could stroll through.”
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Last up, a sonic stocking stuffer for the Staind fan in your life: tickets are on sale now for frontman Aaron Lewis and his annual acoustic show at the Mohegan Sun. In recent years, the multi-platinumselling singer has opted for a string of Mohegan shows in the casino’s intimate cabaret theater. On Saturday, Jan. 15, he’ll opt for one night only in the arena proper. The local play comes a little more than a month after the release of his highly anticipated new single “Country Boy” and just shy of a month before the official release of Lewis’ five-song EP Town Line, which hits shelves Feb. 7.
As detailed in previous installments, the solo studio effort will serve as Lewis’ calling card for the country music set. The first video—viewable at CMT.com—features both genre staples George Jones and Charlie Daniels as well as up-and-comer Chris Young.
Tix for the Mohegan Sun show are $35 and available at ticketmaster.com.
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