Another free BAR show on 10/3, with Filligar, Country Mice and The Gentle Stunts!
Details after the break
Filligar
Hailed as “one of the best young bands in America,” Filligar is the rock n’ roll quartet comprised of the three Mathias brothers—Johnny, Pete, and Teddy—and their lifelong friend Casey Gibson. Drawing comparisons to a “young Rolling Stones” and called “the next Kings of Leon,” the band gives classic rock their own unique and distinctly modern edge. They’ve headlined sold out shows at the nation’s most acclaimed venues, toured the United K
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to wildly enthusiastic audiences, and recently supported both The Black
Keys and My Morning Jacket. In December 2011, the powerhouse music blog
RSL named Filligar one of the top 8 live acts in the USA, along with
fellow Windy City band Wilco.
Country Mice
Country Mice
Country Mice are a Brooklyn-based rock band whose music fuses the
twang-infused melodies of Neil Young and Jeff Tweedy with the guitar
firepower of vintage indie rockers such as Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth.
Country Mice were formed by Jason Rueger, who was born and raised in
Beattie, Kansas, a small farming community with a population of roughly
300. While Beattie wasn't a haven for rock & roll, Rueger developed a
serious interest in music as a youngster, and began playing guitar in
his teens. Determined to make a career for himself as a musician, Rueger
pulled up stakes and moved to Brooklyn, New York. While trying to make
his way into the Brooklyn music scene, a friend introduced Rueger to Ben
Bullington, a fellow guitarist who was also a Kansas transplant, and
they began jamming together. While working a day job, Rueger met Kurt
Kuehn, a drummer originally from Wisconsin, and he was recruited to join
Rueger and Bullington's new band.
When a friend of Kuehn's described the three musicians as "country mice," the name stuck, and the new band became known as We Are Country Mice. The group became a quartet with the addition of bassist Mike Feldman, who wasn't a Midwesterner like the other members but did grow up in a small town in rural upstate New York. In 2009, We Are Country Mice released their first single, "Make Your Own Damn Fun," through the Brooklyn-based Lotion Records label, which received enthusiastic reviews and brisk sales. Toby Rascal and Hbear, two staffers at Brooklyn's Kanine Records, were impressed enough with We Are Country Mice's debut that the group's second single, "There's No Other," became the first release from Kanine's offshoot label Wao Wao Records. In 2010, the group streamlined its name to Country Mice, and in 2011, Wao Wao issued the band's first full-length album, Twister, which received plenty of positive reviews and was supported with extensive touring. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
When a friend of Kuehn's described the three musicians as "country mice," the name stuck, and the new band became known as We Are Country Mice. The group became a quartet with the addition of bassist Mike Feldman, who wasn't a Midwesterner like the other members but did grow up in a small town in rural upstate New York. In 2009, We Are Country Mice released their first single, "Make Your Own Damn Fun," through the Brooklyn-based Lotion Records label, which received enthusiastic reviews and brisk sales. Toby Rascal and Hbear, two staffers at Brooklyn's Kanine Records, were impressed enough with We Are Country Mice's debut that the group's second single, "There's No Other," became the first release from Kanine's offshoot label Wao Wao Records. In 2010, the group streamlined its name to Country Mice, and in 2011, Wao Wao issued the band's first full-length album, Twister, which received plenty of positive reviews and was supported with extensive touring. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
The
Gentle Stunts is a solo act with guest appearances from friends on
various tracks. Over the past 2 years, Cal McNamara had begun to develop
an insatiable love for writing and recording songs. He is 21 years old
and has released two LP's. The songs are sharp and brief, but the
variations in structure and melody leave the listeners wanting to take a
closer look. From large pop gems to psych-rock apparitions, The Gentle
Stunts take conventional indie music and pose it in a multitude of
thought-provoking ways."
154 Crown St New Haven
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