Chickfactor show details. DC shows at the Artisphere. Bummed Aislers Set isn't playing DC...
DC APRIL 6:
STEVIE JACKSON
(excellent guitarist-singer in Belle & Sebastian, the one who wrote a tune called ?chickfactor,? natch. Mr Jackson has a new solo release titled ?(I Can?t Get No) Stevie Jackson?; on the cover of chickfactor #12 with Janet Weiss)
FRANKIE ROSE
(Bay Area pop wunderkind and former member of Vivian Girls / Crystal Stilts, on Slumberland?s roster)
HONEY BUNCH
(early Slumberland act featuring super-talented Velvet Crush fella Jeffrey Underhill; interviewed in chickfactor #11)
DOT DASH
(awesome D.C. pop group featuring Terry Banks of Tree Fort Angst, Saturday People and glo-worm; featured in chickfactor #15)
DC APRIL 7:
BLACK TAMBOURINE
(legendary D.C. noise-pop group starring chickfactor co-founder Pam Berry, Slumberland boss Mike Schulman, Brian Nelson and Archie Moore from Velocity Girl, among many other bands; they have not performed live since 1991!!)
LILYS
(early Slumberland genius songwriter Kurt Heasley is back for this special D.C. reunion festival)
FAN MODINE
(NC via NYC ace songcrafter Gordon Zacharias)
LORELEI
(early Slumberland D.C. powerhouse act featuring Matt Dingee, Stephen Gardner and Davis White)
BROOKLYN APRIL 10:
BLACK TAMBOURINE
(legendary D.C. noise-pop group starring chickfactor co-founder Pam Berry, Slumberland boss Mike Schulman, Brian Nelson and Archie Moore from Velocity Girl, among many other bands; they have not performed live since 1991!!)
SMALL FACTORY
(first show since 1995 by the amazing Providence, RI pop group featuring Dave Auchenbach, Alex Kemp and Phoebe Summersquash, cover girl of chickfactor #1)
VERSUS
(smoking hot NYC trio back to the lean, clean lineup of suave brothers Edward and Richard Baluyut and the one and only Fontaine Toups, cover girl of chickfactor #6)
THE LOIS PLUS
(erudite Olympia singer-songwriter Lois Maffeo will play with Heavenly / Talulah Gosh / Would-Be-Goods guitarist Peter Momtchiloff; this is their first show together since 1997; Lois shared the cover of chickfactor #5 with Rebecca Spinane; Momtch in chickfactor #2)
BROOKLYN APRIL 11:
THE AISLERS SET
(seminal Spectorific Bay Area pop combo led by Linton, interviewed in / cover of chickfactor #13; first show since 2003)
PIPAS
(unmissable London-Brooklyn electropop duo Mark Powell and Lupe Nunez-Fernandez will play their first show since 2008; interviewed in chickfactor #14)
BRIDGET ST JOHN
(legendary British folk-pop artist whose early recordings were released by John Peel, who basically started a label for her; interviewed in chickfactor #12)
THE LEGENDARY JIM RUIZ GROUP
(Minneapolis jazz-pop god will play in NY for the first time since 2002 with Emily Ruiz, Charlotte Crabtree and Alison Labonne; interviewed in chickfactor #9)
BROOKLYN APRIL 12:
STEVIE JACKSON
(excellent guitarist-singer in Belle & Sebastian, the one who wrote a tune called ?chickfactor,? natch. Mr Jackson has a new solo release titled ?(I Can?t Get No) Stevie Jackson?; interviewed in chickfactor #12)
HONEY BUNCH
(early Slumberland act featuring super-talented Velvet Crush fella Jeffrey Underhill; interviewed in chickfactor #11)
A GIRL CALLED EDDY
(NY singer-songwriter Erin Moran has the kind of songs that would make Karen Carpenter weep and the kind of voice that should make Burt Bacharach sit up and take notice; interviewed in chickfactor #15)
THE SOFTIES
(super-soft ultra-pop duo Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia?s first show since 2000; Tiger Trap and All Girl Summer Fun Band featured in chickfactor #4 and #15)
BROOKLYN: Three-day pass $70. Single tickets $25 in advance, $27 at the door. DC not on sale yet!
