Caught the whole set from An Historic, one of the many incarnations of local musician Adam Matlock. On Discogs, I notice that Adam performs and records with at least 20 different aliases. I recently sung the praises of Dr Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps, a loose knit group of local musicians fronted by Adam. With An Historic, it is just Adam with his accordion. He bills this as a set of “songs”. He has a booming voice and a way with words. These seem like show tunes executed by man and accordion. He attacks these songs with the same voracity he applies to his more avant garde musings.
New Orthodox is the outlet of NY state multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Merz. The sound is minimalist sonic repetition that gives way to lyrical passages. The bio states that Merz gives off Scott Walker vibes. He plays one long form piece starting with drones coaxed from a pedal steel. Looping the drone, he rises and takes a stab at spoken word type poetry, he hops off stage and dances around while crooning in a Walkeresque style. This guy seems to be right at home in the Twin Peaks bar, he has this odd tic where his mouth is open constantly as if he is starting to yawn or waiting for some popcorn to be tossed from across the room. When his “song”is over, he seems genuinely appreciative to the applause from the 20 or so attendees. Weird music.
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