The Bowery Presents

Music Hall of Williamsburg upcoming shows

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Preacher and the Knife

Venue:
Music Hall of Williamsburg
Date:
Sun 8/30
Notes:
18+
Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM
$5 advance / $7 day of show
Tickets
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
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Birthed by Mouth in the year two-thousand and five, young Edward Sharpe had to wait nearly two years before he was to grow his arms and legs and fingers and toes.

Immaculately conceived, his father (a Robot who had magically become a real boy... but that's another story) declared his undying devotion to the creature. He perched the fleshy bust upon a teetering pedestal fashioned from stacked cereal boxes and positioned the display at his window for all the town to see. Young Edward soon proved no ordinary boy.

Though his father had figured him deaf for his unresponsiveness to sounds, he in fact had the universally unique condition of being deaf from hearing too much or, more correctly put, too well. In plain words, he heard EVERYTHING AT ONCE.

At first it proved rather painful like a wretched whining winding all hours, but very soon those who whisper visited young Edward and revealed to him the Tricks and Truths, the Ways and Plays, the Chords and Dischords of the Universe.

He did not need to eat but the color of the sun, which was F#, and moved his bones to grow.

His arms and legs and fingers and toes grew 'til the tower of boxes collapsed and he laughed. He moved thru the door which was C over B# and ran thru the village hearing ALL of its music! The workers and children and painters of buildings and dogs barking madly and trees bristling softly and OH!!

Young Edward could not resist! He began playing the tree which are the chords E and D 'gainst the mice in the grass which are A played with brass and the wooden fence F and then C and repeat with a drone of B Minor to bring in the street and the Birds B to B Sharp with fluttering strings and the sky mostly C unless he wants to bring in the rain and for rain bring the F Chord bombastic with organ's distortion and symbols a'crashin!

Yes, and a music was born.
Preacher and the Knife
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Preacher and the Knife is a 5-piece ensemble intent on redefining the bounds of modern dance music. “It’s like Professor Murder gone Nick Cave and produced by LCD Soundsystem.” (bidabidi.com) They played their first show, appropriately, on Halloween 2006, and since have been performing with a mind towards evoking the spirits of old, borrowing broadly from American gospel, tribal drumming, and Caribbean island sounds. “A mix of bizzaro psychedelia and minimalist no wave action — all reverb-drenched hollering and cowbells and thumpy drums.” (therichgirlsareweeping.com) Most shows feature appearances by guest musicians; recent additions include taiko drummers, gospel singers, and Dennis Young of Liquid Liquid.

Preacher and the Knife is Daniel Barcelowsky (vocals), Jon Ramos (bass), Fiore Tedesco III (drums), Jordan Hadley (keyboards), and John Reineck (percussion and vocals). “Incantations both holy and profane with a hint of swamp muck humid sweat, I do declare Preacher and the Knife to be a force.” (Realitynoshow.com)
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