We’re starting our monthly Bourbon St. concert series this Saturday, October 18, and I really think you should come.
Check it out:
Columbus, OH – Bourbon St. Cafe $5 Doors 9pm
2216 Summit Street (614) 268-9377
Donewaiting.com’s Monthly Bourbon Bash
w/ Jon Chinn [mp3], Sleep Station [mp3], Ken Gould [mp3], Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer [mp3]
Representing Columbus OH: Ken Gould and Jon Chinn
Maybe you know Jon from his band, Pretty Mighty Mighty. Maybe you know him as one of the main dudes at Workbook Studio. Or probably, you know him as one of the best singer/songwriters in Columbus.
Ken Gould is slowly making Columbus his home, after working the San Francisco scene for some time. His new album comes out next year and boy is it a good one.
Represneting New Jersey: Sleep Station and Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer
What does CMJ have to say about Sleep Station?
Sleep Station?s frontman, Dave Debiak, is a skillful storyteller with a talent for creating original concept albums that are jampacked with potential pop-rock singles. 2002?s Runaway Elba-1, for example, found the band examining a heart-rending futuristic love affair between a cybernetics engineer and a female android, fastened in pretty, effortless melodies. This time, the sci-fi centered band takes on outer space, as its third full-length release, Hang In There Charlie, presents a fictional tale of two astronauts abandoned in space. Opening track ?Fading Out? places the listener in the spaceship, floating across the universe accompanied by a placid, hopeful theme; subsequent tracks musically travel through the trials and evils the cosmic travelers encounter with a growing sense of anticipation. ?Flight-1? stands out as the strongest composition, quivering in a warm guitar climax, but with spouts of stillness, spaceman chatter, emotive vocal dustings and an overall sense of nostalgia and sympathy, Sleep Station succeeds in offering a sincere full record of celestial proportions.
What does Chip Midnight (Swizzle-Stick, donewaiting.com, Columbus Alive) have to say about Zolof the Rock and Roll Destoyer?
Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer’s CD, Jalopy Go Far, has been my “go to” CD all summer. If I’m in a good mood, I pop it in and sing along. If I’m in a bad mood, I pop it in and sing along. It’s the most infectious CD I’ve heard all year — bright, sunny, bubbly pop with a vocalist who sounds like a peppy punk rock cheerleader and a band that sounds equally influenced by Superchunk, The Rentals, That Dog, and Velocity Girl.
Hope to see you there!