[NewMusicEvents] 6/20 at 21 Grand prog/jazz Swiss trio plus local awesomeness

[Sarah - 21 Grand]

Friday, June 20th Steamboat Switzerland + Bruckmann/Staiano/Walter +
Dominique Leone 9pm
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21 Grand
416 25th St.
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 444-7263
http://www.21grand.org

Steamboat Switzerland is a post-progressive-rock trio. Featuring Dominik
Blum piano/electronics, Marino Pliakas guitar/electronics and Lucas Niggli
percussion, this formidable Swiss group churns out a highly rhythmic and
complex, but also unrepentantly anarchic, style of music that is largely
improvised jazz. Steamboat has lots in common with fringe music phenomena
such as psycho-blues, intellectualized punk, avant-garde hardcore and other
forms of expression that could maybe be called art-noise.
http://www.marinopliakas.com/mp3.html
http://www.lucasniggli.ch/english/index.asp

Kyle Bruckmann/Moe! Staiano/Weasel Walter  Trio (double drums and
electronics in a violent fast moving set of  instant compositions)

Dominique Leone's debut album evokes proudly hairy progressive rock
overflowing with knotty rhythms, chords, and harmonies far beyond the realm
of laptop-reliant 21st-century dabblers. It slices up old prog epics and
splices them together with heartfelt singer-songwriter moments. Fond of
keyboard riffs that rise and fall like merry-go-round horses, Leone spins
carnivalesque tunes as bright as his will to subvert their sunshine is
strong: Despite their one-man choirs, his songs' unconventional structures
and severe mood swings circumvent reliable choruses.
http://www.myspace.com/dominiqueleone

Cost : $6-10