[NewMusicEvents] Thurs 3/13 21 Grand: Weasel Walter Quartet + Extra Life + Magik Markers

[Sarah - 21 Grand]

Thursday, March 13 Magik Markers + Extra Life + Weasel Walter Quartet
8:30pm, $7-10
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21 Grand
416 25th St.
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 444-7263
http://www.21grand.org


Refreshingly, for fans of new, experimental rock everywhere, with the Magik
Markers the shortest distance between two points is never a straight line.
The Magik Markers formed in Hartford, CT, in 2001, featuring new Bay
Area-resident, guitarist/vocalist Elisa Ambrogio, drummer Pete Nolan, and
bassist Leah Quimby. Inspired by no wave and hardcore, the trio developed a
free-rocking sound that made the most of their stream-of-consciousness
approach. The Markers' current line-up is a pared down duo of Ambrogio and
Nolan. 

Extra Life (NYC) weds brutal instrumental abstraction with the ancient
popular art of monophonic song. The hands channel their technological
violence through a convulsive hopscotch while the mouth seduces the air with
its primitive kiss. Includes ex-members of Zs and Dirty Projectors.

The music of the Weasel Walter Quartet (Weasel Walter-drums, John Gruntfest
- sax, Randy Hunt - contrabass, and Lisa Mezzacappa filling in for Damon
Smith - contrabass) hearkens back to that of free jazz legends like Albert
Ayler, Cecil Taylor, Masayuki Takayanagi and Peter Brotzmann - there is an
emphasis on overt speed and violence while never losing sight of
articulation and interplay. The group is interested in power, excitement and
fury - rallying its listeners to revolt against musical and social
complacency!