The Bowery Presents

The Mercury Lounge upcoming shows

Late Show

Stumblebum Brass Band
11:30
Parker House & Theory
10:30

Red Directors
9:30
The Yes Way
8:30

Venue:
The Mercury Lounge
Date:
Sat 2/06
Notes:
21+
Doors: 8:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM
$10
Stumblebum Brass Band
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"The Stumblebum Brass Band's gritty, whiskey-soaked songs like 'Smokin' and Drinkin' rile up guests with Mardi Gras verve." - New York Magazine

"Rousing Anthems" - C.J. Smith, MTV News
Parker House & Theory
official website
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Boston based Parker House and Theory were recognized locally with a Boston Music Award for their EP release in 2006, Parker House and Theory follow up with their highly anticipated full length album “Automatic Stranger”, released in the spring of 2008 on Rule of 4 Records. Recorded with 7x Grammy winner Thom Russo (Audioslave, System Of A Down, Juanes, Mana) “Automatic Stranger” delivers energetic rock, driving funk, infectious pop melodies, intimate moments and mature arrangements.

Labeled as a "soon to crack" band (Boston Herald) and "one of the next generation of acts to watch" (Boston Globe), Parker House and Theory is on a mission to spread their musical seed far and wide. Having won over the audiences of and shared the stage with Jurassic 5, 311, G. Love and Special Sauce, The Wailers, Dropkick Murphy’s, John Butler Trio, and State Radio, they are on the right path.

Explicitly diverse, often misclassified, Parker House and Theory mashes genres, oozes with energy and smacks you in the face with charisma and originality. Rooted in the eccentric nature of the 5 Emerson College acting and film grads, personality is always center stage. What started in the clubs and colleges around Boston has grown beyond the North East thanks to relentless touring and an organic grassroots buzz. A commanding stage presence and limitless energy backed by catchy hooks and a tight dynamic make it impossible for anyone to stay seated at a Parker House show.
Red Directors
official website
myspace
After Leaving Polymer66 in 2000 and putting out a solo record in 2001, Trevor grabbed Matthew Churchill (guitar), Jon Doran (bass), and Spencer Potts (Drums) to form Echo Lane. Shortly after Jay Wert (guitar) joined the band Echo Lane appeared in Rolling Stone's January issue and headlined New York's Howl Festival. In 2003 Spencer left the band to pursue other "more corporate" dreams... as a result, after a brief stint with Matt Torrey behind the wheel, Joe Polacik entered the band and took over the drums. In 2005 Jay Wert left the band to be a grown up and start a family (it's ok... we love him anyway). Joe Mangan then entered the picture as a guitar player and did not actually play bass for Echo Lane until 2006 when Jon Doran left the band to dive into a fabulously successful film career. Drummer, Joe Polacik, left the band in 2009 to pursue his career as a production designer and to settle down with his new lovely wife, Val. This is when, as a group, they decided to reform and relaunch as Red Directors and have been rockin the crap out of clubs in NY as well as other venues up and down the east coast ever since. I guess good things come to those who stick around.
The Yes Way
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Culture Of Me says : In this over-mediated, completely saturated terrain we all consider our lives, it's shockingly hard-pressed to find an act that's absent of even a marginal amount of weaselly self-importance. But a humble, self-reliant tree grows in Brooklyn and a band, a set of guys who call themselves The Yes Way, are the ones who planted the seeds. Putting all that is righteous and admirable about the craft of songwriting into their indie rock blender, The Yes Way create a medium-fi (trademark), moody, not-quite-pop mixture of expansive guitars, snapping drums and shape-shifting vocal harmonies.
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