Nice Monster at Luigi’s.
A couple of live tracks for your consideration.
First, from Nice Monster’s set, “What Would Huell Howser Do?”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw6WS8RMgVqzMGlXUkY1NVlDdVk/edit?usp=sharing
Second, from Be Brave Bold Robot’s set, “A Letter to Violet Edison”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw6WS8RMgVqzYXQwbFFDVEstM2M/edit?usp=sharing
Photo by Joe Manahan
The Secret Lives of Squirrels’ CD release features a rare Sacramento live performance for the melodic math rock band, NICE MONSTER. THE SECRET LIVES OF SQUIRRELS provides the big backbeats, intoxicating riffs, and fist-pumping guitar you require on a Saturday night. Also playing is Sea of Sound, a band inspired by Radiohead, Keane, and The Killers.
For more information and live tracks…
NICE MONSTER: https://nicemonster.wordpress.com/
THE SECRET LIVES OF SQUIRRELS: https://www.facebook.com/squirrelrock
SEA OF SOUND: http://www.reverbnation.com/seaofsoundband.
What is the media saying about Nice Monster…?
EUGENE WEEKLY (OR): “Nice Monster and their dense and noisy take on folk is more like a tree falling down than an iceberg idling by.”……………….
SACRAMENTO BEE (CA): “a hybrid of folk and indie rock with exquisite harmonies and cool instrumentation.”………………….
SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW (CA): “reinventing local acoustic music while simultaneously staying close to its roots: a subtle melding of Rob Crow’s Pinback, Thingy and Heavy Vegetable with the quiet, shifting harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme’ and a dash of acoustic math rock (think June of ’44 or the changing time signatures of Yes or Emerson Lake & Palmer).”…………………..
SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW (CA): “Nice Monster, work[s] the crease between Jimmy Webb and Pat Metheny. Its…material deliver[s] a Great Plains impressionism with the instrumental luminosity you hear in the better jam bands.”………………………
Live mp3 from the show for the song, “Big Drummers” can be found here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bw6WS8RMgVqzdlFRVTlaaTB1T0U
Nice Monster, Live at Bows & Arrows, Saturday, Sept 29th, 2012.
What Would Huell Howser Do? https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bw6WS8RMgVqzb0N1NkJ1WjdlWVU
The Calvinist Approach… https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bw6WS8RMgVqzZXZ5Y1R4YXg0ZjA
Thanks to everyone for a great night at Bows and Arrows! Devin and Carly were Great!! Everybody working at Bows was so nice, and all the folks that were able come out were just lovely! I’m trying to post some songs, but having errors with WordPress… coming later…
Nice Monster continues to prepare a set of new songs that have yet to be recorded for recording and release. There are likely to be 6-8 cuts on a new CD. We are considering a variety of media for this new release, both those online and those that one can hold in one’s hand. The season is perfect for such preparations: with unseasonably warm and dry weather in northern California inspiring the band to consider that which had not been considered; to believe that executing is possible that was not previously possible; and to focus our appreciation in areas we had not expected would garner our attention. Drawing from the landscape and our friends and family, we together create music for sharing. Stay tuned for updates on the studio recordings, as well as additional live tracks and photos.
Nice Monster presents an evening of melodic math folk this Friday, October 28th at the Fox & Goose (10th and R streets, downtown Sacramento) with:
Musical Charis;
The Secret Lives of Squirrels; and
Adam Del Rio.
Musical Charis is a very talented ensemble that performs beautifully orchestrated, catchy, enthusiastic music — it always sounds like the high point of the song! The Secret Lives of Squirrels provides the big backbeats, intoxicating riffs, and screaming guitar you require on a Friday night. Adam Del Rio joins us from San Francisco.
Don’t miss it!
Nice Monster presents an evening of melodic math folk with friends Musical Charis, The Secret Lives of Squirrels, and Adam Del Rio on Friday, October 28th at the Fox & Goose (10th and R streets, downtown Sacramento).
The Secret Lives of Squirrels provides the big backbeats, intoxicating riffs, and screaming guitar you require on a Friday night. Musical Charis is a very talented ensemble that performs beautifully orchestrated, catchy, enthusiastic music — it always sounds like the high point of the song! Adam Del Rio joins us from San Francisco.
Friday, May 7th, 08:00 PM
Luna’s Cafe on 16th between N and O streets; downtown Sacramento
1414 16th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Sacramento, California 95814
Nice Monster live with the great Richard March and Carly DuHain! For more info: http://www.lunascafe.com (916) 441-3931
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Saturday, May 29th, 08:00 PM
Marilyn’s – 9th & K, downtown Sacramento
908 K Street, Sacramento, Ca 95811
Sacramento, California 95811
Be Brave Bold Robot, Nice Monster, The Dirty Feet, and Straightjacket Striptease (from Humboldt County), and Devastating Karate
Nice Monster: melodic | odd meter | compelling | music 