Radio Bean presents
Jake McKelvie w/ A Box of Stars, riverbed, & Izzy Jones
Thursday - 9/17
Doors 7:00pm / Show 7:30pm
$10
21+
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On A New Kind of Hat, the new long-player from Massachusetts's own Jake McKelvie, indie-rock melodicism slow dances with alt-country ramble. A kind soul that's just a touch world-weary, McKelvie's careful economy of language belies a sly sense of humor set against a backdrop of unadorned instrumentation.
Thematically, the record strikes the perfect balance between serious musing and whimsy. With his band of in-the-pocket players at his side, McKelvie has crafted a record that is equally at home in the listening room as on the dance floor. Eminently engaging and full of nuance, A New Kind of Hat is a record destined for a treasured spot in your collection.
Jake McKelvie has been writing songs and performing them since his teens. With his band The Countertops he's released three full length records and toured relentlessly to support them. His last proper solo effort was 2016's Rhinestone Busboy.
This time around, McKelvie has decided to file the new record in the โsolo projectโ bin. โThe Countertops are known for energetic live shows and goofy stage behavior, whereas as a solo act I do more of the folk singer thingโ he explains. โThis new record floats somewhere in between those two things.โ
Written over the years in myriad apartments and tour vans throughout the northeast and beyond, McKelvie turned to Grain Thief's Mike Harmon and his studio Wachusett Recording to track the record. In addition to McKelvie, the record features appearances by Michael Holland on bass, and Countertops drummer Matt Bacon. Keith Dusoe makes a cameo on pedal steel. It was mixed by Harmon and Roger Lavallee.
There's a lot here if you really listen โ but you can just as well hum and tap along.
https://www.instagram.com/jacobcmckelvie/
https://jakemckelvie.com/
https://jacobcmckelvie.bandcamp.com/album/a-new-kind-of-hat
https://open.spotify.com/artist/50QCRvDhAydvS1prt4Xth8...
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Dream folk from Burlington, VT.
https://www.instagram.com/aboxofstars/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4thWymDMpvIDa3Y8GMoOkT...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeWQTjhwd00...
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riverbed is an indie folk project created by Christie Woods-Lucas that emerged from over a decade of solo performance and group performance under the name Dirty Bird. riverbed emerged, too, from memory, transience, and strong roots in place.
The music of riverbed is born from and evokes natural landscapes; the name riverbed itself is grounded in the natural world, in the stability that underlies ceaseless movement.
In Christieโs songs, place and nature are not just a backdrop but a foundation of hope and light among a changing and challenging journey of life. Innovative arrangements provide accompaniment to poetry that speak of resiliency as a source of steadiness amidst loss, sorrow, uncertainty, and change.
https://www.instagram.com/riverbedsounds/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EWQqde2epu4EizIgeXO1Y...
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https://www.instagram.com/peachykeencowboy/?hl=en
https://izzyrjones.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4bOPQzdzIzf1mxySQL9kuh...
