Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (formerly known as the A Silver Mt. Zion, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra la la Band and a number of other iterations) are playing at Newport's Southgate House on May 25. In the band's blog they mention a stop in Louisville. It appears they were confused (unless the 'ville screwed that pooch), but we'll forgive them, they're Canadian, and awesome.
Silver Mt. Zion features members of (currently defunct) Godspeed You! Black Emperor. They maintain the gorgeous neo-classically orchestrated post rock-informed instrumental crescendos sound, with lots of strings and things, but with the addition of warbly punk-inspired vocals. I'm not always a fan of said vocals, but their live show is an powerful experience to behold. I caught them in Nashville a couple years back and have been jonesin' to see them again since. Apparently they've lost three of the eight members they had on that tour, but I still have high hopes.
here's a video from the 2008 tour...
Their new album Kollaps Tradixionales came out February 16, and if you're gonna grip it online, do so whilst still supporting CD Central here. (I'd recommend holding out for the vinyl.)
Tickets for the Southgate House show are $12 and you can get them here.
In related news, S-gate House has the best-looking spring line-up of any regional venue, in my book. Other shows of possible interest they're bringing in this season:
Jedi Mind Tricks - March 30
Mission of Burma - April 7
Weedeater - April 6
Neil Hamburger - April 22
Frightened Rabbit - May 6
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - May 17
P.S. Silver Mt. Zion's FAQ page is the best.
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