Nick Lowe has made his mark as a producer (Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Pretenders, The Damned), songwriter of at least three songs you know by heart, short-lived career as a pop star, and a lengthy term as a musicians' musician. But in his current "second act" as a silver-haired, tender-hearted but sharp-tongued singer-songwriter, he has no equal.
Starting with 1995's The Impossible Bird through to 2011's The Old Magic, Nick has turned out a fantastic string of albums, each one devised in his West London home, and recorded with a core of musicians who possess the same veteran savvy. Lowe brings wit and understated excellence to every performance, leading Ben Ratliff of The New York Times to describe his live show as "elegant and nearly devastating." Together, Nick & The Straitjackets have toured extensively around Europe and the United States, and Los Straitjackets back Lowe on his first new music in five years, the EP Tokyo Bay / Crying Inside, on June 15; listen to "Tokyo Bay" here.
Los Straitjackets are the leading practitioners of the lost art of the guitar instrumental. Using the music of the Ventures, The Shadows, and with Link Wray and Dick Dale as a jumping off point, the band has taken their unique, high energy brand of original rock & roll around the world. Clad in their trademark Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling masks, the "Jackets" have delivered their trademark guitar licks to 16 albums, thousands of concerts and dozens of films and TV shows.
The PI Power Trio is Pat Irwin (guitar, electronics), Sasha Dobson (drums, vocals) and Daria Grace (bass, vocals). Irwin was a founding member of the seminal No Wave bands The Raybeats and 8 Eyed Spy; Fader Magazine recently described Irwin as "a pioneer," a term that Rolling Stone also used to describe The Raybeats. Dobson's latest album, Unchained, will be released later in 2018. Grace has been a part of the New York Scene for over 20 years and toured and recorded with avant-rockers God Is My Co-Pilot, pop-noir sextet Melomane, and more.
at White Eagle Hall
337 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ
Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pm
