Rewind: A Very Retro New Year's Celebration with host Claire Annette
Dec
31

Rewind: A Very Retro New Year's Celebration with host Claire Annette

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Ring in the New Year with the world renowned artist Claire Annette and vinyl Dj's all night playing you the best music of years past! Tickets include a cocktail, snacks, and a toast at midnight!

Retro garb encouraged! $100 giftcard for the best dressed of the evening!

Claire Annette (Dr. Vince Dominguez) is an internationally recognized clarinetist, music educator, and drag queen known for her glampy style, musical virtuosity, and electrifying live performances. She holds a bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in music, is the recipient of Best Local Artist and Top Drag Performer in Rhode Island’s 2023 Options Awards, and is the 2023 Miss Gay New England USofA Newcomer title holder. In 2022 Claire became a signed artist with Henri Selmer Paris clarinets, breaking boundaries as the world’s premier drag clarinetist represented by a major classical music label.

Known for her charismatic presence on the mic, Claire can be found performing nationwide and is a weekend host at Providence’s Dark Lady nightclub and MYRTLE, producing dynamic shows that bring in local talent from all across the region. Notably, she has worked with Idina Menzel during Rhode Island Pride 2023, presented as a keynote speaker at the 2023 one-n-ten Fresh Brunch in Phoenix, AZ, and most recently, performed with the 2024 International Pride Orchestra in New York City and featured as a Headlining Artist at the 2024 International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest conference in Dublin Ireland.

An educator at heart, Claire works to dismantle old expectations in classical music, building new audiences and inspiring new generations to own their power and feel represented in classical music as a modern-day leader in the industry. Most recently, Claire headlined Make Music Day 2024 at Scmitt Music Center in Mineappolis, MN, presenting workshops on performance anxiety coupled with a community outreach concert. In 2023, Claire presented a guest artist recital and masterclass series at Tennessee Tech University in response to the nationwide drag bans, bringing local communities together in solidarity with Dr. Mark Cramer, professor of clarinet. Locally, Claire collaborates with Haus of Codec and the Rhode Island’s Spectrum Theatre Ensemble, presenting neurodivergent drag story time hours in collaboration with renowned puppeteer, Big Nazo.

Above all, she he is passionate about building bridges and using her drag to inspire people to rediscover the joy of music and feel empowered as individuals.

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mssv: mike baggetta + stephen hodges + mike watt
Apr
7

mssv: mike baggetta + stephen hodges + mike watt

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mssv, composed of guitarist Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges on drums and mike watt on bass, creates music that is a heretofore unimagined hybrid of a punk power-trio and a dreamy experimental rock band, though they prefer the term “post-genre.” Their last full-length album, Human Reaction, finds the oddly memorable hooks of their noir-tinged adventure music with a lot more vocals from Main Steam Stop Valve leader Baggetta, adding more personality than ever before, alongside his bandmates, Hodges and watt, who also share in the vocal duties throughout the album.

With inventively churning drum textures from Hodges (an instantly identifiable sound honed in his days with Tom Waits and David Lynch) and the full-steam-ahead all-in attitude from watt, (as he’s displayed throughout his storied career with MINUTEMEN, fIREHOSE, and The Stooges), there is the impression of “pressure, combustion, power, and hissing clouds of sonic poetry,” as Premier Guitar said. Also evident is the more fearless exploring that comes from a band that has spent a lot of time together crafting their vision, as well as making room for guests like J Mascis, Petra Haden and Nels Cline on some of their previous releases.

Even though Baggetta, who has also worked with David Torn, Jim Keltner, Psychic Temple, Jeff Coffin, Henry Kaiser, Rev. Fred Lane, and Viktor Krauss among many others, wrote all the songs specifically for these bandmates to play, there’s no telling which way the band will turn at any given moment, a proposition that becomes a promise when they break down and reassemble these songs live, with an instinct for restraint and an openness to anarchy.

mssv's 3rd full-length studio album comes out Spring 2025 on BIG EGO Records.

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Underwear Underworld Gala
Oct
28

Underwear Underworld Gala

This is a private ticketed event!

Join us for our first annual spooky, sexy lingerie menagerie gala, UNDERWEAR UNDERWORLD! This night of naughty fun is hosted by Andi Van Dyke and features performances by Third House Event dancers, music by moodwave artist, Fauvorite, records all night by the What Cheer Records + Vintage Duo, tarot readings, and more!

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CaveGirl & The Nandergals // King Sickabilly
Oct
6

CaveGirl & The Nandergals // King Sickabilly

CaveGirls & The Nandergals are a 3-piece all-female Bedrock n Roll band from Manchester/Leeds.

King Sickabilly Over 10 years of relentless touring has cemented SASQUATCH as one of the most high gear, powerhouse band leaders around... his bands, The Sick-a-Billys, Holy Hellraisers, Full Moon Boys and his critically acclaimed King Sickabilly 'One Man Band' have all stayed true as far as vocals, lyrics and his fiery guitar-work. Never giving up his song-writing mission... keeping real music alive and dangerous in the under-underground. Risen from a not so forgotten past, when Live Music still meant something and the scene wasn't a Pre-Apocalyptic Ghost Town... bloody fingertips and a soul-haunting voice will deliver you songs about Sin, Love, Murder, Tornadoes and drinking until you wake up under a random barstool.

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Artists-in-Residence: The Vox Hunters
Oct
6

Artists-in-Residence: The Vox Hunters

Armand Aromin and Benedict Gagliardi, are musically bound by a shared love of traditional folk music as well as an eclectic amalgam of songs both inside and far outside the realm of ‘folk music’. Armed with two voices, a fiddle, and free reeds, The Vox Hunters present an exciting repertoire of driving dance tunes blended with an unorthodox collection of interesting songs and musical variety.

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LIVE MUSIC: Richard Lloyd Group (of Television)
Oct
3

LIVE MUSIC: Richard Lloyd Group (of Television)

Tickets are free and first come/first served

Best known for his work with the ground-breaking group Television, Richard Lloyd is a strikingly gifted guitarist who has created an impressive body of work both as a frontman and as a collaborator with other musicians. Capable of bold, angular patterns as well as elegant, languid melodic lines, Lloyd first found acclaim for his work on Television's first two albums, Marquee Moon (1977) and Adventure (1978).

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Strange NERD Open Variety Show
Oct
1

Strange NERD Open Variety Show

Happy October! Push up your glasses and hike up your pants! The nerds are taking over Strange Bird variety show tonight! Join host @drclaireannette for a night of dorky fun! Show us your best nerd style as we kick off costume season! Signups at 6:30, 10 min slots available, no guitars for this one!

Popups by Tall Tumbleweed Modern & Vintage and Wild World of AK, along with the best smash burgers and dogs by Rebel’s Rations.

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Sweeping Promises // Zowy
Sep
7

Sweeping Promises // Zowy

Sweeping Promises are Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug. A chance meeting in Arkansas led to a decade of playing in an eclectic assortment of projects together. Their relentless practice made perfect. Bass playing Lira is an emotive bolt of thunderous energy with the iconic blast of a girl group rolled into one robust throat. Caufield is an intentional guitar player and drummer. No note or hit is extraneous. Together they are meticulous sound engineers, using space as a key ingredient to their distinct sound. Controlling every aspect of their craft, from the first note they write together, all the way through to the final mastering process, each record is an unspoiled fingerprint unique to their dynamic chemistry.

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