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SEAPORT MUSIC: THE WEDDING PRESENT / SAVOIR ADORE

The Wedding Present will close out summer season of free shows at the seaport

River to River Festival
South Street Seaport, Pier 17
Friday, August 13, free, 6:00
www.myspace.com/theweddingpresent

While River to River’s Seaport Music festival specializes in bringing buzz bands and rising stars of the indie music scene to Pier 17, over the years they have also reintroduced such old-timers as Wire, Suicide, and Superchunk. This Friday, their ninth season closes with quite a gift, British legends the Wedding Present. For twenty-five years, the Wedding Present has gone through constant change, with band members joining, quitting, rejoining, getting fired, and, as a whole, taking a long sabbatical. But founder, guitarist, and lead singer David Gedge has always been front and center, through such albums as GEORGE BEST (1987), BIZARRO (1989), SEAMONSTERS (1991), WATUSI (1994), SATURNALIA (1996), and TAKE FOUNTAIN (2005). (Gedge also made several records as Cinerama beginning in 1998.) The band’s most recent official release was EL REY (Manifesto, May 2008), and the current touring lineup consists of Gedge along with in-and-out guitarist Simon Cleave, bassist Terry de Castro, and drummer Graeme Ramsay. The Wedding Present’s songs are filled with great guitar-laden hooks, melding pop, punk, and alternative that you’ll swear you’ve heard before and probably have — or else you’ve heard their licks stolen by just about any indie band you can think of.

Savoir Adore will open final Seaport Music show of the summer (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Deidre Muro and Paul Hammer claim that they started a band as an “accident,” that they were fooling around with some songs, shared them with friends, and eventually became a little more serious about it. Briefly known as Les Frogs, Muro and Hammer renamed themselves Savoir Adore and are touring in support of their debut full-length, the lush, adventurous IN THE WOODED FOREST (Cantora, September 2009), joined by David Perlick-Molinari (who, with Hammer, is part of YouTooCanWoo Prod.), bassist Sasha Brown, and drummer Tim McCoy (who leads the Papercuts). A mix of pure pop delights and sweet instrumental-heavy tunes that walk the fine line between nature and technology, the infectious album features two of the best-titled songs of last year, “The Scientific Findings of Dr. Rousseau” and “Transylvanian Candy Patrol,” but Savoir Adore is about a lot more than just unusual names (even though their first EP was called THE ADVENTURES OF MR. PUMPERNICKEL AND THE GIRL WITH ANIMALS IN HER THROAT). “We Talk Like Machines” has a hook most bands would kill for, with the chorus of “Early Bird” right behind it. “The fires burning bright, everyone’s out tonight! 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, the starry night’s our disco ball!” Muro declares on MERP, which is a good description of Savoir Adore itself.

SAVOIR ADORE FEBRUARY RESIDENCY

Savoir Adore will anchor Thursday night lineups at Cake Shop

Cake Shop
152 Ludlow St. between Stanton & Rivington Sts.
Thursdays in February through February 18, $8, 8:00
212-253-0036
www.cake-shop.com
www.myspace.com/savoiradore

Deidre Muro and Paul Hammer claim that they started a band as an “accident,” that they were fooling around with some songs, shared them with friends, and eventually became a little more serious about it. Briefly known as Les Frogs, Muro and Hammer renamed themselves Savoir Adore and are currently on tour supporting their debut full-length, the lush, adventurous IN THE WOODED FOREST (Cantora, September 2009), joined by David Perlick-Molinari (who, with Hammer, is part of YouTooCanWoo Prod.), bassist Sasha Brown, and drummer Tim McCoy (who leads the Papercuts). A mix of pure pop delights and sweet instrumental-heavy tunes that walk the fine line between nature and technology, the infectious album features two of the best-titled songs of last year, “The Scientific Findings of Dr. Rousseau” and “Transylvanian Candy Patrol,” but Savoir Adore is about a lot more than just unusual names (even though their first EP was called THE ADVENTURES OF MR. PUMPERNICKEL AND THE GIRL WITH ANIMALS IN HER THROAT). “We Talk Like Machines” has a hook most bands would kill for, with the chorus of “Early Bird” right behind it. “The fires burning bright, everyone’s out tonight! 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, the starry night’s our disco ball!” Muro declares on MERP, which is a good description of Savoir Adore itself. “Creatures of every kind, they all have lost their minds! Colors flying everywhere, a kaleidoscope in the air!” Savoir Adore is making the Lower East Side club Cake Shop its home this month with a February residency beginning on February 4 with Pocketknife, Magic Magic, and buzz band French Horn Rebellion. On February 11, SA will be joined by We Are Country Mice, North Highlands, and twi-ny fave Uninhabitable Mansions, followed by February 18 with Red Wire Black Wire, Ennui, and the Bloodsugars.

SAVOIR ADORE

Savoir Adore will talk like machines and humans at the Mercury Lounge on January 14

Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston St.
Thursday, January 14, $10, 10:30
www.myspace.com/savoiradore
www.mercuryloungenyc.com

Deidre Muro and Paul Hammer claim that they started a band as an “accident,” that they were fooling around with some songs, shared them with friends, and eventually became a little more serious about it. Briefly known as Les Frogs, Muro and Hammer renamed themselves Savoir Adore and are currently on tour supporting their debut full-length, the lush, adventurous IN THE WOODED FOREST (Cantora, September 2009), joined by David Perlick-Molinari (who, with Hammer, is part of YouTooCanWoo Prod.), bassist Sasha Brown, and drummer Tim McCoy (who leads the Papercuts). A mix of pure pop delights and sweet instrumental-heavy tunes that walk the fine line between nature and technology, the infectious album features two of the best-titled songs of last year, “The Scientific Findings of Dr. Rousseau” and “Transylvanian Candy Patrol,” but Savoir Adore is about a lot more than just unusual names (even though their first EP was called THE ADVENTURES OF MR. PUMPERNICKEL AND THE GIRL WITH ANIMALS IN HER THROAT). “We Talk Like Machines” has a hook most bands would kill for, with the chorus of “Early Bird” right behind it. “The fires burning bright, everyone’s out tonight! 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, the starry night’s our disco ball!” Muro declares on MERP, which is a good description of Savoir Adore itself. “Creatures of every kind, they all have lost their minds! Colors flying everywhere, a kaleidoscope in the air!” Savoir Adore will be at Mercury Lounge on January 14, taking the stage at 10:30 following two other Brooklyn-based bands, Mon Khmer (9:30) and Cruel Black Dove (8:30).