Next week's Live Music suggestions: 30th March to 5th April

A lot of stuff is happening next week: Easter, Fools' Day, the return of sunny days and the first festivals of the year (both in- and outdoor), so get ready and start planning! Here's our contribution - our weekly selection of live music events. Check it out:

30/3, Monday
Marifá & António Cardoso & João Silva & Vânia Moreira [fado]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00

31/3, Tuesday
André Fernandes & Óscar Graça [jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00
"Traditional Music Exploratory Cycle" w/ Tanira + Luis Peixoto + Charanga [folk/world]
Teatro Municipal São Luiz (near Baixa-Chiado) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 7.00

1/4, Wednesday
Joan Baez [folk/pop]
Coliseu dos Recreios (near Rossio) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 20.00 to € 60.00
The Script [pop/rock]
Meo Arena (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
20:00 - € 34.00 to € 38.00
"Traditional Music Exploratory Cycle" w/ OrbLua + Pé na Terra [folk/world]
Teatro Municipal São Luiz (near Baixa-Chiado) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 7.00
Wado [indie/MPB]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 12.00

2/4, Thursday
"Primavera Surf Fest" w/ Noiserv + You Can't Win, Charlie Brown [indie/pop/electronica/post-rock]
Praia do Paraíso [Costa da Caparica] -> location of the venue
18:00 - € 10.00
Royal Blood + Bad Breeding [indie/alt.rock]
Coliseu dos Recreios (near Rossio) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 20.00
Savanna + Marvel Lima [indie/psych/alt.rock]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00 / € 10.00 including Savanna CD

3/4, Friday
"Primavera Surf Fest" w/ Batida [hip hop/world]
Praia do Paraíso [Costa da Caparica] -> location of the venue
18:00 - € 10.00
Pianordeão [tango/jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00
Cachupa Psicadélica [indie/dub/psych/world]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - free admission

4/4, Saturday
"Primavera Surf Fest" w/ Da Chick [funk/hip hop/electronica]
Praia do Paraíso [Costa da Caparica] -> location of the venue
18:00 - € 10.00
"Sound Bay Fest" w/ The Japanese Girl + 1886 + Stone Dead + Libido Fuzz + Black Bombaim + The Picturebooks + Radio Moscow + Killimanjaro + Tweak Bird + Jiboia [psych/stoner/alt.rock]
Room5 (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
19:30 - € 25.00
Cosmetics [post-punk/electronica]
Caixa Económica Operária (near Graça) -> location of the venue
23:00 - € 8.00
Cian Nugent + Zarabatana [blues/folk/jazz/experimental]
Galeria Zé dos Bois (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 8.00
Brass Wires Orchestra + Golden Slumbers [indie/folk/alt.rock]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
23:00 - € 7.00

5/4, Sunday
Fado-Enredo [fado/MPB]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00

Masters of Sound: Kid Millions (Oneida)

In the second edition of Masters of Sound, we interview Kid Millions, drummer for the repetition-loving experimental rock band Oneida. Besides his main gig, the Kid (real name: John Colpitts) shares his frenetic drumming skills with People Of The North (his side project with Oneida's keyboardist Fat Bobby Matador) and Man Forever, an avant-garde percussion ensemble led by himself and featuring drummers recruited locally before the gigs.
In this interview, Colpitts reveals the truth behind the Oneida name, his early fondness for yacht rock and the second life of Brah Records.

Picture: crop from a photo by Erica Fletcher.
© Erica Fletcher, all rights reserved.

For starters, tell me about the name of the band: did you take it from the Indian tribe or the cutlery brand?
Neither...there was a utopian free love community based in Oneida NY in the late 1800s...that's how we got the name.

How did you get into music? Tell me about your key experiences with records.
I got into music via AM radio soft rock. Dan Fogelberg, Air Supply, Christopher Cross... those were the earliest and biggest impact. Then I was doing Music For Children by Karl Orff... After that it was The Who, The Police and top 40 radio. I didn't start playing drums until high school.

Do you consider yourself to be a record collector? If so, do you have a favorite format or is the music itself the only thing that matters?
I'm not sure I can call myself a record collector anymore but I have a decent collection. I used to be but I stopped doing that vigorously. I don't really care about the format but MP3s suck.

I know you're big fans of Britpop. Does this appreciation of melody and hooks translate in any way into the stuff you're doing, which apparently delves more in exploration, repetition and texture than big choruses?
Huh, well...sure, I love some Brit pop. Oasis, Supergrass, The La's... who knows how it translates into what we're doing now...probably not at all. Our song Turn It Up Loud is kind of our Brit Pop song.

Oneida has been pushing the boundaries with its latest records, a triple album followed by a drumless soundscape LP, not counting with your Man Forever project. Will the urge to explore ever wane? Have you discarded the "song" concept completely?
I would say the answer to both questions is "no".

How's the next album going to be like?
Maybe a combination of the two impulses.

You've got your own record label, Brah, which I understand being your own lingo for "bro". Was your main intention for the label to record your friends' bands?
Kind of...the label doesn't really exist anymore. Jagjaguwar gave us an amazing opportunity to release albums by anyone who we believed in... which was great for the music but terrible for sales. The name is still ours though and we have a cassette series on it now. We have a four tape box set for sale at our current shows.

If you could choose anyone, is there an artist you would like to welcome into the Oneida commune, to jam with and/or release something on Brah?
Prince.

What kind of material do you most enjoy playing live? The more concise songs like All Arounder or Lavender, or half-hour freakouts like Folk Wisdom or Sheets of Easter?
I don't really differentiate between the songs... it's all of a piece.

You've been in Portugal before. Have you any recollections (the positive stuff at least) from the previous gigs here?
I loved the people, the food, the music and the beautiful cities... really looking forward to the return visit!


Check out Kid Millions with Oneida and People Of The North both live at Galeria Zé dos Bois next Sunday, March 29th at 10pm.

  

Next week's Live Music suggestions: 23rd to 29th March

So Spring has brought some more rain with it - tough luck. It doesn't mean you can't enjoy the great live concerts that Lisbon has to offer you next week! Check out below our suggestions:

23/3, Monday
Fado Pontual [fado/MPB]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00

24/3, Tuesday
Rodrigo Leão [neo-classical/electronica/experimental]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 20.00 to € 40.00 Sophia Bicking & Olga Reznichenko [jazz/pop]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00
Nate Wooley + David Maranha & Helena Espvall [jazz/avantgarde/noise/drone/experimental]
Galeria Zé dos Bois (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 8.00
Isaak + Earth Drive + Conde Chacal [stoner/psych/alt.rock]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00

26/3, Thursday
Rita Braga + MårDiČu [singer-songwriter/world/experimental]
Galeria Zé dos Bois (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 6.00
Vader + Hate + Shredhead [death metal/black metal]
Paradise Garage (near Alcântara) -> location of the venue
20:00 - € 20.30
O Cão da Morte + Os Velhos + Os Pontos Negros [indie/alt.rock]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00

27/3, Friday
Anthony Strong + Cláudia Franco [vocal jazz/blues]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 25.00
Moonspell + Septic Flesh [gothic metal/black metal]
Coliseu dos Recreios (near Rossio) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 22.00
The Moonshiners + Serushiô [blues/country/rock n'roll]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 5.00
Ala dos Namorados [pop/fado/jazz]
Teatro Aberto (near Praça de Espanha) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 15.00

28/3, Saturday
Swain + Direct Effect + The Skrotes + Nasty World [punk/hardcore]
Academia Musical Joaquim Xavier Pinheiro (near Campo Grande) -> location of the venue
16:00 - € 6.00
Herra Mäkikuisma + LASERS + Blac Koyote [folk/electronica/experimental]
RDA 69 (near Anjos)-> location of the venue
20:00 - free admission / € 3.00 including dinner
The Lemon Lovers + The Zanibar Aliens [psych/alt.rock]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 5.00

29/3, Sunday
Zana & Pedro Polónio [fado]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00
Oneida + People of the North [indie/noise/psych/electronica/experimental]
Galeria Zé dos Bois (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 10.00

Next week's Live Music suggestions: 16th to 22nd March

Spring is officially coming our way, and we know that you, dear tourist, are coming to Lisbon not only because of our great record shops but also because Lisbon is beautiful in the sun! So make the most of your stay, and when the sun goes down, don't forget to check our live music suggestions to spice up your nights. Take a look:

16/3, Monday
Pedro Galveias & Bruno Fonseca [fado]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00

17/3, Tuesday
D.O.Project [jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00

18/3, Wednesday
Moe's Implosion + Lotus Fever [indie/psych/alt.rock]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 4.00

19/3, Thursday
Gala Drop [indie/electronica/psych/world/experimental]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 11.00 to € 13.50
Michael Formanek's Cheating Heart [jazz]
Culturgest (near Campo Pequeno) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00
Medeiros & Lucas [indie/folk/world]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 10.00
Dan Livingstone [blues/folk]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 6.00

20/3, Friday
Marco Rodrigues [fado]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 5.00 to € 18:00
Ash is a Robot + Rick Chain + Dollar Llama [alt.rock/post-hardcore/stoner metal]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 6.00
Capitao Fantasma [psychobilly/garage/rock n'roll]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 10.00
Supersilent [jazz/electronica/noise/experimental]
Teatro Municipal Maria Matos (near Roma) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 7.00 to € 14.00

21/3, Saturday
Useless Eaters + Duquesa [indie/punk/rock]
Galeria Zé dos Bois (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 8.00
Cinemuerte + The Black Wizards [gothic/alt.rock/electronica/doom]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 5.00

22/3, Sunday
Tertúlia [fado]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00

Next week's Live Music suggestions: 9th to 15th March

It seems that March brought the Spring heat to our beloved city - praise the Lord, damn the cold days! Now you can enjoy strolling around Lisbon, from record shop to record shop, in lighter apparel! And at the end of the day, indulge yourself with some live music, courtesy of our great venues - check out our suggestions for net week:

9/3, Monday
Sofia Ramos & Bruno Fonseca [fado]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00

10/3, Tuesday
Kaleidoscópio [jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00

12/3, Thursday
Regula + Tribruto [hip hop]
Lux (near Santa Apolónia) -> location of the venue
23:00 - € 12.00
Enablers [post-punk/post-rock]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 6.00
Handguns Of The Damned + Stone Cold Lips [stoner/alt.rock]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00

13/3, Friday
Ryan Sambol [indie/singer-songwriter/blues/alt.country/experimental]
Casa Independente (near Intendente) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 5.00
Noiserv [indie/electronica/pop]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 11.00 to € 13.50 (also on Saturday 14th)
Driss El Maloumi [Middle East/world]
Culturgest (near Campo Pequeno) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 15.00
Ivete Sangalo [samba/axé/pop/world]
Meo Arena (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 30.00 to € 50.00
António Pinho Vargas [jazz/classical]
Teatro Municipal São Luiz (near Baixa-Chiado) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 12.00 to € 15.00 (also on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th - Sunday session starts at 17:30)

14/3, Saturday
Mark Lanegan [indie/singer-songwriter/alt.rock]
Armazém F (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
20:00 - € 22.00
Go!Zilla + The Glockenwise + The Cityzens [indie/garage/rock n'roll/alt.rock]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 6.00

15/3, Sunday
Quase Um Fado [fado/jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00