Saturday January 20
the denver gentlemenhamster theatreDoors at 8:00pm - $10.00
ALL AGES event at the beautiful
mercury cafe.
"The Denver Gentlemen's legacy is one that is lodged in the local music community's collective memory, fixed by a pastiche of images: David Eugene Edwards, now with Wovenhand, intently strumming a Montgomery Ward's guitar; Norlander's brother, Eric, invoking notes from an old Black & Decker saw. An early version of the band found current Auto Club frontman Slim Cessna behind the drum kit, while Frank Hauser Jr., presently with the Kalamath Brothers, squeezed out tuneful belches from an antique accordion. Norlander, who manned vocals and piano, also sometimes spiced up the tunes with a glockenspiel. The Gents' combination of American Gothic hymns with old-world carny music was reminiscent of a Technicolor cabaret. But despite such an eclectic musical palette, the band is mostly remembered for its rootsy tendencies. The Gent's current lineup includes part-time DeVotchKa members Paul Geoffrey and Tom Hagerman."
-- Westword Magazine
Hamster Theatre, Mister Personality/ Quasi Day Room (Cuneiform Records). Hamster Theatre is known as one of the quirkiest combos ever to hail from these parts, and its recent two-CD recording does nothing to dim that reputation. Personality is an enjoyably odd studio disc that makes a perfect fit with Quasi, a live document that's thoroughly unhinged -- but in a good way.
-- Roberts, Westword Magazine
helmet room recordings
Beta-lactam Ring Records
an indie alliance
Birch Book: Fortune & Folly
