Fri. Jan. 5

 The Kimchee 10 year anniversary party marches on after a successful start at the Middle East last weekend, with Willard Grant Conspiracy, Chris Brokaw, Thalia Zedek and others. On Friday Jan. 5, local label boss Bob Dubrow takes the party around the corner to T.T. the Bear's Place. We asked Dubrow what to expect from the occasion and he gave us this, about the lineup: "Cordelia's Dad (from Amherst/Northhampton area) hasn't played out for over 7 years, and indeed they began as a band 20 years this coming spring.  They will play electric, unusual for them as they are more well-known for their acoustic pseudo-trad folky thing.  Tim Eriksen of the band has gained some reknown over the last few years, teaching Sacred Harp singing to the cast of the movie Cold Mountain, and featured on the related T-Bone Burnett produced Down From the Mountain soundtrack.  He played the Newport Folk Fest this past summer, and has been on Garrison Keillor's  "Down Home Prairie Companion." The Hilken Mancini (ex-Fuzzy) & Chris Colbourn (Buffalo Tom) band has transmogrified a bit for this show into Hilken's new band, Shepherdess, which features the same rhythm section that originally backed Hilken and Colbourn when they started the duo thing, namely Winston Braman (ex-Fuzzy) on bass and Mike Savage (ex-Count Me Outs, ex-Cherry 2000) on drums.  They will be playing Sheperdhess songs, and Chris Colbourn will join them for some Hilken/Chris stuff from their late 2005 Kimchee record.

Tiger Saw, from Newburyport, has three CDs out on Kimchee and they will feature for this show only their early 2002 line-up from when they made their first Kimchee album, "Blessed Are the Trials We Will Find." This version of the band includes bassist Jake Trussell, who has gone on to be DJ C and made his mark in the Toneburst Collective and the Electro Organic Sound System, with his label Mashit (John Peel acclaimed), and with his own tunes.Although from the Boston area, 27, (in photo) doesn't play in town very often, so we are pleased to have their dark and sultry groove happening. 27 has been compared to PJ Harvey, Portishead, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Fleetwood Mac, and Neil Young.Ex-Karate songwriter and guitarist Geoff Farina goes solo for this show, but he's been busy touring with Italy's Ardecore, is beginning a collaboration and tour with Chris Brokaw, and continues to involve himself in multiple projects like Glorytellers with Luther Gray.And finally, Portland, Maine heroes Seekonk  always put on a compelling, inventive set of lovely tunes, and can often be seen playing a birdcage for one of their songs. Each band plays about a half hour set.  Doors at 8. Tickets: $10.

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