Marbin, Strawberry Cheesesteak at Cafe Nine

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GO KAT GO! and Cafe Nine are proud to present the legendary Robert Gordon! He will be backed by the incredible, all star line up of Chris Spedding, Anton Fig and Rob Stoner!

Doors are at 8, the first band will take the stage at 8:30, and Robert will be on by 9:30...for an early show!

ROBERT GORDON
From his NYC punk rock days fronting the Tuff Darts in 1976, to his days on RCA Records, neo-rockabilly singer Robert Gordon has always had music on his mind and in his sights.
Robert Gordon, who recorded for the great RCA Victor label, has appeared on many television shows around the world including: the Conan Obrien Show, Late Night With David Letterman, Second City TV, Don Kirshner?s Rock Concert, The Old Grey Whistle Test" (U.K. television), ?Live from the Bottom Line" (Japanese television), "D.O.C." (Italian television), "Top Pop" (Dutch television), "Musikladen" (German TV) and a TV commercial for Budweiser Beer. His music has been used in major motions picture soundtracks like Oliver Stone?s ?Natural Born Killers? and ?The Loveless?, which Robert had a co-starring role with Willem Defoe. Robert?s hits include the Bruce Springsteen song ?Fire? which was written for Elvis Presley and includes Springsteen playing keyboards on the track. Additional hits include ?Red Hot?, ?The Way I Walk?, ?Rockabilly Boogie?, and ?Someday, Someway?. Robert has recorded and toured with some of the most respected musicians of the last 25 years, musicians like Bruce Springsteen, Anton Fig, Paul Shaffer, Link Wray, Chris Spedding, Danny Gatton, and Eddie Angel.

The Toasters w/ Micah Schnabel (of Two Cow Garage)
Monday, June 18th
@ Cafe Nine
FREE with RSVP ($5 at the door) / 7pm doors / 21+
RSVP VIA THIS LINK: https://www.manicpresents.com/event/1649797-toasters-new-haven/
**RSVP to this FB event does not get you free admission, you must RSVP via the link above**
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Manic Mondays:

The Toasters
?In my opinion, The Toasters are to ska in America the 1980s and beyond what The Specials were to ska in the U.K. in the late '70s and early '80s, and what the Skatalites were to ska in Jamaica in the 1960s. The Toasters were innovators, creators, shapers of the music, evolving it in a fresh direction, blending it with the cultural influences in a very American manner, and I mean that in a completely complimentary way. Just as Byron Lee & the Dragonaires brought professionalism and polish to ska, allowing others to benefit from the fruits of their labor, so too did the Toasters' music allow numerous other bands to share in the spotlight of skill and success, many of whom have gone on to great heights. Upon the shoulders of giants.

Oh, yeah, and they kick ass! ?

-Heather Augustyn,
Author of SKA , An Oral History

In their 37th year the Toasters are hitting the gas, not the brakes. With an international all-star line-up their whirlwind global tour continues unabated across the continents with performances scheduled in Costa Rica, Hong Kong (HK International Ska Festival) and Estonia (Live Nation Showcase at Tallinn Music Week). The band also returns to Japan, China, Russia, Hawaii, South America and Mexico on top of regular touring in the USA and Europe playing over 60 shows in 24 countries from Sweden to Bulgaria.

Formed on the Lower East Side of NYC in 1981 the band is the longest running US SKA formation. They bridge the gap between England's 2-Tone movement and the American Ska explosion of the 90's which they are rightfully credited with starting. During the 3rd Wave Ska revival The Toasters formed the famous Moon Records label and kick-started the careers of dozens of bands.

The Toasters will return to the studio later this year to record songs for a new 7? vinyl 45 project.

By the numbers:

? Approaching 6000+ live shows
? CBGB'S core top 20 artist
? Mojo Magazine ranked #4 SKA band of all time
? Chosen by Dicky Barrett of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones as one of his top 5 ska bands
? Bandsintown #5 hardest working band 2014
Sponsorships include Reverend Guitars (International Ambassadors), Ernie Ball, Orange Amplification, Danny Cash Hot Sauce, Pickworld and Ska Brewing
Listen: https://thetoasters.band/

Micah Schnabel (of Two Cow Garage)
In 2002, Two Cow Garage?the Columbus, Ohio-based three-piece featuring Micah Schnabel (vocals, guitar), Shane Sweeney (bass, vocals), and David Murphy (drums)?released their debut full-length, Please Turn the Gas Back On. The powerful rhythm and sweeping melody of the record?s opening track, ?Been So Long?, has since given rise to four additional full-length releases, a handful of singles, and a few solo efforts. The band has paraded their brand of heart-wrenching, yet ferocious rock-n-roll through countless North American tours and several European sojourns. Two Cow Garage?s latest effort, Sweet Saint Me, not only garnered airplay on WXPN?s World Café where it was showcased as a featured artist selection, but also found its way on to numerous critics? best-of lists.

As one of the most consistently-touring indie bands today, Two Cow Garage continues to captivate audiences with live shows that serve-up manic stage energy, gritty chord changes, and subtle lyric-mindedness. The band?s intense, fiery persona conjures authentic tunes that would be as at home in a Raymond Carver story as they are on a stereo in the dead heat of an August, midwestern night.

2013 will see the release of Two Cow Garage?s sixth full-length album entitled, The Death of the Self-Preservation Society. The effort will prove to continue the arc of the band?s development and further blur the lines between rock, Americana, and punk.
Listen: https://micahschnabel.bandcamp.com/

No Line North
SPOUSE
Trevor Healy
Thursday June 14
Doors 8pm | Show 9pm
$7

NO LINE NORTH
http://www.nolinenorth.com/
No Line North cultivates a uniquely unified sound that blends laid-back vocals & bright harmonies with guitars, violins, loop pedals, vibraphone and a driving rhythm section. NLN?s explorations of time and space are channeled through orchestral quiet folk/pop, distorted garage rock, train beats, improvisation & hypnotic rhythms. Paired with impressionist lyrics, the resulting sonic fields of love are an eclectic version of Americana that transcend and bend genres in ways that sound familiar yet are strikingly unique and all their own.

SPOUSE
https://spouse.bandcamp.com/
Sell the Silver sees indie-rock veterans SPOUSE return after a seven-year hiatus with their familiar brand of dynamic, mid-tempo rock intact. Where their last full-length, Confidence (2010), was an examination of self-reliance, direction, and loss, the band?s latest offering is all about collapse, change, and self-control. For this project, José Ayerve and J.J. O?Connell joined forces with Peyton Pinkerton (New Radiant Storm King), and Dup Crosson (Saint Solitude) to write, record, and produce five new additions to the SPOUSE catalog. The tracks were engineered by Pinkerton and Ayerve and mastered by Mark Alan Miller (Sonelab).

TREVOR HEALY
https://soundcloud.com/trevor-healy

?Willie Nile returns to Café Nine - Friday June 15th?, 2018

Fernando Pinto Presents: WILLIE NILE | THE MANCHURIANS
at ?Café Nine, ?Friday June 15th, 2018
Tickets $23. Advance $28. at the door
Doors 8pm - Showtime 9pm
Tickets: https://willieniletickets.bpt.me/


WILLIE NILE
http://www.willienile.com

The New York Times called Willie Nile ?one of the most gifted singer-songwriters to emerge from the New York scene in years.? His album Streets Of New York was hailed as ?a platter for the ages? by UNCUT magazine. Rolling Stone listed The Innocent Ones as one of the ?Top Ten Best Under-The-Radar Albums of 2011? and BBC Radio called it ?THE rock ?n? roll album of the year.?

Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Townshend, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Jim Jarmusch, and Little Steven are among those who have sung his praises. His album, American Ride, won ?Best Rock Album of the Year? at the Independent Music Awards. It appeared on over one hundred year-end Top Ten lists for 2013 and Bono called it, ?One of the great guides to unraveling the mystery that is the troubled beauty of America.?

In November 2014 he released an album of piano-based songs, If I Was A River, to universal critical acclaim. ?One of the most brilliant singer-songwriters of the past thirty years? said The New Yorker. No Depression raved ?Willie Nile?s artistic renaissance continues unabated.?

His 2016 album World War Willie appeared on numerous year end top ten lists as did hid his live shows. As American Songwriter said "Nile cranks up the volume and tears into these tunes with the same hunger, passion and exuberance he displays in his legendary sweat-soaked shows." World War Willie was voted ?Album Of The Year? by Twangville Magazine and the song Forever Wild was named ?Coolest Song In The World? by Little Steven?s Underground Garage.

Willie has toured across the U.S. with The Who and has sung with Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. As the induction program from the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame says: ?His live performances are legendary.? In the summer of 2017 Willie Nile released his 11th studio album Positively Bob ? Willie Nile Sings Bob Dylan to rave reviews. He is currently bringing his electrifying live show to audiences worldwide.

ACCOLADES
"Better than most performers have to offer by far." -- Rolling Stone
?Clash/Social Distortion meets Pete Seeger?a true master songwriter!? ? Hits
?Willie?s so good I can?t believe he?s not from New Jersey!? ? Little Steven
?Crossing the power of the Clash with the social consciousness of Woody Guthrie?he?s stronger than ever!? ? The Morton Report
?Wllie Nile is a great artist. If there was any justice in this world, I?d be opening up for him instead of him for me.? Lucinda Williams
The epitome of real, true American rock ?n? roll!? ? Pop Matters
?He?s a rocker?s rocker, protégé of the famous.? -- USA Today
?A man who embodies the true spirit of rock n? roll.? - London Times
?RIVETING!...Springsteen, Mellencamp, Van Morrison?Willie Nile has earned his standing in that esteemed company! ? Blurt

+ Manchurians

The Manchurians formed in 1999, carving a solid, rhythm and blues based sound around the songwriting of Roger Reale. In 1978 Reale released the LP, RadioActive (Big Sound/London), a pop underground gem. Since that time Reale has written for, among others, Buddy Guy; BB King; Johnny Winter; Freddie Scott; and the heir apparent to Albert King, Michael Burks. In addition, Reale also recorded an unreleased LP with the late Mick Ronson. The twice Grammy nominated, and WC Handy award nominated songwriter joined forces with ex-Scratch Band (GE Smith, Mickey Curry, Christine Ohlman) harmonica/vocalist Bob Orsi; guitarist/arranger Dean Falcone, who has worked with Jon Brion, Brian May (Queen), Aimee Mann, Bun E Carlos ( Cheap Trick), Jon Auer (Posies, Big Star), Joey Molland (Badfinger); and dynamic drummer Mat Reale (ex-BASE2) to produce, to date, four CD's under The Manchurians' banner. Past members have included: guitarist extraordinaire Mike Roth; and the legendary Hilton Valentine (The Animals). Today, they continue to bring R&B to the masses in their own unique, and inimitable style. Their live shows are characteristically intense and passionate; not to be missed.

Handsome Hound & Chris Peters
Live at Cafe Nine
$5 tix
Mountain on Fire Album Release tour
Doors 8pm
Music 8:30pm

http://www.handsomehoundband.com/

https://chrispeters.bandcamp.com/

The Sea The Sea "From the Light" Record Release Show
with
Josiah Johnson (The Head and the Heart)
Planes on Paper
Thursday June 21
Doors 8pm | Show 8:30pm
$12 - $10 adv.
Tickets: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1678881

THE SEA THE SEA
is an Upstate New York based indie folk-pop duo-band featuring what Huffington Post calls, ?Two of the loveliest male-female voices you might ever hear this or any other year.? Their 2014 debut release, Love We Are We Love, received praise from NPR, American Songwriter, and No Depression, among others, gathering over 15 million streams on Spotify. The animated video for their song "Waiting" sparked viral interest including Buzzfeed, Pitchfork, and inclusion at the international TED 2015 conference. Mountain Stage host Larry Groce calls them "ready to take their place among the best young male/female duos now performing." Their 2016 release, the six-song EP In the Altogether, recently earned features by Apple Music including Best of the Week and A-List Singer/Songwriter.

JOSIAH JOHNSON
Co-front man of The Head and The Heart

PLANES ON PAPER
"The songs played by Planes on Paper have contemplation at their core. As heard on the Yakima duo's sole EP, Ruins, Navid Eliot and Jen Borst use delicate harmonies, well-wrought lyricism, and a deep understanding of pop songcraft to patiently explore ideas and landscapes that bloom from banal to unforgettable."
Mark Baumgarten, Seattle Weekly

"Navid Eliot and Jen Borst?s music as Planes on Paper is built around the duo?s talent for crafting layered, meticulous folk songs matched with organic, skillful playing."
-KEXP - Seattle, WA - http://tinyurl.com/okfjc6e

"There has been no shortage of bands that sound like Planes on Paper in the last 10 years of Seattle music, [...] which makes it simultaneously delightful and frustrating when one of them is clearly a full head taller than the others."
- Sean Nelson, The Stranger -

"[...] it?s easy to see why Planes on Paper is starting to attract serious attention on the neo-folkie scene."
-Paul de Barros, The Seattle Times

"In a modern age where indie folk groups with male/female harmonies are as common as a Starbucks on every corner, Planes on Paper offer an organic alternative, refreshing in its artistry." - The Revue
(full review http://tinyurl.com/qxbp5de )

"It is hard to get through this EP without a smile on your face, and all the feels in your heart."
Spike Brendle, Hear & Now
(full review http://tinyurl.com/hljgqdj )

"A cohesive, stark showcase of pure, unadulterated song craft."
- Seattle Music Insider
(full review http://tinyurl.com/lh57xes )

"This is folk music at the highest level."
- Ear to the Ground
(full review http://tinyurl.com/lvd8scb )

?Navid and Jen have a captured magic between them, and the result is a truly beautiful musical partnership.?
- indie-music.com
(full review http://tinyurl.com/k6x6yyq )

Open Mic Night at PST FREE
Every Wednesday at 9pm
Sign up starts at 9pm
Odd numbered slots available to sign up online day of.
Special Guest Host each week!
April 11th: Jake Brownstein of Eggy
April 18th: Fredrock Presents ft: Freddy Anthony
April 25th: Root Shock, Sophistafunk
May 2nd: Chuck McMuffin
May 9th: TBA
May 16th: Jordan Giangreco
May 23rd: TBA
May 30th: Morgan Vincent
June 20th: EZ Blues

Jenny Lewis
Saturday, June 16th
@ College Street Music Hall (New Haven)
$30 - $35 / 7:00pm doors / All Ages
Tickets On Sale Fri 4/13 @ 10 AM: https://ticketf.ly/2HlANLL
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Premier Concerts and Manic Presents:

Jenny Lewis
One of the most celebrated and respected performers of her generation, Jenny Lewis got her start as the dynamic frontwoman of influential LA group Rilo Kiley in 1998. She has since released three albums under her name, most recently 2014?s The Voyager. In addition to her solo work, she was a member of The Postal Service, part of the duo, Jenny and Johnny, as well as the lead vocalist for Nice As Fuck.
Lewis has collaborated with Beck, Elvis Costello, Ryan Adams and M. Ward, among others. She has also written music for films such as the musical/drama, Song One, starring Anne Hathaway and Very Good Girls starring Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen.
Listen: http://www.jennylewis.com/