{"id":28796,"date":"2018-06-14T08:49:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T12:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=28796"},"modified":"2018-06-14T08:49:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T12:49:19","slug":"on-stage-just-in-time-for-eternal-summers-to-the-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=28796","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Just in time for Eternal Summers to the area"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Eternal Summers<\/p><\/div>\n

Eternal Summers, which is headlining a show on June 14 at Boot and Saddle (1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-639-4528, www.bootandsaddlephilly.com<\/a>), is a young band from Virginia that has been described as a \u201cdream punk\u201d band.<\/p>\n

The Roanoke-based trio featuring Nicole Yun, Daniel Cundiff, Jonathan Woods plays jangly pop songs \u2013 jangly pop songs with substance. The music is light and lively yet meaty at the same time.<\/p>\n

Considering the fun vibe of Eternal Summers music, it seems the band\u2019s new album is oddly named. The LP \u2013 \u201cEvery Day It Feels Like I\u2019m Dying\u2026\u201d \u2013 was just released on Nevado Music on May 4. When it was released, Rolling Stone\u00a0magazine put it on its list of \u201c10 New Albums to Stream Now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded \u2018Every Day It Feels Like I\u2019m Dying\u2026\u2019 in June of last year,\u201d said Yun, during a phone interview Monday afternoon from a stop in Revere, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went to Austin, Texas to record the album at Resonate Music studio with Louie Lino. We decided to co-produce it with Louie and spent 10 days in the studio. It was the first time we didn\u2019t have a writing period before we went to the studio to cut an album. We took two-and-a-half years off the road. It was a long period of organic time to listen to music \u2013 and to play music.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a collection of songs built over a year. We recorded 14 tracks and trimmed it down to 11. We could have written more but we were a little burned-out from our album-a-year clip. We also had done a few EPs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eternal Summers\u2019 discography includes \u201cSilver\u201d\u00a0(2010), \u201cCorrect Behavior\u201d\u00a0(2012), \u201cThe Drop Beneath\u201d\u00a0(2014), \u201cGold and Stone\u201d\u00a0(2015), and \u201cEvery Day It Feels Like I’m Dying…\u201d\u00a0(2018).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were making the songs for the new album, we were in a different mindset,\u201d said Yun. \u201cWe were listening to more jazz. And, we were listening to bands like Soft Cell \u2013 bands that aren\u2019t traditional rock bands.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive of the songs on the album are like this. The rest of the songs on the album we songs that rock harder that we thought were important to gave on the album. We even have an instrumental track called \u2018Reprieval.\u2019 Our earlier stuff was more jangly. This is more rick. We road-tested about half the songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having\u00a0formed in 2009, Eternal Summers has now been operating as the trio of Nicole\u00a0Yun, Daniel Cundiff and Jonathan Woods\u00a0longer than they did as a duo without\u00a0Jonathan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all knew each other from different bands in the Roanoke scene,\u201d said Yun. \u201cEternal Summers stared with me and Daniel as a duo. We made an eight-song EP and then got vested on the project. Eventually, we became a trio. We\u2019re a power trio with an expanded musical palette.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor our live show, we\u2019re doing seven songs from the new album. It\u2019s fun to get these songs out live. We use samples for the luish parts of somne songs. It adds the extra lushness that we had in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Eternal Summers \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/-RPxsUWMZZQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Boot and Saddle, which has Tr\u00e8s Oui and Overlake as opening acts, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Boot & Saddle are Colouring on June 15, David Keenan on June 16, Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit on June 17, the Voidz on June 18, Michigan Rattlers on June 19, and Cicada Rhythm and Ciaran Lavery on June 20.<\/p>\n

If you looked at the name of the headline act at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) on June 15, you would likely draw two conclusions \u2013 the music will be Southern Rock and the act will feature a musician who is part of the Allman Brothers musical family.<\/p>\n

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Michael Allman<\/p><\/div>\n

And, you\u2019d be right on both accounts.<\/p>\n

This Saturday night, Michael Allman is returning to the popular venue in Sellersville to treat listeners to an evening of straight-ahead rock \u2013 with a lot of Southern Rock in its DNA.<\/p>\n

Allman is the son of the late Allman Brothers Band guitarist Gregg Allman. The son of the guitar great was destined to be a rocker.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, he didn\u2019t know either until he was six.<\/p>\n

Allman was born in 1966 and his mother was Mary Lynn Sutton. In his earliest years, Michael Sean Allman was known as Michael Hendrick, using the name of the man his mother married to legitimize his birth. Sutton and Hendrick never lasted, and she went on to wed Daniel Green, the man Allman originally believed was his father.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always wanted to be a pilot,\u201d said Allman, during a phone interview when he was visiting Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy stepfather was a pilot. He was one of the top Learjet pilots in America. He was moving toward being a pilot for the Blue Angels and an astronaut for NASA.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, he died in a Learjet plane crash when I was six years old. I was crying about his death and that was when my mom told me who my real dad was \u2013 that his name was Gregg Allman.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was quite an intense ride on an emotional roller coaster for the young Florida boy \u2013 this is your dad\u2026your dad just died\u2026your dad is alive\u2026the guy who died was your stepfather\u2026your dad is one of the most famous rock musicians in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took me a long time to figure it all out and accept it \u2013 years to make sense out of it,\u201d said Allman. \u201cIt really seemed that I had lost my father in a plane crash.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Gregg Allman died in May 2017, he left behind five children from different mothers — Michael Sean Allman, with former waitress Mary Lynn Green; Devon Allman, with ex-wife Shelley Kay Winters; Elijah Blue, from his marriage to Cher; daughter Delilah Island Allman, with ex-wife Julie Bindas; and daughter Layla Brooklyn Allman, with girlfriend Shelby Blackburn. Delilah Island Allman is the only one who is not a musician.<\/p>\n

\u201cGregg Allman is my father,\u201d said Allman. \u201cI can guarantee you there are 10 or more people who can say the same thing and be telling the truth. Call him the father of our country \u2013 a kid in every state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Allman had a rough childhood and ended up in a military academy when he was 15. Two years later, his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. When she was hospitalized for treatment, Allman moved in with his dad.<\/p>\n

After high school, Allman drifted into the music world \u2013 working as a bartender, a sound board guy in clubs and a DJ. One gig as a DJ had bad consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was working in a club in South Carolina,\u201d said Allman. \u201cThree drunks got thrown out of the bar. They came back and started shooting. I started chasing them and I got knifed. I got stabbed a lot, went to the hospital and needed 300 stitches to patch me up. I was in the hospital for a month.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allman also had to deal with testicular cancer in 2002. Surgery was a success and he is still cancer-free.<\/p>\n

In the next musical step in his story, Allman began singing with local bands.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteve Perry was my idol \u2013 and my inspiration for my vocals,\u201d said Allman. \u201cThat was the voice I had for a long time \u2013 until I discovered whiskey and cigarettes. I had my own band in the late 80s and most of the 90s. I also had two sons and wanted to have a good married life. So, I left music behind and worked in construction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allman split from his first wife, went back to music and then remarried. At her insistence, Allman again traded the life of a rocker for the life of a working dad.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a while, it was driving me crazy,\u201d said Allman. \u201cI felt trapped \u2013 trapped by family life. I gave up music for her. I will never do that again. I stayed with her for 10 years and we never had any kids.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she left, I said \u2013 nothing is stopping me now. I found my old manager\u2019s phone number. I re-connected with him and soon we were in the studio making a record. The album came out in 2009.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Allman is working on a new album.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have six songs done already,\u201d said Allman, who lives in New Port Richey, Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, I have two albums I\u2019m working on. One is an unplugged blues solo album. The other is a hardcore band album \u2013 a blues band album that I\u2019m making in Atlanta with two guys from the Georgia Satellites. I\u2019m making the solo blues album in my living room.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allman doesn\u2019t have a set band for when he performs in different parts of the country. For his show in Sellersville, he will be backed by The Mile High Club, a Philadelphia-based band featuring John McNutt (guitar), Tommy Zamparelli (guitar), Marc Iezzi (drums), A.J. Hager (bass) and Tim McKinstry (keyboard).<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been playing with these guys since 2105,\u201d said Allman. \u201cIt gets better every tear. Our set list for this show is about 70 per cent Allman Brothers Band and 30 per cent Michael Allman songs — and each Mile High guy does a solo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Michael Allman \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/CD70M1nQ77Q<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater, which has Tommy Edwards as Sir Rod (Stewart) as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $39.50.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are Steve Forbert & The Renditions on June 16, Reverend Horton Heat w\/ Big Sandy & Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones<\/a> on June 19 and Marc Broussard on June 20.<\/p>\n

There is good news this weekend for fans of the upstate New York rock band Joywave and there is some not-so-good news for the same group of fans.<\/p>\n

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Joywave<\/p><\/div>\n

On June 17, Joywave will be performing in concert at the BB&T Pavilion (1 Harbour Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey, 856-365-1300,\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbtpavilion.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the good news.<\/p>\n

The tour is not Joywave\u2019s tour. It\u2019s 30 Seconds To Mars\u2019 Monolith 2018\u00a0tour \u2013 a tour that also features Walk The Moon and Misterwives. The show in Camden also includes Chvrches, The Neighbourhood, Love In Future Times, The Aces, Slenderbodies, L.I.F.T, and Portugal. The Man.<\/p>\n

That means Joywave — vocalist Daniel Armbruster, guitarist Joseph Morinelli, keyboardist Benjamin Bailey and drummer Paul Brenner — is limited to a 30-minute set. Tickets for the front sections are in the $90 range and pit tickets are $139.50.<\/p>\n

Having to spend close to a C-note to hear their favorites play for a half-hour \u2013 for Joywave fans, that\u2019s the bad news.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a clean 30-minute set,\u201d said Armbruster, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from a tour stop in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a very different thing for us. We\u2019re primarily playing for fans of 30 Seconds To Mars. We\u2019ve got to win them over.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to each show. I thrive on antagonizing people. So, a 30-minute set in front of a hostile audience is great for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joywave is coming off its \u201cThanks. Thanks For Coming\u201d 2017\/2018\u00a0U.S. tours.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn our tours, we got to play as long as we wanted and to play whatever we wanted to play,\u201d said Armbrister. \u201cThe set list for this tour is totally a greatest hits thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had six songs on the Top 30 Alternative charts so that fills 25 of the 30 minutes. We have to play the things people know. It\u2019s not really a challenge to make a 30-minute set list. It\u2019s actually pretty easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year and most of this year, Joywave has been touring in support of its sophomore album,\u00a0\u201cContent,\u201d which was released in July 2017 via Hollywood Records\/Cultco Music. It debuted #10 on the iTunes Alternative Album chart and spun off two alternative radio hits — \u201cIt’s A Trip!\u201d and \u201cDoubt.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just put out a new single titled \u2018Compromise,\u201d which we\u2019ve been playing live for a while,\u201d said Armbruster. \u201cThere is no new album coming soon but we\u2019ve been working loosely on new music.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we finish this tour, we\u2019ll go right back out on the road for the third part of our \u2018Thanks. Thanks For Coming\u2019 tour. This is still part of the \u2018Content\u2019 album cycle. The next part of the \u2018Thanks\u2019 tour will be the end of that cycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to keep touring. Next up after this tour will be an unannounced fall co-headline tour. We have been working in the studio here and there and I\u2019ve been writing a lot. You can do a lot of things on the road. And, with this tour, I have a lot of time every day to do things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Joywave \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/rTfGoa4p_EQ<\/a><\/p>\n

The show at BB&T Pavilion, which includes Joywave, 30 Seconds to Mars, Love In Future Times, Walk the Moon, Misterwives, Chvrches, The Neighbourhood, The Aces, Slenderbodies, L.I.F.T, and Portugal. The Man, will start at 1 p.m. Ticket prices range from $20-$139.50. Also playing the BB&T Pavilion this week is the Dave Matthews Band with shows on June 15 and 16.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) will host \u201cBacktrack – An Evening of Acapella\u201d on June 14, Better Than Bacon Improv Comedy 7th Anniversary Show on June 15, Ben Kaplan on June 16, Open Mic with Guest Host Nick Fagnilli on June 17 and Jake Armerding on June 20.<\/p>\n

The Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/a>) will host Suzanne Westenhoefer on June 15.<\/p>\n

The Colonial Theatre (Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610- 917-1228, www.thecolonialtheatre.com<\/a>) will present \u201cCity Rhythm Orchestra presents Basie & Sinatra\u201d on June 15.<\/p>\n

Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/a>) will have Girl Science, Gamma Wolf, MoreThanJon,\u00a0and Victor Traps on June 15.<\/p>\n

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will host Roosevelt Collier Trio pays homage to Jimi Hendrix + Darla + Funky Dawgz Brass Band on June 15, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on June 16 and \u201cGrateful Dead for Kids!\u201d presented by The Rock & Roll Playhouse on June 17.<\/p>\n

The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) presents Al Di Meola on June 14, Get the Led out on June 15 and 16, and \u201cHappy Together Tour\u201d with the Turtles on June 20.<\/p>\n

The Candlelight Theater (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) is presenting the hilarious comedy farce \u201cBoeing Boeing\u201d now through June 24<\/p>\n

Performances are Friday and Saturday evening (doors, 6 p.m.; show, 8 p.m.) and Sunday afternoon (doors, 1 p.m.; show, 3 p.m.). All tickets include dinner and show and are $63 for adults.<\/p>\n

Disney Theatrical Productions in conjunction with the Kimmel Center\u2019s Broadway Philadelphia will be presenting the long-awaited Philadelphia premiere of\u00a0\u201cDisney\u2019s\u00a0Aladdin\u201d\u00a0now through July 1 at the Academy of Music (Broad and Locust streets, Philadelphia, 215-731-3333, www.kimmelcenter.org<\/a>). Tickets start at $20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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