{"id":31486,"date":"2019-04-18T09:11:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T13:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=31486"},"modified":"2019-04-18T09:11:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T13:11:31","slug":"on-stage-odonis-odonis-stays-intense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=31486","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Odonis Odonis stays intense"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Odonis Odonis<\/p><\/div>\n

Two acts playing at Philadelphia venues on April 19 can induce different dream states. Odonis Odonis can put you on a trail to industrial nightmares while Dawn Landes can make you float away with her soft lullabies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Odonis Odonis is a Canadian band that has embraced different sound vibes over the years but has always maintained a constant with the intense, aggressive vocals of founder Constantin Tzenos.<\/span><\/p>\n

On April 19, Odonis Odonis — Constantin Tzenos, Jarod Gibson, Denholm Whale — will bring its electronic-driven music to the area with a show at Kung Fu Necktie (1248 North Front Street, Philadelphia, 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com<\/a>). The band is touring in support of its new EP \u2013 \u201cReaction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Since its blown-out 2011 debut album \u201cHollandaze,\u201d the Toronto-based trio has continued to push its sound further into the depths of post-apocalyptic experimentation. The \u201cPost Plague\u201d album in 2016 had a foreboding vibe. \u201cNo Pop,\u201d which came out in 2017, is a starker, more dance-floor-friendly album.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOdonis Odonis started in 2011 and \u2018Hollandaze\u2019 was our first release,\u201d said Tzenos, during a recent phone interview from his home in Toronto.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Hard Boiled Soft Boiled\u2019 was our second album and that came out in 2014 but I think \u2018Hollandaze\u2019 was the album that broke us.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a lot of hype on our first record \u2013 mostly in Europe rather than in the states. Our label \u2013 Fat Cat \u2013 was more focused on Europe. I recorded \u2018Hard Boiled Soft Boiled\u2019 and \u2018Hollandaze\u2019 on my own. I took \u2018Hard Boiled Soft Boiled\u2019 to a studio in B.C. and recorded it there.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow, we are a trio. I met our bass player in a restaurant when I was attracted to music on his playlist. I met our drummer on Craig\u2019s List. We worked about a year trying to get our live show together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Tzenos talked about his early musical influences.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMinistry was a huge influence,\u201d said Tzenos. \u201cThat\u2019s what set it all in motion. I listened to Ministry obsessively. Nine Inch Nails, New Order and the Smiths were also influencing me a lot. And, I listened to Nash the Slash incessantly. After the 90s, other influences kicked in.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I moved to electronics with \u2018Post Plague,\u2019 I dropped all guitars and the industrial influence kicked in. \u2018No Pop\u2019 was 100 per cent electronic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Stripping down instrumentation to a handful of synths and an electronic drum kit, the band worked quickly to write and record, bringing demos and improvised takes into the studio and completing the recording process over the course of three days.<\/span><\/p>\n

The result was a focused blend of hard-hitting industrial, techno, and noise — but each track on \u201cNo Pop\u201d is never just one of those elements. Pulsing rhythms lay the ground for textural soundscapes masterfully woven together to create a palpable sense of doom that is thick and satisfying.
\nTaking its name from the anti-commercial \u201c’No Pop\u201d movement, which infers that there \u201cis no expiration date on music nor is it limited by geographic or regional boundaries,\u201d \u201cNo Pop\u201d is raw with emotion and, at the same time, elevated by deft production.<\/span><\/p>\n

Odonis Odonis continued in the same direction with its \u201cReaction\u201d EP, which was just released on April 12.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drawing on EBM (electronic body music) and industrial influences, \u201cReaction\u201d finds Odonis Odonis further refining the sound it forged on \u201cNo Pop\u201d — noisy synths saturating the sonic space and cutting with sharp, bruising rhythms. The EP was written while the band was touring to support \u201cNo Pop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the new EP in 2018,\u201d said Tzenos. \u201cIt\u2019s been an ongoing thing. After the \u2018No Pop\u2019 tour, we started playing all the tracks live. We recorded all our practices. The quality we were getting from those recordings was pretty good. A lot of it just unfolded during 2018 in a very casual way. We didn\u2019t pressure ourselves to do recording. It was pretty simple and painless.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe already had some some road-testing when we were making \u2018No Pop.\u2019 On our first three records, we didn\u2019t do that and then found out later that some songs didn\u2019t work live. This time, we found out what works live before we recorded them. That\u2019s why the songs on \u2018Reaction\u2019 have a visceral effect on people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn our current live shows, we\u2019re plying stuff from \u2018Reaction,\u2019 \u2018No Pop\u2019 and \u2018Post Plague.\u2019 We don\u2019t play any of the older stuff because those songs were more guitar driven.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Odonis Odonis — https:\/\/youtu.be\/paEJSRZKEWc<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Kung Fu Necktie, which has Public Memory as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Kung Fu Necktie are Baby’s First Rodeo \/ Mark Lanky Farewell Show on April 18, Murphy\u2019s Law on April 20, Crude S.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

April 21, Unwed Sailor on April 22, and Ufomammut on April 24.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dawn Landes<\/p><\/div>\n

On April 19, Dawn Landes will perform a two-set show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Great Stair Hall, Main Building, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, www.philadelphiamuseum.org<\/a>). She is touring in support of her new album \u201cMeet Me at the River\u201d and her even newer children\u2019s EP \u201cMy Tiny Twilight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019My Tiny Twilight\u2019 is a kid\u2019s album,\u201d said Landes, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from her home in Nashville.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s coming out on Mother\u2019s Day. It\u2019s a six-song EP and the first single \u2013 \u2018I\u2019m Your Mama\u2019 \u2013 was released two weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote these songs right after my daughter Callan was born. I was going through a time alone with the baby. I\u2019m a non-stop person so it was a real transition going from an independent person to being a parent. It was very life-changing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have a really young kid, you spend a lot of time staring into the world. I couldn\u2019t sit down and write but I could sing. So, I\u2019d sing to my baby. Some were just functional songs. For example, I\u2019d play piano until she stopped crying. Some songs are just musing on the new universe of being a parent. Being a parent is harder than I ever imagined. But, it\u2019s the best \u2018hardest.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI recorded the EP in Nashville at Joe Pisapia\u2019s studio. Joe played guitar, pedal steel and bass on the EP and my husband Creighton Irons played keyboards. I played guitar and sang. We made the EP about a year ago.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Late last year, Landes visited Philly for a show at the Locks at Sona and the focus was on \u201cMeet Me at the River.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A self-described \u201cNashville record,\u201d\u00a0\u201cMeet Me At The River\u201d\u00a0was produced by Country Music Hall of Famer Fred Foster (Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, Kris Kristofferson).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe album came out in August,\u201d said Landes. \u201cI\u2019ve been living in Nashville for two years now. Before that, I was living in New York for a long time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Only sporadically producing for friends like Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price,\u00a0Foster produced \u201cMeet Me at The River\u201d and it was the first time that Foster has taken on a new act in years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI recorded the whole record in Nashville,\u201d said Landes. \u201cOne of the reasons I moved to Nashville was to work with Fred Foster as my producer. He\u2019s got a great CV \u2013 and quite an ear. I was lucky to get him onboard because he\u2019s mostly retired.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, Fred just recently passed away. The album I did with him was his last recording.<\/span><\/p>\n

Landes was raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and Branson, Missouri, and spent years in New York\u2019s music scene, where she cultivated her musical gifts not only through performing and songwriting, but also through learn-by-doing production work that eventually led to co-owning a recording studio.<\/span><\/p>\n

She first established herself in the New York indie music scene as a recording studio engineer. At the same time, she was starting to develop a career as a performer \u2013 a singer\/songwriter\/multi-instrumentalist in New York\u2019s \u201cFast Folk\u201d community.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a recording nerd,\u201d said Landes. \u201cI love the ins-and-outs of production. I wanted to make a record that sounded like classic Nashville.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, Fred thought I was just a singer coming to him to look for songs. Each meeting, I\u2019d bring him my songs. He gave me some assignments to cover songs. Eventually, I won him over as a writer. That\u2019s what kick-started it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote or co-wrote 10 of the songs on the album. Two are two arrangements of Jimmy Driftwood songs. The whole project took about two years. The album was mixed the day my daughter Callan was born one-and-a-half years ago. After she was born, I took some time off before I went out on the road again. I did a lot of touring in summer 2018. I spent three weeks doing shows in Europe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The 12-song collection on \u201cMeet Me at The River\u201d\u00a0features some of Nashville’s most acclaimed musicians, including Eddie Bayers, Charlie McCoy, and Bobby Wood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe difference between this and my previous albums is that this is getting labeled as country,\u201d said Landes, who had four previous albums. \u201cThat hasn\u2019t happened before. Previously, I was labeled as folk and indie rock.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a country album. It has a great country producer and wonderful Nashville session musicians. We recorded it here in Nashville at Sound Emporium. It\u2019s the \u2018Nashville Sound.\u2019 That\u2019s how they do it here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Dawn Landes — https:\/\/youtu.be\/ibw8RNiDybI<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art will start at 5:45 p.m. The show is free with museum admission \u2013 adults, $20; seniors (65 and over), $18; students and youth (ages 13-18), $14; children (12 and under), free.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Foals<\/p><\/div>\n

Fans of the British band Foals have been waiting a few years for a new album from the London-based quartet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Foals, which features Yannis Philippakis, vocals, guitar; Jimmy Smith, guitar; Jack Bevan, drums; and Edwin Congreave, keyboards, released \u201cWhat Went Down\u201d in 2015. Now, the wait is over.<\/span><\/p>\n

Foals, who are headlining a show at Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal Street, Philadelphia, 215-309-0150, www.thefillmorephilly.com<\/a>) on April 20, are touring in support of their new album, \u201cEverything Not Saved Will Be Lost \u2013 Part 1.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe big gap between albums was because we were touring \u2018What Went Down\u2019 for so long,\u201d said Smith, during a phone interview Wednesday evening from a tour stop in Washington, D.C. \u201cThen, we took a seven-month break and charged our batteries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Foals, who had their start in Oxford, have announced that they will return with two new albums in 2019 — \u201cEverything Not Saved Will Be Lost \u2013 Part 1\u201d and \u201cEverything Not Saved Will Be Lost \u2013 Part 2<\/a>.\u201d The albums are separate but related. They share a title, themes and artwork. \u201cPart 1\u201d was released on March 8 and \u201cPart 2\u201d is set for an autumn release.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe started working on the album in September 2017,\u201d said Smith. \u201cWe did a bit of writing in Oxford and then went to a studio in South London \u2013 in Peckham where we all live now. I was the last one to move from Oxford to Peckham and that was three years ago. We recorded it at 123 Studios in Peckham.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

123 Studios is one of South London\u2019s top recording studios. Set up by Producer\/Engineer Brett Shaw\u00a0(Florence and the Machine, Foals, Lady Gaga, Robyn, Daughter, Clean Bandit), the studio is located next to Peckham\u2019s Bussey Building in one of London\u2019s most exciting new creative developments.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBrett Shaw engineered the record,\u201d said Smith. \u201cWe had a lot of songs ready to record but we used a slightly different approach. Normally, we do all the writing first. This time, we went back-and-forth into the studio. We booked the studio for a long period of time and it definitely became a workplace. We recorded the whole thing in alive set-up. For the first time ever, we completed 18 songs. Normally, we\u2019ll release a record with 10 songs. We had way more than that and we thought they were all too good to leave out. We tried to do one really long album but that was boring. It\u2019s hard to have an attention span to listen to 18 songs. So, we decided to do two albums.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Philippakis, \u201cThey\u2019re two halves of the same locket. They can be listened to and appreciated individually, but fundamentally, they are companion pieces.\u201d
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Foals then had to decide which songs went where.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was obvious that we had two intro tracks \u2013 and two outro tracks. We shifted things around so that the songs fit together well.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe second album is more of a guitar album. There are more keyboards on the first album. But you can definitely tell they\u2019re related. I don\u2019t know if there was a thread musically but, lyrically there is a thread \u2013 a slight apocalyptic theme and concerns about the environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fans will have to wait to hear any of the music from \u201cPart 2.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not playing any songs from the second album yet,\u201d said Smith. \u201cAt the moment, we\u2019re focusing on the first album and it\u2019s working well. We go back and play songs from all our albums. We do a long set \u2013 an hour and 45 minutes \u2013so w try to have a balance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Foals — https:\/\/youtu.be\/V6YMCjpfH0c<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Fillmore Philadelphia, which also features Preoccupations and Omni, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $33.50.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Fillmore Philadelphia are Billy Currington on April 18 and Spiritualized on April 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

Get ready to be walloped by \u201cWs.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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Who? What? When? Why? & Werewolves?<\/p><\/div>\n

On April 20, Who? What? When? Why? &\u00a0Werewolves?\u00a0 will be playing at waR3house3 (100 Park Ave, WH-3, Swarthmore, www.war3house3.com<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Fullerton and banjo player Matt Orlando, who make up the core duo of Delaware County-based Who? What? When? Why? & Werewolves?\u200b, have been playing music together for 15 years. Before launching \u200bthe new awkwardly-named project\u200b, they were part of Pennsylvania rock band \u200bThe Tressels\u200b, which released eight full-length albums and gained a serious local reputation before calling it quits after almost a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Tressels broke up, Matt was the drummer,\u201d said Fullerton, during a recent phone interview from his home in Media. \u201cThen, he had surgery on his knee and couldn\u2019t play drums anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe saw Noam Pikelny play banjo with the Punch Brothers at World Caf\u00e9 Live and said \u2013 I gotta play banjo. Matt is great at everything \u2013 drums, banjo and sports. He went to Springfield High and then played lacrosse at Ursinus College.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe had kind of a front porch jam set up and decided we should do a show. I booked a show without a name at the North Star Bar in 2016. Then, we came up with this horrible name. It\u2019s impossible to Google. But out of stubbornness, we\u2019re just going to keep it. We just go by \u20186W\u2019 \u2013 there are two Ws in werewolf.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The band had its start and was ready to grow.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that, we met Pete Clark, who is a great fiddle player, and we got better,\u201d said Fullerton, who graduated from Upper Darby High \u2013 a school that also produced Tina Fey, Jim Croce, and Todd Rundgren.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the most part, we were doing Tressels songs and then started to develop our sound. Matt and I started singing together more. We get confused as brothers. We model our vocals after the Everly Brothers. We had a fiddle player and then added a bass player \u2013 Brian Grabski. After a while, we had enough songs and we went in and made a record.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The band\u2019s debut album, \u201cGreatest Hits,\u201d was self- released on March 29 and is billed as \u201ca collection of stories about everyday people who always have an interesting story to tell.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the album at The Head Rock Studio in Kensington in the summer of 2018,\u201d said Fullerton. \u201cWe went in with the basic idea of what we wanted to do and then added drums and piano. If you make a bluegrass record with an indie rock group, you get this weird hybrid of bluegrass-influenced indie.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up listening to 90s indie rock and I\u2019m very interested in American music history. I really like John Prine, Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt \u2013 70s guys who were storytellers. Other influences were bluegrass acts like Flatt & Scruggs and Doc Watson. The more we get into bluegrass, we\u2019re finding that it covers all ages.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Who? What? When? Why? &\u00a0Werewolves? \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/9ejzyLC6zNU<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at waR3house3, which has The Minor Adjustments as the opening act, will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Todd Sheaffer<\/p><\/div>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) will present Todd Sheaffer (Railroad Earth) and Licking Down Doors on April 19, Jane Lee Hooker with Rob Perna Jr. on April 20 and Arlen Roth Band on April 24.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/a>) will host an \u201cOpen Mic Night\u201d on April 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/a>) will present Olivia Swenson, Liz Greene, and Juliana Danese on April 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will host Garaj Mahal on April 18,<\/span><\/p>\n

Dumpstaphunk with special guest The Heavy Pets on April 19, and Friends of the Devil\u2019s Lettuce with special guest Cris Jacobs on April 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) presents \u201cJesus Chrit Superstar\u201d from April 18-20 and Tesla on April 23.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) hosts Tommy Castro & The Painkillers on April 18, The Land Of Ozz (Ozzy Osbourne Tribute) on April 19, The Strawbs Electric & Acoustic on April 20, Martin Barre Celebrates 50 Years Of Jethro Tull with Clive Bunker & Jonathan Noyce on April 21, and Carbon Lea<\/span>f on April 24.<\/p>\n

The Grand Opera House <\/span>(818 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-652-5577, <\/span>www.thegrandwilmington.org<\/a>) will present \u201cOne Night\u00a0 of Queen\u201d on April 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Candlelight Theater (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) hosts its monthly \u201cComedy Night\u201d on April 18 with Julia Scotti and Chip Chantry. The show starts at 6:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the final weekend for the Candlelight\u2019s production of \u201cCurtains\u201d with shows scheduled for April 19 and 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings with doors at 6 p.m. and show at 8 p.m. Tickets, which include dinner and show, are $63 for adults and $33 for children (ages 4-12).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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