I'm (We're) Back! (Also: What's Going on Tonight)

So wow, I finally have my computer back now and have a clean slate for a hard drive, which means you no longer have to depend on Melissa and Ed for your music news for the Connecticut area. (Which also means you'll actually receive music news for the Connecticut area).

I did a bit of browsing and noticed that there's a good amount of stuff going on tonight. Ed and Melissa are catching DeVotchka in NYC at Terminal 5. A bit unrelated (and borderline crappy), but expect photos from that tomorrow.

American, Drew Victor and A Locomotive are playing The Oasis in New London. I would tell you a bit about these bands, but American is the worst name for a band ever -- at least as far as a Google search is concerned. It's free and it starts at 10 p.m.

Tonight is also the opening of the Connecticut film festival in Danbury. W-S Burns, Malcolm Tent (Ultrabunny bassist) and a few others will go on at 7 p.m. for $5 at the Heirloom Arts Theatre. The festival kicks off tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. You can check out the schedule for tomorrow and the rest of the weekend here. Apparently, you can only get tickets at City Center Danbury at 186 Main St.

Finally, two events that I'm probably most interested in yet do not have the drive to...drive to are happening in Providence, and very much competing with each other. Sort of odd that Providence needs two 80s dance parties on a Tuesday night. (Although Panic is more on the indie, electro side of things than straight up 80s). Anyways, Panic is at Club Hell (73 Richmond St.) and is free before 11 p.m. Rewind is at Club Gallery (150 Point St.) and is $5. Rewind's MySpace bulletin says:

"The first 50 people in the door get a free movie pass to an advance screening of Son Of Rambow, featuring a soundtrack of great '80's hits from Blondie, The Cure, Duran Duran, The Human League and more and we'll give you a chance to win the soundtrack through the night! There will be lots of 'Make Believe, Not War' t-shirt giveaways and random 80's films up on the big screen too!"

One Tuesday we'll head to Providence and pit these two similar dance parties against each other and report back to you.

DeVotchKa Delivers 'A Mad & Faithful Telling'

DeVotchKa's fifth full-length album is out and has graced many a Livejournal community post. Remember them from the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack? A Mad & Faithful Telling is a logical progression since their 2004 How It Ends and takes a consistently indie direction in a Spanish/Mexican influenced grouping of a mean and driving brass section.

While DeVotchKa is not exactly balkan, a safe comparison can be made to Beirut's sound with the similarities in accordion and orchestral arrangements. It's exciting and dark.

Apparently they've picked "Transliterator" as the record's first single, but there is something about "The Clockwise Witness" that is more commercial, in a good way.

1. Basso Profundo
2. Along the Way
3. The Clockwise Witness
4. Head Honcho
5. Comrade Z
6. Transliterator
7. Blessing in Disguise
8. Undone
9. Strizzalo
10. New World

Go get it. It was out as of March 18.