The Flesh Hungry Dog Show Presents
Labor of Love
Friday, Sept. 2nd, 2011, 9 p.m.
Jackhammer, 6406 N. Clark St.
www.fleshhungrydog.com
with
Ezra Furman (in a rare solo set)
Congress of Starlings
Tom Goss
and special guest, Andrea Sottovoce
The Flesh Hungry Dog Show shows its softer side at 9pm on Friday, Sept. 2nd, with a (mostly) acoustic show headlined Ezra Furman (of Ezra Furman and the Harpoons) performing a rare solo set. Sharing the bill will be Congress of Starlings and Tom Goss.
Th...
The Flesh Hungry Dog Show Presents
Labor of Love
Friday, Sept. 2nd, 2011, 9 p.m.
Jackhammer, 6406 N. Clark St.
www.fleshhungrydog.com
with
Ezra Furman (in a rare solo set)
Congress of Starlings
Tom Goss
and special guest, Andrea Sottovoce
The Flesh Hungry Dog Show shows its softer side at 9pm on Friday, Sept. 2nd, with a (mostly) acoustic show headlined Ezra Furman (of Ezra Furman and the Harpoons) performing a rare solo set. Sharing the bill will be Congress of Starlings and Tom Goss.
The Flesh Hungry Dog Show starts at 9:00 p.m. on Friday, September 2nd, 2011 at Jackhammer (773-743-5772), 6406 N. Clark St. in Chicago. Jackhammer is a 21+ venue.
Tickets are $10 at the door or $8 online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/193148
Ezra Furman
There is a palpable sincerity and enthusiasm Ezra Furman feels for music. His songs are deeply emotional with lyrics both poetic and clever, powerfully vitriolic and intensely introspective. They speak of the promise of youth and the fear associated with actively watching it slip away. They are songs that can be innocent and delicate, and they are songs that can also rattle your teeth with sonorous electricity.
Ezra and his band, The Harpoons, are touring in support of their new album, Mysterious Power, which came out in April of this year. This will be Ezras last Chicago performance before moving to San Francisco.
Congress of Starlings
"Known primarily for gorgeous vocal harmonies and stellar songwriting, Andrea & Aerin do not settle for the standard folk stasis of guitar and voice. Instead they employ a wide palette of sounds and instruments from Aerin's ever-present tenor guitar to Andrea's computer generated tones. Their live show ranges from traditional acoustic folk to laptop tinged anti-folk and back again."
Tom Goss
Tom Goss is a unique voice among gay singer-songwritersa former Catholic seminarian turned guitar-toting troubadour whose heartfelt lyrics, hooky melodies and quirky charm have earned him a dedicated national following. Since he started performing in DC coffeehouses in 2006, the tireless 29-year-old hasnt let any moss grow under his trademark flip flops: two full-length CDs (Naked Without and Back to Love), two EPs (Rise and The Politics of Love), a live DVD (Live At Terrys), four music videostwo rose to the #1 and #2 viewer-choice slots on MTVs LOGO networkand nearly 500 shows in 100 cities nationwide. His latest CD, Turn It Around, releases April 12, supported by a ten-week, 50-city tour.
Tom is an unabashed romantic, known for his songs about love (many inspired by his new husband Mike, whom he married in October 2010) and longing. Recorded in Steubenville, Ohio, at Innovation Studios in December, Turn It Around glides from soulful, pensive ballads to infectious pop, from tender melodies to muscular rhythms, buoyed by an unflagging belief in the healing power of love. Drawing comparisons to his contemporaries such as Matt Nathanson, Jason Mraz and Lee DeWyze, Toms intimate live performances reflect his gift for incisive personal narratives.
