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MARC RIBOTS CERAMIC DOG - RECORD RELEASE - 5/10 at Cafe Nine, New Haven
Fernando Pinto Presents: Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - Record Release"
Thursday May 10th, at Cafe Nine, New Haven
Doors 8pm, Showtime 8:30pm
Tickets $17. Adv. $20. Door
21+
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
http://marcribot.com
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
Look out for band's much awaited third album and first in five years to be released on April 27, 2018 in US (Northern Spy), Europe (Yellowbird), Japan (P-Vine)
I got a right to say FUCK YOU!!! is how the new album from veteran guitarist Marc Ribots trio Ceramic Dog starts off, with Ribot howling in anger at corruption, tyranny, life in general, and nothing in particular. Ribot certainly isnt the only one piling-on, but if youve got a serious case of outrage fatigue, Ceramic Dogs explosive cocktail of balls-to-the-wall abandon, chameleonic disregard for style constraints, political commentary, and absurdist humor is just the shot in the ass you might need. In fact, Ceramic Dogs new album -- titled YRU Still Here? directed in equal parts at themselves, the commander in chief, and the listening public -- arrives just in time to remind us that now is a moment when anger is not only necessary, and unavoidable, but also good for house plants . Thanks in no small part to the fire, brimstone, and dextrous facility summoned by kindred spirits Shahzad Ismaily (Secret Chiefs 3, Will Oldham, Ben Frost) on bass and drummer Ches Smith (Xiu Xiu, Secret Chiefs 3, Trevor Dunns Trio Convulsant), YRU Still Here? comes to the table armed with more than just sloganeering rhetoric. By way of stylistic explanation, Ribot comments: Yes, we too are subject to the post-modern condition, but we see it as a kind of psoriasis. Alongside his monumental career forging his peerless guitar style with the likes of Tom Waits, John Zorn, the Lounge Lizards, etc, Ribot has also worked for decades as a tenant union and artist rights activist, where he mastered the agit-prop skills used to such dazzling effect on hits such as Fuck La Migra and Muslim/Jewish Resistance. As much as it is a rallying cry, though, YRU Still Here? also further consecrates Ribots bond with Ismaily and Smith, referring to them as his musical conscience and to the band as a family...although not always in a good way. After all the playing Ive done, Ribot explains, theres just something about this group that still manages to shock me.
Ceramic Dog's sophomore album, Your Turn, landed on several 'Best of 2013' lists including PopMatters, Alarm Magazine, and Something Else. PopMatters writes: "The scary thing about Marc Ribot and his new(ish) band is that all of these styles and quirks are pulled off so convincingly... with their first album well behind them, they are even fiercer than before... 8 out of 10 stars." All Music calls the album "an absolute scorcher... this band can do nearly anything," and Robert Christgau says "Ribot's new hard-rock album with Ceramic Dog ranks amongst his most daring," in his review on NPR's All Things Considered which can be heard here.
"Guitarist Marc Ribots wildest project doesnt mess around. The guitar legend, with bassist Shahzad Ismaily, and drummer Ches Smith, merges funk backbeats with the taut chaos of Sonic Youth and flashes of Woodstock Santana."
(NY Magazine, 2018)
"Marc Ribot's new power trio, filled out by the remarkable versatile rhythm team of bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Ches Smith, is his rawest band in ages."
(TimeOut NY)
"Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, whose style is experimental...though much more pleasing on the ears, was one of the best surprises of the festival."
- AV Club review at All Tomorrow's Parties Festival 2011 curated by Portishead
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250 State St
New Haven, CT 06510
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