Albuquerque, NM

In Santa Fe there probably will be many parties, including some more than famous folks at Governor Richardson’s home. It’ll be easier to get in however at Santa Fe’s Brewiing Company Bar and Grill.

Here’s the information, plus the whole week’s schedule. Party hard, eat a lot and share the fun. Mary
Fat Possum recording artists The Heartless Bastards are a cool rock/indie/soul garage band from Cincinnati, Ohio fronted by Erika Wennerstrom, are heading out on a US fall tour to preview material from their forthcoming album, “The Mountain.”
The power-trio’s tour will just started on Saturday 9/13 with a performance at the Southern Comfort Music Experience in Altamont, NY, and will visit nearly 35 cities across the country through late November. Dates include a Sept. 28 performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, and a November 3 stop at the Pub & Grill at the SFBC!

“The Mountain,” due in January, is the Heartless Bastards’ third record on Fat Possum Records and features a new lineup and new instrumentation that weaves in mandolins, banjos and strings. An unmastered version of the title track is streaming at the group’s MySpace page.

Last October, Ohio-bred singer/songwriter/guitarist Erika Wennerstrom moved to Austin to write the new album and work with producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Trail of Dead). She spent six months holed up in an apartment writing, and then assembled a new group featuring Cincinnati brethren Dave Colvin (drums) and Jesse Ebaugh (bass), who actually played on the Heartless Bastards’ original demo.The lineup on the fall outing will also include Bill Elm on lap steel and occasionally will feature Zy O. Lyn on violin. www.myspace.com/heartlessbastards

Tuesday November 4

OBAMA VICTORY PARTY

We’ll be hanging out, watching the returns; join us!
www.barackobama.com

Wednesday November 5 7:30 PM $15

FAN MAN PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

VIC CHESNUTT
E L F P O W E R
Vic Chesnutt is from Georgia, where he started writing songs at the age of five. At 18, a car accident left him partially paralyzed, though he could still play guitar. After his recovery he moved to Nashville, the poetry he read there (by Stevie Smith, Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, W. H. Auden, Stephen Crane, and Emily Dickinson) inspired him. “Other people write about the bling and the booty. I write about the pus and the gnats. To me, that’s beautiful.”

Elf Power formed in 1994 and have spent the last 14 years releasing nine albums, two eps, a handful of singles, and touring America, Europe,and Japan. Elf Power’s ninth album blasts them past the familiar territories of beautiful records past - landing them on exciting new terrain. Granted, the Elves’ sound is still founded on the bedrock attributes that make them memorable: leader Andrew Rieger’s otherworldly lyrical stances and his easy way with the rare and amazing melody, their instrumentally-eclectic reappraisal of classic rock, and a propulsive rhythm section that’s tight as ever. In A Cave, though, finds them filtering their powerful live approach through a varied, experimental series of recording processes and approaches; the new album plays like a spirited, exploratory series of treatments on the tried-and-true Elf Power sound.

This sort of thoughtful, perpetual motion through the years has sharpened the band’s instincts powerfully and all-inclusively, and the results are joyously evident here; with In A Cave, Elf Power finds a perfect synthesis of their solid, instinctual ensemble playing and open-hearted experimentation, and the result is one of the best, most assured records to come soaring out of Athens in a long, long time. -Jim McHugh

www.vicchesnutt.com www.elfpower.com

Thursday November 6 7:30 PM $5

SUZANNA CHOFFEL

Please go to youtube.com and vote for her, as she is a semi finalist for Cosmopolitian’s Star Launch!
A native of Austin TX, Suzanna Choffel combines her poetic sensibilities and sweet smoky voice with funky urban rhythms to create a fresh and unique sound. She uses her guitar to create staccato rhythms underneath her dazzling soulful vocal melodies, all backed by a pulsing band with unique instrumentation. Her music has been described as “indie pop with urban beats”, and “jazz-infused soul pop” with comparisons ranging from Feist to Nelly Furtado to Norah Jones to Erykah Badu. Since the 2006 release of her debut album, Shudders & Rings, she has been finding her name atop many a music reporter’s list as “one worth watching”. Her song “Hey Mister” was licensed by the City of Austin for inclusion in the Austin Music Vol. 7 compilation CD (March 2008 release). In April 2008, Suzanna Choffel won the $10,000 Grand Prize in the nationwide Famecast Pop competition. Also in April 2008, she won 1st Prize in Music Videos at Ourstage.com. In June 2008, Suzanna was selected by The State Of Texas to represent contemporary Texas music in Texas On Tour, a large countrywide traveling show promoting Texas tourism. Suzanna Choffel’s red-hot band creates a fresh and original instrumental backing. The lineup consists of drummer Eldridge Goins (Johnnie Johnson, Carolyn Wonderland, Big Al DuPree, The Heathens), bassist Johnny Vogelsang (Bob Schneider, Soulhat), vibes/accordion/synth player Laura Scarborough (Lila’s Medicine, Ohn), and saxophone/clarinet player Brad Houser (New Bohemians, Boombox, Critters Buggin’). The result is a smokin’ hot rhythm section that can riff, improv and meander like a jazz band, yet has the stability of her strong pop-soul songs to ground them, resulting in a sensational new sound.www.myspace.com/suzannachoffel

Friday November 7 8 PM $10

The PLEASURE PILOTS

The Pleasure Pilots band are a popular New Mexico-based dance band playing rocking vintage rhythm and blues, swing and jump music. The Pilots are a six-piece band with a horn section. Instrumentation includes: guitar, piano and Hammond B3, drums, bass, tenor and baritone saxophones. The band specializes in recreating the roots of rhythm and blues.Conceptually, the band draws much of its material from vintage rhythm and blues artists popular in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. (Louis Jordan, Jackie Brenston, Amos Milburn, Junior Guitar Watson, T-bone Walker, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Albert King, among others). The primary focus of the music, however, is DANCE! The band has drawn very well in New Mexico, particularly among the “dance crowd.” Jay Paul and Randy Forrester of radio station KSFR’s “Gotta Dance” show, have called the group “the best swing band in New Mexico.”Put on your dancing shoes and come fly with the Pleasure Pilots! www.pleasurepilots.com

Saturday November 8 7:30 PM $5

BORIS McCUTCHEON

and the SALTLICKS

CD RELEASE PARTY!

BAD ROAD, GOOD PEOPLE

Boris and Brett Davis-Susan Hyde Holmes-Paul Groetzinger-Kevin Zoernig-with special guest Sharon Gilchrist Brett Davis used to work with me at Vitamin Cottage. Glad he is back to play!)

Boris McCutcheon, a gifted song writer who hangs his hat near Ojo Sarco, NM, (and who just won the Mountain Stage Southwest Regional New Song contest in Austin, Texas!) has a brand new album out on Frogville records! Come to the CD release party! Boris & the full band of Saltlicks (which will include Sharon Gilchrist on mandolin for this special show) will mesmerize you off your seat, get you to boogie on the dance floor, get you to buy their new CD “Bad Road, Good People”, and possibly get you laid although probably, not necessarily in that order. If you caught Boris’s set at Frogfest 3 then you know he can rock the house, so bring some friends down to the Pub & Grill because its going to be another fantastic Frogville party!

www.borismccutcheon.com www.frogvilleplanet.com

Sunday November 9 6:30 PM $10

SYD MASTERS

& the SWING RIDERS

VINTAGE COWBOY WESTERN SWING

www.sydmasters.com

TICKETS ON SALE NOW at the PUB & GRILL

HEARTLESS BASTARDS-MON NOV 3

VIC CHESNUTT & ELF POWER-WED NOV 5

PICK UP YOUR TICKETS TODAY AT THE PUB & GRILL AT THE SFBC, AT THE LENSIC BOX OFFICE -505.988.1234, OR ORDER ONLINE AT www.ticketssantafe.org

UPCOMING at the PUB & GRILL
MONDAY NOVEMBER 10 7:30 PM $5
TREVOR MENEAR

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12
DEVON ALLMAN’S HONEYTRIBE

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13 7-9 PM No Cover
OPEN MIC. NIGHT-Hosted by JASON REED

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14 8 PM $5
THE ALEX MARYOL BAND

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15 8 PM $10+1 (OR MORE!) NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM
THE FUSE BOX LIVE!
BRIAN HARDGROOVE’S DANCE PARTY / BENEFIT FOR THE FOOD DEPOT

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16 6:30 PM $10
THE RIFTERS
MONDAY NOVEMBER 17 7-9 PM No Cover - DONATIONS APPRECIATED!
THE SANTA FE GREAT BIG JAZZ BAND