Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we look at shows coming to the region over the next week. As always, whether your musical tastes are rock ’n’ roll, jazz, heavy metal, R&B, singer-songwriter or indie, there will always be something to check out.
Here are seven of the best on the docket for the week of Nov. 10:
Tech N9ne + Hollywood Undead — Friday at the Sherman Theater
Chart-topping multi-platinum hip-hop artist and probably the most successful independent rapper of all-time, Tech N9ne, has joined forces with platinum-selling 21st century rap-rockers Hollywood Undead to co-headline the “Hollywood & N9ne Tour,” which stops in Stroudsburg on Friday. It stands out as it’s the first full jaunt by the two popular but outlier acts, continuing a collaboration that began with the 2020 single “Idol.”
Harold López-Nussa — Friday at Chris’ Jazz Café
Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa felt a strong urge to escape the conventional thinking about song form and structure that’s defined Latin jazz since the 1950s when making his latest LP, “Timba a la Americana.” The result is his most expansive and ambitious work to date, a provocative, lavishly colorful song cycle that amounts to a top-to-bottom modernization of Latin jazz. Cuba provides the anchoring point of origin; from there López-Nussa and his band volley ideas in a spirit of cosmopolitan modernity that transcends regions and genres and eras and should come together brilliantly live.
Shakey Graves — Sunday at Union Transfer
Shakey Graves, the moniker of Austin, Texas, native Alejandro Rose-Garcia, formed in 2011 as a one-man band and self-released the stunning debut LP “Roll the Bones.” His breakout effort was “And the War Came” in 2014, and the following year he won the Best Emerging Artist award at the Americana Music Awards. This past September, Shakey Graves released “Movie of the Week,” originally slated to be songs from a scrapped soundtrack, which Rose-Garcia reinvented for his most sonically ambitious album to date.
Husbands — Sunday at Johnny Brenda’s
Oklahoma-born-and-bred indie-rock-meets-indie-pop band Husbands comes to town on the heels of the drop of their latest album, “Cuatro,” a freeing, breezy and emotional journey that strives to break free from monotony and routine through massive choruses and colorful arrangements. Songs like “Lost Weekend” maintain a propulsive jangle-pop energy, while others, “Old Town” for instance, nostalgically evoke classic sunny pop. Simply put, it’s a sonic last gasp.
Botch — Wednesday, Nov. 15, at Union Transfer
Formed in 1993, Botch was one of the most groundbreaking and influential bands during a pivotal shift in heavy music. Their final show was June 15, 2002, the same day as the release of their final EP, “An Anthology of Dead Ends.” The members would go on to play in These Arms Are Snakes, Minus the Bear and Russian Circles, among others, with acclaim for the band coming mostly post-breakup. Last year around this time came a surprise reunion with a couple of shows in their home state of Washington, leading to this fuller, farther reaching tour.
Dexys — Wednesday, Nov. 15, at The Keswick Theatre
Storied English pop-rock band Dexys — formerly Dexys Midnight Runners — best known for their smash-hit “Come on Eileen,” which reached No. 1 in eight countries and became the best-selling single in the UK and U.S. in 1982, return to the States for the first time since 1983. Led by Kevin Rowland, who took some time off and came back to music with a fresh perspective and new-found positivity, the group released its fifth album, “The Feminine Divine,” over the summer. It’s a personal, if not strictly autobiographical, record portraying a man whose views have evolved over time, and one the group sees as effectively keeping them relevant and off the revival/one-hit-wonder circuit.
Tool — Thursday, Nov. 17, at Wells Fargo Center
Since the 2019 release of Tool’s critically-acclaimed album, “Fear Inoculum,” the band has won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance — for the song “7empest” — completed sold-out tours of both the U.S. and Europe, and headlined Bonnaroo, Welcome to Rockville and the Sonic Temple Arts & Music Festival. Now they’re back on the headlining road again, leaning heavily into “Fear Inoculum” now that fans have had some time to sit with it. That’s not much of a surprise given while the group often frustrates fans with the length between albums, Tool’s consistency is unparalleled.
Soundcheck
• Hollywood Undead [feat. Tech N9ne] – “Idol”
• Harold López-Nussa – “Hope”
• Shakey Graves – “Ready or Not”
• Husbands – “Super New China”
• Botch – “Saint Matthew Returns to the Womb”
• Dexys – “Come on Eileen”
• Tool – “The Pot”
Source: Berkshire mont
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