ViCEPOKalypse is upon us
Quoted from The Miscellany News
By Danielle Nedivi
California has Coachella, Tennessee has Bonnaroo, Chicago has Lollapalooza, England has Glastonbury, Scotland has T in the Park…and now, Poughkeepsie will have ViCEPOKalypse. You read correctly—Vassar will get its very own bona fide music festival on May 4 at the Ballantine Field, organized by Vassar College Entertainment (ViCE). The event will take
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THE END IS NEAR
The End Is Near! ViCE invites you to end the year with a bang and a day full of music and free food. When the clock strikes 5pm and we (most of us) are relieved of classes, a concert will start at Ballantine Field. Follow the music, relax and prepare for the end! We have a small army of bands
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BURU STYLE / 10:30 PM / THE MUG
Check the date on tuesday, then come celebrate at jazz night with the dub/reggae/soul band Buru Style
As Ethan once told me “These guys blew my mind.” So check it out.
Long but thoroughly interesting bio: “Buru Style started as a half-Connecticut/half-Boston based Live Dub group that meditates on ultra-ethereal riddims from the catalogues of Jamaican Nyabingi artists such as
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NOMO / 10:30PM / THE MUG
Be prepared to enter into a mélange, a brouhaha of silvery proportions that starts off warm and then begins to bake, before cooling down and then starting to condensate before you.
THE BODY ELECTRIC AFROFUNK BAND & Vassar Jazz Combo / 10:30 / THE MUG
Be there at 10:30 sharp to see the Vassar Jazz Combo and stick around for The Body Electric starting at midnight!!!
Flearoy at Jazz Night / 10:30 / THE MUG
Join Jazz Night in welcoming spring to Vassar with a night of Flearoy on Tuesday, 3/23.
Marco Benevento / 10:30-1:30 AM / AULA
Marco Benevento is coming back to Vassar this Tuesday! Come for a more intimate jazz night with one of the most interesting piano players out there today.
check him out at
http://www.marcobenevento.com/
and
http://www.myspace.com/marco.benevento
In the AULA!!!
Brought to you by ViCE Jazz
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Spiritual Rez / 10:30-1:30AM / MUG
“SPIRITUAL REZ is a 7-piece reggae horn funk dance party that has been tirelessly touring the country while commanding an extremely unique and high energy sound. Since 2003, the band has shared the stage with internationally touring acts such as Culture, Gregory Isaacs, Jimmy Buffett, Israel Vibration, Buju Banton and Jamaican Legends The Skatalites. They have also been lucky enough
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Rubblebucket – 2.16 10.30 – 1.30 AM / The Mug
“Must-hear artist from the 2009 CMJs” – SPIN
A wild young band from Boston, Brooklyn, and Burlington, Vermont (i.e. Ver-brook-ston) that currently tours as an 8 piece. Their banging horn sounds and dance beats provide a backbone for the mesmerizing vocals of lead singer, Kalmia Traver. Rubblebucket’s trip-rock sound has been compared to Talking Heads, Bjork, Fela Kuti and Portishead
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J.VIEWZ 2/9 the mug / 10.30-1 AM
The J.Viewz project was established by Jonathan Dagan mid 2002. Whilst working with the band Violet Vision (see below) on their 2nd album, Jonathan used his spare time to record a solo project. Taking many diverse musicians into the studio, The J.Viewz project started to metamorphosize into ‘freestyle chill’ blending elements of soft breakbeat, trip-hop, 2 step, jazz and more,
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REVISION 10:30PM
Presented by ViCE Jazz
Formed in the reputable music town of Ithaca NY, REVISION is a funk/rock band made up of three Ithaca College music grads. Having the instrumentation of Soulive coupled with the songwriting savvy of Wilco, their music grooves, rocks, and has a sincere live energy.Their most recent release “Jeckyll and Hyde” is half instrumental funk, half acoustic
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ViCE Jazz presents Warpold Wine
For the past year, Andrew Lipow has spent his time living in the Netherlands, where he managed to connect with musicians from all around the world, tour Holland and Germany, and record a full length LP of original music. The broadly appealing tone of Warpold Wine’s debut album ranges from alt-blues rock to melodic balladry.
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ViCE Jazz Presents Warpold Wine 10.30 PM @ the Mug
At the age of 7, Andrew started to play the drums, and by the age of 11, he was playing the saxophone in his school’s band. When Andrew reached the age of 14, he taught himself to play the guitar, honed his skills on piano and formed a number of rock and jazz bands in high school. He then took
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Another member of the ViCE family
ViCE is happy to welcome Noah Chilton to the exec board as the new chair of ViCE Jazz! If you’re interested in joining the ViCE Jazz Committee, meetings are held every week Monday @ 10 pm in the ViCE Office. (Upstairs in the College Center, Room 206)
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Jazz Night presents ANSAMBL MASTIKA
The Mug. 10:30 PM- 1 AM
Ansambl Mastika’s music is rooted in the myriad styles of the Balkan Peninsula. They blend those tumultuous and irresistible sounds with the global sensibility and spontaneity of downtown jazz musicians in an approach best described as THE NEW BALKAN UPROAR!
As members of such luminary NYC-Based groups as ZLATNE USTE BALKAN BRASS BAND, SLAVIC
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