Reggie Pace joins Bon Iver!

20 06 2011

Excited to let everyone know that our esteemed trombonist Reggie Pace just joined the band of the mighty Bon Iver! Wanted to drop everyone a line today, because tonight (Monday, June 20, 2011) you can catch him and the rest of the band on The Colbert Report, and tomorrow (Tuesday, June 21, 2011) they will be on the Jimmy Fallon show!

And if that wasn’t enough—Reggie’s coming back to RVA on Thursday to play with us at Balliceaux for MONDO ITALIA DANCE PARTY!

Don’t worry, Reggie’s still in the band–despite the whole, “I’m a rockstar and only eat things with truffles or truffle oil in them” thing. I’m using this opportunity to write some new tunes for our next record.

And we’re all getting our truffle hunting skills on point!

For more info on Reggie joining Bon Iver, check out this article on RVA NEWS.





MAY 24 Album Release AND Concert!!!

4 05 2011

Join us for the official release of our new album:

BEACH OF THE WAR GODS

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Live Performance at The Camel (1621 W. Broad St.)

9pm All Ages and FREE!!!

ZAHA (NYC) will open.

This follow up album has been a long time in the making, and we’re excited to finally unleash it in the wild!

We will have a limited number of physical CDs available for $10 each, but fear not, because the album will also be available to download on iTunes, AmazonMP3, eMusic, and more.

We’re also thrilled to be joined by NY experimental band ZAHA, who will be opening!

Also, if that weren’t enough, we are excited to unveil a video for the song “Gary Glitter” created by the amazing Mitchell Craft!!!

Glows in the Dark – Gary Glitter from g4ztop on Vimeo.

Here’s a tracklist and more info on the record:

Beach of the War Gods (2011)

1 Revolver 5:31
2 Violent Rome I 1:03
3 Beach of the War Gods 6:49
4 Manhunt 6:58
5 One Armed Swordsman 7:12
6 Violent Rome II 1:06
7 The Silence 7:34
8 Violent Rome III 2:35
9 Caliber 9 3:52
10 Gary Glitter 3:48
11 Violent Rome IV 1:07
12 My Name is Cameron Vale 7:37

Recorded by Lance Koehler Jan 22-24, 2010 at Jo Ann-land Studios in Cullen, VA
Mixed by Lance and Glows in the Dark Feb. 1, 2010 at Minimum Wage Studios in Richmond, VA. Mastered by Lance Koehler.

Every song on this album is inspired by the movie of the same name, except “Gary Glitter.” “My Name is Cameron Vale” being inspired by David Cronenberg’s Scanners.

All songs by Scott Burton except Violent Rome I-IV by Glows in the Dark
One Armed Swordsman contains elements of “Halloween 1978″ and “The Shape Stalks Laurie Strode” by John Carpenter. Produced by Glows in the Dark. Associate Produced by Brandon Mitchell.

Special Thanks to Tray Eppes for the hospitality, inspiration, and goat. Steven Bernstein for continued support, and helpful analysis. Jneiro Jarel for the advice. And Richmond for it’s constant excellence and Lance for getting it on tape.





MONDO ITALIA DANCE PARTY 2!!!

19 04 2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011
Performance at Balliceaux
10:00pm, FREE 21+
203 N. Lombardy, Richmond, VA

www.balliceauxrva.com

Join Richmond band Glows in the Dark as they delve into brand new territory. Inspired by the Italian Crime films of the 1970′s, Glows will present 2 solid sets of grooves taken from these films in a format that’s very new to the band. Playing in front of a backdrop of sex and violence from these films, they will treat the material as a DJ would—-transitioning seamlessly between grooves to keep the people dancing. Dancing? That’s right, Glows will leave behind their free form experimentation, in order to properly keep the crowd moving, and honor the great Italian groovesmiths of yore! This is an exciting time for Glows, presenting this show for the second time at Balliceaux, and adding guests to help the band do it right. Glows will add Lauren Serpa on flute, and special vocals from Eddie Prendergast and Lydia Ooghe on a few deep cuts! In addition, the great SnowPanda will DJ before the gig and keep everyone grooving between sets!

Join us for this special showcase of RVA talent!

More on our guests:

SnowPanda: http://snowpanda.com/

Lydia Ooghe: http://www.lydiaoogheandluxvacancy.com/

Eddie Prendergast: http://amazingghost.bandcamp.com/





MONDO ITALIA DANCE PARTY!!!

15 02 2011

February 24, 2011
Performance at Balliceaux
10:00pm, FREE 21+
203 N. Lombardy, Richmond, VA
www.balliceauxrva.com

Join Richmond band Glows in the Dark as they delve into brand new territory. Inspired by the Italian Crime films of the 1970′s, Glows will present 2 solid sets of grooves taken from these films in a format unlike anything the band has done before. Playing in front of a backdrop of sex and violence from these films, they will treat the material as a DJ would—-transitioning seamlessly between grooves to keep the people dancing. Dancing? That’s right, Glows will leave behind their free form experimentation, in order to properly keep the crowd moving, and honor the great Italian groovesmiths of yore! This is an exciting time for Glows, and they are very excited to bring this great old music to a whole new audience.





HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

25 12 2010

From all of us to all of you, we want to wish everyone Happy Holidays with a Christmas standard from a recent show:

Hark the Herold Angels Sing

I had arranged some Christmas tunes from Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas album to play at a recent Commercial Taphouse show, and upon setting this challenge for myself, two things happened:

1) Reggie wasn’t able to do the gig because of a conflict with NO BS.

2) Cameron was sick in bed.

So to solve these problems we:

1) Were able to work with trombonist Toby Whitaker from Bio Ritmo and Amazing Ghost.

2) Played the gig without a bass player, which meant some last minute adjustments, but it worked.

ENJOY!

And look forward to many new exciting things coming in 2011, including our new album, and the fabled remix project featuring Count Bass D, Jneiro Jarel, and Tim Gane!





Show Download: 7.26.10 First Eurogroove Performance!

31 07 2010

Eurocrime: being a synonym for the word Poliziotteschi…which we discussed here.

Here’s an interesting one. This recording finds us in the early stages of a new show we’re working on, playing hard hitting Eurocrime covers mixed with music we recorded for the documentary Eurocrime. We play this music in front of scenes from Eurocrime films being projected on the wall behind us. The idea being to give an authentic 70′s Italian funk vibe that you can sometimes even dance to (whaaaa?)

For the projection, I had a DVD of Eurocrime movie trailers that ended up being slightly more extreme than I had intended. Tons of violence and sex. It added to the vibe, but the rape was unexpected. Glows is no fan of rape…so I’m gonna retool the footage for our next go round!

We got some good and interesting writeups, and over all the response was very positive. I can’t wait to get everything tighter and add more tunes.

We performed 2 extended suites of tunes. Here’s how they broke down:

Eurogroove #1=One Against Many (Glows), Mark il Poliziotto (S. Cipriani), Betrayal (Glows), La Via Della Droga (Goblin), Corsa Mortale (P. De Luca).

Eurogroove #2=Roma Violenta (De Angelis Brothers), J & B (Glows), Drug’s Theme (E. Simonetti, Goblin), Racket (Glows)

There will be more, and it will be glorious!

Also, check out Through a Glass Darkly in the second set. Scott Clark and I just started a duo and have been using our free section in this song to work out new ideas.

Enjoy.

7.26.10 Balliceaux, RVA

Set 1 (First Eurogroove Performance)

1) Eurogrooves 1

2) Eurogrooves 2

Set 2

1) Beach of the War Gods

2) Up and Down

3) Winterlight

4) Through a Glass Darkly

5) Manhunt

6) Revolver





More Live Recordings!

18 05 2010

Two shows added to the Archives!

The first is a set we played at The Camel back in December. At one point in the show, Reggie knocked over his stand, and in a crowd full of musicians, the reaction was amazing, as you’ll see in the bonus track.

The second show comes courtesy of A Blog Supreme‘s Patrick Jarenwattananon, who was testing out a new device and broke it in by documenting our first DC show of ’10. He also took some pictures which we’ve put on our Facebook. Special thanks to Ed Ricart for setting that show up, and playing!

More announcements coming soon.

Enjoy!!!

12.7.09 The Camel, RVA

1) Gary Glitter > Turtle

2) Manhunt

3) Beach of the War Gods

4) Revolver

5) Through a Glass Darkly

6) Winterlight

Bonus: The Reggie Music Stand Reaction

5.5.10 Bossa, Washington, DC

Recorded by A Blog Supreme’s Patrick Jarenwattananon

1) Manhunt

2) Gary Glitter

3) One Armed Swordsman>Carpenter>One Armed Swordsman

4) Beach of the War Gods

5) Winterlight

6) John Carpenter Medley

7) Through a Glass Darkly





New Year, New Album, New York

5 01 2010

Happy New Year to all! Glows has several exciting things going on, and I think it’s only proper to enlighten the people.

First, on January 19, we will be playing at The Stone in New York. Matana Roberts is curating the whole month of shows, and was kind enough to invite us along with Fight the Big Bull to present a night of music from Richmond. Glows will play at 8pm and Fight the Big Bull at 10pm.

All the deets are on The Stone’s website.

Then from Friday January 22 to Sunday January 24 we will be recording material for our next record. The new record will focus on material that’s been performed live often, but has yet to be put to tape. Right now the song list looks like this:

Beach of the War Gods
The Silence
Revolver
Manhunt
Caliber 9
Gary Glitter > Turtle

There will be more, and it will rule! The best part about this recording is that we will finally be laying down tracks with John Lilley on sax. He’s been a HUGE part of our musical growth, and a phenomenon that has only been experienced LIVE thus far.

We will cap off the last night of recording by playing a show at Commercial Taphouse. A good and just musical week.

Also, you might be wondering what happened to my writing about film. Well, for the past year, I have been writing for RVANews. Most articles are about older films that I love, with a few new ones thrown in for good measure. RVANews wants me to focus on newer films, meaning that my focus on older gems will return to this blog. The nerdery shall continue!





10.20.09 Charlottesville Tuesday (like Jandek…get it?)

25 10 2009

Revolver standWe had a great time playing on Tuesday as part of a music series put on by the Charlottesville Jazz Society. We played at a great new venue called Bel Rio, where the Society presents musicians. At least one new song was played, and the first tune (Nero) went unrecorded, but here is the rest of the music presented in all it’s mp3′ish glory!

10.20.09 Bel Rio, Charlottesville, VA

1) Revolver

2) The Silence

3) John Carpenter Medley

4) Up and Down

5) Winterlight

6) Gary Glitter





Poliziotteschi

16 09 2009

revolver

Many exciting things are happening in the Glowing Realm these days, one of which is the start of our next recording project. My love of genre movies has led me to start researching and writing tunes inspired by the Italian Poliziotteschi movies of the late 60′s through the 70′s. These are tough crime films, usually involving the mafia and a cop pushed over the edge, and vengeance always figures in there somewhere. All of these movies that I’ve seen so far have been a lot of fun, but also inspiring in a weird way. They are little seen, and not championed that much. In fact the only outspoken champion of the genre that I know of is Quentin Tarantino. Hell, he even remade re-imagined a movie by one of this genre’s masters Enzo G. Castellari. In an effort to spread the wealth, I will be writing about some of these films, and of course writing tunes as well. My goal is to get this project done quickly, in keeping with the spirit of the genre, and get this record to you people in due time.

To give you an idea for how sweet this genre is, and how big of an effect it’s had on Tarantino, here’s the opening to Sergio Sollima‘s 1973 classic Revolver featuring a song from Inglourious Basterds over a scene from Reservoir Dogs!

Revolver Intro on YouTube!








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