Shiny New Red Masque Website + Upcoming Gig with Martin Bisi

Hi all 
This month is my band The Red Masque's 10 year anniversary. Although it's been a long strange trip, we have had a lot of fun along the way. I have revamped the band website* at http://www.theredmasque.com, as the old one was getting a bit long in the tooth and out-of-shape. We hope you enjoy our new website and find it easier to use and navigate. If you have any technical issues, please email me at lynnette@theredmasque.com. 

*Gallery pages are still under construction, but will be up in the next week or so. 

Also I am also very pleased to announce an a unique show coming up THIS WEDNESDAY at the North Star Bar in Philadelphia. 

GO TO THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE HERE: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132331156831100 

This isn't the first time uber-alternative producer Martin Bisi has played Philly, but it's certainly the most fascinating. For the uninitiated listener, Bisi is a Bizarro-World (fictional planet in the comics) Daniel Lanois. Like that producer, Bisi has worked with Brian Eno on eerily atmospheric ambient stuff. But rather than go Lanois' mainstream route, Bisi has opted for avant-everything by knob-twiddling for Material, Herbie Hancock, Sonic Youth, Swans, and John Zorn. Somehow, Bisi's solo recordings have managed to sound like a guy at the apex of all that oddity: brutal and beautiful they are, his new EP Son of a Gun, in particular. On this night, cabaret-punk drummer Brian Viglione of Dresden Dolls plays with Bisi. That should be stark. Equally stark is the blast of Philly's the Red Masque. The neo-goth/progressive band fronted by siren/painter Lynnette Shelley and multi-instrumentalist Brandon Lord Ross were always fascinating. Together since 2001, they sounded like Siouxsie meets Gong. But a new guitarist and frantic newer tunes have given their wifty complexities a blunt force by honing their femme-fronted sound to a King Crimson Thrak-era brand of bold attack. Kappow. They've got art shows. They're working on a local film (The Hermits Glass Box, see it atwww.youtube.com/watch?v=x6qbSJNR1wE). Get to this show early. 
- A.D. Amorosi 


From Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/music/20110211_Concert_Previews.html 
Martin Bisi with Brian Viglione (the Dresden Dolls), the Red Masque, The Love Club and Dan Malloy & Soundscapes play at 8 p.m. Wednesday at North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. Tickets: $10. Information: 215-787-0488, www.northstarbar.com