Front/Shows

2008-11-10T01:10:00.005-05:00

Monday, 11/10: No Radio Records, 312 East Seneca Street, Ithaca, NY, 8:00PM
Jesse Kudler and Christian Weber; Aaron Tate

Tuesday, 11/11: Abient Editions presents at 48 Abell st. unit 108 (Queen + Gladstone), Toronto, ONT, CA, 9:00PM, $10
Christian Weber solo; Chandan Narayan + Jesse Kudler duo; Black Soul + Christian Weber; Joda Clément + Steve McFarland
me and chandan, together again!

Wednesday, 11/12: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 35 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre PA 18701, 8:00PM, $10
Ron Stabinsky; Weber and Kudler

Thursday, 11/13: Physick House Museum, 321 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 8pm, $10, $8 in advance
~~NO KUDLER~~; Peter Evans + Nate Wooley; Christian Weber + Nate Wooley; Dan Blacksberg + Peter Evans; Jesse Kudler + Christian Weber

Friday, 11/14: Hampshire College, Amherst, MA; MORE INFO COMING
Weber and Kudler

2008-09-28T18:38:00.004-04:00

Wednesday, 10/01: Philadelphia Sound Forum first show!: at The Marvelous, 208 S. 40th St. (between Walnut and Locust), Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM
Jason Kahn / Jon Mueller::: HZL (first show in over a year!)
Full info

2008-08-29T13:32:00.002-04:00

Monday, 9/15: Bowerbird @ Circle of Hope, Broad, 1125 South Broad Street (at Washington), 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 8pm; $10, $8 in advance
JOHN WIESE; NEW MONUMENTS (Don Dietrich, C Spencer Yeh, and Ben Hall); MORALLY GRAY; KUDLER / FRASER DUO
more info here

2008-07-25T01:13:00.003-04:00

Saturday, 7/26: Early "Christmas in July" daytime house show in NE Philly - email for more info, 3:00PM
Tweeter with a bunch of bands, including Cars Will Burn, Embarker, many more

Saturday, 7/26: Bowerbird @ Pageant: Soloveev, 607 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA, (map), 8:00PM, $8, $5 students
Kudler/Fraser duo and Feeney/Armstrong/Wooley trio
POSTPONED UNTIL DATE TBA

2008-06-10T22:02:00.013-04:00

Sunday, 6/15: They, Who Sound Series at Notsuoh, 314 Main Street, Houston, TX, (map) 6:00PM, $5
Kudler, Paula Anicete

Monday, 6/16: Church of the Friendly Ghost presents at the Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., Austin, TX, 9:00PM, $5 (map)
Carlos Villarreal, Jesse Kudler/Chris Cogburn in duo, Amputee, Clear Spot

Saturday, 6/21: Lowest Fidelity presents at Pageant Gallery, 607 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA (map), 8:00PM, $?
Bob Bellerue (redglaer/kilt/anarchy moon recordings), Barracks of Afghanistan, Mincemeat or Tenspeed, Morally Gray, SweetNothing with Jordan Graw performance of "Lord of the Near and Nigh," Jesse Kudler

Wednesday, 7/16: Issue Project Room, The (OA) Can Factory, 232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (directions)
Kudler, Nate Wooley, Ryan Jewell Trio; one more TBA

2008-05-01T17:46:00.005-04:00

Friday, 5/02: Redtail, 369 Congress Street, Seventh Floor, Boston, MA, 8:00PM
deiX, vocals; Walter Wright, laptop, analog synth, video; Joe Burgio, movement
Lou Cohen, laptop; Jesse Kudler, guitar, synthesizer, electronics; Dustin Hurt, trumpet

Saturday, 5/03: Dartmouth Festival of New Musics, Faulkner Hall, Dartmouth University, Hopkins Center for the Arts, 6041 Lower Level Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, 8:00PM
Jesse Kudler/Dustin Hurt/Will Guthrie/Beau Sievers
razorbloodz (Carmen Kirkpatrick/Kristin Vallacher)

CANCELED: Sunday, 5/04: Live on the radio!, WKCR, NYC - "Live Constructions," 9:00PM-10:00pm
Listen live here.
NB: NOT CONFIRMED

2008-04-03T17:14:00.004-04:00

Monday, 4/7 (happy birthday, adrian!): Tweeter at Johnny Brendas, 1201 N. Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125, 8:00PM
presented by R5 Productions
Tweeter opens for Wolf Eyes! Also: Mincemeat or Tenspeed, Angel of Decay
$10 / 21+

Saturday, 4/12: Tweeter at Big Rock Candy Mountain, (ask for directions), Philadelphia, PA 8:30PM
Tweeter, Ettrick, Tweeter+Ettrick, Tony Dryer, Dave Smolen, French Erection (Joe Lentini and Richie Morsberger)

Sunday, 4/27: HZL BRD (Kudler, Albro, Hurt) at INC Philly, The Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Study, 1712 N. 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA
20 Bands (see site for full list) / 8pm to 1am / 15 minute sets / no lap tops / no mixers / no droning
curators Jared Burak & Mat Rademan
recording and live podcasting by Zradio
& from 7pm - 8pm (& after fest, btwn bands, etc) DJs Andrew Gaspar & Joe Lentini spin

2008-01-27T22:14:00.000-05:00

Monday, 2/18: Rattlestick Series, 224 Waverly Place, New York City
Kudler/Matt Mitchell duo; Aaron Meicht - Bernal Project Scene 8
$10, 8:00pm

Thursday, 2/21: Bowerbird at Gershman Y, Borowsky Gallery, 401 South Broad St. (Broad and Pine), Philadelphia, PA
Andrea Neuman / Stephane Rives / Jack Wright Trio; Benito Cereno
$10, 8:00pm

2007-12-12T11:03:00.000-05:00

Saturday, 12/15: Music 107, 2201 S. 34th St (just below Walnut)
[entrance at rear of music building], Philadelphia, PA, 8:00pm, FREE (donations accepted)
Gal, Scott Allison/Jesse Kudler, Phill Sheldon

Sunday, 12/16: Hz Collective presents @ Ghostprint Gallery, 220 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23220, 7:00pm, $3 - $5 [suggested donation]
Gal, Scott Allison + Caustic Castle + Andy Hayleck, Jesse Kudler + Jason Talbot, Stephen Vitiello

Monday, 12/17: Velvet Lounge, 915 U Street, Washington, DC, 8:00?
Bernhard Gal, Jesse Kudler, Scott Allison, Scott Verrastro, more?

Monday, 1/14: Sigogglin at The Knitting Factory Old Office, 374 Leonard Street, New York, NY 10013 8:00PM, FREE
Benito Cereno, Jonathan Zorn

2007-11-28T11:52:00.000-05:00

Saturday, 12/08: Open Sound at Third Life Studio, 33 Union Square (Somerville Ave.), Somerville, MA, 8:00PM, $7
ONDA (Tim Feeney, Ken Ueno, Hillary Zipper); Chandan Narayan and Jesse Kudler; Bhob Rainey and the BSC

Monday, 1/14: Sigogglin at The Knitting Factory Old Office, 374 Leonard Street, New York, NY 10013 8:00PM, FREE
Benito Cereno, Jonathan Zorn

2007-11-05T00:45:00.000-05:00

Tuesday, 11/06: The Marvelous, 208 S. 40th St. (between Walnut and Locust), Philadelphia, PA, 7:00PM
Tweeter with Ettrick, Axolotl, Lexie Mountain, Afternoon Penis
$ Free; Please donate to touring bands!

2007-08-28T16:44:00.000-04:00

Friday, 8/31: Danger Danger House, 47th and Warrington, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM
Tweeter, The Drayton Sawyer Gang, Skeletonbreath, Matter And Memory Project

Saturday, 9/8: Breathmint presents at Fresh Factory, Bensalem, PA, 8:00PM
Kudler solo, CSection, Sanguine Vessel, Dave Smolen, more

Thursday-Saturday, 9/13-15: Bowerbird and Live Arts Festival present Phoneme Festival at Circle of Hope, 1125 South Broad Street (Broad and Washington), 2nd Floor , Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM, $10 general admission, $8 student / $25 three day pass, $20 student
BSC and related groups. I play Friday in a quartet with Tim Albro, Howard Stelzer, and Bonnie Jones. Full lineup here.

Friday, 9/28: Eckhaus Gallery, 157 West Main Street, Kutztown, PA, 7:00PM
Benito Cereno, goodnight stars goodnight air

Wednesday, 10/3: Soundfield @ Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00 pm, $10
Birgit Ulher, Kudler, more

2007-08-16T10:37:00.000-04:00

Saturday, 8/18: 3/5 of Benito Cereno (me, Ian Fraser, Dustin Hurt) at Red Room, 425 E. 31st Street Baltimore, MD 4017; 8:30PM, $6

Also: Killick, Neil Feather, Samuel Burt trio

Monday, 8/20: with Newton and possibly Jared Burak/Sweet Nothing, Queen of Sheba II, 4511 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19143

a bunch of other bands too. more info TBA?

2007-05-30T16:48:00.000-04:00

Thursday, 6/14: Be Happy House, 4078 spring garden st, Philadelphia, PA

Duo with Ryan Jewell, more info TBA

Thursday, 6/21: Avant Gentlemen's Lodge, 4028 Filbert St (enter through side gate), Philadelphia, PA, 7:00, FREE, cd is $6

Bowerbird and Malleable and Badmaster present CD release show for "Technicolor Hell" Philadelphia noise compilation.
Tweeter, a whole bunch more.

Saturday, 6/30: Bowerbird at UCAL, 4226 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00pm, $5 - $10 sliding scale

BENITO CERENO *cd release* (Kudler, Albro, Narayan, Hurt, Fraser), NATE WOOLEY + KIERAN DALY + AARON SIEGEL, ANNE WEST

2007-04-24T13:10:00.000-04:00

Thursday, 5/3: Bowerbird at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM

Tweeter, Antler Piss, Tom Grimley, Mincemeat or Tenspeed

Saturday, 5/5: Bowerbird at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 7:00PM

Before the concert (which starts at 8), I will be moderating a panel discussing the relationship of politics to the practice of improvised and experimental music. The panel will include Gene Coleman (musician and concert promoter), Shaun Brady (music writer), Katt Hernandez (musician and organizer), and Jack Wright (musician, organizer, and small label head).

Wednesday, 5/16: Bowerbird at Circle of Hope, 1125 South Broad Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM

SIGNAL QUINTET (from Zurich: Tomas Korber, Christian Weber, Jason Kahn, Norbert Moslang, Gunter Muller) with Marc Zajack, Andrew Gaspar, Paul Neidhardt, Alban Bailly, Toshi Makihara, Chandan Narayan, Jesse Kudler

Sunday, 5/27: Bowerbird at UCAL, 4226 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM

HZL, Jason Talbot and Vertonen, Wright / Lipson / Makihara Trio

2007-04-04T17:04:00.000-04:00

Monday, 4/9: Bowerbird at Circle of Hope, 1125 South Broad Street 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM, $5-10 sliding scale

CHARLES CURTIS
performs ELIANE RADIGUE's "Naldjorlak" (2005)

Debut of Benito Cereno [I hope this name is going to change]: Kudler, Tim Albro, Dustin Hurt, Chandan Narayan, Ian Fraser

2007-03-06T17:19:00.000-05:00

Sunday, 3/25: Bowerbird at UCAL, 4226 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM, $5-10

Kudler solo - probably acoustic guitar (!) and electronics ; Ricardo Arias / Robin Hayward duo; Bailly / Hayleck / Hurt / Neidhardt

2007-02-20T23:07:00.000-05:00

Friday, 2/23: HZL @ 221 Buckingham Place, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM

HZL, Lazy Magnet, Tim Westberg, more

Saturday, 2/24: Tabadol Project, presented by Bowerbird and Soundfield at Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Street , Philadelphia, PA, 8:00 p.m., $10

Enough links above? "Beirut meets Philadelphia, a musical meeting between the Lebanese musicians Raed Yassin (dbl. bass), Christine Sehnaoui (alto sax), Mazen Kerbaj (trumpet and objects), Sharif Sehnaoui (e-guitar) and Ziad El Ahmadie (oud), the Italian percussionist Fabrizio Spera with members of Philadelphia's burgeoning experimental music scene including Dan Blacksberg, Jesse Kudler, Tim Albro, Jon Barrios, Ann West, Chandan Narayan, Alban Bailly, Jack Wright, and Dustin Hurt."

2007-02-03T15:11:00.000-05:00

Monday, 2/05: Bowerbird at Broad Street Ministry, 315 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, 7:30PM sharp, $5

Improvising ensemble with Alvin Curran (piano) and Gene Coleman (bass clarinet), Even Lipson (dbl. bass), Dave Smolen (live electronics), Carlos Santiago (violin), Anne West (cello), Sean Mattio (percussion), Jesse Kudler (guitar/electronics), and Dustin Hurt (trumpet).

2007-01-06T19:49:00.000-05:00

Nothing scheduled!

2006-12-14T11:16:00.000-05:00

Sunday, December 17th: "Guitar Quorum" (Kudler, David Kendall, Sharon Cheslow) at Turn the Screws Festival at Il Corral, 662 no. heliotrope dr. (just south of melrose), los angeles, CA. We're at 9:15 p.m. $10.

Crazy noise festival with lots and lots of acts.

Tuesday, 12/19: Terminal, 3957 San Leandro St., Oakland CA. 10p.m.

Jesse Kudler, Dave Kendall, Scott Arford, Head Boggle, Tullan Velte

Thursday, 12/21: Valentines, Portland, OR

Kudler and Kendall and more. More info TBA

Thursday, 12/28: David Rothbaum's House, 863 north alexandria ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90029. 8:00pm

David Kendall + Jesse Kudler, William Hutson, Albert Ortega, David Rothbaum, Tom Grimley
email david at davidrothbaum dot com for details

2006-12-04T20:50:00.000-05:00

December 15-29: West Coast!

Los Angeles; San Francisco/Oakland; Portland, OR, with David Kendall.
Including Turn the Screws Festival at Il Corral.

2006-11-27T16:13:00.000-05:00

Friday, December 1: Bowerbird at Powel House, 244 South Third Street, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00pm, $5

GEODESIC GNOME, CHANDAN NARAYAN / JESSE KUDLER, HERNANDEZ / LIPSON
Debut of Bowerbird at Landmarks Contemporary Project!

2006-10-04T12:58:00.000-04:00

Monday, October 23: Bowerbird at Nexus Gallery, 137 N. Second Street (north of Arch), Philadelphia, PA, 8:00pm sharp, $5

HZL (belated record release show!), Melee (nate wooley, hans beutow, ben hall), more TBA

Wednesday, October 25: Free-form Mash Up at Terrace Club, Princeton University, 62 Washington Rd, Princeton, NJ, 9:00pm , FREE

HZL BRD (King): Kudler, Albro, Dustin Hurt, hopefully Stephen-Hastings-King; also Anne Hege

Saturday, Nov. 11: Philadelphia New Dance and Music Ensemble / Amnesiac at Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine St., Phila, PA., 8:00 p.m., $8

PNDME performs new work by Asimina Chremos. Sponsored by Philadelphia Dance Projects.

Saturday, November 18: Bowerbird at Pageant: Soloveev Gallery [please note new location], 607 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia, PA

Margarida Garcia and Barry Weisblat with Jesse Kudler; John J.H Phillips, Newton

Friday, December 1: Bowerbird at Powel House, 244 South Third Street, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00pm, $5

GEODESIC GNOME, NARAYAN / KUDLER, HERNANDEZ / LIPSON
Debut of Bowerbird at Landmarks Contemporary Project!

2006-08-24T02:14:00.000-04:00

Friday, 9/1: Bowerbird at The Cinema, 3925 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM, $5

Tweeter, Berndt/Bailey duo, S-2-Boyz

Wednesday, 9/5 (*not* 9/6): Big Pink, 1423 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM

Newton, Kudler / Mincemeat or Tenspeed duo, Sharks with Wings, more?

Friday, 9/8: Ars Nova at the Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM, $12

Rhys Chatham's Essentialist, Tweeter

Wednesday, 9/20: Bowerbird at The Cinema, 3925 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA, 8:00PM, $5

CHRISTINE SEHANOUI GROUP (christine sehanoui, jack wright, dustin hurt, jon barrios, tim albro, jesse kudler), SHOT X SHOT, CIUTADELLA