Friday, June 01, 2007

Groove of the Week - Chinese Fingertrap

This week's "Groove of the Week" is a unique quartet hailing from Milwaukee, WI. My first chance to see them was few months ago when the Cosmic Break tour rolled through Milwaukee. I was actually there to see Stealin' Strings but Chinese Fingertrap was the next best thing I heard that night. With influences such as Martin, Medeski, and Wood, the Flectones, and Phish this band has a wide variety of styles. The tracks below are from a February 23, 2007 show from Stones Throw in Eau Claire, WI.

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Chinese Fingertrap - Nim Chimpski
Chinese Fingertrap - E-Bone>Booty Text
Chinse Fingertrap - Improv in Cm -> The Ball, the Chain, and the Margerine Fly

Tour Dates
Jun 1 2007 9:00A Mission Coffee House Stevens Point, WI
Jun 2 2007 8:00A Cuda Cafe Deerfield/Madison, WI
Jun 7 2007 12:00P Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival Lawrence, KS
Jun 8 2007 12:00P Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival Lawrence, KS
Jun 9 2007 12:00P Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival Lawrence, KS
Jun 10 2007 12:00P Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival Lawrence, KS
Jun 14 2007 8:00A Miramar Theatre Milwaukee, WI
Jun 15 2007 8:00A Steel Bridge Festival Sturgeon Bay
Jun 16 2007 8:00A Steel Bridge Festival Sturgeon Bay
Jun 16 2007 10:00A Lucky's Bar & Grille Madison, WI
Jun 26 2007 9:00A The Eldo Crested Butte, CO
Jun 28 2007 9:00A Quixote's Denver, CO J
ul 5 2007 1:00A Fat Fest!!! Wiscoy Valley, MN
Jul 6 2007 1:00A Fat Fest!!! Wiscoy Valley, MN
Jul 7 2007 1:00A Fat Fest!!! Wiscoy Valley, MN
Jul 26 2007 12:00P Dogstock Melvern, KS
Jul 27 2007 12:00P Dogstock Melvern, KS
Jul 28 2007 12:00P Forecastle Fest Louisville, KY A
ug 2 2007 7:30P Grateful Garcia Gathering Black River Falls, WI
Aug 10 2007 12:00P Feel Good Fest Amherst, WI
Aug 11 2007 12:00P Feel Good Fest Amherst, WI
Aug 12 2007 12:00P Feel Good Fest Amherst, WI
Aug 18 2007 8:00P Petestock (Nixon Park) Hartland, WI
Oct 18 2007 10:00A The Waterfront Menomonie, WI
Oct 19 2007 8:00A UW-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI
Oct 20 2007 10:00A Cranky Pat's Neenah, WI
Additional Linkage
myspace.com/cftmusic
fingertrapmusic.com

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2 Comments:

Blogger Administrator said...

The Chinese Fingertrap sounds pretty interesting. I recently attending The Verve Pipe show with Madison-based Polydream, it was a really good show. I was wondering whether the sound clips you posted are from The Stones Throw or if the group put them up. I'd be interested in knowing if The Stones Throw hosts other music from other shows that come through town. Thanks!

8:25 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i recorded the show, i was friends with the bands and the sound tech. As the link shows, They are located on archive.org along with many other great shows. I highly recommend newer shows with their new phenomenal singer, Alyssa Voelker. So impressive

10:03 PM  

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