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May 30-June 5, 2002
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“We found an old doll that was out in the grass/ She had special powers / We said a Black Mass.” So begins Cabin Fever! (Instinct), Rasputina’s newest ghoulish masterpiece. In 1996, when they released Thanks for the Ether (Sony), Melora Creager’s rock-cello trio was described (perhaps self-described) as neoclassical chamber goth, Marilyn Manson meets Bach. Over the years, Rasputina, or Creager and the ladies with whom she chooses to play, has had multiple facelifts. Originally she joined with Julia Kent and Carpella Parvo (as part of the “Ladies’ Cello Society”) on the first album, then Agnieszka Rybska replaced Parvo on their second release, How We Quit the Forest. For the most recent, two new cellists, Nana Bornant and K. Cowperthwaite, complete Creager’s troika, and the sound changes with the lineup. On Ether, listeners were immersed in a medieval sorceress’ fairy-gothic fantasy world. For the most part, the cello compositions were modeled with traditional classical phrasing and vibratoed lyrics sung with a naughty smirk. After listening to their newest, you may wonder, at times, if they’re playing cellos. Heavily distorted, their instruments often sound like grungy crunch guitars. And over drum tracks, the music takes on a NIN/Manson-influenced sound -- not a bad thing necessarily, just different from what they were before. But the demurely macabre, dark-humor lyrics pair with the music like always.
Thu., May 30, 8:30 p.m., $12, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0770, www.tinangel.com.
