The Academy presents... ALOE BLACC w/ live Band Stones Throw Records | Los Angeles http://www.myspace.com/aloeblacc The Academy and Good Friday Entertainment are pleased to welcome Aloe Blacc to Montreal for the first time, a debut for the Los Angeles based emcee/vocalist/producer. The performance backed by a 3-piece live band will be a first listen for his fans to material from his new album Good Things, an album due for release in September 2010. “My purpose for music is positive social change,” says Orange County, California native Aloe Blacc. “Even if the music itself does not explicitly express anything that may signify positive social change, the product of the music will.” He is speaking in general terms regarding his career, but more specifically about the circumstances surrounding his upcoming album, Good Things, co-written by the versatile vocalist and songwriter in conjunction with the in-house production team at Truth & Soul Records. Good Things marks a shift in methodology from personal to political for Aloe, who refers to the project as his report on present conditions—joblessness, homeless, the misappropriation of wealth, pillaging of resources, and a universal lack of compassion from the capitalism at-large under which we all function, but some struggle to survive. Song titles such as “You Make Me Smile” and “Miss Fortune,” coupled with airy, ethereal production from Truth & Soul’s Leon Michels and Jeff Silverman mask a foreboding undercurrent in which Aloe crafts lyrics both thoughtful and thought-provoking. Nowhere is this more evident than on lead single, “I Need a Dollar”—commissioned by HBO as the theme music for the series How to Make It in America—because ultimately, that is how to make it in America. w/ special guests
Tickets: $10 at door before 11pm | more after 11pm 18+ event Doors at 9pm | Show starts at 10pm
aloe blacc : good things/ you make me smile/ what's your name
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