In the current Philadelphia Weekly:
Mike Lorenz Quartet
Sun., Aug. 16, 8:30pm. $5. Gojjo, 4540 Baltimore Ave. 215.238.1236 www.scifiphilly.com
Guitarist Mike Lorenz operates out of the Lehigh Valley and mixes it up regularly in Philly, bringing a focused and fluent vocabulary to music of original construction. Working within the melodically edgy orbit of such role models as Ben Monder and Kurt Rosenwinkel, he can float by on chordal clouds or stun you with quick flashes of linear brilliance, as on a nifty MySpace track called “3 Step.” Lorenz’s quartet comes at the material with a sense of whimsy and seasoned trust. They share this week’s Sci Fi bill with Verbatim, an experimental duo out of Richmond, Virginia (trombonist Bryan Hooten, drummer Dean Christesen). — David R. Adler
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