THE HEAVY PETS

10/20/2009

Visulite Theatre (16+ must have id - under 16 with parent only)

Doors Open: 7:30 - Headliner Begins: 9:30

Jeff Lloyd-guitar/vocals
Mike Garulli-guitar/vocals
Felix Pastorius-Bass/vocals
Jim Wuest-Keys/Vocals
Jamie Newitt-Drums/Vocals

"The Pets just might be a perfect jamband" - Dennis Cook, Jambase

"My favorite new band to hit the scene" - Jonathan Schwartz, Sirius Radio Jam On 17

"...The greatest jamband to come out of Florida since, well, ever..." "They are an arena ready band without the arena. At its best the band is a living, breathing, force of nature-a whale." - Dan Sweeney, Relix Magazine
The Heavy Pets are the most played independent jamband on the radio. Based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the band has spent the last three years touring nationally behind their double-disc debut album "Whale", and their newest release, the EP "Slow Motion Conductor". Backed by these critically revered, and popularly celebrated recordings, the Pets have found a happy home on big stages across the country, as a supporting act (for the likes of Matisyahu, Umphreys McGee, Tea Leaf Green, Perpetual Groove, Assembly of Dust, Lettuce, Particle and Little Feat), and also performing a growing number of festival appearances ('08 SXSW Festival, '06, '07 & 08 Langerado Festival, '08 Wakarusa, '07 10KLF, '08 Green Apple Fest in NYC, '08 High Sierra, '08 Gathering of the Vibes, and ’08 New Orleans Backbeat Jazzfest). The Heavy Pets now boast the extra umpf of bass phenom Felix Pastorius.
"Full blown musical salvation" "Funky loose limbed rock 'n' soul" - Jonathan Zwickle, Music Editor, Broward-Palm Beach New Times
"Nice big balls to release a 2-CD, 20 track behemoth as their debut" "their future is bright" - Dennis Cook, Jambase
"Some sort of funk-reggae rock hybrid that's laid back and sexy" "I like" - Leslie Gray Streeter, Palm Beach Post.

www.theheavypets.com/

THE BREW

Start Time: 8:00

Chris Plante: Keyboards/vocals
Dave Drouin: Guitars/vocals
Joe Plante: Bass/vocals
Kelly Kane: Drums/vocals

“I got one life to live/Bet I’ll make the best of this/And if it’s not there/I’ll build a bridge/Just to find a new route.” - “Chance Reaching”

The Brew are an aptly named quartet from Amesbury, a town in northeastern Massachusetts, cooking up a musical melting pot on their brand-new, self-released album, Back to the Woods, that combines their roots in classic rock, adding ingredients of prog, jazz, reggae, world beat, indie, funk and orchestral pop, sometimes in the course of a single song.

“I feel like we would be doing this no matter what, but to have so many people validate what we believe in so deeply, it makes it something really special,” says Chris Plante, the  keyboardist for the group, who joined high school classmates, guitarist Dave Drouin and drummer Kelly Kane, with his brother, bassist Joe Plante, to form The Brew.

The Brew has that indefinable "it" that is the distillation of talent, execution and unconditional commitment to the dream of living up to their abilities. That commitment explains why folks drive hundreds of miles to shows and female fans are sporting Brew tattoos.  The band's commitment to their music is total, and in a flavor-of-the-month world of commercialism, they are a walk-the-talk example of succeeding on your own terms.

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www.thebrew.biz