The Brilliant Beast (the caterwauling of Italy's favorite prancing folksters) are scheduled to play a pair of rockin' gigs this month.The first will take place Thursday, February 17th at the Palace Stage at Wild Tymes in downtown Saint Paul. Co-conspirators Keith Bohnen and Kasey McKee will each perform their own sets that night. The second show is with the Pine Box Preachers on Friday, February 25 at the Saint Paul Eagles Club. Both shows are 18+.
It has been fun to hear the band gel and grow with bassist Mark Kartarik (third from right in the photo). Mark took over low-end duties when I moved to Iowa nearly a year ago. He is phenomenally talented and also plays with Eric in Imaginary Jack, so he was a natural replacement. The band performed one of their newest songs, "I Wanna be Your Next Door Neighbor", at the Driftless Music showcase back in October. Its one of the first tracks that was written with Mark in the band and hints at a slightly harder direction for the band. Listen for yourself in the video below.
