I’ve been reading about this band for awhile, and I figured it was time to check them out. Elsinore is based in Charleston, IL, home of Eastern Illinois University, and they make frequent trips to Champaign-Urbana for shows, including quite a few shows coming up in January and February. Vampire In My Town is a personal favorite track, check out the full version on their MySpace page. From their website:
elsinore is a 4-piece Americana/folk-rock/alt-country band from Charleston and Champaign, Illinois. The band’s made up of Ryan Groff on lead vocals/acoustic guitar, Dave Pride on congas & percussion/vocals, Mark Woolwine on piano/vocals, and Chris Eitel on bass/vocals. The musical interests of the group span from rock to bluegrass to metal to alt-country to folk to classical to latin and back again. Ryan graduated in May with a bachelor’s in Music Composition, Mark is a Masters student in Music Composition, Dave is a percussion studies major at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Chris is a massage therapist working towards a degree in Chiropractics. The quartet, as it is now, has been together since October 2004. The band has evolved over the past year into its current instrumentation, which allows them to not only showcase original songs but cover bands/artists like Radiohead, Ryan Adams, Elton John, and Ben Folds.
From their own website, here’s some sampler tracks from the album Harmonic Impulsion, and one complete track:
1. Lake Water – DEMO
2. Free To Go – DEMO
3. Vampire In My Town – DEMO
4. June Song – DEMO
5. Wall of Bricks – COMPLETE
6. Automatic Happiness – DEMO
You can purchase the CD On Display: A Live CD from CDBaby.com
Until then check out these 2 minute sampler tracks of the album:
1. Carolina
2. Parenthetical Reference Kate (PRK)
3. The Rise
4. Vampire in My Town
5. Lake Water
6. Mind, Space, and Time
7. Sliding Glass Door
8. Landslide
Other:
Elsinore on MySpace
Elsinore on BandSpace.com
Tour Dates:
01/06 – Gunther Murphy’s, 1638 W. Belmont, Chicago
w/ Wonderlust and Rockwater – 10pm, $?, 21+
01/16 – Canopy Club, Urbana
Rehearsal – FREE
01/20 – Gilhooley’s Grande Salloon, 103rd & Pulaski, Chicago
9pm-midnight, FREE!
01/23 – Canopy Club, Urbana
Rehearsal – FREE
01/26 – The Highdive, Champaign – The Great Cover Up 15!!!
w/ Theory of Everything, Lorenzo Goetz, and MORE! – $?, 10pm, 19+
01/27 – Cowboy Monkey, Champaign
9pm: Delta Kings
9:45: Beat Kitchen
10:30: elsinore
11:25: Tractor Kings
12:10: Mike Ingram Band
1am: Ambitious Pie Party
$8, 19+
01/29 – Roc’s Blackfront, Charleston, IL – Dr. David Gill Benefit
w/ Motherlode, Rev. Rob, 3 Lost Fish – Donations accepted!
01/30 – Canopy Club, Urbana
Rehearsal – FREE
03/31 – Gilhooley’s Grande Salloon, 103rd & Pulaski, Chicago
9pm-midnight – FREE