By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Cue up “Wheel of Talent,” the latest album by New York garage band legends The Fleshtones, you hear a bevy of new tracks that crackle with energy. After four decades of mining the underground music scene, it’s clear from the latest effort, The Fleshtones still have it. If you’re hearing energy zipping through your speakers, explained the band’s guitarist/ vocalist Keith Streng, the reason is simple. What you’re hearing when you take note of the snap, crackle, pop of “Wheel of Talent,” said the group’s co-founder, “(is a band) being in the studio, having fun, and a making a new record.” Connecticut audiences will have two chances in the coming weeks to check out the New York rockers. The Fleshtones will be at Two Boots in Bridgeport on Saturday. Then jump forward a few weeks, The Fleshtones come to Bridge Street Live in Collinsville on Saturday, April 5. The Fleshtones are Streng, fellow co-founder Peter Zaremba on vocals, harmonica, and organ, Bill Milhizer on drums and vocals, and Ken Fox on bass and vocals. The Fleshtones currently have racked up four decades of making music. Other artists who rose up from the same ranks from [...]
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Cue up “Wheel of Talent,” the latest album by New York garage band legends The Fleshtones, you hear a bevy of new tracks that crackle with energy. After four decades of mining the underground music scene, it’s clear from the latest effort, The Fleshtones still have it. If you’re hearing energy zipping through your speakers, explained the band’s guitarist/ vocalist Keith Streng, the reason is simple. What you’re hearing when you take note of the snap, crackle, pop of “Wheel of Talent,” said the group’s co-founder, “(is a band) being in the studio, having fun, and a making a new record.” Connecticut audiences will have two chances in the coming weeks to check out the New York rockers. The Fleshtones will be at Two Boots in Bridgeport on Saturday. Then jump forward a few weeks, The Fleshtones come to Bridge Street Live in Collinsville on Saturday, April 5. The Fleshtones are Streng, fellow co-founder Peter Zaremba on vocals, harmonica, and organ, Bill Milhizer on drums and vocals, and Ken Fox on bass and vocals. The Fleshtones currently have racked up four decades of making music. Other artists who rose up from the same ranks from [...]