ORCUTT/SHELLEY/MILLER (USA) LIVE-CONCERT
When three exceptional characters from the US underground come together, the result is a sound that defies all categories - and that's exactly what happens with Orcutt / Shelley / Miller. Guitarist Bill Orcutt, known for decades for his irrepressible energy and edgy playing between blues fragments, noise and radical improvisation, meets here with Steve Shelley, the legendary former drummer of Sonic Youth, and bassist Ethan Miller, who has worked with bands like Comets on Fire or Feral Ohms has shown how much eruptive power a bass line can develop.
Together, they form a power trio that digs deep into the American bedrock: riffs that glow like volcanic rock; rhythms that sometimes groove unwaveringly, sometimes bubble beneath the surface; harmonies that feel more like tectonic shifts than classic chord progressions. What would be jam for others becomes something much darker, rawer and more hypnotic here.
The music of Orcutt / Shelley / Miller sounds as if the basic forces of rock are being reassembled: Shelley keeps the wheel turning, but never in the classic backbeat - rather dancing, staggered, restlessly searching. Miller’s bass lines rise and fall like tides. And Orcutt cuts through the air with raw, violently trembling guitar figures, sometimes eruptive, sometimes almost melodic, but always unmistakable.
Between West Coast shadows, heavy blues echoes, krautrock trance and a pinch of punk dissidence, the result is a „big rock statement“, that is both fun and a head-turner. Accessible enough to get stuck in - wild enough to push boundaries.
Orcutt / Shelley / Miller in the MPS Studio: a trio that sounds like a freshly excavated monolith. Deep, serious, vibrant - and absolutely unique.
Saturday, May 2, 2025
Members, students, people with disabilities: 30 euros
Regular: 35 Euro
Supporter ticket: 50 Euro
MPS-STUDIO
Richthofenstrasse 1/1
78048 VS-Villingen
ATTENTION: ABSOLUTE PARKING BAN IN THE COURTYARD! BICYCLES EXCLUDED.
Admission: 19:00
Start: 20:00
Discounted tickets:
The following persons are entitled to the reduced rate:
- MPS-Studio club members
- Students / Pupils
- People with disabilities
For the reduced rate, you will need corresponding proof at the entrance.
30,00 € - 50,00 €
No VAT statement, as small business owner according to §19 (1) UStG.
ABSOLUTE PARKING BAN IN THE COURTYARD, EXCEPT FOR BICYCLES.
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