The Features in concert with Special Guests The Strange

Event Description

Get ready to rock with The Features and The Strange, live at the Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Pavilion, Monday, January 30.   Tickets are on sale now at the Lensic Box office. The Features is an indie pop-rock band from Tennessee who boast a song on the soundtrack for Twilight: Breaking Dawn. Call 988-1234 or go to ticketssantafe.org to get your tickets. $15 general admission; $5 with a Winter Fiesta Adventure Pass.

The Features are a psychedelic rock outfit that plays fresh, off-kilter pop that sounds like a head-on collision between Ray Davies and Elvis Costello with the Elephan 6 Collective picking up the pieces and putting them back together in the American South. Formed in the small, hidden town of Sparta, Tennessee, guitarist and vocalist Matt Pelham, bassist Roger Dabbs, keyboardist Parrish Yaw, and drummer Rollum Haas began playing their quirky and contagious pop as the Features around Pelham's colorful personal ruminations. Their self-titled debut EP, released in 1997, drew heavily on thick keyboards and an original, updated new wave sound. The Beginning EP, a classicist pop record, at once as lush and sun-dappled as the Shins, and as pointed and probing as the Jam, followed with a U.K. release on Fierce Panda in 2003. The record was put out in the United States by Universal in March of 2004, with slightly altered tracking. Several other U.K. 7"s never saw a U.S. domestic release, but the The Beginning was finally unleashed stateside in March 2004. Exhibit A, The Features debut full length, was relesed in September of 2004 by Universal.-Charles Spano, All Music Guide.

Bringing their diverse influences and unified love of classic rock together, The Strange have become one of Santa Fe, New Mexico’s most beloved new rock bands, recently named Santa Fe Reporters Best New Band for 2010. Their musical creations are a fusion of sixties/seventies style classic rock akin to The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Band and Neil Young, with more progressive styles including funk, reggae, folk, and rock-a-billy. Since their inception, 'The Strange' has captivated a local following as well as audiences across the Southwest. Recently featured at SXSW’s New Music New Faces showcase in Austin, TX, and on air in Texas, Colorado, California, and New Mexico, the band had an opportunity to release its first single “Hold On”. The song can be found on their debut album “BANNED”.

Now that the holidays are over, winter seems to stretch ahead interminably, offering long months of cold and cruel weather. But don't despair. The 10-day Santa Fe Winter Fiesta, held January 27 through February 5, offers an exciting array of concerts, parties, culinary experiences, comedy, dining, shopping, hotel and ski discounts and more to help you beat the winter blues!

This is the second annual Winter Fiesta, and the schedule is packed full of fun events for everyone, whether you're a snow bird, a music lover, a foodie or a shopping hound. Purchasing a 2012 Winter Fiesta Adventure Pass will give you great discounts at all Winter Fiesta events -- potentially saving you hundreds of dollars! The passes are just $10 each. For details, visit the Winter Fiesta website.