Arlene's Grocery
95 Stanton Street
212.995.1652
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Music
The Capstan Shafts w/ the Contrast, the Grip Weeds, the Telepathic Butterflies, the Broadfield Marchers, and the Parties
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The Capstan Shafts
- When
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Saturday Oct 25, 2008 (8pm)
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- Price
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Various prices
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Evoking lo-fi legends like Sebadoh, Guided by Voices, and Apples in Stereo, Dean Wells (aka the Capstan Shafts) is a stunningly prolific songwriter. But, though he's released hundreds upon hundreds of one-minute epics, you can count the songwriter's actual gigs on one reclusive, paranoid paw. Lucky for you, his appeal was recently reinforced with the release of Fixation Protocols, a collection of deeply burrowing, straight-to-tape tunes that casts a glance at everyone from Robert Pollard and Rivers Cuomo to Lou Reed and John Darnielle.
