Venice Gas House Trolley: Press (click here PRESS KIT for bios, cover sheet and hi-res pics or scroll down for complete list and links to articles)
"Venice Gas House Trolley lean more toward Funkadelic.... [And] the band as a whole can keep up with [Pergament's] eccentricity via slinky-funky bass and drums, flute, and a variety of careful melodic and atmospheric interjections. ...Pergament's voice [is] raspy and heavy over the cool suspense-building [music of the band].
The
Onion (Madison and Milwaukee) A.V. Club
"The Trolley carves out a tribal, ambient, dreamy vibe.... They're a musical group that have finally arrived."
The
Isthmus (Madison, WI)
"Rhythm comes first [with Venice Gas House Trolley].
The band layers Pergament's spoken word over jazz-funk-rock-jam."
The
Capital Times 77 Square Entertainment Section
"...a sound that doesn't shrivel when the meters swell into a rant."
The Isthmus (Madison, WI)
[Adam Gregory Pergament is] one of the most unique and
riveting performers on the Midwestern musical and artistic landscape.
The group [Venice Gas House Trolley] is on the cutting edge of the
nationwide expansion of new
forms of spoken word and includes two Madison-area Music Award
finalists. The band is unique, theatrical and musical."
DeKalb Chronicle (DeKalb, IL)
"...very chill yet gripping. The band [Venice Gas House Trolley] is on a mission to bridge the gap between poetry and music and does so.... ...some hip jive, Cat Daddy."
Gaper's Block Presents: Transmission (Chicago, IL)
"Words flowing over bass and drums thrumming jazz, groove, folk, country, blues, psychedelic, jam. Man!" The Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA)
"These are no frail photocopy-folk tunes, but rather legends and tales drawn from a deep well of historical experience; stories that place the listener into the leather boots of the prospectors and drifters they depict. When you hear music created by an American ghost, it gets you to your bones. Right down to the fiber of that human part of you."
Emmie Magazine (Madison, WI)
July 2010: The Onion, Milwaukee, WI
July 2010: The Onion, Madison, WI
March 2010: The Capitol Times, Madison, WI
March 2010: The Onion, Madison, WI
--http://www.avclub.com/madison/events/venice-gas-house-trolley-shapeless-symmetry-diva-a,169137/
February 2010: The Isthmus, Madison, WI
December 2009: St. Louis Post Dispatch "Go! Magazine", St. Louis, MO
October 2009: The Isthmus, Madison, WI
September 2009: The Onion, Madison, WI
September 2009: The Isthmus, Madison, WI
July 2009: The Isthmus, Madison, WI
-http://www.thedailypage.com/music/article.php?article=26330
May 2009: The Isthmus, Madison, WI
February 2009: The Isthmus, Madison, WI
-http://www.thedailypage.com/music/article.php?article=25165
February 2008: City Pages, Wausau, WI
January 2009: The Isthmus, Madison, WI
December 2008: The Onion, Madison, WI
-http://madison.decider.com/events/eli-jones-el-clan-destino-and-venice-gas-house-tro,18332/
December 2008: The Capital Times (77 Square), Madison, WI
July 2008: The Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, IA
July 2008: Tristate 365ink, Dubuque, IA
May 2008: City Pages, Wausau, WI
- "The Beat Generation Is Back" music pick of the week in "Highlights" section
Mar. 2008: Gaper's Block:Slowdown (Chicago Area Music Blog On-Line)
- "Front Page" Preview of Adam Gregory Pergament show
- go to http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2008/03/02/January 2008: Madison Magazine, Madison, WI
-"Venice Gas House Trolley to light up Paradigm"
-http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008801100309
December 2007: Dane 101.Net (Madison and Dane County Arts and Entertainment Blog)
-State of Madison Music 2007: Venice Gas House Trolley (click here for link)
December 2007: The Isthmus, Madison, WI
November 2007: Emmie Magazine (Madison, WI)
November 2007: Maximum Ink (Wisconsin's Music Magazine, Madison, WI
September 2007: The Onion, Madison, WI
September 2007: The Isthmus, Madison, WI
Feb. 2007: Gaper's Block:Transmission (Chicago Area Music Blog On-Line)
-Preview of Venice Gas House Trolley show
- go to http://www.gapersblock.com/transmission/archives/concert/
Dec. 2006: Rick's Cafe, Central Wisconsin's Music News, Wisconsin, USA
Nov. 2006: The Wisconsin State Journal
-"Free Time!" Entertainment Guide weekly music highlight
in the A&E Section of the Sunday paper
Oct. 2006: Rick's Cafe, Central Wisconsin's Music News, Wisconsin, USA
- go to www.myspace.com/rickscafe for full text of interview or to www.rickscafe.com for more info
-Chime Collective Monday Sessions at Madison Center For Creative And Cultural Arts
recommended in "The Bottom Line" critics choice column
-"Free Time!" Entertainment Guide weekly music highlight
in the A&E Section of the Sunday paper
Jun. 2006: The Isthmus, Madison, WI
Jun. 2006: Rick's Cafe, Central Wisconsin's Music News, Wisconsin, USA
-Mention of Chime Collective with Adam Gregory Pergament sessions
in "Around Town" column
Apr. 2006: Rick's Cafe, Central Wisconsin's Music News, Wisconsin, USA
-Feature article "Poetry In Motion" and cover story
Poetry in Motion article1page.pdf
Poetry in Motion article2page.pdf