In possibly the most exciting concert so far in the ArtOrg 12-week Winter Concert Series, The Wapsipinicon will be joined by the band Dreamland Faces. The Wapsipinicon, lead by frontman Shawn Neary, will headline the concert that runs from 7:00 to 11:00 pm this Friday at the Upstairs of the J. Grundy’s Reub ‘N’ Stein. Dreamland Faces will open the show slowly with an accordion and singing saw duo. The popular Scott West of Cloud Cult will create a stage painting during the evening and it will be sold to the highest bidder!

Like a life-sized music box, DREAMLAND FACES is hauntingly beautiful and odd. It’s vaudeville, it’s cabaret, and it’s nostalgic. Spin the band’s new self-titled CD and you can practically smell moth balls and grandma’s perfume. Sawer/vocalist Andy McCormick cops to a bullhorn to add the Cantor to his candor. Karen Majewicz squeezes the box while ringing out hearts with her achingly beautiful warble. The instrumentation is minimal and heartbreaking, the music breathtaking and timeless. Could it be that the saw is tonally the perfect instrument?” -Frank De Blase, City Newspaper. Dreamland Faces website, and YouTube pages.

THE WAPSIPINICON plays music one wants to hear again and again. An added bonus to this evening will be the visual ramblings of Scott West, stage painter and member of the popular Cloud Cult. Wapsi’s MySpace page. The panting created by Scott West the night of this performance will be auctioned to the highest bidder!

JOIN US FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL NIGHT OF GREAT PERFORMERS AND GREAT MUSIC.