About the Show

Metroland 2/21/03: Matthew Loiacono has gained more than his fair share of attention as the Kamikaze Hearts' multi-instrumentalist and as a support player for a whole slew of local musicians eager to have his drumming talents round out their sounds. At Changing Spaces on Friday, you'll get to see what happens when Loiacono mans the helm himself. For the past year, Loiacono has been piecing together A Book About the Rest , his "debut studio recording," and the album's nine tracks are all him - written, performed and produced (though he did employ Mabel's Frank Moscowitz to help him get the stuff down on reel-to-reel). Those of you familiar with Loiacono's instrumental abilities have reason to look forward; those of you who have caught his all-too-infrequent solo turns at open mikes are likely to be in a frenzy; those of you who have had the chance to sample Loiacono's informal, limited-release solo EP, Eye Dream, are likely twitching and sputtering in anticipatory glee. Bryan Thomas - a bad, bad man himself - will be on hand to lend a set of his own, and might just add a flourish or two to Loiacono's performance. (Feb. 21, 8 PM, $5, 433-1537) .

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