One of the two lethal founding guitarists of the immeasurably influential Television (the other being Tom Verlaine, who passed in early 2023), Richard Lloyd has made plenty of incredible music both inside and outside that band; his 1979 solo debut, Alchemy, and its 1985 followup, Field of Fire, are essential albums, and his early 1990s work with Matthew Sweet is likewise masterful. The punk legend’s incendiary style incorporates threads of psychedelia, jazz exotica, power pop, hard rock, Middle Eastern modalities, and more. He brings his band by for this rare small-room date.
