BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:156402@kingstonhappenings.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T190000 DTSTAMP:20260420T164327Z URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/lloyd-cole/ SUMMARY:Lloyd Cole DESCRIPTION:Singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole's cuttingly literate lyrics\, unab ashedly romantic stance\, and knack for melodies both simple and ornate fo rm a solid base for his frequent genre shifts. Starting off fronting and d elivering some of the '80s most iconic jangle pop songs -- like "Perfect S kin" and the quintessential Rattlesnakes album -- Cole soon undertook a so lo career that didn't stay in one place for long. He went from straightfor ward rock on 1990's self-titled album to lushly orchestrated pop on 1991's Don't Get Weird on Me Babe\; he swerved into jangle pop on 1995's Love St ory\, then he settled down to make country rock-inspired music for a time before delving into electronics for a record of duets with Hans-Joachim Ro edelius on 2013's Selected Studies\, Vol. 1. Albums made in the wake of th is newfound interest\, like 2023's On Pain\, merged the warm songcraft of earlier work with the colder textures of electronic pop.\nBorn January 31\ , 1961 in Buxton\, England\, Lloyd Cole formed in 1982 while studying phil osophy at the University of Glasgow. Originally a large soul band\, the gr oup soon trimmed itself down to a quintet that included keyboardist Blair Cowan\, guitarist Neil Clark\, bassist Lawrence Donegan\, and drummer Step hen Irvine. Their crisp sound paired with the high quality of Cole's songw riting earned a contract with \, and in 1984\, they debuted with Rattlesna kes\, a wry\, heartfelt record of jangling guitar pop stuffed with referen ces to the likes of Jules et Jim\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Norman Mailer\, an d On the Waterfront. "Perfect Skin\," the shimmering first single\, reache d the U.K. Top 30. Produced by the hit making team of Alan Winstanley and Clive Langer\, 1985's Easy Pieces was a slicker effort that included the s ingles "Lost Weekend" and "Brand New Friend\," both of which earned signif icant airplay.\nFollowing the release of 1987's Mainstream\, Cole disbande d and moved to New York City to establish himself as a solo performer. The re he joined forces with noted session drummer \, who enlisted ex-Voidoid on guitar and an up-and-coming singer/songwriter named to play bass for Co le's eponymously titled 1990 solo debut\, which continued much in the vein of his work with . Released in 1991\, Don't Get Weird on Me Babe marked a major artistic shift\, as the entire second half of the album explored lu sh\, string-sweetened ballads\, arranged by (known for his work with ). Ne ver content to be tied to any one sound\, Cole worked with producer on 199 3's Bad Vibes -- a lyrical dark album whose production sought to meld psyc hedelia and electronics. The record proved to be a little too experimental for some of his fans\, and perhaps Cole himself\, since 1995's Love Story turned out to be a return to the more minimalist\, folk-rock-inspired wor k with -- the LP not coincidentally marked Cole's reunion with the band's guitarist\, Neil Clark. It also landed Cole on Top of the Pops\, as the tw angy ballad "Like Lovers Do" made a surprise splash on the UK charts.\nAft er the album's release\, Cole formed a new group called the Negatives with the help of guitarists and Michael Kotch\, bassist and drummer Rafa Macie jak. They gigged around NYC for a couple of years\, then in 2001 released a self-titled album that featured production credits from Stephen Street\, who famously worked with . The following year\, Cole released two lower-k ey albums of solo material: Etc (Lost Songs\, Tunes 1996-2000) and the ent irely instrumental\, electronic Plastic Wood.\nCole resurfaced as a solo a rtist in 2004 with the understated Music in a Foreign Language. Recorded l argely at home on his computer\, the album featured a cover of 's "People Ain't No Good." In 2006\, Anti-Depressant -- on which Cole compellingly de alt with the positive and negative aspects of aging -- was released. The a lbum featured appearances by \, \, and ex- member Neil Clark. co-produced 2010's Broken Record\, an upbeat\, country rock-adjacent that featured con tributions from Joan Wasser and \, followed four years later. The 2013 alb um Standards was co-funded by fans and featured contributions from and .\n After seemingly getting into a steady groove as a respected singer/songwri ter\, Cole took a hard left and made a deep dive into electronic music. He teamed with Krautrock legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius on 2013's Selected St udies\, Vol. 1\, a collection of low-key keyboard duets\, then in 2014 cur ated Kollektion 02\, a retrospective compilation of ' music.\nCole release d an interesting electronic record\, Selected Studies\, Vol.1 in March 201 3 with the Krautrock legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius. He followed those mold -breaking releases with 1D Electronics 2012-2014\, a collection of solo mo dular synthesizer experiments originally recorded for his collaboration wi th .\nTaking a break from his burgeoning career as a synth boffin\, Cole s pent time working on a box set comprised of the complete recordings made w ith . Collected Recordings was released in 2015\, and he and his backing b and the Leopards hit the road to promote it. Hardly missing a beat\, Cole released another box set in 2017\, In New York: Collected Recordings 1988- 1996\, made up of four albums\, a full album of unreleased songs\, and a d isc of demos. Returning to new projects\, Cole found a middle ground betwe en his usual singer/songwriterly approach and his growing body of electron ic projects with 2019's Guesswork\, a set of songs performed almost entire ly on synthesizers\, though the occasional guitars\, as played by Cole and old mate Clark\, do break through. Unable to play live shows due to COVID -19 he responded by spending a week in June of 2020 creating electronic pi eces using a modular synthesizer and a random digital noise generator call ed an Ieaskul F. Mobenthey Dunst. The results were released as Dunst in Oc tober. Cole's 2023 album On Pain was a step closer to synth pop\, with the majority of the songs built on spare synths\, treated vocals\, and lyrics that largely dealt in impressions instead of his usual graceful storytell ing. Also helping out were former Clark and Cowan\, who co-wrote four of t he album's songs. Cole recorded much of the album himself in his home stud io\, then finalized and mixed it with producer in England. ~ Jason Ankeny\ , Rovi\n\n\nhttps://www.lloydcole.com/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kingstonhappenings.org/wp-content/upload s/2026/04/628419244_1557408599518030_3927382866371759723_n.jpg CATEGORIES:@Featured,@Newsletter,Music,Nightlife and entertainment LOCATION:Colony Woodstock NY\, 22 Rock City Rd\, Woodstock\, New York\, Uni ted States GEO:42.0424924;-74.11799489999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=22 Rock City Rd\, Woodstock \, New York\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Colony Woodstock NY :geo:42.0424924,-74.11799489999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR