The Benevento/Russo Duo sets up in Williamsburg on Thanksgiving Eve, a surprisingly rare New York show following years of playing the shit out of this city.

The Duo built up incredible momentum over the past couple years: The jamband crowd praised their individual efforts on the widely (and wrongly) panned summer 2006 tour with Half of Phish, while the hipsters watched as Pitchfork generously heaped kudos all over their sophomore album, Play Pause Stop.

But Marco and Joe covered the brake, going their separate ways for much of the year. Despite a recent tour, nobody knows what the future holds for the twosome nor whether they’ll choose to make their livings with other musicians.

Regardless of the Duo’s long-term plans, both parties are producing fantastic music away from each other. Sir Joe’s teamed up with American Babies and debuted his Anti-Jazz Raygun imprAvant death metal band, while Marco’s making incredible jazz-plus music with equally incredible musicians.

And now comes word into Hidden Track headquarters that HYENA Records will release Marco Benevento’s new solo studio album, Invisible Baby. In addition to Marco, the new album features JFJO and TLG’s Reed Mathis, Matt Chamberlain and The Slip’s Andrew Barr. We’re told this album will be released digitally on January 8th, and the physical CD version will come out on February 12th.

• Stream: The Real Afternoon Party — Marco Benevento [ropeadope]
• Stream: Atari — Marco Benevento [ropeadope]

Bonus videos:

Benevento, Russo, Mike Dillon and Bobby Previte — Gimme Some Lovin

I was there for that Gimme Some Lovin, and it was fucking awesome…

A bonus video of The Duo — My Pet Goat: