This is the night before Valentine's Day, so no excuses. The lineup Monday night is solid from top to bottom and a true honor to present next week. There's one more that C=T will be doing later this month, so keep posted. Young Pharaohs is the new vehicle that has risen from the ashes of King Mob to create a steamy R&B synth vibe that will have your pelvis moving from side to side to the sound of the beat. Ava Luna is on tour with Twin Sister and both are [...]
Live This Month: February 2012 (Podcast #270) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. The twentieth installment of the Noise Pop Music Festival takes over a wide variety of local venues later this month - and we'll be covering many of those shows - but there are also plenty of pre-NP events worth checking out. Locally, two bands are seeing the release of records for which it feels like we've been waiting forever: [...]
The lead single from Ava Luna first "proper" full length LP, Ice Level dropped earlier this week via Inflated Records . Needless to say, the A-Side is killer. Listen. Downloadable: Wrenning Day (mp3) Ice Level comes out on March 6th on the Infinite Best label. You can the purchase Wrenning Day 73 @ inflatedrecords.bigcartel.com and you can (and let's face it, you probably should) preorder Ice Level @ insound.com . Ava Luna is [...]
Check out "Wrenning Day" from Brooklyn's Ava Luna off their forthcoming album Ice Level , out February 28th via Infinite Best. dates: 1/27: New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks* 1/28: Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds* 1/29: Austin, TX @ Mohawk Inside* 1/31: Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room* 2/03: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo* 2/04: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall* 2/06: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir* 2/07: Seattle, WA @ [...]
Twin Sister is a dream pop / indie pop band hailing from the East Coast. Their sound is similar to that of Beach House, Real Estate, and I think possibly comparable to a more instrumental Metric. The band is fronted by Andrea Estella, who's vocals smoothly drone into the melodic pop sounds of Twin Sister. [...]
Brooklyn seven-piece Ava Luna will release their proper debut LP, Ice Level , on February 28th via Infinite Best. The band is the brainchild of Carlos Hernandez, who's father just happens to be a producer that's worked with Fucked Up -- small world. Hear a cut from Ava Luna's forthcoming record below. Good luck trying to pigeonhole this band. Ava Luna - "Wrenning Day" Hernandez's father also works as a soul DJ, and it's clear that genre is a point of reference for Ava [...]
Brooklyn seven-piece Ava Luna will release their proper debut LP, Ice Level , on February 28th via Infinite Best. The band is the brainchild of Carlos Hernandez, who's father just happens to be a producer that's worked with Fucked Up -- small world. Hear a cut from Ava Luna's forthcoming record below. Good luck trying to pigeonhole this band. Ava Luna - "Wrenning Day" Hernandez's father also works as a soul DJ, and it's clear that genre is a point of reference for Ava [...]
Brooklyn's Ava Luna is a seven-piece group that combines punk, soul and electro, mixing noise with gospel vocals to make a truly singular and beautiful sound. The band's Ice Level is out February 28 via Infinite Best, coming on the heels of two self-releases. Ava Luna has opened for artists like Toro y Moi, Sharon [...]
Here is a booming gospel jam for your ears on this beautiful Sunday. Brooklyn's Ava Luna have a terrific album, Ice Level , due on February 28th via Infinite Best . "Wrenning Day" is the single from Ice Level. The band was previously on tour with Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Toro Y Moi . This year, they will be touring with another associate under Infinite Best, Twin Sister . Just those two sentences should clue you in on their musical standards. It is nothing like you've ever heard and simply [...]
Here is a booming gospel jam for your ears on this beautiful Sunday. Brooklyn's Ava Luna have a terrific album, Ice Level, due on February 28th via Infinite Best. "Wrenning Day" is the single from Ice Level. The band was previously on tour with Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Toro Y Moi. This year, they will be touring with [...]
Emerging artist Ava Luna 's major label debut Ice Level is set to be released February 28th which means the Brooklyn sextet is hitting the road on a US tour starting at Brooklyn's Shea Stadium and culminating in a four day stint at SXSW. Twin Sister joins Ava Luna for their January and February stops. Tour dates below: Brooklyn, NY, Shea Stadium, 1/20 Philadelphia, PA, Johnny Brendas, 1/22 Washington, DC, Rock and Roll Hotel, 1/23 Greensboro, NC, The Blind Tiger, 1/24 [...]
Ava Luna at BV Holiday Party last month/year ( more by Jessica Amaya ) Wintersleep are going on a short North American tour this month which ends in 2 NYC dates happening on January 24 at Mercury Lounge with Pretty & Nice and January 25 at Glasslands with ARMS and Writer . Tickets for the Mercury show and the Glasslands show are on sale now. All Wintersleep dates are listed below. [...]
photos by Jessica Amaya Twin Sister @ Bowery Ballroom You saw one set of pictures from this BrooklynVegan Holiday Party. Here's a second. More shots of Twin Sister, Widowspeak & Ava Luna @ Bowery Ballroom, below... Continue reading "Twin Sister, Widowspeak & Ava Luna @ Bowery Ballroom (pics part 2)" at brooklynvegan
photos by Amanda Hatfield "Thank you The Bowery Presents, Brooklyn Vegan , Twin Sister, WIDOWSPEAK for an amazing night full of holiday cheer and Mexican beer. NYC is the best town in the whole land" - Ava Luna "So, so happy to see Widowspeak tonight. They are a real dream." - Jaime Chu Twin Sister @ Bowery Ballroom [...]
by Andrew Sacher Twin Sister at Mercury Lounge in September ( more by Jessica Amaya ) Four days after our BV Holiday Party with Anna Calvi at MHOW (12/13) ( tickets ) we'll be presenting a second Holiday Party at Bowery Ballroom (12/17) with Twin Sister , Widowspeak , and Ava Luna . Tickets for the show [...]
The Brooklyn via Long Island group is coming to a city near you!
NYC dream pop outfit Twin Sister has mapped out its first-ever headlining tour for early next year. In support of their recently released full-length debut, In Heaven , the band will launch the month long road trip in Philadelphia on January 22nd. Check out the entire schedule, along with Balam Acab's remix of "Kimmi in a Rice Field" below. Twin Sister - "Kimmi in a Rice Field" (Balam Acab Remix): Twin Sister 2012 Tour Dates: 01/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny [...]
It's almost CMJ time, so here's a mix featuring just a few of the bands that are playing (official and unofficial) shows during this year's CMJ . Listen. Melting (mp3) by Hunters Moneybags (mp3) by Mr. Dream Constant Future (mp3) by Parts & Labor In A Strangeland (mp3) by Talk Normal Clips (mp3) by [...]
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Dirty Projectors, Man Man, Pattern Is Movement "Ava Luna - Clips" What's so good? Ava Luna is not a band who's easy to define. That doesn't mean they don't ooze incredible energy and talent. They've got soul, funk, and tons of groove... and they're bringing it all at full force. I'll start off with saying [...]
What's "derivative"? Isn't all music, for the most part, an afterthought of something before it? Isn't it useless to sit and complain about how a band sounds stripped from something else? Do we really need to discuss ad-infinitum the odd similarities between early Coldplay and early Radiohead? Rhetorical question, but let's answer it anyhow: Yes. Because more often than not, some acts get too gluttonous with influence. It's not exactly stealing, but it's the sort of similar grey line that separates one from finding and stealing a wallet. At the end of the day, it's not really yours; though one side [...]
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