Who : Happy Anarchy , Drink Up Buttercup , & Wakey! Wakey! Where : Martini Red, 372 Van Duzer St., Staten Island When : Doors @ 9pm Cost : $5 (which will be donated to Toys for Tots) What to Expect : Happy Anarchy; The Staten Island natives cut their teeth playing Island based gigs like [...]
What : Pop Tarts Suck Toasted's 2nd Annual Christmas Spectacular!!! Who : Happy Anarchy , Drink Up Buttercup , Wakey! Wakey! When : Friday, December 12th Where : Martini Red, 372 Van Duzer St., Staten Island, NY, 10304 Time : 9pm Cost : $5 [...]
Free Shows : Saturday Dec. 13th - Pwrfl Power @ Sound Fix Records Pwrfl Pwr - "It's Okay" Cheap Shows : ($10 and under) Tuesday Dec. 2nd - Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains @ Union Hall $8 Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains - "I Hate My Friends" Friday Dec. 5th - Jukebox the Ghost @ Knitting Factory $10 Jukebox the Ghost - "Fire In the Sky/Where Are All the Scientists Now?/A Matter of Time" [...]
The Castanets/Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson show scheduled for tonight (11/26) at Union Hall has been moved to The Bell House . They will be combined with the El Ten Eleven and Happy Anarchy bill (tickets are still $10 for the whole shebang). Here is the complete lineup: Wednesday, November 26 07:30 pm Doors 08:30 pm Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson 09:30 pm Castanets 10:30 pm El Ten Eleven 11:30 pm Happy Anarchy Tickets $10
Who : Happy Anarchy , El Ten Eleven , Castanets , + Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson Where : The Bell House When : 8pm Cost : $10 What to Expect : Considering that Thanksgiving Eve is widely considered the biggest party night of the year it makes sense that [...]
Staten Island is the New York City version of a small town. Basically, you grow up knowing just about everyone and as your life goes on and you stay here longer and longer you realize that you just cannot lose touch with people. Back in the mid-90's I worked with at an everything store called the Village Shoppe. It was my formative years and I was working with this music obsessed dude named Tim Boylan. Suffice it to say some of his taste rubbed off on me after a while and I took an interest when he started playing trombone [...]
Monday: Goes Cube @ Irving Plaza 6:30pm $15 Yeah so maybe Goes Cube isn't quite headlining the Irving Plaza stage (yet), but they are the most (only) interesting band on this lineup. It may be a stretch to say they are worth $15, especially since they'll probably be playing somewhere else sometime soon for only $10, but I think you can spare the extra $5 even in this economy. Goes Cube - "You Clench Your Jaw When You're Angry" Tuesday: Mixel Pixel + Ninjasonik @ cake Shop 8pm $7 [...]
Last night I got home from work and the first thing I did when I walked through the door was order Chinese food, hey a guy's gotta eat! After that though I sat my ass down and downloaded the brand new Girl Talk album Feed the Animals since that time I have done nothing but listen to this album on a constant repeat while dancing around my apartment! What an awesome, fun album, and I really hope
Bikini - I Remember Being Young ( mp3 ) Camp Radio - Cons At The New Moon ( mp3 ) Cannonball Jane - The Secret Handshake ( mp3 ) Coldplay - Life In Technicolor ( mp3 ) Coldplay - Strawberry Swing ( mp3 ) Computer Vs. Banjo - Give Up The Ghost ( mp3 ) Dream Bitches - Me And The Major ( mp3 ) Dream Bitches - Mother's Day ( mp3 ) Flannel - Morning, About Mill and Mugs ( mp3 ) Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why [...]
Let's kick it off with the vastly underrated Wolf Parade . The Canadian quartet's 2005 debut "Apologies to the Queen Mary" was one of that year's best albums that you might not have heard. Their sophomore effort, "At Mount Zoomer, is due out in North America on Tuesday from Sub Pop . What I've heard so far squelches any fears I had of a sophomore slump. MP3: Wolf Parade - "Language City" I was never a huge fan of Rugby's Spiritualized , though I have a [...]
Okay folks, this is the final reminder that Rock the Harbor is going down tomorrow beginning at 11am!!! Tickets will be available at the gate for $20, bands will be rocking till 8pm, there will be after parties, and beer, and food, and lots of fun!!! If you can't make it to the Island for the fun you'll be missing out by I'll have live coverage from the fest all day right here on Pop Tarts Suck
staten island's happy anarchy , whose excellent second album, reset , came out in may, plays orchestral rock on the type of grand scale that can feel, as you listen, like undertaking a journey; you climb and descend, run with arms akimbo, hop from one stone to the next - often within the space of five or so minutes. that may sound engrossing, possibly exhausting; what mostly is, though, is fun. we don't find too much anarchic about their songs, but there's plenty of revelry, from the group vocals & decent lyrics to swelling arrangements with occasional trombone [...]
Friday, June 6, 2008 As I said earlier in the week, tomorrow I turn 25. It's going to be a joyful occasion (or something), so I'm going to take the weekend off from SOTO to lounge around and live it up. That's right, no podcast or film update. It'll just be Noah and John Michael here to help get you through the weekend. All is not totally lost, though, as I've prepared a nice EP. Enjoy. : David Vandervelde - I Will Be Fine [...]
One of the best things about riding my bike is that I can load up my ipod with lots of new music and then give it a good listen while I'm riding and see what strikes me as something worth sharing. I used to make cds all the time and do this kind of listening in the car, but doing it like this is a lot more fun. And it's interesting how the endorphins I feel when I'm working out affect how I respond to different songs. Sometimes when I get back from a [...]
In a historical sense, the hierarchical indecisiveness of an anarchy is most looked upon as a weakening state of political turbulence. With the absence of any governing force, a state of chaos and disorder is considered to be imminent if not already present. With that in mind, a name like Happy Anarchy should sound contradictory to anyone with a fair amount of common sense. As recently as yesterday's feature of Setting Sun , I touched upon the varying factors of a collaborative group's artistic ventures and the importance of a shared vision amongst all involved members. Whether [...]
still got internet problems, so i'll just quickly unload some good stuff. check out the bands' websites for more info. most importantly, click here to stream a cover of wolf parade's "shine a light" recorded by adam franklin of swervedriver. dan boeckner will eventually be returning the favor by recording a cover of one of franklin's song with his other band, the handsome furs, later this summer. "westward [...]
What it lacks in being on time it makes up for in awesome songs. The best of the best Bound Stems - Happens To Us All Otherwise Wire - One of Us Bell - Echinacea Happy Anarchy - Is That Right? Jaguar Love - Bats Over The Pacific Ocean Robert Pollard (of GBV fame) - Gratification to Concrete The Ms - Don't Be Late Computer vs. Banjo - Give Up On Ghosts [...]
Staten Island, NY "Is That Right" Happy Anarchy on MySpace Happy Anarchy on The Hype Machine
Starting out with a gala intro eventually fading into oblivion, Happy Anarchy set the stage for their album, Reset , which literally crosses a ton of borders, sometimes without stopping at all, and most importantly, without sounding stupid. In terms of songwriting, the influences are far too wide for this empty head to count at the moment, but I will mention the Sgt. Peppersesque "Wake Up," and the vamping "Bomp," just bending from the temptation of ska-in-it out with those meandering melodies. The best thing about this album is that it is enjoyable to listen to; it is not [...]
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