Recommended Show: TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013 SHILPA RAY AND HER HAPPY HOOKERS @ PIANOS 158 Ludlow St New York, NY 10002 $8, 7PM Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers perform tonight at Piano. It's a cheap show at only $8, so head on out and buy a beer with the money left behind. Freelance Whales @ Maxwell's Meet Me In Norway @ Cake Shop The Airborne Toxic Event @ Webster Hall Freakwater & Arbouretum @ The Bell House [...]
Here's a video which wouldn't really come at a better time if it tried. Presidential election coming up, the sempiternal pro vs. anti-abortion debate sparked up again from the Republican front. In the midst of it all, Broooklyn-based songwriter Shilpa Ray has concocted, with her Happy Hookers (and a little help from her fans) this iconography-saturated video she released last week to illustrate the moody, sour drone of her song 'Nocturnal Emissions'. A black&white DIY silent movie-style montage, it takes the shape of a vindictive dig at man-made contraception policies imagining a violent women-led pro-natality campaign straight [...]
Maybe four years of contributing to the massive onslaught of year-end 'best albums' lists has made us a little jaded, but we almost didn't compile a list at all this year. Who cares really what albums we thought were best this year? Probably just us. And doesn't it come off just a tad pretentious to think that just because we have a regular outlet to share our music-related opinions that it makes us somehow more knowledgeable in the area or make our voices any more credible? But sites do need content and, admittedly, this time of year it [...]
ARTIST: Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers - Living Life On High DATE: 07-19-11 WRITER: Bill Adams Discussions with Shilpa Ray are a surreal experience; there is a very clear difference between her musical and personal demeanor. Both onstage and on-record, Ray just unloads on listeners with a booming and tormented but soulful bellow not unlike what one might expect to come out of Shirley Bassey if that singer were to down a fifth of whiskey [view more]
So, it's time again to shared what's getting posted at our supplemental blog, GIMME Tumblr . If you want to follow GIMME Tumblr , here is the rss feed , or you could just join Tumblr . You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page OR if you are browsing with Chrome you can play (and scrobble ) the whole page using the ex.fm extension OR you can just download any or all of [...]
Even after releasing an album as mellow and dark as Life Fantastic , there was no chance that a band like Man Man would put on anything less than a stellar, chaotic, frenetic live show, much as they have done since 2004. There were some changes in their setup to be sure, but the Philadelphia five-piece's stop in Chicago held much of the same fervor their shows always have. Their ability to dive between genres, dramatic flair, and general oddness were again on full display, and the crowd ate up every second of [...]
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I finally saw my first (real) DC show - after living here for 6 months... *exploring my new city fail* But it was a good first show. I saw Shilpa Ray and her Happy Hookers at the Red Palace. I have been wanting to see Shilpa Ray live for a while, but the last time she was supposed to come here, her show got canceled. Shilpa's a pretty petit girl, but she has a big voice and I love her dark
So, it's time once again for use to share what's getting posted at our supplemental blog, GIMME Tumblr . If you want to follow GIMME Tumblr , here is the rss feed , or you could just join Tumblr and click the "+ follow" button on the top of GIMME Tumblr to put us on your dashboard. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page OR if you are browsing with Chrome you can [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. Fresh off tour with Grinderman , prepping for a tour with Acid Mothers Temple , on their way to SXSW , Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers are making a stop at Columbus' A&R Music Bar to blow minds/deliver chills/hypnotize onlookers. I was fortunate enough to catch Shilpa, formerly of Beat the Devil fame, when she came through town last year and words just don't do the live show justice. Do yourself a favor and go [...]
It’s the end of the week everybody, so let’s all have a drink. Hell, if you’ve been working hard, have three. The weekend is here, and now we can all kick back, relax, and enjoy the fact that winter’s coldest month is almost at a close. That doesn’t mean it isn’t still cold in some parts of the country, but hey, spring is almost here. While you wait for the season of renewal to roll around though, warm up with some new and entertaining videos on our very own, Cluster 1: Short Films/Live: [...]
A few new videos that have caught our eye... The Airborne Toxic Event have released the first video in their new weekly video series, The Bombastic . This is a weekly series of one-shot, one-take acoustic performances by the band featuring new songs from the band's upcoming sophomore album All At Once , to be released on April 26. This week's video features the title track to the new album. Nicole Atkins is returning [...]
Their set featured: The Madness Of King George Coward Cracked The Dawn Dames A Dime A Dozen Genie's Rugs Download all tracks here. Teenage & Torture is out now. MP3: Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers - Venus Shaver
The Midgetmen were our partners during our first (and only) Donewaiting.com show during SXSW. The Midgetmen are excited to be hosting our 4th Texas Jumpstart party during SXSW 2011. We've moved to the Hole in the Wall for this year, but The Midgetmen's Texas Jumpstart 4 will still be 100% free with 100% free beer. Please RSVP here and spread the word; Having some idea of who is coming will help us work out how much beer to give away. And without further ado, here's the lineup: Front Stage: [...]
[photo courtesy of Carly Sioux ] In a venue that sometime can feel like an advertisement for attention deficit disorder, on Friday night Shilpa Ray used her tremendous stage energy to cut through the Brooklyn Bowl distractions to deliver an outstanding set. With Jack White and a sixteen person entourage bowling in one corner, sports fans watching the Knicks on the large screen tv in another corner, and the floor of the venue filled with the persistent din of chatter, the venue did not offer an easy task for the live performers. [...]
The title of this post is something a very good friend of mine said to me a good few years ago now, when I was talking to him about what I do and don't write about on this blog. Most of the music I hear a buzz building about on the internet I tend to go and have a listen to, and I tend to end up shrugging and thinking, 'well, s'alright, innit'. However, on this blog I am trying, in a sense, to document the actual process of listening to and enjoying music - to write out [...]
So you lucky ducks who live in NYC (oh yeah, I moved to DC by the way, since I never really announced that...) should all head out to see the talented Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers at Brooklyn Bowl this Friday (only $5!) to celebrate the release of their new album, Teenage and Torture, which came out today. Just to whet your appetite, here is a fun little music video / tribute to B horror
You may remember we introduced you to the goodness of Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers last year, well pleasingly her second album ' Teenage Torture ' is all set for release later this month - I'm frantic with anticipation for it. Even more good news though, ahead of that release comes this belting single 'Heaven In Stereo' which is taken from the album. This lady has a set of lungs on her and can really wail. A pretty cool 80s slasher B-movie video [...]
Shilpa Ray 's new video for "Heaven in Stereo" is filled with teenagers and werewolves, but don't expect anything like New Moon on the screen. No, this is a classic horror spoof straight out of the 70s. Check out this amazingly nostalgic video above. Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers tour dates: Dates marked * w/ Acid Mother's Temple January 21 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl January 22 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place March 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland* [...]
Filed under: Free MP3 Download of the Day Artist: Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers Hail From: Brooklyn, N.Y. Song: 'Venus Shaver' Album: 'Teenage and Torture' Sounds Like : PJ Harvey , Stevie Nicks In Their Words: "This song is inspired by my shaver. I wanted it to sound like pain in slow motion as well as something you could sing along [...]
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