It's 1983, and kiwis Hamish and David Kilgour disband the Clean, one of the many cool underground bands that all of a sudden put the tiny town of Dunedin on the musical map. Soon after, they form the Great Unwashed, and surprisingly, one of their standout songs pays homage to the king of twang: Duane Eddy. The Great Unwashed - Duane Eddy MP3 Swiftly followed by the object of the Kilgour brothers' admiration himself, with a typical razorsharp instrumental. [...]
Well, it's almost time for 2nd Northside Festival , during which The L Magazine takes over the Williamsburg and Greenpoint music venues for a few days. The Northside Festival will feature over 300 bands this year. Some relatively big names are playing ( Liars , The Fiery Furnaces , Fucked Up , Polvo ). But what this is really about is the chance to see lots of bands in small venues. It's an indie music overdose. You can get an idea of what it's like by listening to this radio [...]
Saturday afternoon record stores all around the world will be celebrating hipster Christmas in the form of Record Store Day . With hundreds of bands releasing exclusive pieces of music and wax for the record buying public to consume it is sure to be an amazing day of consumerism and music meeting head on. We're pretty excited about it and so we decided to put on a show that night at Bruar Falls and charge you guys absolutely nothing to get into the show! Playing at Bruar [...]
Monday: LCD Soundsystem @ Webster Hall 8:30pm $20 [ tix ] At this point tickets are probably sold out to this show and going for hundreds of dollars on Craigslist, but I somehow managed to snag a ticket on Friday and really the excitement bubbling within me is too much to ignore or to allow me to point you towards another show. So try your luck, check on eBay, or find a friend with an extra ticket, do what you have to because based on the reports from last [...]
Having spent Thursday night on Staten Island checking out what all the hype is about on Cymbals Eat Guitars my Northside Fest experience started with my own showcase at Public Assembly. 12-bands, two stages, one manically stressed blogger, but amazingly everything went as smooth as humanly possible! First up were Staten Island's The Great Unwashed .We've talked about them before and every time I do I get comments telling the band to change their name, that there's another Great Unwashed in some country on the other side of the world, that that band is really amazing and [...]
What : Pop Tarts Suck Toasted's Northside Fest Showcase When : Tonight, 8pm! Where : Public Assembly , 70 N. 6th St. Cost : $10 What to Expect : With 12-bands on two stages this is simply the most bang for your buck throughout the entire Northside Festival. Not only is it big in terms of numbers it's big in bands as well with some true up-and-coming acts like Screaming Females, Dinowalrus, and Kilgore Trout Is Dead all getting time on the stages. Of course I've made [...]
Probably the best value of the Northside Festival is happening @ Public Assembly (70 North 6th Street) on Friday. The show was curated by Pop Tarts Suck Toasted and is sure to be filled with awesomeness. 7:30pm 21+? $10 __ The Front Room Lineup__ Brilliant Sweaters Description: I hear they like Green Day (and not in a bad way either) Listen: Sexy Genius (mp3) Screaming Females Description: Mind-blowing rock and/or roll from New [...]
What : Cymbals Eat Guitars 1st Staten Island Show! When : Tonight, 9pm Where : Martini Red , 372 Van Duzer St. Cost : FREE What to Expect : A lot has been made of Cymbals Eat Guitars recent string of buzz that was all started when the band's latest album was labeled as Best New Music. The amazing part of it all was that they were suddenly the newest and best Staten Island band without anyone from Staten [...]
At this point I hope you guys have all heard about the brand new, L Magazine created, Northside Festival taking place this June. For four days, in one of the nicest months of the year, the music venues and art galleries of Williamsburg, Brooklyn will be hosting some of the finest bands from around New York City as well as from outside the city. For the low, low price of only $45 you can purchase a badge to the festival which will afford you the opportunity to see a huge amount of shows. Or you can pick and [...]
The Great Unwashed are a New York band. Get it out of your head that this is the same New Zealand act that featured David Kilgour. They are not that band! Instead they are creating some pummeling, fast paced, rock music for the kids of today. I got a chance to chat with Great Unwashed front man Sean Kuhl about the band's name, origins, and what they have going on right now, check it out... PTST : How did The Great Unwashed originally get together? TGU [...]
This week Deli Magazine concluded the voting for their best NY band of 2008 with Vivian Girls, Chairlift, and Secret Life of Sofia coming in in the top spots proving once again that the bands coming out of New York are top notch artists that are making an impact in this music world. It was nice to see the list of bands that were nominated (full disclosure: I was one of the jurors to pick these bands my choices; Secret Life of Sofia, Brownwater, & Brilliant Sweaters) ranging from the absolutely obscure bands from Staten Island (see: Brownwater) [...]
After reading through Pitchfork's list of upcoming 2009 releases a few weeks ago, it got me thinking about what I myself am looking forward to this year... you know, music-wise . Below is a list of what I've found so far. Mostly it's albums that will be out in the first half of the year, and mostly it's stuff that I'm really excited about (as opposed to the laundry list of albums that may or may not pique my interest should I be slovenly killing time in a Sonic Boom; which I'm very good at, btw). [...]
So... Meho Plaza , the album by Meho Plaza has been on my ipod for a while now and I figure it is time to share a couple of tracks that have been sticking in my head of late. In case you are unfamiliar, Meho Plaza are from LA and they play noisy synth driven rock n' roll. Listen: "George Washington" (box.net mp3) "Your Future Looks Bright" (box.net mp3) Myspace page is here . Better Looking Records is here . eMusic page is [...]
Pat , the coolest blogger on Staten Island, is throwing a little anniversary bash this Saturday for his erstwhile music blog, Pop Tarts Suck Toasted , (though personally I don't mind them that way). The show is $7 and features the following bands: New York Times Boy Genius (I like!) The Great Unwashed Brilliant Sweaters (ATJF alums) DJ Rachel (Underrated) DJ Nora (I Rock, I Roll) Bar Matchless Williamsburg, Brooklyn [...]
Who: The Great Unwashed Slot: 8pm Resides In: 1/2 Staten Island, 1/2 Astoria RIYL: At the Drive-In, Fugazi Why You Should See Them: It's always tough to be a band hailing from Staten Island. You live in the shadows of bands from Manhattan and Brooklyn, you have to commute over bridges and through tunnels to every gig and they generally don't get the respect the deserve not matter how good they
Monday: ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead @ Santo's Party House 10pm $tba This show was announced last week and is a pretty big deal for folks that know anything about Trail of Dead. The original two members, Jason Reece and Conrad Keely, will perform alone for the first time in god knows how long. It's pretty freakin' awesome! Is there really any better way to kick off your week than
Who: The Great Unwashed RIYL: Thursday, At the Drive-In, Fugazi At times The Great Unwashed can come appear to be something of an emo band, with screaming vocals and hard angular guitar riffs it's not a stretch to lump them in with the bands that play Bamboozle every year. But somehow the band manages to transcend that placement and maybe it's because deep down the band just wants to rock as hard
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