Recommended Show: SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009 EAR PWR @ UNION DOCS 322 Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 $5, 10:30PM Can you say, "No-brainer?" It's not a shock that I am going to be recommending all of the NYC Ear Pwr shows (they will be playing a few shows in the City during May) as they tour in support of their upcoming album, Super Animal Bros. III . (Here's a link to The End of Irony's interview with Ear Pwr , in case you missed it.) More shows going on after the jump. [...]
Rock 'n' roll isn't dead. It is alive in the seedy underbelly of New York's sleaziest clubs, on display for those willing to look for it. Last night, I set foot into Lit (again, one of my least favorite venues in this entire city), eager for another dose of trashy, violent rock 'n' roll, and that's exactly what I received, with interest. First on the slab were The Hunt (pictured), New York's premier post-punk patrons. Soaked in copious amounts of both whiskey and gin, the band tore through a short, yet sweet set [...]
" Prince first dreamed up the blueprint for this kind of thing back in 1980 with the release of his galaxy-smashing Dirty Mind album. Glaring defiantly from the stark black-and-white cover clad in a pair of panties and a trench coat, the music inside was just as startling. Combing the swinging power pop of The Cars with gender-bending sexuality and a punk rock attitude, Dirty Mind can still warp a mind. Mt. Sims , from his blurry ethnicity to the studded neon girls at his flanks, has obviously learned a thing or [...]
The Tallest Man on Earth @ Town Hall ( more by Chris La Putt ) today in NYC * DANCE * Melpo Mene @ Rockwood Music Hall * Erik Friedlander @ The Stone * Relentless7 @ Mercury Lounge * Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog @ Kntting Factory * Meat Puppets & Oakley Hall @ Maxwells * Letters To Cleo & Cassavettes [...]
myspace profile veil veil vanish - "What Will You Say Tonight" Veil Veil Vanish is a San Francisco based 4-piece that brings dark, post-punk energy, shoegaze atmospherics, and modern indie aesthetics into the current era of pop music. Featuring ex-members of Andalusia , Astral & Jada Morning , Veil Veil Vanish began in January of 2006 and has since played venues throughout the US, with bands such as 1990's (UK), Celebration, Midnight Movies, and Bellmer Dolls to name a few. Veil Veil Vanish has also toured the [...]
New York : Paul Simon @ Town Hall Bellmer Dolls @ Mercury Lounge Barack Rock @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Los Angeles : Heavy Trash @ The Echo Division of Laura Lee @ Spaceland Judgement Day @ Troubadour Chicago : [...]
Tonight if you manage to grab tickets to Ratatat, Panther, and E*Rock at Sonar , please enjoy because it's sold out. If you can't make that you might want to head down to DC to check Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Bellmer Dolls at the 9:30 Club or The Rumble Strips and Birdmonster at the Black Cat . Finally tonight in Philly Hot Chip and Growing play the Trocadero . As always please let me know if I missed anything. mp3: Ratatat - Falcon Jab mp3: [...]
Matt Sims began startling audiences since 2000 with his unusually provocative performances that mix equal amounts political satire , surreal imagery and sensual debauch. With three dancers (à la The Fall), this performance group explored the contemporary connections between media, consumerism, sex, and entertainment. Gaining comparisons from artist Paul McCarthy's food work to James Brown's hip work, this show caused enough of a stir to get the attention of DJ Hell who quickly signed them to his International DJ Gigolo Records label alongside the likes of Tuxedo Moon, Terence Fixmer, CROSSOVER, Vitalic and Linda Lamb. The release of [...]
There is nothing normal about the music of Mt. Sims . From their start in 2000, they have played dark hyper-sexual dance music with a tinge of political satire. They have released two such electro-pop albums, and now they have returned but a few things have changed. After releasing a second album Wild Light and touring extensively throughout Europe as a three-piece band (as opposed to a performance art piece as was the case with Ultrasex) Sims decided on breaking the band up and relocating to Berlin, Germany. It is here that Sims began working on the [...]
Psychic Family From Portland, Oregon, the 'Rose City' of the U.S.A comes Magick Daggers. I caught up with lead vocalist and bass player Jessy Montaigne to talk about her haunted house, burlesque shows and the record label split that has delayed the release of their debut album. Keen to get some publicity for their new album Lions Of Alchemy , Jessy from Magick Daggers was more than happy to share some of the more interesting facts about herself and the band [...]
FRESHKILLS - SELF-RELEASED, SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 2nd! Freshkills – yes, one word – are a five-piece tour guide to the lives, awkward conversations and head games that play out deep into the night in New York City's dark bars and messy bedrooms. Each protagonist is motivated by sordid appetites, like moths attracted to blackness. Each song has the sound and feel of a mini-apocalypse. The band comprises of vocalist Zachary Lipez, guitarists Johnny Rauberts and Timothy Murray, bassist Mitchell Jordan and drummer Jim Paradise. Upon listening, influences that spring to mind are Nation [...]
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