The Ballet | A NYC "sissy pop band"

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THE BALLET

After confirming that Voxtrot's singer Ramesh would DJ the show at Syrup Room on June 29th with Land of Talk and Tokyo Police Club, I asked their manager James if he had any suggestions for a third band. He asked if I'd heard of a NYC band called The Ballet. I hadn't. He said their live show is good and Ramesh himself is actually a big fan. So then I checked out their MP3s, and MySpace, and immediately decided to ask them. For fans of Voxtrot, The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian, The Magnetic Fields and other "sissy pop"....

DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
* I Hate the War
* In My Head
* The Face of Everything
* Personal

(....and they said yes - they'll play the show!)

THURSDAY JUNE 29, 2006
BrooklynVegan & Todd P present:
Land of Talk, Tokyo Police Club and The Ballet with DJ's Ramesh from Voxtrot & Finger on the Pulse
@ The Syrup Room in Brooklyn, NY (ALL AGES, $8 at the door, 8pm doors)

posted at 2:18 PM on June 23, 2006 in MP3 | music | tour dates | Comments (14)

Comments (14)

Where I'm from, we call this wussrock. It's only meant for really tiny dudes.

Posted by Thomas | June 23, 2006 3:11 PM

ramesh is such a bitch.

Posted by Anonymous | June 23, 2006 3:11 PM

i do like this!

Posted by Anonymous | June 23, 2006 6:59 PM

the ballet are awesome and they're good people. suck it, haters.

Posted by Anonymous | June 23, 2006 8:15 PM

My brain cannot take anymore of these dinky, prissy, half-singing,whiney, pencil-case carrying indie bands. Sometimes, you just want to ROCK. Like right now. I want to ROCK. And hear guitars and primal drums and fire. FIRE!

Posted by gorp | June 23, 2006 10:45 PM

gorp, you're drunk.

Posted by Anonymous | June 23, 2006 11:03 PM

"My brain cannot take anymore of these dinky, prissy, half-singing,whiney, pencil-case carrying indie bands. Sometimes, you just want to ROCK. Like right now. I want to ROCK. And hear guitars and primal drums and fire. FIRE!"

Than why do you read Brooklyn Vegan?

Posted by Nobody Special | June 23, 2006 11:59 PM

cos i want to listen to something different now. sure i dug those kinds of bands.. but lately, my brain is oversaturated with loads of those kinds of bands that all sound the same. just feel like i need a change of pace. variety... I want to ROCK right now. Sure, i like my pop... But i want to listen to some power and rock and energy with my pop right about now. btw, bv doesn't only post about dinky, prissy indie bands. bv has a vast array of desires.

Posted by gorp | June 24, 2006 12:18 AM

gorp meet wolfmother, wolfmother this is gorp.

Posted by tuber | June 24, 2006 11:44 AM

nah, they don't do it for me. his voice it too high...and they don't have actual good "songs". rrggg.

Posted by gorp | June 24, 2006 2:11 PM

hey- i am digging their stuff. (..but i am a girl.) thanks for the heads-up.

Posted by Nadine | June 24, 2006 4:03 PM

wuss? tiny? prissy? are you actually using those words to be insulting? where i'm from, we call guys like you "straight," "insecure," and "bad lays."

Posted by g stein | June 26, 2006 12:36 PM

burn.

Posted by kfarm | June 28, 2006 4:59 PM

hey I'm glad this went well. Everybody had a really great time, sounds like.

I myself was in Caracas, Venezuela running a 102 fever and barely able to breathe with a clenched up throat. Some kind of allergic food reaction I think.

Anyway, glad to work together and glad it worked out.

Posted by Todd | July 3, 2006 12:10 PM