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Posted in music | tour dates on May 15, 2007
Secret Machines add 2nd semi-secret NYC show
Do The Secret Machines even still live in Brooklyn? I have no idea, but if they don't, then the reason they're in town is to play a show at the Highline Ballroom for the David Bowie-curated High line Festival this Saturday night (May 19). Tickets to that are (or were - you should check) sold out, but tickets are now definitely on sale for a second show at the Annex two nights earlier.
Posted on May 15, 2007 5:02 PM
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At the very least, they still live somewhere in New York City. I've seen them almost every weekday for the last 3-4 months in my neighborhood in Queens.
Posted by Stark | May 15, 2007 5:18 PM
anyone know who's taking benjamin's place for these shows?
Posted by Anonymous | May 15, 2007 5:26 PM
Are you a street vendor? I see even my next door neighbors like twice a month.
Posted by Anonymous | May 15, 2007 5:56 PM
@Stark:
What are some of the nicer (yet affordable) neighborhoods in Queens? I'm doing some research, but I don't know where to start... Brooklyn seems pretty expensive.
Posted by Mark B. | May 15, 2007 6:36 PM
Queens blows.
Spankrock & Ghost tonight.
Posted by Noah | May 15, 2007 6:44 PM
nicer areas in queens are forest hills and astoria...
astoria has the only beer garden left in the city and it is a great music venue on the rare occasion it has been used as one!
Posted by MC | May 15, 2007 7:20 PM
sunnyside is not a bad place.
Posted by tim | May 15, 2007 7:29 PM
@ Mark B.
Try - Woodside, Sunnyside, Astoria, Forest Hills.
Posted by BIANCA | May 15, 2007 8:43 PM
Astoria probably no longer fits many people's idea of affordable.
Posted by Waldorf | May 15, 2007 8:47 PM
Probably not, but just like many areas it's all in the hunt.
Posted by BIANCA | May 15, 2007 9:09 PM
No Benji replacement. SM are now a two person band. Seriously.
Posted by Anonymous | May 16, 2007 4:14 AM
Wait...seriously...they don't have a replacement?!?! WTF??!? How are they going to play half their songs?
I can't imagine this is true...but if so...Anyone want to buy my tickets for Saturday night?
Posted by Drugs Delaney | May 16, 2007 8:46 AM
Thanks everybody - much appreciated!
Posted by Mark B. | May 16, 2007 8:53 AM
Okay - SM is now a FOUR piece. The show started at 12:30am and my first impression was...holy fuck this is loud. I mean painful loud. They started with several new tunes that...all sounded the same because it was so damn loud. Great venue. Typical NY crowd. Did I mention is was loud? Crazy loud. If they start the Saturday night show with five or six new tunes....watch the crowd thin out rather quickly. It was a good time no doubt.
Posted by Anonymous | May 18, 2007 7:54 AM
The drummer is a beast...other than that the show was meh at best. They really didn't want to be there. They played closer to 12:45 and the energy level was rather low.
Posted by Anonymous | May 18, 2007 1:31 PM
i disagree. i think they were really feeling the new songs. maybe it's because i was retardedly fucked up, but it sounded damn good to me. i really liked how the new songs don't have that same "secret machines" rhythm that the first two albums had.
and put the drummer in the back. we know that josh and brendan are the 2 OG secret machines members, but he's a powerful drummer and i felt a little overpowered (in the bad way) sometimes.
overall, i was pleasantly surprised and i had a great time.
Posted by Anonymous | May 18, 2007 2:32 PM