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Diamond Rugs played the Bell House (pics); appeared on Letterman (video)

photos by Tracy Allison

Diamond Rugs at The Bell House, 6/22/2012
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Diamond Rugs, the latest hard-rocking, boot-stomping supergroup to hit the Mason-Dixon line between indie rock and alt-country, played a surprise show at Brooklyn’s Bell House on Friday night. Featuring John McCauley and Robbie Cowell of Deer Tick, Black Lips’ Ian Saint Pe (who apparently tied up the last Billboard reporter who interviewed him and was hoping I would let him do the same), Hardy Morris of Dead Confederate, Bryan Dufresne of Six Finger Satellite, and Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin, D. Rugs played their self-titled debut front to back in front of a small but enthusiastic audience who requested an encore even though “that’s all the songs we have,” as McCauley reminded them.

The somewhat impromptu set served as an unveiling of sorts for the band before their Sunday concert at Central Park Summerstage with Alabama Shakes and Robert Ellis, which was originally supposed to be their New York debut before their appearance tonight on The Late Show with David Letterman. After replenishing their onstage bin of Tecate, the band’s central six members were joined by “some trombone player” and Diamond Rugs producers Adam Landry and Justin Collins of Nashville’s Playground Sound Studios. The production team, who has also worked with Deer Tick and Sally Ford and the Sound Outside, contributed percussion and surprisingly deep baritone, respectively. [Billboard]

Diamond Rugs made their NYC live debut at The Bell House on Friday night (6/22) with Richard Buckner and Roomrunner in tow, two days before their opening slot for Alabama Shakes in Central Park. Did you go to the Bell House show? What did you think?

Diamond Rugs made their network television debut last night (6/25) on The Late Show with David Letterman and you can watch that performance of “Blue Mountains” below and check out more pictures from the Bell House show as well.

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