by BBG

Brian Majewski honors his brother @ Union Pool

The life and legacy of Brendan Majewski was celebrated last night (4/20) at Union Pool, as Krallice, Obits, Mira Bilotte, and Dope Body banded together to play a show in his honor. Though a somber tone permeated through the night, there were flashes of sheer beauty, the most powerful of which was when Brendan's little brother Brian "Bri Guy" stepped to the stage to perform a song he had written for his fallen brother. Emotion dripped through Brian's fingers and though the somber-yet-uplifting piano ballad was breathtaking on its own, with the added subtext it made for the most heart-wrenching moment of the evening.

Dope Body's spazzy post-hardcore stomp (the band shared a split with Brendan's band Orphan) started the evening with tons of on-stage energy. Following Brian Majewski's gorgeous piano composition, Mira Bilotte delivered eastern-influenced vocal/piano and vocal/percussion pieces that were delicate, emotional and gorgeous. Obits and Krallice's sets touched upon material by Orphan, with the latter devoting the majority of their stage time to blackened covers of the material before closing with the incendiary "Forgiveness in Rot" from their first LP.

Quite the lineup at the small stage of Union Pool, and all in tribute of one man who will definitely be missed. I didn't know Brendan personally, mostly just through his catchy LPs. But all of the love in the room last night made me wish I did.

More pictures and some video from the show, below...

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today in NYC
* Next Life @ Ideal Glass
* Michael Showalter @ Book Court
* Tom Carter @ The Stone
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* Tell All Your Friends @ Lolita Bar
* Jenny Scheinman @ Barbes
* The Dearloves, Minor Stars @ Cake Shop
* Jessica 6, Emilie Simon @ Mercury Lounge
* Melvin Van Peebles with Laxative @ Zebulon
* Tracy Bonham, Bleu & Jim Boggia @ Joe's Pub
* Soulive, Maceo Parker, Lettuce @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Miracles of Modern Science @ Rockwood Music Hall
* closing of Mira Bilotte's show @ Secret Project Robot
* Superhuman Happiness, Chico Mann @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Five O'Clock Heroes, The NowhereNauts @ Mercury Lounge
* Vienna Teng, Alex Wong, The Alternate Routes @ The Bell House
* Murder By Death, Fake Problems, Buried Beds @ Bowery Ballroom
* Young Magic, Wise Blood, Emil & Friends, Machu Picchu @ Glasslands
* YC The Cynic, Sene, Scienze, Rebel Diaz, The Underdogz @ Southpaw
* Zach Williams, Elizabeth & The Catapult, Brian Elmquist @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Quiet Lights, Mansions and Junipers, For A Minor Reflection (Iceland) @ The Rock Shop
* Quok (Weasel Walter, Tim Dahl, Ava Mendoza), Seabrook Power Plant, The Dreebs @ Death By Audio

White Magic's Mira Billotte has created Spira Mirabilis Mundi, the Miraculous Spiral Universe, "a transcendant maze of video projections, fabric, and symbols" at Secret Project Robot. That exhibit closes with a party at 8pm tonight. Punkcast video of Mira Billotte's invocation at the opening of the installation on Feb 4, below...

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DOWNLOAD: Krallice - "The Clearing" (MP3)

Brendan Majewski, R.I.P.

A memorial show has been organized at Union Pool on April 20th in memory of Brendan Majewski of Orphan/Quix*o*tic who tragically took his own life in January. Come out and pay tribute to Brendan by enjoying perfromances by Krallice, Mira Bilotte (of White Magic & Quix*o*tic), Dope Body & "other special guests" with DJ sets by Bob Nickas & Jacob Kassay. All money raised at the show will go to Brendan's family to assist in expenses, so get out and see this great bill.

One thing that will ensure that 4/20 at Union Pool is a special celebration is that Krallice will perform "adaptations of Orphan songs" in honor of Majewski. You'll have to catch Krallice on their next go around in order to hear material from their new LP Diotima, due 4/26 via Profound Lore. Check out "The Clearing" from that just-announced LP above, and the tracklisting/art below...

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Photos by Lori Baily

Friday night (September 19) Indian Jewelry played the Knitting Factory in NYC with Talk Normal, Lau Nau and Mira Billotte (of Quix*o*tic & White Magic). How was the show? Lori was there to capture the action. More pictures below....

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