photos by Meghan McInnis, words by BBG

Small Brown Bike

On friday I saw Small Brown Bike in NY at the Cake Shop in the Lower East Side... I walk to the Cake Shop. The entry level is a vegan bakery and bar, the downstairs is the music. Tthe 2nd of 4 bands [Your Skull My Closet] was on and they were SO GOOD. Like, blown away... I knew about 5 minutes in that this would be a special show. Then Bridge and Tunnel came on and were also insanely amazing. THEN Small Brown Bike come on and was perfect. One of the best shows ever. They haven't playing in NY in 7 years and the show was sold out and it was a... TRILLION degrees in there and we all just bonded over it... Really wonderful show, one of the best I've ever been to. -[stompthroughpuddles]

The first band of the night was Let Me Run. It was the second show of the day for SBB & B&T, and it was a sweaty one indeed. Our trusty photographer Meghan was warding off lens fog for the duration of the SBB set, and heat and condensation in the basement of Cake Shop can mean only one thing: a tightly packed group of fans having a good time. Proof is in the pictures and video below...

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Deer Tick in Prospect Park, Summer 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)

tonight in NYC
* 45 Grave in NJ
* Pearl Jam in CT
* TBA @ High Violet Annex
* The Black Keys in Tribeca
* Neil Halstead @ Joe's Pub
* Patti Smith @ American Folk Art Museum benefit
* Buzzcocks in Farmingdale, NY
* Gary Lucas @ Joe's Pub
* Donna The Buffalo @ Southpaw
* Dr. Dog, Deer Tick @ Terminal 5
* TBA @ The National's High Violet Annex
* Rooftop Films w/ DeLeon @ Open Road Rooftops
* The Figgs, Kleenex Girl Wonder @ Union Hall
* The National @ BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
* Dinowalrus, Boogie Boarder, The Pharmacy @ Party Expo
* 16volt, Chemlab, Left Spine Down @ Santos Party House
* Prince Rama of Ayodhya, Flaming Fire @ Issue Project Room
* These Are Powers, Aa, True Womanhood @ Secret Project Robot
* The Super Vacations, PC Worship, Blissed Out @ Shea Stadium
* Jessica Lea Mayfield, The Futurebirds (early) @ Mercury Lounge
* Crystal Stilts, Veronica Falls, Minks, Home Blitz @ Glasslands
* New York Night Train Presents: Soul Clap & Dance-Off @ Glasslands
* Barn Burner, Natur, Total Social Suicide, Concussion @ Bruar Falls
* Southern Culture On The Skids, The Swingin' Neckbreakers @ Maxwell's
* Spectrum, Dean & Britta (Joshua Light Show fest) @ Abrons Art Center
* ArpLine, Dinosaur Feathers, Uninhabitable Mansions, Natureboy @ Pianos
* Eric Copeland, Silk Flowers, Tarek Atoui, Robert Airi Aubrey Lowe @ Silent Barn
* Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Todd Sickafoose's Tiny Resistors @ 45 Bleecker
* Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Hannah Marcus @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Care Bears On Fire, Kicking Daisies, The Indecent, Maple Street (early) @ Cake Shop
* Parts and Labor, Soft Power, Talk Normal, Guts For Garters @ Kniting Factory Brooklyn
* The London Souls, Madison Square Gardeners (The Deli's Best of NYC Fest) @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The Fresh & Onlys, Liquor Store, Darlings, Girls At Dawn, X-Ray Eyeballs (late) @ Cake Shop
* Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social, A Million Years, The Stalkers, Don Dilego @ Bowery Ballroom

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Tickets are on general sale for the Interpol shows that were recently announced.

Thee Silver Mt Zion kick off a 2 night NYC run this evening.

Sunday is the 5th Avenue Street Fair in Park Slope.

Video from the Small Brown Bike show at Cake Shop last night, below...

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by BBG

Misery Index at Union Pool (more by Samantha Marble)

Small Brown Bike have added a free show with Bridge & Tunnel at Generation Records in NYC on May 14th at 5PM. It's the same day as the show at Cake Shop which is part of a four date tour. Tickets for Cake Shop will also still be available at the door (the advanced sale is sold out), and you can win a free pair! More details are at the bottom of this post with all dates and the Generation flyer.

It's one of two upcoming in-store shows scheduled at Generation. The second takes place on June 7th when Misery Index plays the store in celebration of their new LP Heirs To Theivery, out on TUESDAY (5/11) via Relapse Records. Stream the entire record now.

Misery Index is currently on the road with Dying Fetus, Arsis, Annotations Of An Autopsy, and Conduction from The Grave, a tour that will hit the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale on June 6th. Tickets are on sale.

Videos and all dates below...

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by BBG

Small Brown Bike

...To make a long story short, the original lineup (Mike, Ben, Travis, Dan) is back together and working on new music. Over the last few months we've been writing a ton of new stuff and currently have about ten new songs finished plus a bunch more in various stages. We're all really excited about how it's going. So far, so good!

The bottom line for us is to have fun, write music, and play a few shows here and there. Just like we did when we started the band. Keep it simple.

...See you at the shows!

Mike, Ben, Travis, and Dan
Small Brown Bike

Up until Oct 2009, Small Brown Bike's last release was in 2003. That all changed with the release of the Composite, Volume One 7" on No Idea Records (pick up a copy and stream the whole thing here). Since then, they've played a handful of shows including an appearance at The Fest in Gainesville, Fl.

Going forward, the band currently has two dates on their calendar, and one is in NYC on May 14th at Cake Shop with Bridge & Tunnel and Your Skull My Closet. Tickets are on sale.

The other show is at Harvest of Hope Fest in Florida along with Torche and Leatherface. Coincidentally, Leatherface will team up with Bridge and Tunnel as well, with a string of east coast dates lined up including Knitting Factory on 3/5. Tickets are on sale.

The 2009 Small Brown Bike lineup matches the band's 1996 lineup which means no Jeff Gensterblum currently the drummer of Your Skull My Closet. YSMC recently recorded a new EP and played Europa with Coliseum, A Storm of Light & Coalesce on 12/30.

Scott Flaster is also an ex-member of SBB, and you can find him either playing with his new (and great) band Millions or running the great Seventh Rule Recordings.

Tons of Small Brown Bike videos are below....

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