by BBG

Religious to Damn at Glasslands (more by Nikki Sneakers)

BrooklynVegan is proud to announce that Religious to Damn will headline a BV/UN:ART:IG show at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn on Saturday (1/14) with support from ITHI (mem Serville Sect) and Sondra Sun-Odeon! $8 gets you into this 9PM show. Advanced tickets are on sale, and you can RSVP at Facebook if you want.

The show is one of a few select dates for the band, who will also hit San Francisco and LA in this round of dates (which are listed below). Facebook invite for the SF date, which also features Wax Idols & Alexis, is here, while the Facebook invite for the LA date curated by Tamaryn is available here. Stream a mix created by Tamaryn in honor of the show below.

The shows will be a celebration of the band's latest single, "Lovely Day", which makes its debut in this post. Stream the song, recorded/mixed by Colin Marston with synth production and drum programming from Shawn O'Sullivan (Led Er Est), below.

All song streams, tour dates and a video are below.

Continue reading "Religious to Damn schedules January shows, debuts new single (dates, song premiere & a mix by Tamaryn)"

Bloodiest @ Saint Vitus in Nov. (more by BBG)

When music documentarian (((unartig))) was first asked about a year end contribution, his initial reflex was: "Sausage - Hummus - Hitler!", the first two clearly being worse than the third. But then a performance enhancing Hewlett-Packard printer got in the way and spat out the list of 10 bands, video shot (((unartig))) included, that is below...

Continue reading "(((unartig)))'s top 10 music discoveries of 2011 (videos he shot included)"

The Outside Lands Festival, which runs from 8/12 - 8/14 in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, released their 2011 lineup in April (and now it's May, so consider this a catch up post). Tickets are on sale.

This year's fest will appearances from The Shins, Muse, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, Phish (two sets), !!!, Erykah Badu, Big Audio Dynamite (who played Coachella and are also playing Lollapalooza), Girl Talk and many more. The full lineup is below.

Continue reading "Outside Lands 2011 lineup"

photos by Amanda Hatfield

Tamaryn @ Music Hall of Williamsburg -- 4/21/11

The Raveonettes and Tamaryn played tour-ending, sold-out shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on the past two nights. A set of pictures from last night/Thursday's show is in this post, and it continues, Raveonettes setlist included, below...

Continue reading "The Raveonettes & Tamaryn played 2 nights @ MHOW (pics & setlist)"

photos by Tim Griffin

The Raveonettes @ Emo's

While they played nearly half of [new album] Raven and the Grave, which features a more dark and gloomy sound exemplified by songs like "Apparitions" and "Evil Seeds," The Raveonettes pleased their excitable [Austin] fans be delving deep in their back catalog. As a result, the set proceeded like a greatest hits revue with new material sprinkled in. Old standbys like "Here Comes Mary" and the jangly "My Tornado" were accompanied by early favorites "Love In A Trashcan," and "The Love Gang," Several of their late career hits were also present, including the insanely catchy "Heart of Stone," "Lust," and "Dead Sound."

Upon finishing their main set with new track "My Time's Up," the band gave the audience members a chance to relax their ears before coming back onstage. Foo took the mic for the haunting "Forget That You're Young" before the band closed out the night with "Aly, Walk With Me." [Austinist]

The Raveonettes (who did not make it to SXSW due to visa issues) and Tamaryn are currently traveling across the country together on a tour that concludes with two nights of shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. The 4/20 show is currently sold out, but 4/21 is still on sale.

Tamaryn @ Emo's

Tuesday night, while Hunx and his Punx and Shannon and the Clams were playing on the smaller stage, the two bands were doing it on the Emo's main stage with help from opener Shapes Have Fangs. Tim took pictures of the Austin show, including this picture of a picture that was on the wall:

Scheduled for an August opening, Emo's East will be fashioned along the lines of Washington, D.C.'s 930 Club and will accommodate up to 1,700. It will feature state of the art sound and lighting, plus tons of parking. Citing the new ACL Live venue raising the bar, Emo's owner Frank Hendrix says Austin's current live music climate is right for Emo's East. "Both artists and live music fans in Austin are savvy and their expectations are increasing. We want to offer them a first class facility to meet those expectations." [Soundcheck]

More pictures from the Raveonettes/Tamaryn show are below...

Continue reading "The Raveonettes & Tamaryn are on tour, played Emo's who are opening another Austin venue (pics)"

Dr. Dog @ Governors Island over the summer (more by Tracy Allison)

today in NYC
* BNLX @ the Rock Shop
* comedy @ Union Hall
* Egypt 2000 @ The Stone
* People's Champs @ Barbes
* Bird Fly Yellow @ Sycamore
* Rob Wasserman @ The Stone
* Steve Arrington @ Southpaw
* Pajama Men @ St. Ann's Warehouse
* David Garrett @ Best Buy Theater
* Fences, PJ Bond, The Waltz @ Maxwell's
* Scissor Sisters @ The Wellmont Theatre
* John Mellencamp @ Radio City Music Hall
* Scott Kettner's Forro Brass Band @ Barbes
* Dither, Dawn of Midi @ Issue Project Room
* Red Horse, Crooks, Hobson's Choice @ Zebulon
* James Chance & Jonthan Toubin @ Home Sweet Home
* Nero, Hellfire Machina, Roommate @ Webster Hall
* Yann Tiersen, Shannon Wright @ Highline Ballroom
* Elysian Fields, Lucinda Black Bear @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Crystal Stilts, Beach Fossils, Widowspeak @ 285 Kent Ave
* The Caulfield Sisters, Xray Eyeballs, Florida @ The Gutter
* Dr. Dog, Jeffrey Lewis, The Head and the Heart @ Terminal 5
* Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Via Audio, Do It To Julia @ Littlefield
* Reigning Sound, Guitar Lightnin Lee, The Sights @ The Bell House
* Sneaky Legend, Jounce, Steel Phantoms, Spacecamp @ Cameo Gallery
* Girls of Porn, Monster Movie, Dipers, Little Italy @ Tommy's Tavern
* Passive Aggressor, Sleepies, Heavy Medical, Zulus @ Death By Audio
* Home Video, Kordan, ArpLine, Fan-Tan @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Tayisha Busay, Year of The Tiger, Penmanship, Old Monk @ Spike Hill
* The Civil Wars, Deep River, Spirit Family Reunion @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Magrudergrind, Woe, Mutilation Rites, We Are All Savages at The Charleston
* Eyehategod, Misery Index, Magrudergrind, Strong Intention, Mutilation Rites @ Europa
* Smoota, Caravan of Thieves, Elizabeth and The Catapult, Casey Shea Band @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Blood Orange, Headless Horseman, DADS (Hima from Das Racist Quinn Walker from Suckers), Emil & Friends, Das Racist (DJ set) @ Pianos
* Screens, Void Vision, Yellow Tears, Small Time London Thug, Sensual Harassment, Food Stamps, Try Cry Try, Fay Victor (Williamsburg Fashion Weekend) @ Glasslands

Happy Birthday Yoko Ono.

Note that Phantogram are not playing Terminal 5 with Dr. Dog tonight.

Radiohead's new album is out now!

As This Week in Indie reminds us, Tamaryn plays PS1 on Saturday and played Don Hill's last night. Video from that below...

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Friday?"

by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: BNLX - Do Without (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: BNLX - Where is the Love? (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: BNLX - When Doves Cry (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Sweet Bulbs - Kissing Clouds (MP3)

Mitch Easter

A lot of cool shows this week/weekend, some of which might be a bit under the radar. Let's get into it. Alt rock legend Mitch Easter, in addition to being part of that upcoming Big Star Third show, is on a rare Northeast tour right now that pulls into town Thursday (2/17) at The Rock Shop.

While he's maybe best known as a producer (the first two R.E.M.'s albums [with Don Dixon], Pavement's Brighten the Corners, Moose's ...XYZ among other things), Easter has had a long career as a musician, as a part ofThe Sneakers in the late '70s and frontman/songwriter for Let's Active, easily one of the most underrated bands of the '80s. He's also an incredible guitarist, and Let's Active albums are resplendent with awesome axe-work.

I like everything they ever did but 1986's Big Plans for Everybody is especially great, one of my favorite albums of that decade. Mitch put the kybosh on Let's Active in 1990 and didn't release any original material until 2008's Dynamico, an album which showed he still has chops and songs to spare.

Mitch's set at The Rock Shop is going to be heavy on the Let's Active tunes and if there's a song you really want to hear, like "Talking to Myself" from Big Plans, you can make a request. Opening the show are Brooklyn's own Boy Genius whose album from last year, Staggering, was produced by Mitch and is worth checking out. Also playing: Overlord.

I'm pretty excited about this next one. Minneapolis' awesome and enigmatic BNLX play their first-ever NYC shows this week, stopping at Fontana's tomorrow night (2/17) and The Rock Shop on Friday (2/18).

BNLX seemingly stormed out of nowhere early 2010, releasing a new EP each quarter, featuring hand-printed, Neu!-esque sleeves and press releases like this:

-BNLX has been meeting and / or exceeding expectations since its inception in Q1 2010
-BNLX provides mission-critical services to the entertainment sector in the following categories:
--"music" (noise)
--found art -beatz / rhymez
--mélodies angéliques
--obfuscation / parallax
-these services are rendered in the live, recorded, and conceptual spheres
-BNLX is comprised of both organic and inorganic members
-this allows BNLX to achieve standards of performance surpassing nominal criteria
-Stage One of the BNLX First One Year Plan commenced in March, 2010; it has been successful
-Stage Two - the release of BNLX EP #2 - will be executed June 25th, 2010
-BNLX EP #2 will be available as a numbered limited edition CD art package
-it will also be available through iTunes, other digital retailers, and piracy

Keeping things mysterious, you could mainly only focus on the music which is pretty awesome: blistering post-punk inspired rock, with male/female, call-and-response vocals, feedback, harmonies, old-school drum machines and ridiculously catchy choruses. The first three EPs were all originals, and the fourth EP was all covers, including great versions of Rhianna's "Shut Up and Drive" and hometown legend Prince's "When Doves Cry." BNLX actually played the latter at First Avenue last month at an Onion party, which takes balls.

That obfuscation didn't last two long as people figured out that BNLX was the work of Minneapolis indie rock mainstay Ed Ackerson, who has led such excelent bands as The 27 Various and Polara over the last 25 years as well as running Susstones Records. His wife Ashley -- they're both also in Moodswings -- is the other half of the band. BNLX have culled the best of the four 2010 EPs as a free sampler which you can download for free. You can also check out a few of the songs, including that Prince cover, at the top of this post.

The Rock Shop show is part of the monthly Hard Light party which is a must for lovers of shoegaze, post-punk, '60s psych, Krautrock, metal, Sweden, feedback, '90s indie rock, and guitars in general. In addition to BNLX, Hard Light promises "drink specials- weirdo cult movies - and loudness."

Speaking of shoegazy stuff, Tamaryn is back in NYC for her first proper shows since CMJ 2010. She plays Don Hill's on Thusday (2/17), and then an afternoon show at PS 1 on Saturday (2/19). I loved her debut album, The Waves, which came in at #12 on my Favorite LPs of 2011 list, and it's still in pretty heavy rotation here at TWII Headquarters (aka my kitchen). It reminds me a lot of the first Verve album,  tsunami waves of guitar matched with a nimble, groovy rhythm section and Tamaryn's lovely vocals.

There are a lot of chilly ice princesses out there right now, but I think Tamaryn deserves the crown. (Though I haven't heard the Austra album yet.) I thought she and her band were great at Coco66, those three songs before the cops shut it all down. If you can't make these shows, she'll be back in April touring with The Raveonettes, including two nights at Music Hall of Williamsburg (4/20 and 4/21). All Tamaryn tour dates are at the bottom of this post.

Keeping with the theme, let's talk a bit about Sweet Bulbs, "Brooklyn's blurriest pop band," whose album came out this week on Blackburn Recordings. It's choc-a-bloc with seriously catchy songs that are buried under layers of swirly guitars and effects pedals and other sludge. As someone who loved bands like The Swirlies, Drop Nineteens, Lilys and Henry's Dress, this is right up my alley. For those mystified by that litany of obscure '90s indie bands, just know Sweet Bulbs make beautiful noise. You can download "Kissing Clouds" from the album at the top of this post.

Sweet Bulbs play Bruar Falls this Saturday (2/19) with White Laces, Arches, and Tungs. Do check 'em out.

That's the main stuff this week. A few more picks, day by day are below:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

The Church play three albums from their catalog in their entirety tonight at Highline Ballroom: Untitled #23, Priest=Aura, and Starfish. That's over three hours of music, which seems like a lot to me even for a devoted Church fan. Maybe if it was Heyday instead of Untitled #23 I'd be more inclined to go. They'll do it again tomorrow (2/17) at BB King's.

Tonight is also the third week of ARMS' February residency at Pianos, this week with The Silent League, Your Youth, Inlets and Thunder & Lightning (which is the new band from Brent Katz who was Todd Goldstein's bandmate in Harlem Shakes). ARMS were teriffic last week, this is highly recommended.

continued below...

Continue reading "Mitch Easter, BNLX, Tamaryn, Sweet Bulbs & more in This Week in Indie"

Tamaryn @ Coco66 during CMJ (more by Andrew St. Clair)

Anything good going on at Don Hill's this week for Fashion Week? Remember who they had playing there last Fashion Week?

As previously mentioned, (the fashionable) Tamaryn is coming to town to play PS1 on 2/19 (a couple of months before she returns as part of her tour with the Raveonettes), but now that will be her 2nd NYC happening in February. On the 17th she'll be playing a proper show (their "only solo show in Manhattan for the rest of this year") at Don Hill's with Religious to Damn (who she also collaborates with) and DJ Jeralyn. Fashion week will be over by then. More details and tour dates below...

Continue reading "Tamaryn adds Don Hill's show (after Fashion Week)"

The Raveonettes have announced a full North American tour in support of their fifth LP --- Raven In The Grave will be released on April 4 via Vice Records. The tour kicks off in Philly at the end of March and leads up to their previously announced 4/20 Brooklyn show at Music Hall of Williamsburg which is now accompanied by a 4/21 show at the same NYC venue. Tickets are still available for the 4/20 show, and the 4/21 show goes on sale Friday at noon.

All dates on the tour are with Tamaryn who you can also catch in NYC much earlier when she visits to play an event at PS1.

Music Hall of Williamsburg also just announced a show hapening two days after the Raveonettes leave the venue, and that is the one with Crocodiles, the Fresh & Onlys, and Young Prisms which also goes on sale Friday.

All tour dates below...

Continue reading "Raveonettes announce new LP, tour w/ Tamaryn, 2nd NY show (2011 dates) "

photos by Harriet Roberts and Nikki Sneakers

Religious To Damn (mem Blacklist/Vaura/A Stom of Light) played their record release party at Glasslands on 1/13 in celebration of Glass Prayer, the band's new LP out via M'Lady's Records on February 8th. The LP features an appearance from Tamaryn who (despite a supposed last minute cancellation) joined the band on stage. Kevin Hufnagel (Dystrhythmia/Gorguts/Vaura) opened with a solo set on acoustic guitar after Charlie Schmid and his percussion ensemble 'I Sing The Body Electric' performed Steve Reich's 'Drumming'. There was burlesque from Anna Copa Cabanna, and records were played by Jonathan Toubin, Jeralyn Mason, and WIERD honcho Pieter Schoolwerth.

The Glasslands show was free, but unfortunately you will have to shell out a couple bucks to catch Religious to Damn at one of their next appearances: 2/6 at Glasslands with The Vacant Lots, Exit Music and ZaZa, on 2/23 at Union Pool with Man's Gin or on 3/25 at Cake Shop with Tog. Man's Gin also plays Mercury Lounge on 2/12 with Scott Kelly and Wino. Tickets are still available for that one.

Tamaryn will be back in NYC when she opens for the Raveonettes at Music Hall of Williamsburg on 4/20 (tickets are still on sale), and she'll be back even sooner to be part of this just announced February 19th event at MoMA PS1.

Saturday, February 19, 2011 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Saturday Sessions: Hosted by Lauren Devine and Patrik Sandberg featuring performances by Tamaryn, Mirror Mirror, and visuals by Thunder Horse Video

Lauren Devine and Patrik Sandberg present an audiovisual experience featuring performances by Tamaryn and Mirror Mirror, with an immersive visual landscape by installation crew Thunder Horse Video. The one-time-only collaborative event will produce a synthesized encounter with Tamaryn's colossal and dense sound and the natural landscape that inspired it, exaggerated to unnatural proportion within MoMA PS1's physical space. Mirror Mirror's lead-in performance, with costumes by Lauren Devine, will further feature a synchronized video by artists Robert Bittenbender and Casey Jane Ellison.

All Tamaryn dates, and more pictures from the Glasslands show, below...

Continue reading "Religious to Damn played Glasslands w/ help from Tamaryn (both have announced more shows) -- pics & dates"

Versus

The once extinguished but now active Versus is scheduled to play Mercury Lounge on February 19th, their lone East Coast date as part of a handful of US dates late next month. Tickets for Mercury Lounge go on sale at noon. The band released their first LP in ten years, On the Ones and Threes, via Merge Records in 2010.

You can also catch Versus's Richard Baluyut when he appears during Jennifer O'Connor's residency at Rock Shop on February 8th. Tickets are still available, and he'll be joined by Charles Bissell of The Wrens and Kendall Meade of Mascott.

Speaking of Charles Bissell, he is also on the bill of a Project Matters Benefit at Maxwell's in Hoboken on January 23rd with Cymbals Eat Guitars and Escape Directors. Tickets are on sale.

Versus is also on board for Noise Pop 2011 in San Francisco, CA. To be exact, they play Cafe Du Nord with their touring labelmates Telekinesis & The Love Language on February 23rd. The whole festival will take place at multiple venues from February 22-27 and will also feature appearances from Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service), Ted Leo (solo), The Concretes (who are touring), Waaves & Best Coast (who are touring together), How to Dress Well (who plays Brooklyn soon), No Age, Yo La Tengo, and many other favorites. The full slate of initially-announced bands is below, and you can get your badges now.

Full list of Noise Pop bands, some video and all Versus dates are below.

Continue reading "Versus playing shows, Cymbals Eat Guitars playing a benefit, Noise Pop initial lineup announced (Ben Gibbard & many more)"

Dean (more by Chris La Putt)

today in NYC
* Red Baraat @ Barbes
* Variety Shac @ UCB
* Nate Wooley @ The Stone
* Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Brian Groder Group @ The Stone
* Lil B, Maluca @ Highline Ballroom
* Wakey! Wakey! @ Le Poisson Rouge
* The Mast featuring Haale @ Joe's Pub
* Ollabelle, Crooked Still @ City Winery
* Mona, Devin Therriault @ Mercury Lounge
* Dean Wareham, Cheval Sombre @ Maxwell's
* Linfinity, Waking Lights, Sister Anne @ Pianos
* The Low Anthem @ Lincoln Center's Allen Room
* The Pierces, Woody Creek Kids @ Mercury Lounge
* Gruff Rhys, Eleanor Friedberger @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Big Fir, Flaming Pink, Volga Volga, Zero One, Beej @ Silent Barn
* I'm In You, Grandfather, Grass Is Green, Sharp Lads @ Cake Shop
* Laserdics, Final Club, Bogan Dust, Clinical Trials @ Death By Audio
* Food Stamps, Xray Eyeballs, Sweet Bulbs, Slow Animal @ Cameo Gallery
* Sarah Mclachlan, Butterfly Boucher, Melissa McClelland @ Beacon Theatre
* Religious To Damn (w/ Tamaryn), Kevin Hufnagel, Anna Copa Cabanna @ Glasslands
* Future Shadow, No Receptor, Internal Dismemberment, Tony Martin @ Zebulon
* Daniel Carter, Tall Firs, Dew Claw, Sloppy Heads @ The Showpaper 42nd Street Gallery
* Buckshot Facelift, Black on Brown, Artificial Brain, and Los Toughfists @ Party Expo
* Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson, Peter Evans, Mostly Other People Do the Killing @ Littlefield
* Jorge Variego, Spencer Topel, Juraj Kojs, Sarah O'Halloran, Margaret Schedel, Chikashi Miyama, Paula Matthusen @ Issue Project Room

For more, check out This Week In Indie

The Religious to Damn show at Glasslands is FREE. Tamaryn isn't playing a set, but she is playing as part of the headliner UPDATE: Tamaryn never made it to town. And there will be a go go dancer.

If you haven't seen Dean Wareham (and Britta) do Galaxie 500 yet, tonight at Maxwell's could possibly be your last chance. Tickets are still on sale.

The Low Anthem play Lincoln Center tonight. Last night it was Letterman. Video below...

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Thursday?"

by BBG

DOWNLOAD: Religious To Damn - "Drifter" (MP3)

Zohra Atash on stage with A Storm of Light (more by BBG)

Fans of A Storm of Light may know Zohra Atash from her eerie and haunting vocals as part of the band's live lineup, but her primary focus is Religious To Damn. The gothy, "gypsy-psyche" band are preparing their new and debut LP Glass Prayer for release on Wierd M'Lady's Records on February 8th. It features appearances from Tamaryn (NOTE: she will be performing with RTL and will not being playing a set herself) and Secret Machines' Brandon Curtis. Download the lead track, "Drifter," above. Check out its video below.

Religious To Damn will play a FREE (slightly early) record release show at Glasslands in Brooklyn on January 13th, and what's more, the show will feature an appearance from Kevin Hufnagel (Dysrhythmia/Vaura/Gorguts) and one from LP contributor Tamaryn who will be in town from LA for the first time since CMJ and who will be back again with The Raveonettes at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 20th (tickets are still available). Tamaryn's The Waves was a 2010 fave.

A Storm of Light currently have only one date on their schedule in the near future - January 22nd at Fundacion Gilberto Alzate in Bogota, Colombia. Josh's other band, Neurosis, will play the new year on the West Coast and at Maryland Deathfest 2011.

All Tamaryn tour dates, the Glasslands show flyer, and the new Religious to Damn video is below...

Continue reading "Religious to Damn releasing 'Glass Prayer' (MP3, video & a record release show w/ Tamaryn)"

The Raveonettes at Scion Garage Fest (more by Taylor Keahey)

The Raveonettes will spend their New Years Eve in Los Angeles at The Standard Hollywoord with Autolux, and have already made plans for their NYC return in the New Year as part of a TBA tour with fellow fan of black clothing Tamaryn. The announced show takes place at Music Hall of Williamsburg on 4/20. Tickets are currently on AMEX presale and go on general sale Friday, 12/10 at noon.

Much like Light Asylum, Tamaryn was recently profiled in the NY Times for her fashion sense, and did a video interview with Fader (viewable below). Her new LP The Waves didn't make NME's favorite LPs of the year, but at least one writer at the publication thinks she deserves "Most Underrated".

Tour dates, and some video is below...

Continue reading "The Raveonettes playing LA on New Years Eve, will tour w/ Tamaryn (NYC show announced and on sale)"

photos by Andrew St. Clair

"It's a scene here at coco66 for frankie/tamaryn/glasser" - Bill

"The cops shut down coco66. I am SO pissed!!!!! Aghhh Tamaryn didn't finish the set and they were amazing" - gina

"NYPD just shutdown the Coco66 show 3 songs into Tamaryn's (unofficial) CMJ set. Supposedly due to over capacity. Crowd, band bummed." - marvic paulo

Tamaryn / police

Tamaryn's exclusive Brooklyn CMJ show, which wasn't actually part of CMJ, took place at Coco66 on Friday night (10/22). Light Asylum and Frankie & the Outs were both openers. Glasser was added at the last minute, but never ended up getting to play. Tamaryn, as you can read in the above tweets, barely got to play after the cops busted in after three songs.

The venue, which reportedly was either over capacity or not up to code, remains shut as of Sunday night. There's a rumor that they might not open back up for a while, though they are still advertising Monday's Superhuman Happiness show.

If this happened in Texas during SXSW, one might speculate that Coco66's closing had something to do with the "unofficial" nature of the show, but it would probably be silly to guess that CMJ has that much influence with the NYC government.

More pictures from the part of the show that happened, below...

Continue reading "Coco66 shut down during Tamaryn/Glasser show (pics)"

by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: A Classic Education - I Lost Time (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Tamarayn - Love Fade (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Sky Larkin - Year Dot (Spirit Spine Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Sky Larkin - Barracuda (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dominant Legs - About My Girls (MP3)

Tamaryn

My picks for day parties are HERE. Here are my picks for things to do tonight, Wednesday, Day Two of CMJ 2010. Set times are included for shows that don't have flyers.

Tonight's biggest ticket is Phoenix/Dirty Projectors/Wavves at MSG. But to get in with your badge you need to go to the exhibitor hall to pick up what few tickets they have (which is probably none at this point). Time is probably better spent elsewhere, as good as all those bands are. You can also go see Wavves later at the Purevolume House with Matthew Dear.

I think tonight's hottest ticket is going to be the Stereogum/Popgun showcase at Santos Party House, a pretty unmissable two-floor assault featuring wild tambourine action of The Drums (who also play Webster Hall tonight with Surfer Blood), Wild Nothing's immaculate indiepop, gothy shoegaze temptress Tamaryn, the undeniably catchy Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr., plus Marnie Stern, Diamond Rings and more. If you're badgeless and were smart, you RSVP'd for discount admission. (Too late now.) All others pay $10 smackers. Set times on the flyer at the bottom of this post.

It's pretty clear that Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr (I may have to start referring to them as DEJJ) are contenders for the Overachievers crown at CMJ2010. If you wanna tick them off your list early, you might want to swing by Bruar Falls where they'll play at 7:30 PM. I'd advise you to stick around afterwards for awesome Magic Bullets (8:20PM) though I'm sure you're going to see them when they open our day party on Friday.

Anglophiles should head straight to Littlefield for the U.S. debuts of three new UK acts: Frankie & the Heartstrings (9PM), the Good Natured (9:45) and  Chapel Club (10:30).  Also on the bill: the blissed-out sounds of Miami dancepop artist Millionyoung. (11:30) $8 without a badge.

Staying in the neighborhood (Park Slope), The Rock Shop has a good line-up: Tape Deck Mountain (7:30), Cloud Nothings (8:30), Blair (9:30), Braids,(10:30) Lesands (11:30)and Beach Fossils. (12:30AM). $10 if you don't have a badge.

Sky Larkin

Or, at The Bell House, it's the Pop Justice/Highrise PR showcase with an international lineup, including personal faves Sky Larkin, (9:50PM)  fist-pumping electro-rockers Fenech Soler (who I saw last night at Pianos, pretty good if a l'il cheesy), French disco act The Aikiu (10:30PM) Canadian disco act Parallels (11:45PM), and more. The party goes late -- Fenech Soler aren't on till 1:35AM (ugh) so if you live in the neighborhood, maybe stop by there before you go home. There's like 10 bands playing this total and it's only $5 to get in. Bargain.

The good folks at Free Williamsburg are throwing a big unofficial party at Glasslands with North Highlands (a local must see if you're visiting from elesewhere), Zambri, Pujol, Yellow Ostrich and more. $7. Set times are on the flyer which is at the bottom of this post.

And lastly, the I Guess I'm Floating/Lefse Records showcase at The Delancey is loaded with great new talent, including Dominant Legs (7PM), A Classic Education (7:45PM), Candy Claws (12:15AM) and seven more. The night ends with How to Dress Well (1:45AM) who is playing a bunch of shows this week, which hopefully means he's put some thought into his performance. His live debut at Glasslands back in August was kind of disasterous.

Again, these are just MY picks. There's a zillion shows tonight including:

ALSO TONIGHT
* Surfer Blood @ Webster Hall (twice)
* The Knocks & Holy Ghost! @ Bowery Ballroom
* STRIFE, Disembodied, Iron Age, Earthless, Priestess, Naam @ Mercury Lounge
* Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, Langhorne Slim, Jesse Sykes & Phil Wandscher, Mimicking Birds @ Highline Ballroom

Go see something. Show flyers are after the jump.

Continue reading "CMJ 2010 - Bill's Wednesday NIGHTTIME picks & stuff (Tamaryn, Sky Larkin, Frankie & the Hearstrings & more)"

photos by Josh Darr

DOWNLOAD: a mixtape by Tamaryn for Vice (MP3) (via)
DOWNLOAD: Tamarayn - Love Fade (MP3)

Dum Dum Girls at Aragon Ballroom

"Dum Dum Girls opened the [Radio City] show [on September 16th] and Dee Dee was sick- she was actually taken to a doctor immediately after the show but she put on a brave performance for a crowd that was still filing in. Didn't matter- seeing friend's band play at Radio City Music Hall in NYC: check." [CatDirtSez]

Dum Dum Girls will go from one Music Hall to another, as the band who recently played the massive stage of Radio City Music Hall (where they supported Vampire Weekend) will now headline a date at Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 1st with support TBA as part of a larger US tour that will also incude an appearance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX. Tickets go on sale Thursday (9/23) at noon.

After those recent dates with Vampire Weekend and Beach House, Dum Dum Girls played their own show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn before linking up with another band large enough to fill up Radio City on multiple nights, MGMT. The two bands are currently touring Europe through middle October. Hopefully Dee Dee is feeling better...

"Dee Dee was in much better health for [the Knitting Factory] show and it came through in the performance. The crowd was enthusiastic. The girl in front of me actually got out her filp phone and texted "ddg r killing it" right in front of me in conspicuous fashion. Mike Sniper of Blank Dogs/Captured tracks and Wes Eisold of Cold Cave were there. I also read that the lead singer of Vampire Weekend and David Cross were there too but I didn't see them." [CatDirtSez]

Meanwhile, former Dum Dum Girl and current member of Frankie & The Outs, Frankie Rose, played a record release show at Glasslands last week. Their next NYC show on the calendar will take place at Coco66 on 10/22 as part of a CMJ show with Tamaryn and Light Asylum.

Tamaryn

San Francisco's Tamaryn, who is signed to Mexican Summer and who you could easily mistake for a member of the Dum Dum Girls in the above picture (their songs are not so dissimilar either), also plays the Mexican Summer CMJ showcase at Knitting Factory on Thursday, October 21st with Lower Dens, Robert Lester Folsom, Viva L'American Death Ray Music, Soldiers Of Fortune, and No Joy. Tickets are on sale. The two NYC shows are Tamaryan's only upcoming dates at the moment. Grab "Love Fade" and a mixtape Tamarayn made above, and check out the video for the same song below. Tamaryn's album The Waves is out now.

Before DDG/BH/VW played Radio City, the band tagged Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on 9/5. Pictures from that show adorn this post, and more are below, along with all dates...

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