High on Fire show in Dallas - Sept 26, 2007 (CRED)

Sunset Rubdown in the grass

Think About Life (not broken up) @ Pop Montreal - Oct 6, 2007 (CRED)

Franz Nicolay, Tidbits & friend in Coney Island - July 28, 2007 (CRED)

* Police Arrest 83 Protesters at Denver Columbus Day Parade
* Kansas City wonders if there are enough arena acts
* Sunset Rubdown is playing Music Hall of Williamsburg
* The Helio Sequence's new album comes out on Sub Pop in January
* Benzos & The Helio Sequence are at Mercury Lounge
* High on Fire, Mono & Panthers @ Webster Hall
* Lime Wire presents "Blogger's Delight" @ Knitting Factory
* Gates of Heaven are Graham Smith & Zach from the Octagon
* Gates of Heaven play Union Hall tonight
* Franz Nicolay is the Hold Steady guy w/ fancy facial hair
* Franz Nicolay is also in World Inferno Friendship Society & stuff
* Franz Nicolay is playing solo tonight at Union Hall (& next week in Philly)

What else?

Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs!

DOWNLOAD: Paul Cries (MP3)

THINK ABOUT LIFE'S MATT, MARTIN & GRAHAM

Think About Life played an intimate gig at Finger on the Pulse at the Lucky Cat in Brooklyn Friday night (July 28. 2006). Christos Mountzouros and crew were there to capture it on video. The next morning Christos and crew met up with TAL at a "huge, 5,000 sqaure foot empty warehouse room" in DUMBO (Brooklyn, NY). Here's what they said to each other...

BrooklynVegan Christos: How did think about life, come together, and decide to think about life as a unit?

Matt: Well, let's see. Graham and I lived in a place called the electric tractor, a venue loft space, in Montreal and uh it took a little while to convince him that we should play together, but we went down and practiced in his space, and normally he plays guitar but there was this cheap white keyboard there, and plugged that in... and it was just MAGIC. Then we decided we needed a vocalist, and Martin played in a band called DONKEY HEART, and he just seemed like the only choice.
Graham: I added him to my windows messenger, started sending him mp3s...
Martin: The internet!

BrooklynVegan Christos: This is obviously a new age of music, with the internet fueling your popularity, is that weird for your guys? Were you the types of people who served music blogs before you started popping up all over them?

The entire band chants...fists in the air...
"Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs!"

Continue reading "An Interview with Think About Life (Matt, Graham & Martin)"

THINK ABOUT LIFE @ THE LUCKY CAT, BROOKLYN | 7/28/06 (MORE BY e-liz)

"this band shredded. montreal has some crazy motherfuckers making music lately." [e-liz]

"They played about six or seven songs. Paul Cries, Serious Chords, and others I don't remember. It was great, I loved it so much." [A Blog Soup was at Cake Shop]

Previously
Think About Life & Long Blondes this weekend | win tix

THINK ABOUT LIFE @ KNITTING FACTORY (more)

Think About Life are here from Montreal. The Long Blondes are in from England.

THINK ABOUT LIFE & THE LONG BLONDES
Th July 27 @ Knitting Factory w/ caUSE co-MOTION!

THINK ABOUT LIFE
Fr July 28 @ The Lucky Cat w/ DJs Finger on the Pulse (midnight performance, free beer)
Su July 30 @ Cake Shop w/ caUSE co-MOTION!, Eyeball Skeleton, Crystal Stilts & Japanese Beetles (LONG BLONDES DJING)

THE LONG BLONDES
Fr July 28 @ Don Hill's (NIGHTTIME party)
Sa July 29 @ Making Time (in Philly)

caUSE co-MOTION! is also playing two of the shows. They have not broken up. I've got a pair of tickets to give away to tonight's Knitting Factory show. To win, email BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM right now and suggest one new feature you'd like to see on this website. One winner will be picked at random.

Think About Life are the musical guests at sober hipster Justine D's Night Time party @ Don Hill's in NYC this Friday night (July 14, 2006). Don't worry, I doubt you'll get stabbed, but look out for Benji Madden. Think About Life are also playing KF on July 27, but not Insound's Pre-Siren party.

UPDATE: It looks like Think About Life may NOT be playing Don Hill's after all.

DOWNLOAD: Champion by Professor Murder (MP3) (buy @ Insound)

PROFESSOR MURDER TOUR DATES
July 6 at Bowery Ballroom, NYC with Radio 4
July 13 - Insound Pre-Siren Party (see below)
July 14-July 31 U.S. Tour, dates TBA
August 4 at Galapagos(Coma Party) with Favourite Sons(Vice) and Plastic Little(Diplo/Spank Rock)

INSOUND'S PRE-SIREN PARTY @ Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY ON THU, 7/13 7:00PM (21+ $5) w/
* Blogods Oh No! Oh My!
* Knitting Factory basement legends Think About Life
* Frenchkiss Records' The Big Sleep
* Professor Murder
* Gothamist band of the week Apes & Androids
* DJs - The Creatures

UPDATE: Think About Life and Apes & Androids are no longer playing this show.

Yeti also says Think about Life are playing with Long Blondes and Cause co-Motion at Knitting Factory on July 27.

OH NO! OH MY! PLAYED KNITTING FACTORY, NYC
"...While the band looked a little stunned at the beginning, by mid-way they really hit their stride. I wouldn't say it was the best thing I've ever seen in my life, not by a long shot, but it was a very enjoyable set from a promising band...." [Underrated]

Chris also reports that Oh No! Oh My! are playing on WOXY on July 12.

Every time I leave an intimate basement show by an inhibition-less band that connected with the audience (no matter how small) in some sweaty, dancy & violently musical way, I get selfishly nervous that increasing popularity will have them playing larger venues. In turn, part of what made them so magical would be lost. On the other hand, a lot of bands adapt to their new surroundings just fine. This awesome Think About Life show (May 17, 2006) was in the basement of Knitting Factory...

Think About Life started around 1:30 AM, after Art Brut left the larger stage upstairs.

Continue reading "Think About Life @ Knitting Factory, NYC | pics"

Actually I have no idea how tonight's Art Brut / We are Scientists show is scheduled, but last night Think About Life played downstairs after Art Brut. I think they went on around 1:30AM. Stay if you can. More on why later. Here's an MP3...

DOWNLOAD: What the Future Might Be (MP3)

Macktronic has two more songs.