Fang Island

Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof opened the first Pool Party of 2010 with a noisy, fleshy work out of Joy Division‘s Unknown Pleasures. The six-piece group smashed through the minimal record, with brash guitars and drums, free from studio EQ and delay, that were untethered and bold…

“WHY? at the waterfront was absolutely fantastic. Best time I’ve seen them. Fang Island shredded too!” – The Tape “Meet Senator Chuck Schumer” @ the July 11th Pool Party (Ruthie_FF) Pool Party champion Charles E…

just got this email… This time I quickly confirmed it wasn’t real (fool me once…)…. UPDATE: It is real! The Pool Party publicity team wasn’t informed about the new series and so they told me it wasn’t real but Jelly just confirmed directly that is actually is…

@ a 2009 Pool Party (more by Tim Griffin) I don’t know what Veoba is either. The press release explains it though…For the past 4 years, JELLY has hosted over 200,000 people for what has become one of the most groundbreaking FREE concert series in New York…

Big Freedia & friends @ Wrongbar in Toronto for NXNE – June 18, 2010“So what the hell is Sissy Bounce? Sort of depends who you ask. Katey Red, arguably the creator of the genre, suggests it doesn’t even exist and instead insists it’s just sissies producing Bounce…

DOWNLOAD: Fang Island – Life Coach (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fang Island – Daisy (MP3) Fang Island and Dan Deacon are no longer sharing a bill at Cake Shop on Saturday, May 29th, one of the gigs that’s a part of the venue’s five-year celebration…

DOWNLOAD: Fang Island – Life Coach (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fang Island – Daisy (MP3) Fang Island @ Knitting Factory in April (more by Benjamin Lozovsky) Fang Island will be one of the “tons more” promised at Cake Shop’s May 29th show with Dan Deacon, which is part of the venue’s fifth-anniversary month (a month that includes the NYC debut of New Moods this evening, May 17th)…

words & w/ additional Fang Island lock on with their jaws and don’t relent. The Brooklyn band never gave up its hold on an enthusiastic audience at their sold out show at the Brooklyn Knitting Factory Monday night…

DOWNLOAD: Fang Island – Life Coach (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fang Island – Daisy (MP3) 402 Productions: When you guys initially assembled to form this dancegasmic-high-fiving band, what were the initial ideas; aside from the uplifting intensity that seems to lay the foundation for most of your corpus…

and BBG Trash Talk at BV SXSW 2009 (more by Jacob Blickenstaff) Soooooooo much to do! With lineups changing by the second, its hard to get a handle on what is really going on down in ATX…