French Films

One of the best new bands I saw at NYC Popfest last weekend was Finland’s French Films. Their set was easily the highlight of Sunday’s all-day Littlefield show, bringing a needed rock n’ roll element (and youthful energy) to a day that leaned more towards the precious…

today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Brain Cloud @ Barbes * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Diane Birch @ Joe’s Pub * Tony Scherr @ Living Room * C. Spencer Yeh @ Roulette * Robert Glasper @ Gramercy Theatre * The Campilongo Trio @ Living Room * Lissie, Vance Joy @ Bowery Ballroom * The Bats, Wild Carnation @ Maxwell’s * The Stranglers, Mike Marlin @ Highline Ballroom * Nils Frahm, Heathered Pearls @ Le Poisson Rouge * French Films, Alpaca Sports, Azure Blue @ Cake Shop * Pedrito Martinez Group, John Medeski @ Brooklyn Bowl * Reverend Vince Anderson and His Love Choir @ Union Pool * Hands, Landlady, Old Monk, Indian Rebound, Shmns @ Pianos * Slow Warm Death, Honeydrum, Mannequin Pussy @ Paper Box * Redfoot, Little Children, The Tarantula Waltz, Janet Labelle @ Glasslands * Wyatt Cenac, David Cross, Seaton Smith, Eliza Skinner, Karl Hess, Nimesh Patel @ Littlefield * Angela McCluskey, Melissa Ferrick, Margaret Glaspy @ Rockfood Music Hall * Francisco The Man, The Can’t Tells, Teen Girl Scientist Monthly, Adult Dude @ Mercury Lounge * Ornament, Mail The Horse, RIPS, The Chickenhawks, Countdown To Love, Gowanus Mutant Commandos @ Death By Audio If you missed NYC Popfest over the weekend, a few of the bands are still around…

As mentioned, Finland’s French Films are coming over for NYC Popfest this weekend, playing the big, all-day show at Littlefield on Sunday (6/2) that also features Close Lobsters, The Wolfhounds, The Orange Peels, Alpaca Sports and more…

As mentioned, the 2013 Popfest (May 30 – June 2) announced their line-up last week which includes a stellar array of vintage names (Monochrome Set, Close Lobsters, The Bats) as well as a nice crop of new bands (French Films, The School, Ringo Deathstarr) as well…

We already knew that The Monochrome Set would be performing at this year’s NYC Popfest (May 30 – June 2) but now the rest of the line-up has been announced and it’s pretty great with appearances from New Zealand Flying Nun legends The Bats, two bands who featured on NME’s legendary C-86 cassette (Scotland’s Close Lobsters and London’s The Wolfhounds), and long-running California band The Orange Peels; plus newer bands like Wales’ The School, UK group Flowers, Hobbes Fanclub and Tigercats, Sweden’s Alpaca Sport and Azur Blue, Norway’s Making Marks, and Spain’s Zipper; and American groups Ringo Deathstarr, Math & Physics Club, Literature, Ski Lodge and more…