Harlem Shakes

Watch the first video, "Stained Glass Windows," now.

Not long after releasing catchy gem Technicolor Health in 2009 (stream it at Spotify), NYC band The Harlem Shakes,broke up. The album didn't break them through to the other side and there were many other life options calling their name...

' residency at Pianos was a super strong line-up of local talent and one of the better overall shows I've been to in a long time. Much of ARMS' set was new songs from the band's proper debut, a "sci-fi break up album" that's due, hopefully, this summer...

Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here's some of that lost material...

DOWNLOAD: Arms - Tiger Tamer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Arms - Kids Aflame (MP3) Arms (photo by Elizabeth Weinberg) Normally, this is where a little bio of the band would go, but Todd pretty much does that himself in answering the first question of our end-of-year survey...

DOWNLOAD: Arms - Tiger Tamer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Arms - Kids Aflame (MP3) Arms (Todd Goldstein, guitar player of the defunct Harlem Shakes) will be playing a NYC CD release show at Pianos on Thursday, November 12th for his full-length debut, Kids Aflame, which is out now on Gigantic Music...

DOWNLOAD: Kendrick Strauch - 48 Hour Fever (SENDSPACE ZIP LINK) Issue 61 (out now) - cover of Big A little a Showpaper, "the volunteer-run, free, and one-of-a-kind 'DIY' newsprint of concert, art, and film listings," is hosting a benefit for itself on Saturday, September 26th (7pm) at Kidd Yellin Gallery (133 Imlay St in Red Hook, Brooklyn)...

DOWNLOAD: Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game (Kids At The Bar Remix) (MP3) Harlem Shakes @ Highline Ballroom in March (more by Ryan Muir) About a month ago I heard the Harlem Shakes were on "hiatus" which usually doesn't mean much...

Jay Reatard Harlem Shakes @ Southpaw in February (more by Jonny Leather) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Vanilla Ice @ Iving Plaza * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Jay Reatard @ Music on the Oval * Amateur Night @ Apollo Theater * Todd Barry @ Carolines on Broadway * Canada's Birthday Bash @ Joe's Pub * Kria Brekkan & Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdótir @ Sycamore * Leona Naess, Jess Harris @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Apollo Run, The Hard Lessons @ The Bell House * MGMT, Kuroma, Suckers @ Prospect Park Bandshell * Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, Poison @ PNC Bank Arts Center * Ravens & Chimes, Soy Un Caballo, Rich Bennett @ Union Hall * Trevor Exter, Steve Waitt, The NY Howl @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Harlem Shakes, Motel Motel, Superhuman Happiness @ Bowery Ballroom * Clair Lynch Band, Missy Raines & The New Hip @ Madison Square Park * Tift Merritt, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion @ Stuyvesant High School * A Big Yes and a Small No, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, Wild Yaks, Linfinity @ Southpaw Vanilla Ice is playing Irving Plaza...

photoGothamist: How did the band come together, and where did the name come from? Motel Motel member: Well, I was depressed and without any friends, like a lot of people are when they first move to New York...