When: 6/11
Where: Death By Audio
I've reviewed White Suns recently, so I'll skip it except to say they're rad and I enjoyed them much.
I'd really like to get more into Pop. 1280. They have a lot of elements I like - the nasty guitars and screaming of hardcore/post-hardcore and the foreboding tension of post-punk. But Pop 1280's foreboding/gothic leanings overpower their punkier aspects. Most songs are slow and drony, based around minimal, hypnotic drums and bass (or synth-generated b-lines). Murky guitar and synth textures slide sharply between the pounding rhythms and Chris Bug rants over the top.
So far so good, or so you'd think. But something is amiss. Most of their songs are so alike in tone and tempo that they blend together and well, after ten or fifteen or twenty minutes, the repetitiveness and consistency becomes monotony. Dark post-punk is often meant to be punishing, but there's a subtle difference between punishment and boredom and Pop. 1280 fall just slightly on the wrong side of that fence. And I do mean slightly - there's a lot to love about the band. If their ice stage presence doesn't warm your heart, their fat Suicide-esque synth riffs and harsh tones certainly will (if you're anything like me, anyway). It's just that the impact and enjoyment become noticeably diluted as the length of the set exceeds its content, idea-wise.
In a way, the pieces of Pop. 1280 don't quite come together. There's a disconnect between Bug, out front with the mic, and the rest of the band who are actually physically in the background. Band members don't have to present themselves uniformly but they should have a unified vision of how they want to present the band as a whole. Something about the gulf between the players and the frontman in Pop. 1280 makes it seem like you're watching two separate bands who each need the instrumentation of the other, so they tolerate (and mostly ignore) each other. Musically, it's tight and it works together on paper, but in the delivery, it just doesn't gel. [video]
Of course, the juxtaposition with the Pygmy Shrews can't help - now there's a band who gel. OK. "Gel" may be the wrong word in as much as it evokes something smooth and translucent. Pygmy Shrews are more like a blood clot, the physics remains the same - put the three shrews on a stage together and the result is monolithic. They seem to share not only a sonic technique (loud) but also a sense of humor. They're not a comedy act and they absolutely will fuck your shit up, but true to punk's dadaist roots, the Shrews know how to be fun and funny.
The Shrews are too cool for woords, but musically they are mostly "just" a punk band and their new material seems to be more straightforward than ever. Of course, Ben Greenberg's aluminum guitar gives the band's sound a corrosive post-hardcore feel and Tia Vincent-Clark's bass has a knotted complexity you won't find in your average (or even above-average) hardcore band. Greenberg has also been known to bust out a nasty, shredded solo. It's these relatively small things - along with the band's absolutely perfect attitude - that set them apart from their punky peers.
What is the perfect attitude for a band like this? Well, it's about striking a balance, caring and yet not giving a fuck, showing genuine affection for your audience while also telling them to fuck off and throwing beer cans at them (or whatever). It's expressing real and urgent rage without taking that tongue out of your check. Too many bands take themselves too seriously and too many more don't take themselves seriously enough, failing to grasp the importance of punk and everything it stands for. Pygmy Shrews are a rare breed, a band that's able to issue an equally big "fuck you" to folks on both sides.
But I doubt they'd put it quite that way. I think they just like to play. [video]
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Upcoming Shows: Bush Tetras, Pygmy Shrews, T.S.O.L. + more
Tomorrow!! Friday, June 10
Bush Tetras @ Le Poisson Rouge * Greenwich Village, Manhattan * $12/$15
Along with ESG and Liquid Liquid, the Bush Tetras were one of the original funk-punk bands that came out of the tail end of No Wave in New York City in the late 70's and early 80's. Featuring Pat Place of the Contortions, the Bush Tetras are a female-led group of funky post-punkers whose music echoes the bleak, nihilistic culture of late 70's NYC. [video]
Other shows
PC Worship @ Death By Audio ($7)
Andrew Bird @ Prospect Park (free)
Saturday, June 11
Pygmy Shrews, Pop 1280, White Suns * Willliamsburg, Brooklyn * $8
Pygmy Shrews are one of the best bands in New York, but they are also flaky so don't be shocked if they cancel this show at the last minute. However, so far so good. They play nasty nasty nasty post-hardcore with lots of distortion. [video] Pop 1280 are a little more bleak but also nasty. [video] White Suns are a noise band and they are good at it. [video]
Other shows
Greg Fox (GDFX) & C Spencer Yeh (collaboration) @ Shea Stadium
Sunday, June 12
T.S.O.L. @ Santos Party House * Chinatown, Manhattan * $12
T.S.O.L. are one of the original hardcore punk bands from southern California. They are also one of the best. [video]
R. Stevie Moore @ Bell House * Gowanus, Brooklyn * $10
R. Stevie Moore was making lo-fi indie pop before "lo-fi" and "indie" had been invented. The American godfather of DIY, R. Stevie Moore has a catalog of hundreds of quirky pop songs. He's a badass too. He may look a little like Santa Claus, but he will fuck your shit up. The man is amazing live. [video]
Other shows
GDFX @ Coco 66
C Spencer Yeh @ Zebulon
Monday, June 13
PC Worship @ Cake Shop * LES, Manhattan
PC Worship merge lo-fi folk with free jazz and avant garde influences. When the band is on, they're genius. [video]
Tuesday, June 14
Japanther, Shellshag, Heavy Cream @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Japanther are an art-punk duo who sing through a telephone mic but have lots and lots and lots of pop hooks and lots and lots and lots of energy! [video] Shellshag are also a duo. They get drunk and shout punk anthems and then knock things over and build a tower out of their drums. [video] Heavy Cream are from Nashville and play awesome southern/country/blues punk. And look good doing it. [video]
Wednesday, June 15
Say No! To Architecture, Zs @ Shea Stadium * Bushwick, Brooklyn * $7
Say No! To Architecture and Zs are two of Brooklyn's best experimental (and largely instrumental) psychedelic bands. See them both for only $7! [SN!TA vid] [Zs vid]
Other shows
The Men (record release) @ Death By Audio ($7)
The long view...
June
16
HoZac Showcase: K-Holes, Xray Eyeball, My Teenage Stride @ Shea Stadium
Northside Festival: Atlas Sound (Deerhunter side project), Lichens @ St. Cecilia's ($15/$17)
Northside Festival: Eternal Summers, Reading Rainbow, Secret History @ Bruar Falls ($10)
Swervedriver (original shoegaze) @ Irving Plaza
17
Northside Festival: Woods @ St. Cecilia's ($12/$15)
Northside Festival: Beirut, Sharon van Etten @ McCarren Park (sold out!)
orthside Festival: Surfer Blood, Eternal Summers, Grooms, Xray Eyeballs @ Knitting Factory ($12/$14)
Dean Wareham (playing Galaxie 500), Vacant Lots @ Bell House ($15/$20)
The Books @ Prospect Park
18
Northside Festival: Guided By Voices (original line-up), Wavves, Surfer Blood, Babies @ McCarren Park ($30/$35)
Bardo Pond, White Out (Thurston Moore) @ Le Poisson Rouge ($10)
Northside Festival: Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces) @ St. Cecilia's ($15/$17)
19
Northside Festival: Mount Eerie (Microphones) @ St. Cecilia's ($12/$15)
SLZRD WZRD (mem Lightning Bolt) @ Coco 66
21
Talib Kweli @ Red Hook Park (free!)
Chairlift @ Cameo Gallery ($10)
22
The Bronx @ Concert Cruises
23
Dinosaur Jr (performing Bug), Fucked Up @ Terminal 5
Art Brut, Reptar @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Chairlift, Telepathe @ Glasslands ($10)
24
Special Guest (??!), Coathangers, Religious to Damn @ 285 Kent
25
Archers of Loaf @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (sold out!)
Jeff the Brotherhood (one of the best 90's indie bands) @ 285 Kent
26
Archers of Loaf @ Webster Hall
My Teenage Stride @ South Street Seaport
July
3
Panda Bear, Ducktails @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
8
The Wake, Weekend @ South Street Seaport
9
Ted Leo @ South Street Seaport (free!)
12
Animal Collective @ Prospect Park (sold out!)
Cold Cave @ Knitting Factory
Slick Rick @ Crotona Park (free!)
14
Tune-Yards @ River Rocks (free!)
Marly Marl @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Gary War, K-Holes, Pop. 1280 @ Union Hall
15
Radio Dept., Asobi Seksu (shoegaze/ambient pop) @ South Street Seaport
16
4 Knots Festival: Black Angels, Titus Andronicus, Obits, Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces) + more
19
Kool Moe Dee (one of the first and best rappers of all time) @ Queensbridge (free!)
22
Death From Above 1979 @ Williamsburg Waterfront ($43)
23
The Feelies, Real Estate, Times New Viking @ Prospect Park (free!)
Heartless Bastards (acoustic) @ Mercury Lounge (sold out!)
24
Heartless Bastards (acoustic) @ Mercury Lounge
28
Walt Mink (great 90's indie band that split up over 10 years ago) @ Bell House
29
West Memphis Three Benefit with Dez Cadena @ Southpaw
Black Lips @ Bowery Ballroom
August
2
Sugarhill Gang @ Tappan Park (free!)
Sufjan Stevens @ Prospect Park
6
Cold Cave @ Bowery Ballroom
Crystal Antlers @ Glasslands ($10)
7
Friendly Fires, Cults @ Central Park (free!)
12
Sonic Youth @ Williamsburg Waterfront ($40)
*CANCELLED*Streets, El-P @ Terminal 5
21
Rakim, EPMD @ Central Park (free!)
22
Deerhunter @ Webster Hall
25
Wavves @ East River Park (free!)
September
8
TV on the Radio @ Williamsburg Waterfront ($48)
October
22
The Damned @ Irving Plaza
29
Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) @ Town Hall (sold out!)
Bush Tetras @ Le Poisson Rouge * Greenwich Village, Manhattan * $12/$15
Along with ESG and Liquid Liquid, the Bush Tetras were one of the original funk-punk bands that came out of the tail end of No Wave in New York City in the late 70's and early 80's. Featuring Pat Place of the Contortions, the Bush Tetras are a female-led group of funky post-punkers whose music echoes the bleak, nihilistic culture of late 70's NYC. [video]
Other shows
PC Worship @ Death By Audio ($7)
Andrew Bird @ Prospect Park (free)
Saturday, June 11
Pygmy Shrews, Pop 1280, White Suns * Willliamsburg, Brooklyn * $8
Pygmy Shrews are one of the best bands in New York, but they are also flaky so don't be shocked if they cancel this show at the last minute. However, so far so good. They play nasty nasty nasty post-hardcore with lots of distortion. [video] Pop 1280 are a little more bleak but also nasty. [video] White Suns are a noise band and they are good at it. [video]
Other shows
Greg Fox (GDFX) & C Spencer Yeh (collaboration) @ Shea Stadium
Sunday, June 12
T.S.O.L. @ Santos Party House * Chinatown, Manhattan * $12
T.S.O.L. are one of the original hardcore punk bands from southern California. They are also one of the best. [video]
R. Stevie Moore @ Bell House * Gowanus, Brooklyn * $10
R. Stevie Moore was making lo-fi indie pop before "lo-fi" and "indie" had been invented. The American godfather of DIY, R. Stevie Moore has a catalog of hundreds of quirky pop songs. He's a badass too. He may look a little like Santa Claus, but he will fuck your shit up. The man is amazing live. [video]
Other shows
GDFX @ Coco 66
C Spencer Yeh @ Zebulon
Monday, June 13
PC Worship @ Cake Shop * LES, Manhattan
PC Worship merge lo-fi folk with free jazz and avant garde influences. When the band is on, they're genius. [video]
Tuesday, June 14
Japanther, Shellshag, Heavy Cream @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Japanther are an art-punk duo who sing through a telephone mic but have lots and lots and lots of pop hooks and lots and lots and lots of energy! [video] Shellshag are also a duo. They get drunk and shout punk anthems and then knock things over and build a tower out of their drums. [video] Heavy Cream are from Nashville and play awesome southern/country/blues punk. And look good doing it. [video]
Wednesday, June 15
Say No! To Architecture, Zs @ Shea Stadium * Bushwick, Brooklyn * $7
Say No! To Architecture and Zs are two of Brooklyn's best experimental (and largely instrumental) psychedelic bands. See them both for only $7! [SN!TA vid] [Zs vid]
Other shows
The Men (record release) @ Death By Audio ($7)
The long view...
June
16
HoZac Showcase: K-Holes, Xray Eyeball, My Teenage Stride @ Shea Stadium
Northside Festival: Atlas Sound (Deerhunter side project), Lichens @ St. Cecilia's ($15/$17)
Northside Festival: Eternal Summers, Reading Rainbow, Secret History @ Bruar Falls ($10)
Swervedriver (original shoegaze) @ Irving Plaza
17
Northside Festival: Woods @ St. Cecilia's ($12/$15)
Northside Festival: Beirut, Sharon van Etten @ McCarren Park (sold out!)
orthside Festival: Surfer Blood, Eternal Summers, Grooms, Xray Eyeballs @ Knitting Factory ($12/$14)
Dean Wareham (playing Galaxie 500), Vacant Lots @ Bell House ($15/$20)
The Books @ Prospect Park
18
Northside Festival: Guided By Voices (original line-up), Wavves, Surfer Blood, Babies @ McCarren Park ($30/$35)
Bardo Pond, White Out (Thurston Moore) @ Le Poisson Rouge ($10)
Northside Festival: Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces) @ St. Cecilia's ($15/$17)
19
Northside Festival: Mount Eerie (Microphones) @ St. Cecilia's ($12/$15)
SLZRD WZRD (mem Lightning Bolt) @ Coco 66
21
Talib Kweli @ Red Hook Park (free!)
Chairlift @ Cameo Gallery ($10)
22
The Bronx @ Concert Cruises
23
Dinosaur Jr (performing Bug), Fucked Up @ Terminal 5
Art Brut, Reptar @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Chairlift, Telepathe @ Glasslands ($10)
24
Special Guest (??!), Coathangers, Religious to Damn @ 285 Kent
25
Archers of Loaf @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (sold out!)
Jeff the Brotherhood (one of the best 90's indie bands) @ 285 Kent
26
Archers of Loaf @ Webster Hall
My Teenage Stride @ South Street Seaport
July
3
Panda Bear, Ducktails @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
8
The Wake, Weekend @ South Street Seaport
9
Ted Leo @ South Street Seaport (free!)
12
Animal Collective @ Prospect Park (sold out!)
Cold Cave @ Knitting Factory
Slick Rick @ Crotona Park (free!)
14
Tune-Yards @ River Rocks (free!)
Marly Marl @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Gary War, K-Holes, Pop. 1280 @ Union Hall
15
Radio Dept., Asobi Seksu (shoegaze/ambient pop) @ South Street Seaport
16
4 Knots Festival: Black Angels, Titus Andronicus, Obits, Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces) + more
19
Kool Moe Dee (one of the first and best rappers of all time) @ Queensbridge (free!)
22
Death From Above 1979 @ Williamsburg Waterfront ($43)
23
The Feelies, Real Estate, Times New Viking @ Prospect Park (free!)
Heartless Bastards (acoustic) @ Mercury Lounge (sold out!)
24
Heartless Bastards (acoustic) @ Mercury Lounge
28
Walt Mink (great 90's indie band that split up over 10 years ago) @ Bell House
29
West Memphis Three Benefit with Dez Cadena @ Southpaw
Black Lips @ Bowery Ballroom
August
2
Sugarhill Gang @ Tappan Park (free!)
Sufjan Stevens @ Prospect Park
6
Cold Cave @ Bowery Ballroom
Crystal Antlers @ Glasslands ($10)
7
Friendly Fires, Cults @ Central Park (free!)
12
Sonic Youth @ Williamsburg Waterfront ($40)
*CANCELLED*
21
Rakim, EPMD @ Central Park (free!)
22
Deerhunter @ Webster Hall
25
Wavves @ East River Park (free!)
September
8
TV on the Radio @ Williamsburg Waterfront ($48)
October
22
The Damned @ Irving Plaza
29
Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) @ Town Hall (sold out!)
Friday, June 18, 2010
Upcoming Shows: Marnie Stern, Pissed Jeans + more
Sorry I’ve been away for a bit. I will get back on blogging schedule next week.
[Upcoming Shows Playlist]
TONIGHT! Friday, June 18
Marnie Stern + Anni Rossi, True Womanhood @ Glasslands * Williamsburg, Brooklyn * $12/$15
Marnie Fucking Stern, ladies and gentlemen, one of the greatest guitar heroes of our generation. At Glasslands, which is small and often has very good acoustics. This show cannot be beat. Marnie Stern isn’t quite metal and isn’t quite punk and isn’t quite anything else except awesome. Plus Anni Rossi, who’s pretty okay at violin and songs and True Womanhood, who sound like Radiohead - in a good way. GO TO THIS SHOW. [marnie myspace] [rossi myspace] [true myspace]
Saturday, June 19
Pissed Jeans, Pop. 1280 @ Death By Audio * Williamsburg, Brooklyn * $12
This will be one of the hardcore/post-hardcore/noise rock shows of the year. You might be seriously injured but it will be worth it. These bands play lurching, desperate anthems straight from the gut. They channel the collective underbelly of our world and let it out via amplifiers and hella distortion. [piss myspace] [pop myspace]
Sunday, June 20
Dinowalrus @ Cameo Gallery * Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Last time I talked to Dinowalrus, they pointed out that I should stop calling them "mathy" because they aren’t, and for once, a band was right about their own music (seriously) so let me just say they are not mathy, but are very rhythm driven, experimental music that’s clearly psychedelic and sometimes danceable. It’s not so experimental as to forgo a strong pop appeal as well. [myspace]
Knight School, Boy Genius @ Bruar Falls * Williamsburg, Brooklyn * $7
Knight School play fuzzy indie pop with the best tunez around. Boy Genius play less fuzzy indie pop and also have more than few good songs. [knight myspace] [boy myspace]
Monday, June 21
Miniboone, Gunfight!, Quiet Loudly, Pet Ghost Project @ Spike Hill * Williamsburg, Brooklyn
OK, this line up RULES. Miniboone are make big, dramatic pop with manic punk energy. Quiet Loudly are a bit more chill, with a sort of angular take on 60’s psychedelic music. Gunfight! make fun cow punk you can’t not enjoy and Pet Ghost Project do a bunch of stuff that swings between lo-fi pop and post-hardcore noise rock. I wouldn’t normally recommend Spike Hill, but this line up is SICK. [mini myspace] [ql myspace] [gun myspace] [pgp myspace]
Wednesday, June 23
Tortoise @ Le Poisson Rouge * Greenwich Village, Manhattan * $22
Electro kings of experimental music back in the 90’s, Tortoise were an influence on just about every worthwhile post rock band in the last decade or so. Their music draws on ambient, jazz, krautrock and post punk and sounds like no one else. [ myspace]
[Upcoming Shows Playlist]
The long view...
June
24
Wavves @ Knitting Factory
25
Fiery Furnaces @ Brooklyn Bowl
Silversun Pickups, Against Me! @ Williamsburg Waterfront
26
Fiery Furnaces @ Mercury Lounge
Titus Andronicus @ Newtown Barge Park
Liars, Fucked Up, High Places @ Newtown Barge Park
27
Les Savy Fav, Polvo @ Newtown Barge Park
July
6
B-52s @ Highline Ballroom
11
The Roots, Talib Kweli @ Prospect Park
13
Cheap Trick @ Radio City Music Hall
16
Weezer @ Williamsburg Waterfront
17
Siren Fest: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Matt & Kim, Ted Leo, Surfer Blood @ Coney Island
22
Antlers, Dinosaur Feathers @ Pier 54
23
Modest Mouse @ Williamsburg Waterfront
24
M.I.A., Sleigh Bells @ Governors Island
26
Flaming Lips @ Central Park
27
Black Keys @ Central Park
The National, Beach House @ Prospect Park
28
Black Keys @ Central Park
30
Big Takeover: Springhouse @ Bell House
31
Sonic Youth, Grass Widow, Talk Normal @ Prospect Park
Big Takeover: Springhouse, For Against @ Bell House
August
12
Gang Gang Dance, Grizzly Bear, Walkmen @ Governors Island
15
Public Enemy @ Central Park
17
MGMT @ Radio City Music Hall
18
MGMT @ Radio City Music Hall
[Upcoming Shows Playlist]
TONIGHT! Friday, June 18
Marnie Stern + Anni Rossi, True Womanhood @ Glasslands * Williamsburg, Brooklyn * $12/$15
Marnie Fucking Stern, ladies and gentlemen, one of the greatest guitar heroes of our generation. At Glasslands, which is small and often has very good acoustics. This show cannot be beat. Marnie Stern isn’t quite metal and isn’t quite punk and isn’t quite anything else except awesome. Plus Anni Rossi, who’s pretty okay at violin and songs and True Womanhood, who sound like Radiohead - in a good way. GO TO THIS SHOW. [marnie myspace] [rossi myspace] [true myspace]
Saturday, June 19
Pissed Jeans, Pop. 1280 @ Death By Audio * Williamsburg, Brooklyn * $12
This will be one of the hardcore/post-hardcore/noise rock shows of the year. You might be seriously injured but it will be worth it. These bands play lurching, desperate anthems straight from the gut. They channel the collective underbelly of our world and let it out via amplifiers and hella distortion. [piss myspace] [pop myspace]
Sunday, June 20
Dinowalrus @ Cameo Gallery * Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Last time I talked to Dinowalrus, they pointed out that I should stop calling them "mathy" because they aren’t, and for once, a band was right about their own music (seriously) so let me just say they are not mathy, but are very rhythm driven, experimental music that’s clearly psychedelic and sometimes danceable. It’s not so experimental as to forgo a strong pop appeal as well. [myspace]
Knight School, Boy Genius @ Bruar Falls * Williamsburg, Brooklyn * $7
Knight School play fuzzy indie pop with the best tunez around. Boy Genius play less fuzzy indie pop and also have more than few good songs. [knight myspace] [boy myspace]
Monday, June 21
Miniboone, Gunfight!, Quiet Loudly, Pet Ghost Project @ Spike Hill * Williamsburg, Brooklyn
OK, this line up RULES. Miniboone are make big, dramatic pop with manic punk energy. Quiet Loudly are a bit more chill, with a sort of angular take on 60’s psychedelic music. Gunfight! make fun cow punk you can’t not enjoy and Pet Ghost Project do a bunch of stuff that swings between lo-fi pop and post-hardcore noise rock. I wouldn’t normally recommend Spike Hill, but this line up is SICK. [mini myspace] [ql myspace] [gun myspace] [pgp myspace]
Wednesday, June 23
Tortoise @ Le Poisson Rouge * Greenwich Village, Manhattan * $22
Electro kings of experimental music back in the 90’s, Tortoise were an influence on just about every worthwhile post rock band in the last decade or so. Their music draws on ambient, jazz, krautrock and post punk and sounds like no one else. [ myspace]
The long view...
June
24
Wavves @ Knitting Factory
25
Fiery Furnaces @ Brooklyn Bowl
Silversun Pickups, Against Me! @ Williamsburg Waterfront
26
Fiery Furnaces @ Mercury Lounge
Titus Andronicus @ Newtown Barge Park
Liars, Fucked Up, High Places @ Newtown Barge Park
27
Les Savy Fav, Polvo @ Newtown Barge Park
July
6
B-52s @ Highline Ballroom
11
The Roots, Talib Kweli @ Prospect Park
13
Cheap Trick @ Radio City Music Hall
16
Weezer @ Williamsburg Waterfront
17
Siren Fest: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Matt & Kim, Ted Leo, Surfer Blood @ Coney Island
22
Antlers, Dinosaur Feathers @ Pier 54
23
Modest Mouse @ Williamsburg Waterfront
24
M.I.A., Sleigh Bells @ Governors Island
26
Flaming Lips @ Central Park
27
Black Keys @ Central Park
The National, Beach House @ Prospect Park
28
Black Keys @ Central Park
30
Big Takeover: Springhouse @ Bell House
31
Sonic Youth, Grass Widow, Talk Normal @ Prospect Park
Big Takeover: Springhouse, For Against @ Bell House
August
12
Gang Gang Dance, Grizzly Bear, Walkmen @ Governors Island
15
Public Enemy @ Central Park
17
MGMT @ Radio City Music Hall
18
MGMT @ Radio City Music Hall
Friday, June 4, 2010
Upcoming Shows: Black Wine, Pop 1280 + more
TONIGHT! Friday, June 4
Black Wine, The Measure SA, Slingshot Dakota @ Death By Audio * Williamsburg, Brooklyn * $6
Black Wine are a punk band with good songs that are occasionally slightly emo but not in a bad way at all, actually in a really awesome way. The Measure are a poppy punk band that aren't quite as great as they should be but have fun and want you to have fun too. Slingshot Dakota are an emotive punk duo on keys and drums. This line-up is FUCKING AWESOME. [bw band] [measure myspace] [sd myspace]
Saturday, June 5
Pop 1280 @ Death By Audio * Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Someone told me this band was good. My impression is that they are heavy and dark and unsettling. Go see them. [myspace]
Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Wililamsburg, Brooklyn * $25
BJM are a psychedelic indie band with one fuckin' crazy dude named Anton Newcombe who has done a very lot of drugs. As with any band on a lot of drugs, they have the potential to suck live, but as with only a few bands, they also have the potential to be awesome. [myspace]
Sunday, June 6
So So Glos @ Death By Audio * Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Loveable Brooklyn bros with anthemic hardcore. [myspace]
Tuesday, June 8
Fiasco @ Death by Audio * Williamsburg, Brooklyn
As always, all the best shows are at Death By Audio. Fiasco are a young math trio whose musical skill matured before their taste, but they are exciting and loud and get better with every show. [myspace]
The long view...
June
11
Jeff the Brotherhood, PC Worship @ Death By Audio
Hunters @ Monster Island Basement
Friendo @ Cake Shop
13
Friendo @ Glasslands
14
Coyote Eyes @ Cake Shop
15
Dan Deacon @ Red Hook Park
18
Marnie Stern, Anni Rossi, True Womahood @ Glasslands
Pissed Jeans @ Cake Shop
19
Pissed Jeans, Pop. 1280 @ Death by Audio
Melvins + Isis @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
24
Wavves @ Knitting Factory
25
Fiery Furnaces @ Brooklyn Bowl
Silversun Pickups, Against Me! @ Williamsburg Waterfront
26
Fiery Furnaces @ Mercury Lounge
Titus Andronicus @ Newtown Barge Park
Liars, Fucked Up, High Places @ Newtown Barge Park
27
Les Savy Fav, Polvo @ Newtown Barge Park
July
6
B-52s @ Highline Ballroom
11
The Roots, Talib Kweli @ Prospect Park
13
Cheap Trick @ Radio City Music Hall
16
Weezer @ Williamsburg Waterfront
17
Siren Fest: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Matt & Kim, Ted Leo, Surfer Blood @ Coney Island
22
Antlers, Dinosaur Feathers @ Pier 54
23
Modest Mouse @ Williamsburg Waterfront
24
M.I.A., Sleigh Bells @ Governors Island
26
Flaming Lips @ Central Park
27
Black Keys @ Central Park
The National, Beach House @ Prospect Park
28
Black Keys @ Central Park
30
Big Takeover: Springhouse @ Bell House
31
Sonic Youth, Grass Widow, Talk Normal @ Prospect Park
Big Takeover: Springhouse, For Against @ Bell House
August
12
Gang Gang Dance, Grizzly Bear, Walkmen @ Governors Island
15
Public Enemy @ Central Park
17
MGMT @ Radio City Music Hall
18
MGMT @ Radio City Music Hall
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