Recommended Tuesday Show: Bear Hands (and Cursive) at Bowery Ballroom

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Cursive, who’s latest album has been getting pretty decent reviews, is playing Bowery Ballroom tomorrow night.  But the real reason to make it down (or up)  to the LES is Bear Hands.  I have a (not too) funny story about Bear Hands.  I was on vacation with my mother at a spa in Massachusetts.  It’s a really…unhip place, so imagine my surprise when I noticed a mom-aged woman wearing a Bear Hands t-shirt.  It was so out of place, I had to ask.  ”Do you like Bear Hands?”  The woman looked at me, surprised, and returned, “Do you like Bear Hands.”  I said yes, I did, and that they were pretty popular in Brooklyn.  Turns out, it was guitarist Ted Feldman’s mother, and she was pretty excited some random stranger had heard of her son’s band.  I like to think that maybe I played some small role in convincing one mother that their child’s rock n roll lifestyle is totally worth it.

Maybe now I can convince some blog readers to check out Bear Hands.  They play standard indie fare (think Walkmen) but it’s damn good.  Check out the video above, or the mp3 below!

MP3: “Golden” – Bear Hands

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