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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Recommended Friday Show: Crystal Stilts at The Bell House
These days, I’ve found myself feeling a little bit ho-hum about Crystal Stilts. They’ve been around for awhile now, I’ve seen ‘em a whole bunch, and it seems like Frankie has gone on (with Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls and in her own band) to make more of-the-minute versions of the surf-sloppy songs. But [...]
Recommended Thursday Show: The Extraordinaires at Cake Shop
The Extraordinaires are from Philly, and they are a joy. They play these old little freak folk twangy country weirdo songs that are absolutely delightful. They once went on tour with Man Man, a very fitting pairing. I absolutely love the song posted below. It’s a cautionary tale about a cactus. The fact that this [...]
Recommended Wednesday Show: The Morning Benders and Twin Sister at Mercury Lounge
I’ve been listening to the Morning Benders’ album a lot this past week. I’m trying to reconcile the way I feel about it to the way I feel about their live show. I think the album is okay. It’s definitely got some mature songwriting, some interesting stuff, but it fails to grab me or hold [...]
Photos (for Impose): WBAR-B-Q
On Sunday I made the long trek from Brooklyn up to Morningside Heights. I knew it was a bad omen when I realized that the 2/3 wasn’t running between Manhattan and Brooklyn only once I got to the station. After taking the 4 to the 1 to the 2, I finally made it up to [...]
Recommended Tuesday Show: Zach Hill at Death By Audio
Zach Hill is one nasty drummer. I guess the only real reason he’s on my radar is the brief stint he did as Wavves’ drummer a few months ago. It was the best Wavves show I’ve ever seen, in large part because of Hill’s expressive, frenetic drumming. Probably one of the best drummers I’ve ever [...]
Photos: Harlem, Thomas Function, and Girls At Dawn at Monster Island Basement
This post is a bit past its prime, since the show happened on Friday. Still, the evening is worth recounting. It was an electric night in Williamsburg; people seemed to be spilling out of every bar and restaurant, enjoying the nice weather. Monster Island basement was no exception, though the crowded venue seemed more like [...]
Recommended Saturday Show: Micachu & The Shapes, Beach Fossils, Holiday Shores, and Moonmen on the Moon, Man at Bruar Falls
This is one of those ridiculous, blow your mind shows that has only come together through a lucky series of extenuating circumstances. It’s Bruar Fall’s one year anniversary of existing, and they were throwing a show with German Measles and some other surprise guest in celebration. Okay, that’s cool. But then there was unfortunately a [...]
Cool New Video: Real Estate's "Suburban Dogs"
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/10073769] In the past year, Real Estate has quietly become one of my favorite bands. I find myself thinking, “Budweiser, Sprite, do you feel alright?” pretty frequently, and now that the weather is getting warm again, I can’t get enough of their tunes again. I came across this video via someone’s Twitter feed yesterday, [...]
Recommended Friday Show: Harlem, Thomas Function, and Girls At Dawn at Monster Island Basement
This is another one of those shows moved from the much bigger Market Hotel to much smaller Monster Island Basement. Harlem’s new album, Hippies, is garage-tacular, ripping off one hook-laden rocker after another. The photo from above is when I saw them at Mercury Lounge the day of that crazy snowstorm, where they played a [...]
Recommended Thursday Show: Let's Wrestle and Blair at Bowery Ballroom
Let’s Wrestle and Blair? These are two bands I’ve been talking up for awhile. AND Let’s Wrestle is from the UK, so your chances to see them are somewhat limited. And Blair is so sweet. And I can’t seem to get enough of the Let’s Wrestle song below. So okay, it’s off to their show! [...]
