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Here's where you tell me which local bands a new arrival in the big city should keep an eye out for. Preference for people I can still see in smaller venues for less than 10 bucks. indie/electronic/hip hop/cabaret/whatever, I don't care. I just wanna see some good shows. (I know the basics -- Liars, Oneida, Moony Suzuki, etc. Looking for others, new ones or lower-profile veterans.) That includes if you're in a band yourself and want to tell me how great you are -- I wanna know.

muy obligado.

― Jesse Fox, Monday, 10 February 2003 15:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Firewater and Skeleton Key.

http://www.easyandquick.com/fire/home.html

http://www.skeletonkey.org/

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 February 2003 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Some ideas:

Coptic Light

The SB

Double Leopards and/or Shackamaxon

MFM

Japanther

Other Dimensions in Music

The Panthers

Tono-Bungay

― hstencil, Monday, 10 February 2003 16:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Three faves:

Prosaics -- A mix of Mission of Burma, Television and the Misfits. Their singer (used to be in Tel Aviv) needs work, but very good.

Calla -- Now on the radar after five years. My favorite NYC band, and my favorite band period. Live shows are amazing, they pull out great covers (among them -- Springsteen's "State Trooper," Can's "Mother Sky," Beatles' "Long Long Long," Dylan's "I Shall Be Released," Young's "Harvest Moon").

Secret Machines -- Sounds just like early Pink Floyd. Their Ace Fu EP only had one good track, but live they are amazing. Great psyche/space rock. Will be on a major soon.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

"Prosaics -- A mix of Mission of Burma, Television and the Misfits"

Damn -- that sounds amazing! Must seek that out!

Secret Machines are from NYC originally -- they're Texans.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 February 2003 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.whitehassle.com

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 10 February 2003 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Their singer (used to be in Tel Aviv)

You mean the band Tel Aviv that was on Teenbeat? Ugh.

― hstencil, Monday, 10 February 2003 16:27 (twenty-three years ago)

All my friends in New York who are old and cranky and never go out to see anyone anymore rave about Calla, for what it's worth. Can you tell me more about them, Yancey? And how's their new album?

I saw Gogol Bordello when I was in town a couple of years ago, very entertaining. Like an Eastern European version of the Pogues with crazed Iggy-ish singer. And props. I imagine I'd find them tiresome after the first few times, though.

― Arthur (Arthur), Monday, 10 February 2003 16:38 (twenty-three years ago)

I know, I hate Tel Aviv too. And their drummer is also in Rainer Maria, so a double "ugh." But they're really great (except the vocals, again). I saw them open for 90 Day Men (I know you hate them hstencil, so don't hold that against the Prosaics) in July and was really, really impressed. Seemed very professional, and their bassist played just like Clint Conley (even though, at that point, he had never heard Burma. I convinced him to buy some stuff and then he admitted that they do play alike). Afterwards I went up to the bassist (Joshua Zuck3r is his name) and asked if I could buy a CD or something. He said no, because it was actually only their second show, which surprised the shit out of me. I've seen them over and over since, and they are very good. They're recording an EP now that they will self-release, even though they've been getting a lot of offers. After the first show my instinct was that they would become an important band. I can't stick by that anymore, but I really dig them.

Yeah, the Secret Machines are from Austin. Two of them were in Captain Audio (who I've only heard bits and pieces of) and the drummer (who's fab) was in Comet, a great space-rock band.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 16:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Didn't the Prosaics play with Calla and the Rogers Sisters at the Mercury Lounge a few weeks back? I was planning to go to that, but it sold out early, so I missed it. I'd give 'em the benefit of the doubt, even though Tel Aviv was pretty bad. Is their singer the skinny guy with black hair that was in Tel Aviv? I hardly remember anything about those dudes except that they were from Louisville, hardly anybody there liked 'em, and they sounded A LOT like Slint, apparently.

Ah, the early 1990s. Kinda hard to be nostalgic for it.

― hstencil, Monday, 10 February 2003 16:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Arthur: I dunno if this'll give you any idea of what Calla are like, but here's my review of the record: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0305/strickler.php

My favorite of their is actually their first album, which is now out of print. That one has a lot of found sounds along with Morricone-type guitar. Scavengers, the second album, is the most accessible of the bunch. Great songs, very pretty. Televise, the new one, has some great moments and is very poppy. Other Calla-related releases are a fantastic Insound Tour Support disc (which has better versions of several cuts from Televise on it), a surprisingly great remix album and their drummer's solo glitch/microhouse record under the tenEcke name.

Here's a video for Televise's first song, "Strangler:"

http://www.atomicamerican.com/dropframe/Strangler_web.mov

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 16:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, the Prosaics played with Calla. Their first show in a while. The show was hella packed, something like 70 press credentials were handed out (I was standing next to Joe Levy -- woohoo!). It was the best Calla has ever played (their first full show with a fourth band member, a new guitarist) and the Prosaics were great too. The Prosaics singer, Andy, was the singer in Tel Aviv. Skinny, tall, dark hair, looks like a more attractive Tom Verlaine. The Prosaics have serious sex appeal. The bassist, Joshua, is fucking gorgeous, I must admit.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 16:46 (twenty-three years ago)

looks like a more attractive Tom Verlaine.

Whoo-hoo!

Uh, well if you're really that into him, maybe I can find someone who has high school-era photos.

Was bummed I missed that show, although it sounds sorta like a nightmare for claustrophobes like myself. I haven't seen the Rogers Sisters yet, and they're friends from way back, so...

― hstencil, Monday, 10 February 2003 16:49 (twenty-three years ago)

I didn't stick around for the Rogers Sisters. I was getting too claustrophobic, had to get out of there.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 16:51 (twenty-three years ago)

JAPANTHER.

Also, Castro.

― mosurock (mosurock), Monday, 10 February 2003 17:00 (twenty-three years ago)

No Neck Blues Band (Knitting Factory), Sunday, Feb. 23rd.

Suntanama (Joe's Pub), March 4th

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― steve k (stevek10), Monday, 10 February 2003 17:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Jesus With Me is opening for NNCK at that Knitting Factory show.

They're also playing with Endless Boogie this Sunday. More details to follow.

― hstencil, Monday, 10 February 2003 17:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Good live NY bands:

1) Black Dice. Loud and pretty intersection of kraut/psych and electronics, all played in real time. They hype around them is stupid, but they actually are that good live. My favorite NY band at the moment.

2) Coptic Light. Semi-improvised music within a structure. It's hard to compare them to any one band, though they kind of sound like what would happen if you threw together instrumental Black Flag, spastic jazz drumming, and the less cheesy, more dynamic end of prog. Guitarist out of Bitch Magnet and Don Caballero, drummer out of Storm & Stress and a jillion other bands, and the bassist played guitar in Antioch Arrow. On a good night, they're unstopable. Whew.

3) Ganggang Dance. This band changes every time I see them (in terms of membership and style). The last time, in November, they blew me away. The band is very dark and tribal, with flashes of psychedelia and industrial. Two members were in The Crainium. Sounds nothing like that, though.

4) Plate Tectonics. The band that evolved out of the more dancey/post-punkish (?) Pixeltan, who had a single on Troubleman. When their drummer left, Pixeltan recruited the drummer from Providence, RI's Olneyville Sound System and got way more fucked up. Loud as fuck breaks courtesy of the biggest bass drum you've ever seen, with guitar, FXed vocals, and analog keyboards on top. They have a CD out on Ian from Japanther's Tapesrecords, which is a collaboration with the rapper Sensational. At times it's quite good, but was recorded a year and a half ago--they've evolved quite a bit since then.

― die9o (dhadis), Monday, 10 February 2003 17:19 (twenty-three years ago)

When is Coptic Light playing next, Diego? That sounds excellent.

Oh, I started a thread about this and no one replied, so I'll post it here: Anyone want to see the Blood Brothers at the Knit tonight? I have a plus one and my friend backed out. You get the ticket free of charge. You don't even have to talk to me if you don't want to. I just don't want to waste a ticket.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 17:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Outta curiousity, Yanc3y, who are they playing with? Don't think I'd be able to go, but thought I'd ask.

― hstencil, Monday, 10 February 2003 17:50 (twenty-three years ago)

the sightings
vaz
coptic light

prosiacs are terrible...really!!! the singer is the worst...the drummer is in rainer maria, so they are an emo band pretending to be interpol (and interpol is basically an emo band)...if thats your bag...get a new bag man. I don't hear mission of burma at all.

― ddb, Monday, 10 February 2003 17:56 (twenty-three years ago)

kept forgetting Sightings.

Mark Morgan from Sightings is djing this Sunday at the Endless Boogie/Jesus With Me show, along with Chris Freeman (Fusetron) and Joel St. Germain (Humecetant Interruption). Will post more details when I get 'em.

― hstencil, Monday, 10 February 2003 17:58 (twenty-three years ago)

2nite:

Blood Brothers, True North, Vaux, Brasilia

Wait. So because Bill is in Rainer Maria that means his other band is emo too? How's that?

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, see, no idea who those other bands are, can't bother to ask for the ticket.

No idea on this emo rule thing either.

― hstencil, Monday, 10 February 2003 18:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Prosaics started out with promise but now it seems they're just treading water, and have really bad stage presence. One year and their set and sound hasn't changed significantly. It's just not happening.

Dan Melchior's Broke Revue and Oneida are two of our best bands.

― mosurock (mosurock), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:06 (twenty-three years ago)

I have no idea who the other bands tonight are either. I was just planning to head down around 9. Blood Brothers play at 9:15.

The Prosaics have been treading water. But at that Calla show they played one song I had not heard before that was easily the best thing they've ever done.

Broke Revue I saw once and dug. Reminded me a bit of the Blue Rags, who put out a couple of records on Sub Pop a while ago.

Oneida I'm so-so on. EOTO has great moments, as does Anthem On the Moon, but I think they can get better. I interviewed them for Pulse last year and had a great time though. Really nice and funny guys.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, I put out EOTO and the new Broke Revue EP so I'm biased.

― mosurock (mosurock), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:14 (twenty-three years ago)

You run Jagjaguwar?

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:20 (twenty-three years ago)

So because Bill is in Rainer Maria that means his other band is emo too? How's that?

because...emo is like lepersy!

― ddb, Monday, 10 February 2003 18:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Electric Turn To Me*

and 2nd-ing of:
Sightings
The Panthers
Coptic Light

*sadly heard but not seen (got a live set in my MD right now). Blake from Dazzling Killmen/Laddio Bolocko on drums.

― gygax!, Monday, 10 February 2003 18:32 (twenty-three years ago)

no, version city. 50% of it at least.

― mosurock (mosurock), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Another one to check out: Avey Tare & Panda Bear (aka the Animal Collective). They do have off nights, but when they're on it's like watching a beautiful, secret tribal ritual. They're playing this Sunday at Tonic with Devendra Banhart. So it will probably be a mob scene...

Yanc3y--I'm not sure when Coptic Light are playing again. Maybe next month sometime? They played out a lot for a while, but I think they're taking a break to work on new material. Hstenc!l, do you know?

Also, I 3rd Sightings.

― die9o (dhadis), Monday, 10 February 2003 19:15 (twenty-three years ago)

No idea on upcoming Coptic Light shows. Haven't gotten an email from Poodles HQ in a while. How was their show at OfficeOps?

― hstencil, Monday, 10 February 2003 19:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I missed the Office OPs show, but heard it was very very good. Has anyone been to that space yet? I've heard it's really good...

― die9o (dhadis), Monday, 10 February 2003 19:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Fraggle Rock House Band (all covers, difft theme every show), Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Fucking Champs, Modey Lemon (from Pittsburgh and my favorite band ever in the world period), Slut Em Go (prog indie-dub), Darediablo (power-trio with an organ, guitar, and drums), Satanicide (laugh-metal riffage out the ying-yang), Mr Mixelpixel (extremely psychotic computer-pop noise) Many of these are friends of mine so I may be biased!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 10 February 2003 19:36 (twenty-three years ago)

the fucking champs are from san francisco, california.

they will be in new york in early june.

― gygax!, Monday, 10 February 2003 19:50 (twenty-three years ago)

I think I caught Avey Tare on an off night, because when I saw them it was awful. I was very disappointed. Devendra Banhart is way too precious for my taste.

Not sure if they should count, but Michael Gira's Angels of Light are really great live (and the upcoming album is amazing).

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 19:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Deer Park is a really good brooklyn band with pretty songs and dissonance. They don't play out often enough.
Addicted 2 Fiction is a real good electro act with real drums that should be louder in the mix.
I second anything where Daniel Carter is involved, for the healing powers (Other Dimensions, Test, etc, etc)
Rogers Sisters are kicking out strangely new wave jams that rock.

looking fwd to the Endless Boogie show.
& Double Leopards are playing on Wednesday.

― autovac (autovac), Monday, 10 February 2003 20:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Secret Machines -- Sounds just like early Pink Floyd. Their Ace Fu EP only had one good track, but live they are amazing.

so was that one track 'what used to be french'? 'cause i thought that was a great song but the rest of the release was seriously lacking...

bands i like that play around often:

the walkmen
enon
calla
fiery furnaces
rogers sisters
french kicks
avey tare & panda bear
panthers
black dice
tallboys
the seconds
ex-models

― coelcanth, Monday, 10 February 2003 20:23 (twenty-three years ago)

& Double Leopards are playing on Wednesday.

Yeah, they're playing with Carlos Giffoni/Russ Waterhouse and MFM at Northsix. Unfortunately, I can't make it.

― hstencil, Monday, 10 February 2003 20:25 (twenty-three years ago)

That one track is "It's a Bad Wind That Don't Blow Somebody Some Good," which was second on my singles list for 2002.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 20:37 (twenty-three years ago)

fiery furnaces

I like this band too.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 10 February 2003 20:39 (twenty-three years ago)

ahhahah thee Fucking Champs play here all the time it seems like though! Modey Lemon are from Pittsburgh, who cares, dude wants to see some shows! big ups to the Rogers Sisters

somehow Burning Brides get all these sweet opening gigs, anybody know why?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 10 February 2003 21:08 (twenty-three years ago)

(somehow Burning Brides get all these sweet opening gigs, anybody know why?

Maybe because of the 'industry buzz' around them? They're pretty bad, though. V2 should've saved their money--I would've ripped off Bleach for them for half the multi-million dollars they gave the Burning Brides...)

― die9o (dhadis), Monday, 10 February 2003 21:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Knifestorm
Japanese Karaoke Afterlife Experiment are from Providence but play in Brooklyn fairly frequently.
Sightings (as far as recorded Sightings goes, the best is the 'Michigan Haters' CD; it's more diverse than the LP on Load and the 7")

― ian johnson, Monday, 10 February 2003 23:08 (twenty-three years ago)

i agree with IJ, that sightings 7" on freedom from is not the best place to start with them (which of course would be LIVE).

― gygax!, Monday, 10 February 2003 23:14 (twenty-three years ago)

One new-ish band to watch is the Square Johns, who I saw over the summer. I was trying to round up a posse to go see 'em at Siberia a few weeks back, but apparently my friends hate fun. :-(

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:16 (twenty-three years ago)

These are not rock per se, but some NYers who are fun to catch live and play out fairly often:

Ellery Eskelin w/Andrea Parkins and Jim Black
John Zorn (in various incarnations, esp. Masada [the qtet])
Matthew Shipp
Polygraph Lounge (ie., Rob Schwimmer and Mark Stewart)
Myra Melford
Jean-Michel Pilc

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Another one I somehow forgot:

David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Also: Vinicius Cantuaria

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:22 (twenty-three years ago)

People (specifically: "hipsters") have been throwing this name at me a lot: THE WITNESSES. All I really know about them, however, is that they are from NYC and their lead singer has *SUPER* annoying hair. Witness indeed:

http://www.the-witnesses.com/biopics/studio/oakley.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:46 (twenty-three years ago)

The Witnesses blow. They were in a Rolling Stone fashion spread a few months after forming!!! This should not be used to judge their music, of course, but, conveniently, the music sucks too.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Very glad to hear it, Yance...for I realy *WANT* to hate them.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:49 (twenty-three years ago)

I like Al Kooper's hair (on Al Kooper).

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:52 (twenty-three years ago)

they were dicks to some friends of mine who shared a bill with them, about band order and whatnot. therefore, their pee-pee I don't wanna see see

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 00:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Are the Star Spangles a similar thing? What a stupid name.

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 00:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Wait! Wait! Wait!

The BurmaKitty, worshipper of all things Clint Conley (as you can see: http://missionofburma.com/bgu/original/page1.html ) is getting a bit hot and bothered about all this talk about some really good looking guy named Joshua who plays bass like Clint Conley. Why are there no pictures of this guy here???? I must have a photo! Please, can somebody dig one up for me? I am going out of my mind.

help!

― BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 01:42 (twenty-three years ago)

someone help the BurmaKitty!

if you like old-time mountain and country music the Baggot Inn has a Wednesday jam session that draws just about every young kid from these parts who's doing that stuff

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 02:11 (twenty-three years ago)

This makes me crazy:

http://missionofburma.com/bgu/original/photo/fillmore/bwgraphiccon.jpg

Is Joshua anything close to the guy on top???

― BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 02:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, I almost forgot about the title of this thread...

Look at this, CLINT CONLEY in New York, just for you!!!!

Clint Conley is scheduled to open for the Kadane Brothers at North Six in Brooklyn, New York on Friday, March 7, 2003. Go to http://www.northsix.com/shows.htm for more information.

http://missionofburma.com/consonant/photo/losangeles/knittingfactory2003/027_24.jpg

oh, my...

oh, excuse me.

#prompt: end propaganda machine here

ok, I'll give it a rest now. Just can't help myself at times...

― BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 03:10 (twenty-three years ago)

OK. It'll only take me a year or two to see all that. Thanks, y'all!

― Jesse Fox, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 03:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, but do the Star Spangles stink or not? Do they even exist?

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 03:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Out Hud! The Dap-Kings! Mr. Sack!

― Douglas (Douglas), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 05:32 (twenty-three years ago)

The Star Spangles indeed suck.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 06:39 (twenty-three years ago)

* sound of future googlers being born *

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 06:56 (twenty-three years ago)

another cheer for sightings. even when they're terrible they're interesting. oneida, the rogers sisters, the broke revue, the affair, tallboys, cause commotion, black dice, oakley hall... all worth your time.
btw, here are the details for sunday's extravaganza featuring assorted psychdamaged local types:
ADVERTISEMENT
Sunday February 16th, 8pm:

ENDLESS BOOGIE
JESUS WITH ME

DJs:
Mark Morgan - Sightings
Joel St. Germain - Spite
Chris Freeman - Fusetron

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64 East 1st Street (between 1st/2nd Avenues)
212-260-3116
New York City
F or V trains to 2nd Avenue

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 15:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Burma, here's Joshua:

http://www.prosaics.com/images/prosaics_joshua.jpg

And he's on the right in this pic:

http://www.prosaics.com/images/prosaics_group1.jpg

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 16:03 (twenty-three years ago)

ahahaha, that's the Tel Aviv guy on the left, all right.

lauren, I was gonna post about that Endless Boogie show! My friend Russ put that together. Too bad Kate broke her arm and Major Stars couldn't play.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 16:05 (twenty-three years ago)

i shed more than a few tears when i heard major stars backed out of sunday's show. still think it will be a great time, though...

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

it should be. The bands should be good, and I'm looking forward to the djs too (esp. Joel - he's awesome).

Do I know you? Probably not.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

(caveat: the only time I heard the Star Spangles was before a Don Hill's dance night and we were all very impatient for them to finish so we could dance. however the Witnesses were the other band and next to the SS they actually sounded good so)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 16:35 (twenty-three years ago)

See also BOTANICA!

http://www.botanicaisaband.com/

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 17:13 (twenty-three years ago)

i've seen one star spangles show. they appear to exist. they were bad, but not as bad as i thought they were going to be. does that help?

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 17:37 (twenty-three years ago)

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

http://www.prosaics.com/images/prosaics_joshua.jpg

Thank you for the photo, Yanc3y! Hmmm...my dreams just got a little more, er, crowded.

― BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 02:09 (twenty-three years ago)

you're gonna be able to see a lot of bands in NYC on Feb 22nd at Pianos. Aside from being my birthday party it's the first installment of a new monthly called SHOCKER being hosted by Version City Records.

so far:

Dan Melchior's Broke Revue
The Affair
Pay Toilets (Pittsburgh; ex-1985, current Microwaves; Melvins meets Beefheart no-wave fuquqe insanity)
ZOMBI (Pittsburgh; ex-1985 and Microwaves ... two guys with synths and machines making prog-goth-dark italo disco noise a la Goblin)
Midnite Snake (Pittsburgh; Mainliner/High Rise-esque heaviness w/ Paul Quattrone from the Modey Lemon)

and DJs:
Gorgon Sound (bringin 2step and garridge roughness from the backwoods of Virginia)
Jessica Hopper w/ the jeep beatz
Barry London w/ the latin jazz jizz
Lady Rebecca

one more (very awesome) band (that never plays NYC, from boston) and one more DJ TBD

10p-4a
$10

be there

― mosurock (mosurock), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 05:33 (twenty-three years ago)

oh look, a flyer

http://home.earthlink.net/~mosurock/images/shocker_final.gif

― mosurock (mosurock), Thursday, 13 February 2003 04:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Is it acceptable to plug friends' shows? These are people I went to schools with, but are objectively worth your time and money:

Gutbucket - excellent Knit-style "punk-jazz" with a sense of humor. Shows are unpredictable, good-natured, sometimes enthralling. Ellery Eskelin meets Sonny Sharrock and they take a dirty road to New Orleans. Will be at the Knitting Factory Old Office, tonight (Thursday the 13th) at 10. Check the web site.

Pete Galub - tunes that split the difference between folk and power pop and are sufficiently well-crafted and raised-eyebrow-witty as to deserve marginal distinction. Shows are loose and intimate when solo-acoustic, bright-shiny-rocking when full-banded. Marshall Crenshaw meets Luka Bloom and they take things slow. At CB's Gallery 2/19 at 7, and Southpaw 2/27 at 8. Check the web site.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 13 February 2003 07:50 (twenty-three years ago)

"Is it acceptable to plug friends' shows? "

Yeah, sure we would never stupe to such base tactics.

No, no one here.

― BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Thursday, 13 February 2003 19:58 (twenty-three years ago)

The Witness with the super-annoying hair is ex-Rondelles. The Witnesses the band are quite lame.

second/thirding the Rogers Sisters - the best band I've seen in a while.

― a. north (A North), Thursday, 13 February 2003 20:55 (twenty-three years ago)

they do a mean "There's a Certain Girl"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:13 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

revive! Hinthouse show and Optimo in the same weekend! (and I'm not even mentioning Liquid Liquid am I?)

― hstencil, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, but the same night, no? I heard Suburned Hand of the Man is playing that Hinthouse show, too. Which are you going to, Hstencil?

― die9o (dhadis), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:14 (twenty-three years ago)

John Duncan!

No seriously I'm going to the Hinthouse, even tho I saw NNCK a couple weeks ago at the Shitting Factory. ddb will be there and I can flirt with him some more, plus Sunburned Handy Man, Graham Lambkin (Shadow Ring) & Adris Hoyos (Harry Pussy), more...

― hstencil, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh you were at that show? I thought they were really great. If I didn't already have a ticket for LL, I'd consider going to the Hinthouse instead. I like Liquid Liquid, but the chance to see all those other groups in one show would be pretty nice... Ah, fuck.

― die9o (dhadis), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:19 (twenty-three years ago)

hahaha, but Liquid Liquid are only a "singles" band!

Actually I wouldn't mind seeing them either, but I have an aversion to the Shitting Factory, expensive shows, and shows that will get really crowded and uncomfortable. It was difficult to overcome those aversions just to see Sun City Girls, but they're like one of my favorite bands, so...

― hstencil, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh and after the SCG show I have a MAJOR aversion to Out Hud.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:22 (twenty-three years ago)

but Liquid Liquid are only a "singles" band!

Right, so I can stay for the one single I want to hear ("Opti...") and then head way uptown to see the cathartic drum circle jamming...

And yeah, KF is hard to take when it's crowded. The audience at the SCG show I went to sucked.

Regarding your aversion: yeah, totally understandable. I was diappointed to see they were opening the show Friday.

― die9o (dhadis), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:25 (twenty-three years ago)

I mean that's like having Out Hud open for ESG or something. Oh wait...

― hstencil, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd quite like to see Liquid Liquid as well, actually.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:44 (twenty-three years ago)

This is Friday at Knitting Factory?

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

bands to see: japanther, animal collective, anything involving Tim Barnes, and we, the blood group.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 6 March 2003 01:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Look at this, CLINT CONLEY in New York, just for you!!!!
Clint Conley is scheduled to open for the Kadane Brothers at North Six in Brooklyn, New York on Friday, March 7, 2003. Go to http://www.northsix.com/shows.htm for more information.

If anyone makes it to this show, can you email me and let me know how it was???

Alex, can't you go for me?? I have to work Saturday and can't get there from here!

Boo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Thursday, 6 March 2003 02:35 (twenty-three years ago)

i am gonna happily add PARTS AND LABOR (brooklyn) to this list, saw a very amazing show in oakland tonight.

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 9 March 2003 09:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Gygax, what did you see in Oakland???

― BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Sunday, 9 March 2003 16:48 (twenty-three years ago)

i saw:

appreciation
parts and labor (brooklyn)
breaker! breaker! (brooklyn)

@ 379 40th st. warehouse

do you ever get noise complaints there?

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 9 March 2003 19:12 (twenty-three years ago)

I haven't heard anything personally about noise complaints there. You would probably know it if there were because the police would most likely pull the plug on the band if they were in violation and the police were responding to a complaint. I can't visualize the block. Maybe it's a bit industrial or commercial there with noT many residents.

Maybe no one complained. Maybe they had proper permits:

Oakland Municipal Code

Title 5 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS

Chapter 5.12 CABARETS

5.12.020 Permit required.

It is unlawful for any person to own, conduct, operate or maintain, or to participate therein, or to cause or to permit to be conducted, operated, or maintained, any cabaret in the city unless there exists a valid permit therefor, granted and existing in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 5.02. The application for such permit shall set forth, in addition to the requirements specified in Section 5.02.020, the fact that the proposed location of such cabaret is not within three hundred (300) feet of any church or synagogue or any building in use as a place of public worship or public school or public library. Public notice shall be given as provided in Section 5.02.050, and the investigating official referred to in Section 5.02.030 to whom the application shall be referred, shall be the Chief of Police. In recommending the granting or denying of such permit, the Chief of Police, and in granting or denying the same, the City Manager, shall give particular consideration to the peace and order and moral welfare of the public. (Prior code § 5-4.05 (part))

Chapter 5.22 DANCE HALLS

5.22.010 Permit required.

It is unlawful for any person to open, conduct, or carry on, or to participate in the opening, conducting, or carrying on of, a public dance in any public place in the city unless there exists a valid permit therefor, granted and existing in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 5.02. The application for such permit shall set forth, in addition to the requirements specified in Section 5.02.020, and such permit shall set forth the number and date of the dances to be held under such permit. The investigating official referred to in Section 5.02.030, to whom the application shall be referred, shall be the Chief of Police. (Prior code § 5-4.02)

Have you ever gone to Liminal Gallery? http://www.liminaloakland.net

I did a write up when they opened:
http://www.sanfranciscoartmagazine.com/02/september/liminal/liminal.html

They tend to have music and it is a fairly residential street...at least on the opposite side of the street. They told me they talk to the neighbors and invite and inform them about what's coming up so that it helps to smooth things over for the big event.

Ok, taking the police hat off now :)

WHO THE HECK WENT TO SEE CLINT CONLEY IN BROOKLYN AND WHY IS NO ONE GIVING ME DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE SHOW WAS?!

― BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Sunday, 9 March 2003 19:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Gygax, tell me what you thought about Parts and Labor? (I saw them a while back with Friends Forever, Barnacled, Japanese Karaoke Afterlife Experiment, Knifestorm and Total Shutdown)

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 9 March 2003 20:17 (twenty-three years ago)

A good friend of mine saw Clint's show and said it was awful. No details, however.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Sunday, 9 March 2003 21:06 (twenty-three years ago)

BK: I'm pretty sure what they're doing is not permitted. That being said, I've been going to shows there for a few years. Mostly noise/indie shows with about 50-75 people. they don't serve alcohol but you can BYO.

it's on 40th between telegraph and broadway, just a few blocks east of mcarthur bart.

i've never been to liminal, however, there is a 7th day adventist church in south berkeley that infrequently has a club (RAMP) on sunday... i saw deerhoof and soul junk play there, it was pretty wild and right in the middle of a neighborhood. they have a similarly strange club night coming up.

JW: parts and labor take the best parts of noise (chaos, arhythm) and assign melody to the intensity and yet are able to retreat back to a drone-y bloop/bleep pixelsound. they had a perfect combination of accessibility and complication and i would gladly see them again. i got their cd and it's pretty good. i normally don't collect/buy noise records/cds/singles (they seldom if ever come within miles of the live show) but this one is pretty worthwhile.

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 9 March 2003 21:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Yanc3y,

Sorry to hear that about the show. I'll have to find out more. I haven't heard anything yet. Usually if Clint just enters the room it's a good show for me, but maybe I'm a bit biased.

gygax,

Sounds like a recommendation for Parts and Labor. I'll have to get out more often to some non-Clint Conley related events too.

― BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Monday, 10 March 2003 02:46 (twenty-three years ago)

A hearty second recommendation for PARTS AND LABOR - the show at the Edinburgh Castle was intense! Can't comment on the CD (this is a live thread, no?) as I feared it just couldn't match the live setting, so it's good to hear a positive review. thx g. The set didn't let up, it's like it started great and just got better with every song.

Pass on tour-mates Breaker Breaker tho, until they rehearse a bit more / broaden the palette / force the drummer to take some lessons (in drumming, not in being a cutie!)

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Monday, 10 March 2003 04:35 (twenty-three years ago)

hello dr.,

i raced over from mills college to the edinburgh only to see some bad electronic jazz downtempo thing upstairs at around 10pm. what time did the show start/end? are you a fan of KIT?

re: breaker! breaker!
i really liked their song that parts and labor covered in oakland. (perhaps because it was filtered through the more experimental outfit). i actually ended up leaving during their set so i could catch the bart train back.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 10 March 2003 04:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't believe no one has mentioned Les Savy Fav yet, so I will. ass-kicking rhythm section, excellent frontman (with a penchant for climbing the walls and dancing in the middle of the crowd around candles he takes off the bar), good songs.

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 10 March 2003 06:33 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

what is tonic like? new in nyc, want to see mike gira playing there tonight. someone told me its small and could sell out. thanks for any opinions if anyone knows.

― MSlaughter, Saturday, 26 April 2003 17:24 (twenty-three years ago)

it's small, prolly should go early if you wanna get in.

And you should go there Tuesday to see Endless Boogie, Fursaxa and the Iditarod.

― hstencil, Saturday, 26 April 2003 17:38 (twenty-three years ago)

thanks for the tips. don't know any those groups, are they locals? the angel of light sounds like less of a live-blueprint album than the last one, i'm curious just for that reason. will get there early for sure.

― MSlaughter, Saturday, 26 April 2003 18:13 (twenty-three years ago)

small, not tiny. sells out if the act is well-known enough (zorn, medeski, etc.). can be hard to see seated performers in the back.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 26 April 2003 18:15 (twenty-three years ago)

thanks for the information, now what about SINE in the same neighborhood? anybody going to see NNCK on saturday, will it be a mob scene?

― M.Slaughter, Thursday, 1 May 2003 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Whoa, I didn't notice the Parts and Labor bits from March... my cousin plays bass for them. They kick it!

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 1 May 2003 16:33 (twenty-three years ago)

sorry, i should have said NNCK stands for no neck blues band, playing at sine on saturday. just curious if they draw hugely in ny. also, anybody been to monkey town? it says there's videos with music, lists the players as mat maneri, members of antibalas, gold sparkle, test, country teasers, no neck blues band and butch morris.

― M.Slaughter, Thursday, 1 May 2003 17:56 (twenty-three years ago)

What's Monkey Town???

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 1 May 2003 17:59 (twenty-three years ago)

I dont know, just saw a huge ad in time out new york. my buddies who lived here a while don't know this club either.

― MSlaught, Thursday, 1 May 2003 18:05 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll have to look at TO... Anything Country Teasers-related I will attend.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 1 May 2003 18:13 (twenty-three years ago)

The last two times I saw NNCK, as a whole or just members, it wasn't too crowded. I was thinking on going too. But I haven't been to Sin-e yet, so I can't comment on the venue. They have a website and they're not selling advance NNCK tickets on it, though they're selling other stuff in advance. I have also never heard of Monkey Town and will have to se whats up.

― Becky (Rebecca), Thursday, 1 May 2003 18:17 (twenty-three years ago)

haven't seen country teasers but my gg allin-lovin stepbrother went expecting some bad behavior and said their actually just art fags with synth and william buroughs shtick.

becky I guess if youve seen no necks twice this year and going back a third time, what I hear about them must be right. (I hear theyre great live!) maybe see you there, I'm prolly wearing my red spiderweb shirt.

― M.Slaught, Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:32 (twenty-three years ago)

country teasers, as i've said elsewhere on ilm, are a honky-tonk the fall. they're really great. i saw them at the mercury lounge earlier this year and they weren't that good, but i was hella-drunk and sang along like an asshole and it was loads of fun.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:35 (twenty-three years ago)

what's not to love?

http://www.intheredrecords.com/media/8x10

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:40 (twenty-three years ago)

that was my stepbrothers actual quote, btw, "synth art fags with a william s buroughs shtick" (I dont use the term art fag). are you sure we talking about the same group?

― M.Slaught, Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:40 (twenty-three years ago)

also: delete the "art" from "art fag." there ain't NOTHING arty about them. and the synth-luv was a brief phase(r)

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:41 (twenty-three years ago)

maybe yr brother saw the yummy fur, a teasers offshoot? they're more synth-pop (but they have one AMAZING song called "the canadian flag," which is ugly punk rock)

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:42 (twenty-three years ago)

no, its the group supposed to spew racist misoginist lyrics and his point was, they were intelectuals doing it as an art thing. this monkey town thing looks seems totally arty anyway (not a bad thing imo, i love NNCK).

― M.Slaught, Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:47 (twenty-three years ago)

one country teaser lives in new york -- robert mcneill, the bass player. he himself is an american. and a good man to boot (far right of that photo). i'm gonna try like hell to get the teasers @ pianos when they come back to the states.

anyway, he slipped me an electronic CD that b.r. wallers made under the name "The Company". it is fucked in a slightly V/VM way, with 99 tracks culminating in the epic "I Will Fuck Your Wife In a Mellow Wine Bar". you can only imagine where it went before that.

and if you're in NYC, might I suggest going to see the Ssion, who'll be opening for the YYYs at Irving Plaza on May 8th, and playing w/ the Icarus Line at Pianos late on May 9th.

― mosurock (mosurock), Friday, 2 May 2003 04:50 (twenty-three years ago)

becky (or anybody) whats the sin-e website,I can't find it. does suntanama play in the city, what are they like live?

― M.Slaught, Friday, 2 May 2003 13:43 (twenty-three years ago)

mosurock, anyway that i can get a copy of ben's disc? do you book pianos? if so, good work on getting fm knives to come. woodhouse is a friend of mine...

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 2 May 2003 13:57 (twenty-three years ago)

www.sin-e.org is the website. I don't know if I can make it yet, but I can remember a red spiderweb t-shirt.

― Becky (Rebecca), Friday, 2 May 2003 14:00 (twenty-three years ago)

thanks becky! tho I kinda wish you hadn't...now I know I missed an animal collective thing! where the fuck am I? but yeah, I dunno either about tomorrow but will wear the shirt if I do.

― M.Slaughter, Friday, 2 May 2003 16:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Ha, I missed that too. I heard it was short. They're doing two shows at the end of May, according to their website. Stay tuned.

― Becky (Rebecca), Friday, 2 May 2003 16:41 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah, where can one get the b waller electronic thing? very interested.

― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 2 May 2003 16:59 (twenty-three years ago)

LONGWAVE are supposed to be real good and are playing this Sunday. Never heard 'em.

― Scaredy Cat, Friday, 2 May 2003 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

animal collective may 20 @ north six and may 25 at Tonic.

― m.slaughter, Monday, 5 May 2003 14:07 (twenty-three years ago)

i like country teasers but the male nurse were much better before being curtailed by circumstance

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 5 May 2003 14:15 (twenty-three years ago)

i've been looking for male nurse output everywhere for ages & can't find shit. gareth, can you hook a brotha up?

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 5 May 2003 14:18 (twenty-three years ago)

yes, i have slight problem at moment though. i have no pc at the moment. i'll see if i can do something from the work pc, i have to connect up mp3 player, and then i can upload them somewhere.

i also have 2 peel sessions on tape which have never been released, i'm going to convert these to mp3 also, but that is probably another 5 or 6 weeks away

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 5 May 2003 14:27 (twenty-three years ago)

thank you gareth! just email me whenever you get a chance to get all this done. no rush, of course. i'll send you something in return for yr kindness...

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 5 May 2003 14:29 (twenty-three years ago)

also might be worth checking out tonic on friday, yuka honda's laptop project "pink freud". is she making the joke I think she's making?

― M.Slaughter, Monday, 5 May 2003 16:10 (twenty-three years ago)

you know, she's making a joke about the r for l stereotype, I bet. but is she worth seeing, with her laptop?

― M.Slaughter, Tuesday, 6 May 2003 13:31 (twenty-three years ago)

then on saturday is oneida, has anyone seen the headliner, I AM SPOONBENDER, what is that like?

― s-laughter, Friday, 9 May 2003 14:41 (twenty-three years ago)

go see oneida! make them rich! or at least buy them drinks.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 9 May 2003 14:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I have never seem I Am Spoonbender, but I have seen the movie they're screening at the show, "Metallica Drummer", which is right on hilarious found video.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 9 May 2003 15:05 (twenty-three years ago)

is that the video of a guy wildly air-drumming to metallica?

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 9 May 2003 15:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I would like to see Oneida but have yet to actually do so.

― hstencil, Friday, 9 May 2003 15:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Lauren, it sure is. A shirtless, Bart-Simpson-shorts-wearing Canadian air drummer. With absolute accuracy, down to the double kick-pedal, the gong and the finger cymbals. I love it.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 9 May 2003 15:11 (twenty-three years ago)

I AM SPOONBENDER, what is that like?

dude, go to:

Aquarius Records
Work for us, and we'll (or in some cases, let you) pimp your band/label to limits never before imagined.

You'll learn more than you ever need to know.

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 9 May 2003 15:21 (twenty-three years ago)

If you don't go see Oneida & I Am Spoonbender on Saturday (woe betide you!), since it's so dang pricey, Japanther (rightfully-praised upthread) is at Free 103 in the WB.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 9 May 2003 16:01 (twenty-three years ago)

what's free 103, and what's the WB?

― s-laughter, Friday, 9 May 2003 17:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Free 103 is a performance space (and sometimes a p1rate rad10 station) in Williamsburg. The WB is just shorthand for Williamsburg. You know, since both the neighborhood and the network are full of overacting, attractive white people.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 9 May 2003 17:12 (twenty-three years ago)

The UPN must be the new name for East New York, then.

― hstencil, Friday, 9 May 2003 17:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Aw, but what about the cool factor? UPN being the finest broadcast network, I mean.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 9 May 2003 17:26 (twenty-three years ago)

You don't think East New York is cooler than Williamsburg?

― hstencil, Friday, 9 May 2003 17:28 (twenty-three years ago)

I do, I do, but aren't Sheepshead Bay, Jamaica, and the Navy Yard all cooler than East New York? (Damn, let me check that handbook again...)

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 9 May 2003 17:34 (twenty-three years ago)

fuck man, I don't know, I'm from Kentucky.

― hstencil, Friday, 9 May 2003 17:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Gravezend ownz u all

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 9 May 2003 17:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Now that's cool. Alas, I'm from Connecticut.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 9 May 2003 17:38 (twenty-three years ago)

I meant Kentucky.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 9 May 2003 17:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Not Gravesend.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 9 May 2003 17:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Slaughter you may be my Saturday night doppelganger. I'll be at Oneida. Sorry I missed your tshirt at NNCK.

And I was all set and ready to defend Connecticut but then I realized that my town only makes it into the national news for incredibly horrible domestic abuse or when kids alight themselves on fire due to Jackass imitations.

― Becky (Rebecca), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:24 (twenty-three years ago)

becky did you go? twas swell! friday we found monkey town and saw videos on four screens. its in a loft where you lie back on futons with this incredible sound system. the sound track we heard was matt maneri and somebody from NNCK.

tonic friday is nels cline and damo suzuki!!

― s-laughter, Wednesday, 14 May 2003 14:53 (twenty-three years ago)

hey, here's some bands to go see in NYC:

tonight:

Pianos proudly presents this
Eventful evening of electronics both smart and sleazy
An evening of insane electronics and mad DJs starring
COBRA KILLER (DJ set -- Berlin, Germany -- Kontakt/Digital Hardcore)
Hard ass beats and skidmarks from NEON.KOBRA
Erratic blips and bass from Record Camp DJs SHE.RA and CUT FASTER
Special live appearances by TIMEBLIND and PROXY

9pm, $5
158 Ludlow St.

tomorrow 5/15 @ Pianos:

Baby (feat. Craig Wedren of Shudder To Think)
Stiffed (from Philadelphia)
8pm, $7

friday 5/16:

SHOCKER presents

Dan Melchior's Broke Revue
A Frames (Seattle)
FM Knives (Sacramento)
This Moment In Black History (Cleveland)

plus a lot of DJs
at Pianos, 9pm, $8

and Saturday 5/17

The Hold Steady (ex-Lifter Puller)
A Frames
This Moment In Black History

at Mighty Robot, 401 Wythe (S. Williamsburg), 10pm, $7

― mosurock (mosurock), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 15:31 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm gonna be at Friday's show for FM Knives. I'd love to see Craig play tomorrow too...

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 15:41 (twenty-three years ago)

you should come

― mosurock (mosurock), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 18:01 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

okay who went to see PAULINE OLIVEROS at tonic and how did I miss it??? does she play in new york often, live here maybe?

― mike s, Friday, 6 June 2003 17:19 (twenty-three years ago)

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT subarachnoid space TONIGHT AT NORTHSIX LAST NY SHOW OF TOUR DOWNSTAIRS BE THERE!!

― subspacefan, Saturday, 7 June 2003 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

OKAY I HEAR YOU!

um, so theres an acid mothers temple thing at tonic on friday the 13th of june.

can anyone say location of club called "remote" listed on drag city website as location of suntanama release party tomorrow night, thursday june 12. i think i hate suntanama based on that hokey sounding (to my ears) self titled album. anyone seem em live, or have listening strategies for the not-yet-convinced?

― s-laughter, Wednesday, 11 June 2003 17:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Remote is on the Bowery, it is the club with a bunch of TV screens facing the street. Can't really comment on Suntanama but I think hokey is kinda what they're going for.
Has anyone else here seen the Occasion? They're the best new band I've heard this year and have been playing more frequently recently.

― ano ano (ano ano), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 18:56 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd like that first Suntanama album better if the vocals weren't mixed so high (I don't mind them, they're just too loud). The rest of the playing is fucking awesome. Fuck new wave revivalism, hippie revivalism rules!

― hstencil, Wednesday, 11 June 2003 19:10 (twenty-three years ago)

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