October 30th, 2009 by Eric RexThe location of the Flavorpill Halloween party is out, and it’s all going down at the Masonic Temple in Brooklyn (317 Clermont Ave). Doors open at 9:00pm, and the party will rage til 3:00am.
They’re *very* close to reaching their goal of raising $20,0000 for charity: water. There are a few tickets left, so [...]
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0 Comment » October 27th, 2009 by Eric RexThere is a great danger that this update may never have gotten written in the first place so I need to keep it brief to at least give my impressions of some of the bands which I saw at CMJ so this is going to be a real quick update and later I’ll be providing [...]
Category : Uncategorized October 22nd, 2009 by Eric RexReal quick capsule review of last night’s Glasslands party.
Waiting for friends to come in from DC kind of killed a chunk of our ability to go out. Thanks to traffic they didn’t get here when they had easily predicted so we didn’t get to leave the house until later than anticipated. We then [...]
Category : Show Review October 21st, 2009 by Eric RexMean Red and Famous Friends are trying to actively kill you.
Shanghai is a destination, a metropolis, a noun. But personally, we prefer Shanghai as a verb. Back in the day of saloons and scurvy, ship captains used to drug / kidnap their sailing crew. When there was a shortage of seamen, any able-bodied fellow who [...]
Category : Uncategorized October 21st, 2009 by Eric RexFull Flickr Set
The first night of CMJ for me was both grand and horrible. Grand because New Zealand band Die! Die! Die! played an amazing, if unfortunately short, set and horrible because the venue and the method of entry into the venue was pretty much an amalgam of horrible Manhattan Night Life Stereotypes.
It was [...]
Category : Show Review October 20th, 2009 by Eric RexCMJ starts today, the yearly tradition which draws a ton of music to an already saturated New York music market. As poverty is in constant danger of rearing its head, I had already planned to hit predominately free shows and have built my schedule around that.
Here’s what I’ve got going on
Tuesday:
New Zealand @ CMJ, [...]
Category : Uncategorized October 14th, 2009 by Eric RexWater charity is having a benefit where for $20 you get live performances by The Very Best, Stretch Armstrong, Bajah+The Dry Eye Crew, Subswara, Small Change, Kyle Hall, VDRK, Bradly D and “Special Guests” in a secret Brooklyn Location.
oh, and it’s open bar all night.
Leah Taylor of Flavorpill has the word
We’ve missed throwing our epic [...]
Category : Uncategorized October 12th, 2009 by Eric RexHousewolf
Nothing Knew
There is a moment about twenty seconds into “Housewolf”, the first song on Language of Threat by Eula, where music that has been hypnotically chugging along with a repeated steady four notes unexpectedly changes dropping the melody out but intensifying the groove for a few measures before the returns to its previous course as [...]
Category : album Review October 7th, 2009 by Eric RexFull Flickr Set
I’m not really a huge fan of Shoegaze. In most instances the layering of elements to explore the sounds and melodies created from harmonies and dissonances don’t really do it for me. It’s usually exotic and curious, but it’s the sort of modal experimentation that I’ll listen to once or twice as most [...]
Category : Show Review October 6th, 2009 by Eric RexKia Soul Collective has the goods.
We’re pretty sure Janelle Monáe is from the future or from a super cool planet that the rest of us are not up on yet. You know – some spot just over in the next galaxy where the music rules and where everyone rocks their own version of the Kia [...]
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