Archive for January, 2010
In Love with Ava Luna
I am totally and utterly in love with Ava Luna’s Services EP. They bill themselves as Post Punk Pop Electro, but to me it’s best described as some chunky soul. Every time the chorus kicks in for Clips, the first song on the EP, I lose my shit. It just kicks me right in the [...]
Eula @ Lit Lounge 1/23/10
Eula remind me of sharks in that there is the sense that if they as a band stop moving forward, they will die so they destroy the past in anticipation of the next kill. I had seen Eula back in October, so I knew what to expect from the live performance; tight and precise instrumentation [...]
Beach House Album Release Shindig
Not certain how I ended up on this mailing list but this seems pretty cool and low key. I am glad to announce that Vaudville Park will be presenting the Beach House ‘Teen Dream’ SubPop Album Release DVD Screening, this Wednesday January 27th at 9PM. doors will open at 8:30pm, free to the public. And [...]
Quick Reviews 1/22/10
Review Round Up What I’ve been into the past week or so: Puerto Rico Flowers- 4. This is the sound of a million Goth dance floors at 5 AM after it has wound down and only the faithful and jobless are still out and about. Joy Division dirges at Mozart’s Requiem speeds. The vocal inflection [...]
The Sad Cobras / Hot Lava 7″ Split
The Sad Cobras – Medusa Reducer Hot Lava – The Auctioneer Roanoke is where you expect people to vanish to, not come from. Yet, thanks to Allison Apperson of Richmond’s perfect pop band Hot Lava, I’m aware of The Magic Twig Community, an artist and musician collective based in Roanoke on par with the better [...]
Eula Coming Back To NYC
New Year brings a New Chance to see one of my favorite musical finds of last year. Saturday 1/23 – LIT Lounge ~ EULA, Conversion Party, Les Vinyl, Honey Wagon Thursday 2/18 – Bar Matchless ~ EULA, Man without Plan, The Art of Shooting, Ancient Sky Work has slowed down, so I’ll be able to [...]
Metal As Art @ The Knitting Factory 1/6/10
Last night at The Knitting Factory was the first stop in the Metal As Art tour, a month long tour taking Hypno5e, Revocation and Binary Code from New York to California back to New York again with shows every single day and a promise of a second run of the tour starting in February. The [...]