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Friday, January 15, 2010

TONIGHT ~ THE RUMBLE: BROOKLYN @ SOUTHPAW

Tonight @ Southpaw, Future Sounds, The Musebox, Sound Fix Records and DeFalco Presents bring you THE RUMBLE: BROOKLYN. The line-up is stellar.....

Sounding like a Tarantino film in stereo, BLACK TAXI seduces with the seediness of a pulp fiction novel; a decaying sideshow that's as sexy as it is punk rock. Lyrics paint woozy pictures of Kerouac-ian misadventures, featuring a rotating cast of transvestites, bible-thumpers and corrupt cops. A cavalier concoction of carnival trumpets, swaggering bass lines and smoldering guitar, BLACK TAXI plays like a vintage spaghetti western dressed up in neon lights...the soundtrack to that desert road trip you should have taken back when your girl dumped you and you chanced upon her acid cache. Check out recent review of new LP Things of Nature

Also joining the bill will be THE ART OF SHOOTING. We can't wait...especially to hear the new tunes from Traveling Show. Traveling Show was produced by Keith Souza at Machines with Magnets Studios in Pawtucket, RI, home to the recording of the newest Battles album, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Chinese Stars, Made in Mexico, and many many more. Infectious and driving, the simplicity of the songs and styling are what make The Art Of Shooting one of the most interesting bands on the Brooklyn scene right now. Aggressive, dissonant lullabies mixed with a hint of Detroit Rock City, Southern Swing, and Circus flair. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Kelly Irene Corson growls, shrieks, and hums her way through the set with a vibrato and falsetto vocally consistent with Siouxsie Sioux and Kristen Hersh, but energetically matched with David Byrne.

"These dynamic tuned, jerky rhythmed, acerbic tongued, goth tinged, two girl/one boy Brooklyn art punks might've fit right in on Rough Trade in 1980, or opening for Siouxsie a few years later." - Village Voice

"Eerie, unearthly melodies promise to haunt your dreams."- CMJ

"Full-scale girl-led power-trio with a no-wave influenced assault in the vein of luminaries such as ERASE ERRATA and their early '80s ancestors... Singer/guitarist KELLY CORSON can go from a whisper to a scream at a moment's notice." - The Big Takeover

BOCAT (formerly Case Quarter) were brought together during a card game on a New York street corner. All four members found themselves pitched in to the pot as antes. Two were new to New York and two had been bouncing from pocket to cash register and vending machines around the city for years. As the card players placed bets around them, more and more money was dropped on them from above until they were completely covered from view by green dollar bills. To pass the time one quarter, a 1976 bicentennial, started playing a beat on his military drum. The next, a 2000 South Carolina quarter, yelled "You lie!" The other two quarters saw the humor in this remark and asked him to say it again but this time to sing it in rhythm to the drum beat. On the second time he sang "You lie!" the two other quarters, a shiny 2000 Virginia Quadricentennial and a 2001 New York Statue of Liberty sang in harmony. Each of the four quarters immediately had a tiny light bulb appear over their George Washington profiles and quickly hatched a plan. It was decided that when the winner picked up the pile of money, the four quarters were to jump as far as they could and hopefully land on a roll for the nearest drain hole. However, the winners hands were sure and quite large. The plans for escape were ended as the four quarters found themselves dropped into a dark pocket making music as they crashed against each other. The bicentennial drummer remarked, "Look on the bright side. It provides us with a great place to rehearse." They just had to find a way to stay together... and, oh yeah, we decided to rename ourselves BOCAT. To be continued!

WE ARE VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE...PLAYING THE NEXT RUMBLE ON FEBRUARY 13TH@SOUTHPAW, AN ARTIST WHOSE MUSIC AND STAGE SHOW HAS BEEN WOWING AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE! THIS ONE IS GONNA BE NUTS!!!
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"Perhaps The Most chattered about act right now, the EBONY BONES! live experience is one part punk rock show, one part Mardi Gras carnival parade...with a truly wild wardrobe, a rocking band, and a raw sound EBONY BONES! is definitely someone to keep an eye on…” – Entertainment Weekly (US)

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

FUTURE SOUNDS DEBUTS.....

More information on bands that debuted on the FUTURE SOUNDS radio show....

COLLAPSING CITIES
FROM: Auckland, New Zealand

MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/collapsingcities
Unsigned

Four Kiwi's now living in London are starting to pop up in places like NME and have yet to fall over in the States. They've done tours with BLACK KIDS and WHITE LIES and did Reading and Leeds. Listen to "So I Said Last Weekend".

PLASTIC CARAMELO
FROM: Brooklyn, NY
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/plasticcaramelo
Colombia Records


This band popped out at me thanks to the NACOTHEQUE party in New York. They seem to be on everything on the east coast that's cool happening in latin indie rock and electronic music. Calling their style of music "Glampeta", PLASTIC CARAMELO drops some very sticky beats. < Just to clarify, that's Colombia Records, not Columbia Records.>

VETO
FROM: Copenhagen, Denmark

MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/vetosite

LABEL: Reset08 - Sony/BMG (Europe)


Found by listening to some cool online radio broadcast from central Europe, VETO grabbed my attention because track "Built To Fall" drops the hammer and combines the electronic shizz that everyone seems to be going nuts over, but also the rock. Looks like nothing is happening in the US yet.

BLACK TAXI
FROM: Brooklyn, NY

MYSPACE:
http://www.myspace.com/blacktaximusic
Unsigned

Track "Pretty Mama" is a track that's gotten into my brain and drives me mad eventually, because it's so hooky, and this looks like the kind of hit that could start on the 'cool' side of the fence before swinging over to the KROQ's eventually because it can appeal to so many different music heads. They are playing tonight at Arlene's Grocery at CMJ and I'm told the other interesting note is that one of the guys is SANTOGOLD's boyfriend. "Lights Out" indeed!

HOTPIPES
FROM: Nashville, TN

MYSPACE:
http://www.myspace.com/hotpipes
Liquid Panda Records

"Future Bolt" is for fans of THE HOLD STEADY, for fans of GUIDED BY VOICES, and could be a song on the soundtrack of 'Dazed & Confused'. This four piece from Nashville started their own label and have dropped a record that should fill them with pride. Smokin'!

LITTLE COMETS
FROM: Newcastle, UK

MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/littlecometsmusic
Unsigned


Yeah, indie rock! Newcastle's LITTLE COMETS are on the UK radar list of bands getting attention right now. Since downloading "Joanna" its been on steady rotation at the FSHQ.


AVI BUFFALO
FROM: Long Beach, CA
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/avibuffalo
Unsigned

See my blog post from Sunday about this young virtuoso.


LIKE A FOX
FROM: Philadelphia, PA
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/likeafoxband
LABEL: Transit of Venus

The Sugar Bear was at it again by sending us this new band from Philly - LIKE A FOX - that has the quirkiness of THE SHINS mixed with GRANDADDY and THE FLAMING LIPS. More great indie rock here!

STARS & SONS
FROM: Brighton, UK
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/starsandsonsuk
Unsigned


Brighton's STARS & SONS appear to be baked from the brain of a guy named Matt and filled in by his bandmates, and the EP I download for FREE (http://www.mediafire.com/?mjkaoumljgk) off their Myspace page had a number of strong songs. Keep an eye on this band.

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