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)
Labels: Black Taxi, Bocat, Defalco Presents, Ebony Bones, Plushgun. Stranded In Stereo, Sound Fix Records, Southpaw, THe Art Of Shooting, The Musebox, The Rumble Brooklyn, WOXY Lounge Acts
Last night @ Swinghouse Studios in Hollywood we witnessed magic when THE ANTLERS played a private show for 30 lucky fans for the Future Sounds WOXY Lounge Acts Sessions. If quiet is the new loud, then The Antlers are a scream. (Photo by MilnerMedia)
