. . . we’re giving HANS VIETS & his band – Birds in Weather – ha. a shout -out, just because they are big fans, and they obviously read the site, and they do good art. and the music is pretty good – (awkward) cool, too.
even our (slacker) music reviewer, SIMON CERIGO – thinks so, so there . . .
and you know what happened to ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS !! Simon’s very first music post way back in 2005. went big-time baby, even art-wise.
Birds in Weather, sample their sounds, here !!
Saturday 12/10, 2011:
Legion Bar 790 Metropolitan Ave (corner of Metropolitan & Bushwick Ave) Brooklynm NY 11211
Wojik 9:00 pm
The Planes 10:00 pm
Birds in Weather 11:00 pm
Sunday 12/11, 2011:
Suffolk Bar 107 Sufflok St (between Delancey St & Rivington St) New York, NY 10002
The Enthusiasts 9:00 pm
Birds in Weather 10:00 pm
Luck War 11:00 pm
Indian Rebound 12:00 am
~BIRDS In WEATHER playing to-nite SAT DEC 10 !! |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 10th, 2011, 1:55pm
It seems that Pitchfork – the quote unquote “new music” site – is losing its grip on new music . . .
A Mr. Mark Richardson gave a pretentious negative review to the debut CD Cape Dory by the new group Tennis, which I feel will probably be one of the best CDs of 2011.
His review smacks of the class resentment that followed the release of the first Vampire weekend CD.
He probably listened to Cape Dory with only earbuds on an iPod, not a real sound system. And only with his mind, not his heart or body.
I read his review of the new Destroyer CD Kaputt, in which he gave a very favorable review, to see where he was coming form. He is coming from that cool, intellectual, ironic conceit that destroyer is famous for. I am big fan of the early DCs This Night, and Streethawk, by Destroyer, thinking them two of the best albums of the last decade because of Dan Bejar’s emotional heat.
It’s the emotional heat, which is the result of the very-much-in-love couple, who are Tennis, which is so authentic and attractive. Sincerity is not a negative in music.
Cape Dory is an amazing album, not only for Alaina Moore’s voice with Hammond keys, which is really expressive, but also for Patrick Riley’s surf guitar – that sings !! Besides their hit ‘Marathon’, I am addicted to ‘Waterbirds’, ‘Pigeon’, ‘Seafarer’, and ‘Long Boat Pass’.
In contrast, Kaputt though slick and well-produced, sounds to my mind emotionally and intellectually tired.
It’s so easy for wannabe critics to praise anything rock strs do (and have no doubt about it, Dan Bejar is an indie star), while arrogantly dismissing newcomers. The best way to listen to new music today is on YouTube, maybe using Pitchfork as a reference, but don’t fall for that “best new music” bullshit – written by power-tripping “critics”.
CD ARTWORK: Cover photo by ERIN ALGIERE, Design by KYLE FLETCHER, Additional photos by TENNIS
Tennis, ‘Cape Dory’ copyright 2010 Fat Possum Records LLC
see: FAT POSSUM
sample songs & check out: TENNIS on mySpace !!
check this out !! sweet – it’s an unofficial fan video !! – TENNIS – MARATHON on YouTube !!
and watch the band, here : TENNIS, MARATHON – LIVE !! – at CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE, NEW BRUNSWICK – on YouTube !!
watch my personal fave: TENNIS – SEAFARER – @ THE ECHO, ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES. NOV 11, 2010 !! – YouTube
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~Tennis |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Simon Cerigo | May 10th, 2011, 9:08am
During the last decade the music scene in Brooklyn has been cooking and sometimes exploding. From Williamsburg to Bushwick independent, low-fi, or DIY music is being made and experienced daily. It was not a surprise that Jeff Magnon, from that great 90s group Neutral Milk Hotel gave a great show in a loft in Bushwick recently.
One of the more interesting bands to come out of this frenetic scene is Sisters. Their debut CD Ghost Fits is a good example of the ‘Do It Yourself’ ethos that runs through a lot of the more interesting contemporary music.
Ghost Fits – captures the energy, creative excitement, and fun – of the dynamic Brooklyn scene.
Sisters, Ghost Fits – copyright NARNACK RECORDS 2010.
regarding the artwork, MATT CONBOY writes that he did the drawing on the CD disc and, “the cover image was from a needlepoint thing we saw at a friend’s house in Atlanta.”
check out: sisterssound.com
this is the best place to catch their music: SONGS on sisterssound.com !!
check out: Sisters/Myspace
SISTERS played live at the closing party for the JASON GRUNWALD art exhibit, at EASTERN DISTRICT in BUSHWICK, APRIL 29, 2010.
SISTERS is a two-man band. guitarist and singer AARON PFANNEBECKER, and . . .
drummer and keyboards, MATT CONBOY.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
check out the original post: Nue History/OCT 9, 2010
~Sisters |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Simon Cerigo | May 10th, 2011, 8:15am
THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL – OUTTA MONTREAL – PLAYING – NYC – PETE’S CANDY STORE, BROOKLYN.
TOMORROW – FRI APRIL 1, 201. the band is scheduled to play – at 9 PM.
JON COHEN, setting up. Casa del Popolo, Montreal, Quebec. MAY 2010.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
The Montreal independent music scene is sizzling – with groups like The Braids, Wolf Parade, Islands, and the now famous Arcade Fire – making a lot of white hot noise.
Add to this motley crew – THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL – who will be playing in NEW YORK, tomorrow FRI APRIL 1, 2011/9PM at PETE’S CANDY STORE – in BROOKLYN – 709 LORIMER ST.
Their current CD, BEHOLD is a synthesis of tight studio production and improvisational jazz rock with a sprinkling of razor sharp vocals. One of my favorite tunes is the melodic and dreamy ‘Don’t Be The Cloud’.
The rest of the CD exudes a smooth-as-velvet though quirky sound – I’ve been told that to see them live, is to: BEHOLD !!
FRONT COVER ART BY: ELENA WILLIS
ADDITIONAL ARTWORK BY: JON COHEN
COPYRIGHT 2010 THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL
CHECK OUT: THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL/myspace
~The Jon Cohen Experimental/PETE’S CANDY STORE/FRI APRIL 1 at 9 !! |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Simon Cerigo | March 31st, 2011, 10:27am
GOOD LUCK TO SWEET TOOTH NELSON and BRETT LAND, his banjo-playing buddy – who are leaving our sweet shores – well, Bushwick, to take on the rest of the country – well, the Northeast coast, for a month-long tour. We caught their farewell gig, and tape launch party – at NORTHEAST KINGDOM, last night, where they and some of their Folk Revival buddies – rocked the ‘den’.
SWEET TOOTH NELSON and JESS PAPS – capture the folk fire at the Northeast Kingdom – underground ‘den’.
WED MARCH 9, 2011
check out: SWEET TOOTH NELSON
check out: SWEET TOOTH NELSON/myspace
check out: NORTHEAST KINGDOM
JESS PAPS also played a totally awesome solo set.
most def, check out: JESS PAPS/myspace/papsjams
check out: JESS PAPS on You/Tube – apt #5 – cover
the ‘DEN’ – at Northeast Kingdom
BLACK FOREST . . . GANN MATTHEWS on the right.
SWEET TOOTH sang a few solo songs . . .
SWEET TOOTH NELSON/’IT WAS SOMETHIN’ TO ME’/YouTube
BRETT LAND, left, came to join him on banjo, and JESS PAPS joined in, too . . .
BRETT LAND and his banjo . . . sounding better, and better.
GANN MATTHEWS watching the action, from the audience.
BRIAN and HOLLY of ROCKWOOD REVIVAL. . .
Holly plays washboard and sings.
farewell, for now. SWEET TOOTH.
WILD ISLE PRESENTS:
the NELSON TAPE RELEASE PARTY, PAPS, ROCKWOOD REVIVAL, and GANN MATTHEWS – at NORTHEAST KINGDOM, BROOKLYN.
MARCH 9, 2011
the NORTHEAST KINGDOM – DEN . . .
‘fire-burning’ stove, and . . .
all.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~SWEET FAREWELL . . . SWEET TOOTH NELSON & PALS |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 10th, 2011, 10:11am
TWAIN
bye the bye – happy new year to PETE PEZZIMENTI, yeah !!
who says:
hello everyone!
twain will be performing tonite in new york so please join us.
tonite [1-19/11] at six pm at rockwood music hall on allen st. just below houston. and tomor [1-20-11] at bar at 10 pm. in park slope.
both shows are free and we have music for sale to take home and enjoy.
mat and i look forward to seeing you there, – p-
yes. most def !! check them out: TWAIN on myspace/which lists band members as: cherry ghost, hairy ghost, Mat Davidson, scary ghost, Pete Pezzimenti, weary ghost, Ken Woodward, and fairy ghost.
note their GENRE !! – Melodramatic Popular Song / Surf /Western Swing
ha !! well done. great music. just check out that first song – The fool in the Tree – you’ll be – hooked.
wow – the new year – is – shaping up to be a rocker – or what !! and this is what ? just 2-3 weeks into 2011 ???
~TWAIN, you !! |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Nancy Smith | January 19th, 2011, 4:20pm
C.F. is also known as – MARK LORD of the band: DAILY LIFE
check out: MARK LORD (LA 2009)/YouTube
CHIPPENDALE is 1/2 of LIGHTNING BOLT – he is the drummer.
check out: LIGHTNING BOLT at all tomorrow’s parties (2006)/YouTube
check out: LIGHTNING BOLT PEEL SESSION/YouTube
BRIAN CHIPPENDALE is also all of: BLACK PUS/myspace
~C.F. & CHIPPENDALE/MARK LORD & LIGHTNING BOLT |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 3rd, 2010, 1:25am
yes, outta MONTREAL . . . have a listen !! – bet addiction will hit you, too.
sample: ‘Don’t Be The Cloud’, BEHOLD, THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL !!
while we were in Montreal last May 2010 – we came across this great little music venue called CASA del POPOLO – on St. Laurent – or St. Lawrence as we used to call it – back in the day – before the French language rights issue – cast it’s chilly spell. that was like the hood – like exactement – the Lower East Side – of Montreal.
the first thing that greeted you inside the doorway – was this converted cigarette dispensing machine . . .
for your two buck coin – or tooney – as Canadians call their 2 dollar coins . . . they only have bills starting at the $5 denomination . . .
(singles, or $1 coins are called ‘looneys’ . . . get it: looney and twoonies. Looney tunes – I swear to god.)
(ya gotta know what Looney tunes are, right ? you know Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudge ? T.V. before reality shows ?)
you can choose a limited edition handmade artist zine – or even some artist produced buttons !!
yes, check these guys, out: distroboto
anyways – CASA del POPOLO, in keeping with its Montreal location – seemed to be more of a European bar/coffeehouse than the kind of more down-to-earthy coffee shop with cupcakes and muffins that our CAKE SHOP is – but just like our NYC Lower East Side – Cake Shop – their music venue was also in the deep dark basement . . . with its own bar downstairs, too.
check out: CASA del POPOLO, Montreal
check out: CAKE SHOP, NYC
some small cartoon drawing in a local alternative newspaper – spread on a table – did momentarily catch my eye.
shark bite, Montreal style ?
don’t tell her I said so, but Kate loved it there. she would have gone back every night . . . if other matters at home weren’t more compelling.
here’s the poster for the 3 bands that were playing that night – and did we luck out or what – THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL was 2nd on the bill !!
frontman, songwriter and lead singer/guitar/synths – JON COHEN sets up. we had no idea what we were in for.
this guy was just an amazing fireball of intensity – Montreal spawns a few of these every now and then – even back in the day – when my crew ruled the streets and cafes.
you can read more about him: here/indie music reviews/adequacy.net
the band begins to play . . and immediately the room is quiet. transfixed and on fire, all at the same time . . .
a very cool but smooth and beat worthy – SEBASTIAN COTE is on the drums, and a wonderfully intellectual and extremely musical KEN MARTIN plays the bass.
JON COHEN plays and lites fires at the same time. live – it was surreal. intense is not the word. and yet golden.
spun out and surprising.
after the gig – JON COHEN at right, with his bass player – KEN MARTIN.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. 13 MAI, 2010. MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.
found this little early clip:
THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL/’Hold the Fire’/technorati
but . . . here’s their, pretty much only video clip, on YouTube:
yep, most def, HIT: THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL – PLAYS – ‘BRAIN POLLUTION’ – LIVE AT DUNCAN GARAGE SHOWROOM/YouTube
hit this link, to watch: the recent – JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL INTERVIEW/PKG on YouTube
o.k. but, I’m still stuck on: Don’t Be The Cloud !!
I could run that song thru my head on a loop 24/7 – for real.
if artlovers had a sound track – that would be it – for this month, anyways. love it. just can’t get enough of it.
you can find their home page, here: THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL on myspace
~Don’t Be The Cloud/THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 20th, 2010, 6:30pm
