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THURSDAY
Walt Whitman Celebration w/ Wingdale Community Singers, Prince Rama and more at Brooklyn Bridge Park, 5
Beach Fossils, Woven Bones, The Beets at Bruar Falls, 8ish
FRIDAY
Girlfriends at Bruar Falls, 8
The Beets, Coasting, Alex Bleeker and the Freaks, Dead Gaze, Andrew Cedermark at Monster Island Basement, 8
Crinkles, Reading Rainbow, Family Trees at Cake Shop, 8ish
The Feelies at Maxwell’s, 830 (also Saturday + Sunday)
Yellow Fever, Woven Bones at South Street Seaport, 7
High Places, Toro Y Moi at the Whitney Museum, 7
SATURDAY
Das Racist, Radical Outing, WCKids, Dirty Finger at Silent Barn, 8
SUNDAY
Twin Sister, Total Slacker, Ava Luna, Golden Triangle at the McKibben Lofts (more info soon)
MONDAY
Beirut, WOOM at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 8
Life is art and art is life.
Man=nature=animal.
In a breathtakingly subtle synthesis of sound, humanity and empathy, Stephanie Wuertz has created the most effective music video i’ve seen in some time. The song is in the forefront and background of your mind, (how can that be?, you’ll ask yourself), and the video, psychedelic paint collage layered over poignant footage of a boy and his dog and their discovery, somehow projects the feeling of the sound through image.
Julian Lynch‘s Mare is out now on Old English Spelling Bee. Buy it, savor it. Come see Lynch on July 30 at Glasslands, where he’ll play with Ducktails, Campfires, LA BIG VIC and Big Troubles.
I generally don’t like the idea of music festivals. Too much to see, too many people, over-priced beer, stages that are too big for indie bands, etc. But I do like The L Magazine’s Northside Festival. Here are my reasons:
1. It’s cheap. Badges, although not guaranteed entry, are only $50, and last for four-days.
2. Sponsoring is minimal. Yeah, Heineken was everywhere. But that was basically it. In the press goody bag I got a healthy aloe drink, pirate booty and a novel. That’s the most inoffensive sponsoring ever.
3. It’s in BROOKLYN!
4. Stages are curated and presented by local blogs and websites. In SXSW fashion, you get to go to your favorite blogs or media peoples’ shows. But it’s on a smaller and more unique scale.
This year marked the 2nd year of Northside, and the bands were great.
HIGHLIGHTS
Titus Andronicus. Especially when Patrick Stickles told audience members to “not be animals and throw trash everywhere.”
Coasting. This dynamic duo from Brooklyn play fast and ferocious punk rock ala 2010, with tons of reverb. The band played the Brooklyn Based showcase, which MME curated! (Pat on the back.)
Cloud Nothings. The power-pop of alterna-rock Cleveland outfit Cloud Nothings is so infectious you’ll find yourself jumping up and down. The band played its first show opening for Real Estate back in early December, and are on tour with Wavves. That’s not for no reason….
Andrew Cedermark. Does being in a 120 degree room with humidity and feeling like a breath of fresh air is being blown over your soul and into your ears sound possible? It is.
Dana Jewell. Love songs at their most tender.
Andrew Cedermark, Martin Courtney, Patrick Stickles.
It was a real treat on Saturday night at Chocolate Bobka’s Northside Fest show at Shea Stadium when this version of Cedermark’s band reunited…
The Northside Festival opening night was a hipster frat party in which every dude (and a few dudettes) tried to out-bro the next guy. Instead of shotgunning Budweisers, though, these fresh young things chugged PBRs, moshed, and crowd-surfed.
It was a Wavves show! What did we expect?
Continue reading and look at pics at Sound of the City on VillageVoice.com…
Orca Age is the new name for the ever changing Jeff Patlingrao project.* Like a whale that jumps out of the water and into the wide sky, Orca Age moves from the depths to the surface in an attempt to live life, or to survive. Each song on Orca Age’s Bandcamp has a desperate feel to it, like if you don’t listen hard and with an open heart, you might miss your chance at getting somewhere.
In a rather unfortunate turn of events, Patlingrao’s MacBook Pro recently fried, and all work on the new album was lost. Perhaps it was meant to happen. Some demos that were sent via email to far-away band mates in Wisconsin and Maine are all that remains.
“Firefly” is a song that Patlingrao has been playing for years but could never record. It’s fitting, then, that the first recording we’ll hear is an unfinished and unpolished demo. The song is an ode to the show of the same name.
“Would you stay with me on this boat if I could sink the sun?”
“No. No.”
It’s a dramatic, epic song that takes many turns. Stay with it. Move through space.
Orca Age plays tonight in the backyard at Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick. Show starts around 8 p.m. This is night one of an eastern seaboard and midwestern tour.
Orca Age: Firefly (demo)
*Disclosure: Jeff has been a friend for many years.
Don’t think I could be any more excited about this collaboration.
Reasons:
Dirty Projectors is the best band of the “aughts.”
Bjork is a constant source of inspiration and light. (Oh, and she wrote “Big Time Sensuality,” one of the best songs of all time.)
Proceeds from “Mount Wittenberg Orca” go to National Geographic.**
From Prefix:
Dave Longstreth has said the piece “is about a day three weeks ago that Amber Coffman was in Northern California watching whales from a mountain called Mount Wittenberg. The six songs are imagining the moment Amber saw this whale, and the whale saw her.” He also claims it’s “definitely like Bitte Orca’s younger, hotter sister.” Needles to say, this should be one of the most intriguing releases of 2010.
Mount Wittenberg Orca is a 20-minute, seven-track piece was written by DP leader Dave Longstreth. It will be self-released digitally on June 30.
**This project is also not funded by Converse/Red Bull/ Southern Comfort/ etc. This point, though close to completely untenable, is important to me.
TONIGHT
WEDNESDAY
Dan Turnbull, Orca Age at Goodbye Blue Monday, 8
Nonhorse, Shams, Dj Dog Dick, The Babies, Sewn Leather at Silent Barn, 8ish
Sam Amidon at Mercury Lounge, 7ish
THURSDAY
Oneohtrix Point Never, Steve Moore, No Fun Acid (Carlos Giffoni), Autre Ne Veut at Glasslands, 8 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
Wavves, Cloud Nothings, Dom at Knitting Factory, 8ish (NORTHSIDE FEST)
Tame Impala, Amazing Baby at Pianos, 8
Aa, Yellow Fever, Air Waves, PC Worship, Coasting at Union Pool, 730ish (NORTHSIDE FEST)
FRIDAY
Desert Stars, Woom at Bruar Falls, 10 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
We Are Country Mice, Eternal Summers, Grooms, Viernes, Dream Diary at Cameo Gallery, 8 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
Family Portrait, Fluffy Lumbers, Coasting, Bermuda Bonnie at Matchless, 9 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
Real Estate, Woods, The Fresh & Onlys, Sic Alps, Moon Duo at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 8 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
SATURDAY
Titus Andronicus, Male Bonding, Cults at Newtown Barge, 1:30 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
Tinariwen, Omar Souleyman, Toubab Krewe at Central Park Summerstage, 3
Ducktails, Big Troubles, Woom, No Demons Here, Dana Jewell, Archers, Andrew Cedarmark at Shea Stadium, 8ish (NORTHSIDE FEST)
Lower Dens, Dark Dark Dark, Matteah Baim, Frankie & The Outs, Total Slacker, Coasting, Union at Death by Audio, 8 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
Liars, Fucked Up, High Places at Newtown Barge, 6 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
Memory Tapes, Twin Sister, DOM, ZAZA at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 8 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
Zs, David Linton at Issue Project Room, 8 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
SUNDAY
Dark Dark Dark, Arches, Vandaveer, Callers, Annie and the Beekeepers at Zebulon, 7 (NORTHSIDE FEST)
What a beautiful swirly and confusing haze of a song “Quilt” is.
This song incorporates so many luscious elements. The fluidity of water, the passion of fire, the life-affirming feeling of a breeze on your cheek. Weed‘s music is elemental like that. Over simple melodies, William Anderson intoxicates with distortion and almost, but not fully, incomprehensible lyrics. There’s some jingle and swing in “Quilt” too… it’s romantic.
The song is off Weed’s new EP on Moongadget, “DC Hope.”
Weed: Quilt
