New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Complex, perplexing, and always a tremendous good time, Okkervil River will be on the Orange Stage at the (special dispensation) THREE day Fun Fun Fun Fest at Auditorium Shores Nov.4th-6th…they just debuted this vid for "Your Past Life as a Blast", time for us to pass it along and remind you of one of Austin’s finest.
Your Past Life As A Blast from Okkervil River on Vimeo.
What’s with today, today? Well, it’s not so much today as tomorrow when Dig Boston and the Milky Way in Jamacia Plain host DAMN THE MAN, SAVE THE EMPIRE! w/ The Lights Out Friday at 9pm. I don’t know about you guys, but as a teenager, I think we all had this one movie we could quote verbatim. This one was mine. This show is only 8 dollars of pure 90s nostalgia. The Lights Out, one of Boston’s most talked about rock bands is performing, and I am hoping they are going to cover the entire soundtrack in the order it was released on the neon-yellow cased album I listened to religously on the bus on the way to junior high. There will also be special DJ sets by The Dig’s own David Day and Hilary Hughes. Plus a photobooth (don’t forget your flannel and docs) and giveaways from Mt. Gay Rum. See you tomorrow, for tomorrow is Rex Manning Day and it will be enitrely perfect.
Milky Way – $8 – 9pm – 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain – 21+ (hey if you are under 21 you probably wouldn’t get it anyways)
–Meghan Chiampa
Yesterday Daytrotter posted their session with The Sea and Cake. The band performed five tracks include two from the recent release "The Moonlight Butterfly".
The band will be performing next in Chicago at Empty Bottle on December 17th.
Since they formed in 2009, Silver Lake residents Family of the Year have been steadily turning frowns into smiles with their distinctive shades of folk pop. But while there’s still eager anticipation for their debut full length, which is currently slated for a 2012 release, they’ve just released another EP that is far from being a makeshift addition to their brief, but stout body of work. The title track, “St. Croix”, invokes a dream pop aesthetic alongside a series of glistening guitar chords and an infectious, if slightly tacky chorus: “you bring the Ocean/ I bring the motion/ together we’ll make a love potion”. Not exactly a lyrical touchstone, and there’s the possibility that the bohemian vibe might put you off, but at least their illusion of what the Caribbean life would sound like is utterly endearing. After a brief stint in the Pacific Northwest, they’ll be coming back on October 13th with an EP release show at Bootleg Bar.
Slowly, Great Elk’s songs creep from a position of distance and unfamiliarity to a timeless groove, like something your parents would play on the first cold day of fall. Starting out sparse and confused, Vocalist Paul Basile carries the band as they gently layer their sound, adding minimalist drum and bass, with an ever-weeping pedal steel guitar. Bryan Trenis’s dramatic keyboards and, “approximate vegetarianism,” help to portray the lonesome yet confident quality of Great Elk’s sound. They have self- released two EP’s, handing out limited editions to lucky show-goers this past February, and are currently on tour in Portland, Oregon, but will soon return to their home of Brooklyn.
On September 27, Indiana-spawned Kid Savant, who now reside in Williamsburg, joined The Humans, an experimental dual-bass group featuring Bill Rieflin (RIP R.E.M) at Highline Ballroom. The unexpected sit-down dinner layout did not dampen Kid Savant’s set of danceable, nightclub-esque tracks, many of which will be included on their upcoming EP, “Drop it On the Stereo,” due out October 24. Strobes, flickering lights, and patterned projections enhanced the waves of synthesizer crescendos, swelling electro beats and live drums, and howling, melodic vocals of “4 Years” (see video), ethereal “Drop It On the Stereo,” ebullient and high-flying “What It’s Worth,” heartfelt, piano-driven “Better Side of Paradise,” and chromatic and dynamic “Cher aKido” . The electro-rock quartet will be celebrating the release of “Drop It On the Stereo” on October 14 at Brooklyn’s The Knitting Factory and will be hitting the stage at The Studio at Webster Hall on October 21 for CMJ. – Meijin Bruttomesso – photo by Deneka Peniston
Former frontman of Makeout Party, Carmen Cirignano, has a new project Young Statues that has certainly been gaining some attention. Cirignano happened to lay down a few songs while helping his friend record an album which has evolved into his upcoming release that will be available via Run For Cover Records. Young Statues is a great example of why you should always keep on making music and recording (ha, even when you don’t have a band anymore). We had chance to find out more about our recent Featured Artist(s) Poll Winner who was also picked to grace the banner atop our National page. You can read our interview with Carmen Cirignano HERE. (Photo by Andrew Valentine)
Panda Riot is back in the studio working on some new material and early this weekend a released a demo for the track "Serious Radical Girl".
Filligar is preparing a new album that will be released next but they sent us a two track preview. Below is "Knock Yourself Out" from the yet to be titled project due out early in 2012.
New Seattle band Sad Face have an upcoming show at the Tractor Tavern on October 18th. The five piece make introspective, well balanced tunes. At their best, the band is actually reminiscent of Radiohead circa In Rainbows. Melodic guitar interplay and general noise ambience coalesce into a fine ethereal sound for the group. They are definitely worth keeping on your radar. Their first release, Gosh Darn!, a multifarious 7 track compilation, is out now on Groovehouse Records.
NYC boy/girl power duo Naked Hearts just released this video of the song "Animals We Were", which will be featured in their upcoming sophomore album "New Growth", out in late October. The Mp3 of this song can be downloaded for free on the band’s website.
