It’s uber hot out so we wanted to bring in Cold Fronts. Below is the bands new music video for the track “Heart Attack,” which appears on their debut EP Pretty American. It was filmed by Joe Lee, and features raw footage from their 2012 winter tour with mewithoutYou. Cold Fronts would also like you to: “Make sure to watch for Andrew WK falling off of our drum set!”
Portland
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The Taxpayers’ New Album Out On Saturday!
Ok, it’s punk, BUT… combining the hostile aesthetics of the genre and the erratic vibes of free-jazz instrumentals with a thoroughly thought through production, Portland’s DIY specialists The Taxpayers truly are a tight act in disguise. Beginning as your standard “guitar, bass and drums” trio back in 2007, they would sporadically superpose onto their riffs some finger picking blues lines which were, looking back, the early stages of versatile sonic ventures to come.
Today, as the band has grown a few heads larger, recording with a banjo, sax, piano, horn, trumpet and accordion, The Taxpayers’ sound has further developed its skilfully confused signature, most present on the last full-length album “To Risk So Much For One Damn Meal”; yet as much as that record light-heartedly talked us through tales of a contemporary struggle, the teaser track and cover art of forthcoming “God, Forgive These Bastards” (dedicated to the memory of baseball pitcher Henry Turner) announce much darker and more deranged a colour.
Judging by the opening brass spits, those few already drawn away by the apparent lack of structure of earlier releases might as well stand back, while we amateurs of distorted frenzies welcome with excitement the new album, out this Saturday, June 23rd. Oh, and there will be a book too! – Tracy Mamoun
Chicago
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From Our Open Blog: Free Entry to Board of Governors at Summerfest
Board of Governors is thrilled to announce its Summerfest debut on the Summerfest Rock Stage July 5th with Motion City Soundtrack and Super Happy Fun Club! Entry is absolutely free if you arrive at or before the Board of Governors begin their set at 1:00 p.m.
For more details on this hot new Chicago-based rock band, check out their website, or download their brand new EP from iTunes. Voted Chicago’s I AM Fest Battle of the Bands Champion and labeled by Metromix as "Sexy even when sober," BOG’s live show at Summerfest is something you won’t want to miss!
Chicago
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Sanawon “The Promise”
The trio Sanawon has released a unique five-song video documentary called "The Promise". The film loosely weaves together the story of singer-songwriter Jenny Choi’s parents and their journey of creating new lives in America. The root of story focuses on her mother as she travel alone from Seoul to Chicago to marry a man she had never met before.
Choi is joined in Sanawon by Phil Stone and David Johnson (formerly of American Football). You can watch each of the videos here. Below is part 1 and a track called "Clark".
Austin
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Austin’s Deep Time to perform at Mohawk on June 28th
With the shining spotlight on her jazzy soprano, Jennifer Moore of Austin indie pop duo Deep Time leads the way on the group’s latest single “Clouds”, released in April on Sub Pop Records subsidiary Hardly Art. The only thing that may be more appealing than Ms. Moore’s radio-ready, born-for-art-pop voice on this track is that bass line that gets stuck in your head about 10 seconds into the song and does not leave until about 2 weeks later. Deep Time will be performing on June 28th at Mohawk with the Mynabirds, and I know one guy who simply can’t wait (it’s me).
San Francisco
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Live Preview: Oakland’s Starskate with Moon Pearl
Are you one of those SF music snobs who is always talking about the underground art scene in the East Bay, but rarely over there? Me too. Hop on BART tonight for a show at new Oakland venue Hearts and Palms.
Oakland’s dreamy, noisy Starskate will headline, but be sure to get there early enough for Moon Pearl, visiting from Orange County, plus Dash Jacket and A White Hunter. More details here.
–Whitney Phaneuf
NYC
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Today: Make Music NY has events for Circuit Benders and… Building Hitters?
Make Music New York is a yearly event that fosters free recreational music-making opportunities during the longest day of the year – June 21, i.e. tomorrow. This year over 1,000 outdoor concerts in New York City will be included in the fest, offering a diverse and exciting array of music, from large-scale spectacles to street-corner concerts in 424 public spaces throughout all five boroughs.
Some of these are particularly intriguing "group events" (within the so called "Mass Appeal" program) involving all sorts of musicophiles, including exclusive events for circuit benders, hummers, "cast iron buildings hitters" (!) and more traditional ensembles of cellos, flutes, guitars, harmonicas etc.
More info about Make Music NY and the Mass Appeal events can be found here.
Philadelphia
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2nd Street Festival Announces Its Initial Lineup
We had a great time last year at the 2nd Street Festival. It felt like New Orleans because you could walk the streets with an alcoholic beverage from stage to stage to check out all the music. Well, they just announced that it will be taking place again this summer on August 5, and initially scheduled to perform are Man Man, The Great Unknown, The Spinning Leaves, Blayer Pointdujour & The Rockers Galore, Auctioneer, Chris Kasper, The Kalob Griffin Band, and more. The event will also be showcasing arts and crafts, and will have food and drink specials. You can check out more deets about the fest HERE.
NYC
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Savoir Adore premieres video for Dreamers + sells out Bowery
Selling out the Bowery Ballroom is probably one of the top dreams of most (if not all) indie musicians familiar with the beautiful Lower East Side’s venue, and it’s very satisfying to see that, in an era obsessed with the latest and newest acts, this was accomplished by a band that’s been around (while growing in popularity) for 3-4 years like Savoir Adore – we are referring to the June 22 show. Led by a singing boy/girl duo Paul Hammer and Deidre Muro, Savoir Adore’s charming electro pop has been evolving in a dreamier direction, as testified by the new EP and video (streaming below) appropriately entitled "Dreamers." – Read a Deli 2009 interview with Savoir Adore here.
NYC
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On The Beat with Bernie Dugan
This week’s edition of On The Beat features multi-faceted drummer Bernie Dugan of The Brannock Device, Cher U.K., and The Quivers. He’s a busy guy and a gear head. How does he do it? Catch the beat right here!
On The Beat is a weekly interview brought to you by drummer Sergio Moreno (of Hillary Watts Riot and Alacartoona), and features some of the many talented drummers in the Kansas City area.
NYC
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NYC band on the rise: Manicanparty
What strange frequency does Manicanparty exist on? Not an easy question to answer. With singer/songwriter Jessica Corazza overlaying obscure references on top of ethereal imagery – and of producer Patrick Morrissey’s endless interventions – the group seems to create their world anew with each song they add to their site.
Just check out the intensely chanted gymnastics of ‘Monarch,’ and you’ll wonder if a new tribe has formed somewhere in Brooklyn, and you’re the last to know about it. Latest track ‘Animal’ – a Miike Snow Cover – takes the Brooklyn duo one step further. You will most likely find it impossible not to fall in love with Jessica as she takes on all manner of shapes and suggestions in the track’s just-released video. Animal, human or otherwise, this is a band that beams all of its music down to Brooklyn from another place entirely.
Manicanparty played BMI’s New Music Seminar’s showcase at the Gramercy Theater yesterday (June 19) – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)