***Friday, July 27***
THE PASSENGER PIGEONS (Brooklyn, NY)
Formerly The Sparrows!
GRRROPOLIS (Grand Rapids, MI)
"Michigan's best-kept musical secret." -Annex 22
THE NICE JENKINS (Charlottesville, VA)
"Not only are these Jenkins nice, but they are plentiful, too." -Amplifier
9:00 PM
$5
This week, our favorite new Queens-based buzz band returns to anchor a bill featuring one of the most promising young bands from the Great Lakes region-- be there:
THE BEETS (Queens, NY)
"...it’s certainly pretty simple, direct stuff, but theirs is a sound that, for the moment, requires no embellishment to be purely enjoyable." -Impose Magazine
FRONTIER RUCKUS (East Lansing, MI)
"The best band you haven't heard." -Real Detroit Weekly
RIVERS AND LAKES (Manhattan, NY)
Side-project featuring members of The Loom
This week brings two ridiculously good lineups both Friday and Saturday, both centered around purveyors of one-man quirktacular theatrical awesomeness from the Midwest: Lord of the Yum-Yum and Charlie Slick... not to mention what I think might be the first Jib Kidder first show in NYC. You won't want to miss these-- a nice break from the usual.
Friday, July 13
LE RUG (Manhattan, NY)
"A pop music exorcism." -Sleep When Dead NYC
LORD OF THE YUM-YUM (Chicago, IL)
"Jerking around on stage like a hyperactive first grader and constantly interacting with the audience, Velat can captivate, infuriate or completely baffle a crowd." -Chicago Journal
CHARLIE SLICK (Ann Arbor, MI)
"He proceeds to steal almost any show he plays . . . pre-recorded backing tracks, wild dance moves, and catchy choruses, with a touch of bubble machine and strobe lights for good measure." -Ann Arbor Paper
JULZ A (Manhattan, NY)
"White guys and live instruments may be minorities in hip-hop, but they are not so rare. Julian Hintz, who performs as Julz A, still manages to be a hip-hop anomaly, however: he rhymes while playing the accordion." -The New York Times
9:00 PM
$5
@ The Creek and the Cave
Saturday, July 14
CHING CHONG SONG (Brooklyn, NY)
"Their songs are spare, but the pair compensate with enough chutzpah to fill Carnegie Hall" -Time Out New York
LORD OF THE YUM-YUM (Chicago, IL)
"Jerking around on stage like a hyperactive first grader and constantly interacting with the audience, Velat can captivate, infuriate or completely baffle a crowd." -Chicago Journal
CHARLIE SLICK (Ann Arbor, MI)
"He proceeds to steal almost any show he plays . . . pre-recorded backing tracks, wild dance moves, and catchy choruses, with a touch of bubble machine and strobe lights for good measure." -Ann Arbor Paper
JIB KIDDER (Queens, NY)
First NYC show!(?)
9:00 PM
FREE
@ Dominie's Hoek
Thanks to Nate for the great write-up at Impose Magazine about last week's show featuring The Beets (sandwiched between features on Man Man and the Fiery Furnaces!):
Yes, that’s in Queens. Don’t look so surprised: the Beets themselves hail from Jackson Heights.
Sorry, I'm out of town with shoddier internet access than I'd imagined... there's a show at the Creek and the Cave tonight featuring Takenobu, Bryan Dunn, and Shwa... 9 pm, $5!
