Video Of The Day: Friend Slash Lover - "Disasteroid"

Friend Slash Lover debuted the new video for their single "Disasteroid." Check it out below.

Ambient rockers Friend Slash Lover debut their new video for the single “Disasteroid” off their EP As American As Ones and Zeros. The video provides a stylized viewpoint on global warming and the environment. It was inspired by a George Carlin sketch according to Friend Slash Lover mastermind Josh Mintz. “He points out how arrogant it is to say we’re ‘killing the planet,’ when in fact, we’re only killing ourselves.” The video was directed by Jordan Katnik and produced by Bryan Raber.

Review: Whitesnake Live At Donington 1990

This coming Tuesday, June 7, Whitesnake releases Live At Donington 1990 via Frontiers Records here in North America. The 2 CD and DVD packages are a welcome treat to fans whom this show has been a favorite of for years. The DVD contains never before seen footage of Whitesnake at a time some would say was their peak.

I'm a long time Whitesnake fan. Anyone who knows me has probably heard me say at some point David Coverdale can sing to me anytime, any place, for as long as he wants. This is Coverdale in full-throttle wailing rocker mode supported by a cast of stellar characters, Steve Vai (guitar), Adrian Vandenberg (guitar), Rudy Sarzo (bass) and Tommy Aldridge (drums) ... the all-star line-up, as many refer to this version of Whitesnake.

The favorites are here and the sound quality is good. Maybe a bit too good at times. When Coverdale pulls back his vocals and just sings without the theatrics as he does in the classic "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City," you can hear the end of the set roughness in his voice that comes from night after night of hitting those high notes. Good sound quality makes that a little more noticeable. And, that's not really a negative per se.

It has been a little while since I've heard live Whitesnake from that era. So, I was slightly concerned, that listening with somewhat fresh ears, that it might sound dated. Whitesnake was delightfully and brilliantly over the top during that period in time and I wondered if it was going to be as good as I remembered. Yeah, it's pretty darn close. At this stage in my listening I'm a little past the guitar and drum solo thing but they've held up well and sound good.

I haven't had a chance to check out the DVD portion but you can watch the trailer for the release below.

The LIVE AT DONINGTON 1990 DVD also includes a substantial gallery of never before seen stills of the band on the "Liquor & Poker World Tour 1990", plus an intimate behind-the-scenes documentary of the making-of the SLIP OF THE TONGUE album. LIVE AT DONINGTON 1990 will be available as a 2 CD set, a DVD coverpack, a combo 2 CD and DVD in digipak and digital editions. Please see below for the respective double CD and DVD track listings.

Track List
CD 1:

• Slip Of The Tongue
• Slide It In
• Judgement Day
• Slow An Easy
• Kitten's Got Claws
• Adagio For Strato
• Flying Dutchman Boogie
• Is This Love
• Cheap An' Nasty
• Crying In The Rain (featuring Tommy Aldridge drum solo)

CD 2:

• Fool For Your Loving
• For The Love Of God
• The Audience Is Listening
• Here I Go Again
• Bad Boys
• Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
• Still Of The Night

DVD:

• Slip Of The Tongue
• Slide It In
• Judgement Day
• Slow An Easy
• Kitten's Got Claws
• Adagio For Strato
• Flying Dutchman Boogie
• Cheap An' Nasty
• Crying In The Rain (featuring Tommy Aldridge drum solo)
• Fool For Your Loving
• For The Love Of God
• The Audience Is Listening
• Here I Go Again
• Bad Boys
• Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
• Still Of The Night
• BONUS CONTENT: The Making Of SLIP OF THE TONGUE; Slide Show

Burlesque: At Last... Marshmallows, Bad Girls & Ruby Red Pumps

NY Pin Up Club Burlesque: June 2 @ Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY

Sometimes, a chick has to let her hair down. What better way to have fun than to take in a burlesque show. So, Thursday night I headed over to the Bowery Poetry Club to hoot 'n' holler and have a good time at the NY Pin Up Club's monthly get together. The show was hosted by the groups leader, the loveable Brandon Herman and with co-hosting duties handled by the adorable saucy, delectable diva Miss Em.

The lovely Desiree DeLovely belted out "At Last" which you can see if you scroll down to the bottom. That tiny little lady has a big voice! It was her first official performance for the group; unofficially, she emerged from the audience a couple of months ago and blew us away. She was great fun to watch and looked to be having a blast onstage. She also made an adorable Dorothy as you can see in the photo below. Everyone should have a pair of ruby red pumps.

Red hot, redhead Cherry La Voix from Ohio also sang and has a great voice as well. Why oh why didn't I turn on my video to catch one of her songs? The two songs she sang were her own compositions. I forgot to ask her if she has any recordings available, shame on me! It was my first time seeing her perform and it was definitely a treat. She makes a really good bad girl as you can see below.

Miss dynamite, Iris Ex Plosion didn't sing but she put on one hell of a show! I'm sure a lot of the gentleman in the audience have a new found fondness for marshmallows now. I certainly won't look at them the same way again. You should have been there! Like her fellow performers, she was great fun to watch. The photo below was just the beginning!

I know you were probably expecting some risqué photos since this was after all a burlesque show. But, if you want to see that, you've got to go to the shows! The first Thursday of every month is always entertaining!

Holiday Weekends & Bob Schneider

Bob Schneider: May 29 @ Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

Give folks a three day weekend when it's warm out and two things happen. One, you want to eat and two, you want to party. There was no food at Bowery Ballroom but, Bob Schneider threw a party and served up a feast of music. Folks came to have fun. And fun we had. I dare say, we may have been louder than the last time I was down at the Bowery to see him.

Things were hot, sweaty and at times outright funky. Twenty-three songs (if I counted correctly!) yet, everyone was asking for more. A lot of the songs took on some reggae flavor (a bit more than usual) and there was a little more funk in the mix. "Ready, Let's Roll" well, I'm just going to call that version the 'Lap Dance Remix' ... yeah, funky bump 'n' grind y'all, that's all I'm saying. The hands down highlight of the night was 40 Dogs. When you're making that summer party mix-tape, that live version of 40 Dogs needs to be on it ... loose funk with horns, yeah, need I say more?

I keep saying it, you really have to see this man live. But be warned, you may have to go to BS Anonymous to deal with your Bob Schneider habit because, you will become addicted. Of course, if you're like the rest of us, you won't want to be cured. You'll just continue to happily look forward to your next Bob fix.

More Photos HERE.
Bob did this (did it so well he was a blur in motion)...

And, he always surrounds himself with some seriously talented musicians.

Harmoni did this...
Conrad did this...

Ollie did this and a whole lot of stuff (it's a you had to be there thing)...

Clint did this (way on the other side of the stage)...

Setlist

• Penelope Cruz
• Honeypot
• Bullets
• Flinty
• Gold In the Sunset
• 2002
• Country Club
• Peaches
• Til Somebody Catches A Feeling
• Bombanaza
• Cheaper
• Band Intro/Let The Light In
• John Lennon
• Ready, Let's Roll
• The Californian
• The Unknown
• Everything You Love
• Come With Me Tonight
• ?
• Tarantula
• Big Blue Sea
• Boom Box
• 40 Dogs

Video Of The Day: Johan Agebjörn - "The Last Day of Summer

Swedish DJ/Producer Johan Agebjörn has released a video for "The Last Day of Summer" featuring Ercola and British electro-pop artist Queen of Hearts. The video was directed by Stuart Hall. Check it out below.

Swedish DJ/Producer Johan Agebjörn (Sally Shapiro) has released the video for "The Last Day of Summer" featuring Ercola and British electro-pop artist Queen of Hearts. The track is taken from his recently released debut album, Casablanca Nights on Paper Bag Records. Agebjörn will release the single for "The Last Day of Summer" on May 31 featuring remixes by Le Matos, Le Prix, Dreamtrak and Ercola.

Styled by Oliver Vaughn, the video depicts Queen of Hearts in a top notch array of high end couture. She is featured in looks by haute couture German designer Furne One, Tomasz Starzewski, who made some of the most famous dresses for Princess Diana, Rachel Freire,who has designed pieces for massive artists such as Rihanna, Britta Kjerkegaard, one of the most established couture and bridal designers in London, and upcoming designer Ksenia G.

Jump Into The Gospel To Take Up Residence At Pianos

Guess where all of the cool kids and people who like good bands are going to be on Wednesday's in June? They'll be at Pianos getting hot and sweaty with Jump Into The Gospel. You know how much we here at QNYC, aka Me, like them.

Beginning Wednesday, June 8 and continuing each Wednesday (6/15, 6/22 & 6/29) for the rest of the month, they'll take to the Pianos stage at 10PM. The shows will cost you $8 except for the June 29 show which is FREE, yeah that's right, I said FREE! So, you have absolutely no excuse for not seeing them at least once! Check out the hot promo video below that they put together for the occasion.

OH! Did you see? Spank me and tickle me too, another QNYC fave, Prospector, will be on the June 22nd line-up!

Video Of The Day: Only Son "Stamp Your Name On It"

Check out this fun video from Only Son (Jack Dishel). The James Holland directed video was recently featured on mtvU's Freshman 5. The song, "Stamp Your Name On It" is from his album Searchlight which was released this past January.

It features Mr. Dishel being up to no good alongside Macaulay Culkin, Reggie Watts, Adam Green and Regina Spektor. (Fun Fact: the only other music videos Macaulay Culkin has ever appeared in are Michael Jackson's "Black or White" and Sonic Youth's "Sunday.")

"Stamp Your Name On It"

BritFest NYC 2011 Kicks Off June 4

Our friends over at Big Apple Brits are holding their annual BritFest NYC 2011. It runs from June 4 - June 11!

The kick-off party which includes 3 events, 1 venue, for 1 price takes place at The Delancey. It'll cost you $25 for the all day Delancey pass that allows you to come and go as you please.

From 1PM - 7PM on the Rooftop, there will be a BBQ, rain or shine (retractable roof). The BBQ deets Tickets Include:- 1 Free PIMMS (before 2pm), BBQ of Sausages, Burgers, + Potato Salad, Crisps and Cake for afters! & 10 x Raffle Tickets, with prizes valued up to $1,000 .....

From 7PM - 10PM things move downstairs for the music. This year taking the stage will be PreFab 4 and Lisa Redford.

From 10PM - Late DJ's Marcus Robson & Andy Bullock go old school, spinning house tunes.

For more info on BritFest NYC click HERE.

See you there!

Prospector: Catchy, Raw, Aggressive and Fun

Prospector: May 18 @ Mercury Lounge, New York, NY

It's been a long time since I rock and rolled... with Prospector. As a matter of fact it has been about seven months or some ridiculous amount of time since I've made it out to catch a show! Say wha? It's been that long?! Well, damn! What's happened in that time? They've changed their name from Doppelgänger for one and secondly they're working on a full-length album.

So, there I was over there at Mercury Lounge having taken in an earlier set and thinking, awesome, I get to see Prospector too ... bonus rock 'n' roll jackpot! The band, a minimalist band, Ryan Oh-No (drums/vocals), R. Francis (guitar) and Joey Hamm (bass/vocals) took to the stage turned down the lights and launched into a hard edged, high energy set. One song in and I was happily reminded why I love this band ... roller coaster stomach! You know that feeling of excitement, that fear that you're going to go over the edge ... that I don't give a damn if we crash because it's going to be one hell of a ride kind of thing. That's the feeling they gave me the first time I saw them perform and they still make me feel that way.

They played some stuff I hadn't heard before. See what happens when you miss shows! If you're familiar with their shows then you know they're loud and fun. Wednesday night, they even sounded a little more aggressive than they did the last time I saw them. No complaints here.

I've told you once or five times, this is a band you should go see. It's rock 'n' roll. It's raw. It's catchy. And, it's good!

More photos HERE

MyNameIsJohnMichael: Full-On Fun

MyNameIsJohnMichael: May 18 @ Mercury Lounge, New York, NY

What do you do on a Wednesday night, in New York City, on the Lower East Side, on a rainy night? You head over to Mercury Lounge to shake your ass to MyNameIsJohnMichael!

Forget Mardi Gras folks. The only New Orleans party you need, will come to you in the form of John Michael Rouchell and his band of rockin' merry men. When I saw them a little over a year ago at the same venue, they hooked me. Last night, they tore it up and floored me. Oh, they were tight! It seems they've turned things up a few notches since then! What? How is that even possible?! They launched into their set, a set containing songs from their upcoming album, and didn't let up until everyone was hot and sweaty, ending with Rauchell taking to the audience to finish the night. My fellow audience members had a blast. I had a blast. Everyone sang-along. I sang-along which is a big deal for me because, there are only two other musicians who can make me sing-along, out loud, at a show, with wild abandon.

With their high energy show, top notch musicianship and killer songs, this is a band you need to see live. You should catch them when they play near you. You. Will. Have. Fun.

MyNameIsJohnMichael, is it okay for me to be a little bit in love with y'all collectively, individually and whatnot?

More photos HERE