Upcoming: Oh Land at Rockwood Music Hall on 2/19 and 2/25

Oh Land will be doing two shows this month at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2.  The dates are Tuesday, February 19 and Monday, February 25.  It will cost you $10 per show.  Check out the details below. It's sure to be a treat to see her in such an intimate venue.

 


Tuesday, February 19, 2013 
Doors: 6:30 PM
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
196 Allen Street
New York City, NY
212.477.4155
Doors: 9:30 PM
Tickets $10
21 and Over


Monday, February 25, 2013 
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
196 Allen Street
New York City, NY
212.477.4155
Doors: 9:30 PM
Tickets $10
21 and Over

TONIGHT: Lazyeyes at Glasslands

New York, kick off your February by heading over to Glasslands Gallery TONIGHT, February 1 to help Lazyeyes celebrate their self-titled four song debut EP.  Doors are at 8:30PM and it will cost you $10.  Hop on over to Brooklyn and enjoy yourselves...providing you're 21 and over.  And, to whet your appetite, check out the video for "Wait" below.  You can show them some love by grabbing yourself a copy of Lazyeyes, the EP, HERE.

Don’t let the name Lazyeyes fool you - this young project is keenly aware of its contemporary music landscape. Of course it doesn’t hurt to be immersed in the notoriously fertile Brooklyn DIY scene where, committing to the band in the summer of 2012, Lazyeyes has grown tremendously in a little over six months. Playing shows around town with the likes of Oberhofer, Total Slacker and Generationals, the project is beginning to make waves at home and abroad.

Lazyeyes (Record Release Party!)
CHAPPO, DJ Ramesh (Formerly of Voxtrot), Visuals by Eric Barry Drasin
Friday February 1
Glasslands Gallery
289 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
8:30 PM – 11:30 PM
Doors: 8:30 PM
21 and over
$10

Track Listing:

• Nostalgia
• Forever
• Wait
• Daydream

Upcoming: Bilal CD Release Party at Highline Ballroom on 2/12

This is happening...

BILAL
"A Love Surreal" CD Release
Produced By Jill Newman Productions
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Highline Ballroom
431 W.16 Street, NYC
(212) 414-5994
Showtime @ 9:00 PM
Doors open @ 7:00 PM
Tickets $25 in advance, $30 day of show

PYYRAMIDS To Release New Album April 9

PYYRAMIDS, Tim Nordwind from OK Go and Drea Smith of He Say/She Say, will release their debut album Brightest Darkest Day on April 9 via Paracadute.  Having recently re-discovered their EP Human Beings when I was transferring music to my new portable media player, I'm tickled to hear new work from them.  Check out their new song, "Do You Think You're Enough?" below.

"PYYRAMIDS' music is a perfect combination of catchy songwriting, vulnerable lyricism and pop," said Interview.  "Their reverberating textured beats and strangely catchy hooks...we didn't know whether we should brood or dance when we first listened," observed NYLON when gushing over the band's debut EP, Human Beings.  "But soon we realized that we didn't have to decide.  And if you ask us, it's exactly this two-sidedness that makes PYYRAMIDS so damn cool."  MTV's Buzzworthy blog praised Smith's "sultry, lush vocals" and pronounced the band's "Don't Go" video "absolutely perfect."

Recorded in Nordwind's basement studio, with the final tracks recorded at Dan Konopka of OK Go's studio, Brightest Darkest Day was mixed by Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT) and Konopka.  Brightest Darkest Day finds its creators once again venturing into fresh territory.  "There's a pop sensibility to the album that's bright but the sound and delivery is very dark," explains Smith.

Little Brother Eli Release New Video

A couple of weeks ago, we were introduced to UK band Little Brother Eli.  We like them and we're looking forward to a recorded effort from them hopefully sooner rather than later.  This week, they've released a new video.  The clip is for the song "Hanging".  Check it out below.

Alex Grew - vocals
Josh Rigal - bass
Adam Stowe - guitar
Linus Taylor - guitar
Benji Page - shoe box (percussion)

Filmed by Mim Donoghue
Edited by Sam Rigal
Audio mixed by Josh Rigal
Audio mastered by Mike Saminaden

Dawes To Release New Album In April

Dawes will be releasing their third full-length album on April 9 via their own HUB Records.  Stories Don't End was produced by Jacquire King.  Check out the trailer for the upcoming record below.





Track Listing

• Just Beneath The Surface
• From A Window Seat
• Just My Luck
• Someone Will
• Most People
• Something In Common
• Hey Lover
• Bear Witness
• Stories Don't End
• From The Right Angle
• Side Effects
• Just Beneath The Surface (Reprise)

Upcoming: Madison To Release We've Been Nothing EP on 2/5

Madison has a new EP coming out on February 5 via her own G Records.  We've Been Nothing is insanely catchy pop that dares you to try and stay seated.  It's a dare you'll lose!  I got hooked on her work with her 2011 release The Noise Some People Make, a stellar piece of work but, personally, I think We've Been Nothing has a tighter, smoother sound musically and the vocals are warmer and more soulful.

As you listen to her new EP, Madison's evolving sound is apparent. The infectious melodies are still there, but the guitars, backing vocals and overall soulfulness on the track take things to a new territory. Throughout We've Been Nothing, Madison gets a little darker too, and employs some good friends of hers such as Chappo's Zac Colwell on drums, Caught a Ghost's Jesse Nolan adding horns and small arrangement details, and The Heavy's glorious soulful backing singers Mavis and Kiki. The forthcoming EP is the second in a four part EP series.  "Since it's all on my own label and all up to me, calling on talented friends who are down to jam is how things get done," she told NYLON

The new sound on the EP is thrilling and multi-faceted, working as the backdrop for a late sexy night, a long drive with the windows down, or an underground party. It combines elements of the 1920's in "Speakeasy," big band drums in "Ship Off  Shore," but also bridges to a beat-heavy, confident club banger 'Nobody Like Me'.  The new material is hook laden as usual for Madison with each chorus standing out as a complete sing along, yet the production, arrangement and live instrumentation allows it to be a little bit slinkier, grittier, raw, and exactly as she intended it to be: an exciting new experience for her and her listeners.

Tracklist

• Sweet Life
• Nobody Like Me
• Ship Off Shore
• Speakeasy

Upcoming: Nico Vega at Santos Party House, 2/22

UPDATE: NEW date of 2/19… all previous ticket purchases for the 2/22 show will still be honored.

The band posted the following on their Facebook page: Hey guys -- The rumors are true — we had to cancel a few of our headlining dates -- we were offered an opportunity we couldn't turn down. We will, however, still be HEADLINING in NYC at the Santos Party House on the NEW date of 2/19… all previous ticket purchases for the 2/22 show will still be honored. Please come out and say hi!! We certainly love you and we will be back really soon!!


New York, Nico Vega is heading East and will be making a stop at Santos Party House on Friday, February 22.  If you haven't seen them live then, well, it's high time you did!  Doors are at 6:30PM and it'll cost you $10 advance / $12 dos, 16 and older.

Nico Vega
with Eytan and the Embassy and Spirit Animal
Feb 22, 2013
Santos Party House (downstairs)
Doors @ 6:30 PM
16
$10 ADV/$12 DOS

Upcoming: HITS at Mercury Lounge, 1/31 + New Video

New York, your Thursday to-do list should include a trip down to Mercury Lounge to catch HITS.  They're on the road with Gemini Club doing that thing they do so well.  

Thursday, January 31, doors are at 9:30PM and it'll cost you $10 advance / $12 dos providing you're 21 and over.

To whet your appetite check out the new video from HITS.  It's for the song "Madness" from their highly recommended, self-titled EP.  Enjoy the goodness below.




Tour Dates w/Gemini Club

• 1/29 Middle East - Boston, MA
• 1/31 Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
• 2/1 Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA
• 2/3 The Black Cat - Washington, DC

Video of the Day: Beth Hart - "Bang Bang Boom Boom"

Today we have for you the video for "Bang Bang Boom Boom" from Beth Hart, who is a fave of mine. The song is the title track from her recent album which was released in Europe back in October.  A US release is scheduled for sometime this year ... or, as an import, HERE.

Bang Bang Boom Boom is the album where Beth is finally able to admit she might actually be happy. “Often on old records, I wrote about pain and fear,” she says. “I didn’t write so much about love. I always felt like I didn’t understand it or wasn’t worthy. This is the first album where I have, and it’s such a beautiful feeling. I feel like I’ve gotten to fit into a new pair of shoes, y’know, and I can walk a different walk. Every album is special to me. But with this one, there’s a real specialness about it, because I’m at a different age and in a new head-space.”