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Catching up from last weekend — so many activities!
OCTOBER 22nd
Started the evening at the SPIN offices for a special rooftop performance by Portland, Oregon’s Hockey. Like The Rapture and The Virgins before them, these boys know how to get girls dancing. Love love love them. Find songs like “Work,” totally irresistible.
Some FREE late night shows going on courtesy of After the Jump Fest at Cake Shop. Catch the remaining gigs:
Yup yup, dab smack in the middle of this year’s CMJ. Music I saw on Day 2:
OCTOBER 21st
Hank and Cupcakes @ the Deli Magazine party at the Delancey
Thoroughly enjoyed this Brooklyn-based duo. Dancey rock, and a great cover version of Joy Division’s “Control.”
Screaming Females @ Mercury Lounge
There’s no doubt that the Screaming Females know how to rock out. The trio from New Brunswick, New Jersey, is fronted by the unstoppable Marissa Paternoster. The 22-year-old Paternoster has a distinctively ambiguous look. You can hardly tell if she’s 18 years old or 40 years old — a young boy or an old lady. I like to think of her as a mix of both Harold and Maude — a baby face with a boyish shaggy bowl haircut + an old lady chic wardrobe.
All looks aside, Paternoster can roll out some incredibly mean guitar solos, her small finger fingers flying up and down the fret boards with impressive speed. When she wails into her microphone, you can’t help but think that this little lady is a star.
CMJ is upon us. Be sure to check out the After the Jump showcases going on this week:
NEW YORK
Salman Rushdie (!!!) teams up with Dregg for a special collaboration for SPIN.com’s Liner Notes event on October 1st. Proceeds to to Housing Works. Tickets are $25.
There are a crap-ton of events leading up to the Season 4 premiere of Showtime’s Dexter on September 27th. Definitely have to check out la casa de Dexter at the Metropolitan Home Showtime House at 415 Greenwich St. in Tribeca, and the blood slide portrait of ol’ Dex being shown at Grand Central terminal. There are also events in LA.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Dan Deacon and MGMT are both playing free shows this coming weekend as part of Kia’s “Soul Collective”
MGMT play for free with The Drums and Amanda Blank the next weekend in Philly.
Yes, it was last week, but here are the photos from days two and three of the third annual After the Jump Fest that happened at Littlefield.
There were some amazing performances by some great up-and-coming bands. My particular favorites were the brute and manly Wild Yaks (men playing ridiculously fast guitar-laden music, fueled by aggression, and probably some alcohol), the joyful Drink-up Buttercup (cheery, exuberant ditties peppered with the noisy clashes of garbage cans – would fit very nicely into an Apple commercial), and the daringGet Haunted (folky, bluegrassy sounds with an emphasis on the occult).
Wild Yaks
Drink-up Buttercup
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Quick post before I head out to Day 2 of After the Jump Festival 2009 @ Littlefield near Park Slope, BKLYN.
Dinosaur Feathers last night were great:
Last Thursday (8/20), I went to go see The Dead Trees play at Cake Shop. It was a hot and sweaty mess down there, with the tiny spaced comfortably packed, and the band straight in from an epic gig with Little Joy in Brazil.
I swear, these guys play tunes I describe as “the greatest hits… you’ve never heard before.” Good times.
Come hang out with us all day! Free Brooklyn Lager for the first hour each day!
Not to mention… A delicious food menu designed by former WD-50 chef, Scott Koshkoodi Live screenprinting by artist j.morrison from Space is the Place A GIANT hot pink elephant art installation by Snoozer Loser Organic and vegan bake sale by Jamie Cakes Plus other surprises throughout the weekend! *Added to the line-up is Helado Negro dj, The Octagon, Shark?, Captain Ahab and the Sea Crackens and Thing One Order your three day pass now, don’t miss out on anything! Pre-order for a discounted rate of $25 and one day passes for $10 (http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/upcoming-events/). Door is $30 and $12.
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The latest special concert for the SPINhouse Live concert series took place on the mag’s Chinatown rooftop, probably much to the dismay of the building’s planners.
The weather was hot and muggy, but the tunes were delightful with Mr. Brendan Benson performing songs off his new album, My Old, Familiar Friend, as well as a ton of old favorites.
All photos by Mike Vorrasi
Playing for nearly an hour, the crowd was definitely heavily rewarded for their patience and tolerance of the less than hospitable climate, with Brendan commenting on the sweltering temperatures by declaring, “Chinatown is hot!”
Indeed, indeed.
See more photos by Vorrasi…
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