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Saturday’s showcase ended early at Lucky’s Burger. Before my turkey burger, I had to do some work. Headed to the LES to catch the melodically beautiful harmonies of Savoir Adore and the catchy dance beats of Beat Connection at the Bowery Electric.
It was then off to Pianos to catch You Won’t whose multi-tasking drummer was mesmerizing to watch. Following them was Lady Lamb and the Beekeeper who showed off her guitar skills, unfortunately to an annoyingly rude crowd who talked throughout her set. She even told the audience to shut up, but what do you expect…the bar was next to the stage.
I was pretty exhausted by Saturday. I’m just glad it’s over, but also pretty sad it’s over. Well, until next time, here’s a 4 minute recap of CMJ 2011.
The bands appearing in the video (in order of appearance) include:
Atlas Sound, The Dum Dum Girls, Casiokids, Viva Brother, We Are Augustines, Fallulah, Little Red, Small Black, Dom, Locksley, The Beets, Lady Lamb and the Beekeeper, Beat Connection, Savoir Adore, You Won’t, You Say France and I Whistle, Hands, The Duke Spirit.
The ones in bold include a musical portion from their set. Enjoy.
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Fashion’s Night Out struck the Big Apple (and the globe) last night with a raucous street party for all to enjoy…and fear. Learning from last year’s tragicness, I decided to stay in one neighborhood, relying on foot traffic, and less on cabs and buses. My feet totally regretted that decision, but in the end, I got to see and do more because of some diligent planning.
Headed out first to Soho and lined-up early at Helmut Lang on Mercer, to make sure we got stamped to see Best Coast. The wait in line was long, but once inside the shop, attendees were treated to drinks and lobster rolls from the Luke’s Lobster truck parked just outside. The bread, lightly toasted, housing chunks of deliciously-textured lobster meat, was amazing, even if it did have mayonnaise. If they can make a vinaigrette-based coleslaw, why can’t they make a vinaigrette-based lobster rolll? Just putting that out there into the universe. Sadly, leaving Helmut Lang, to explore the rest of Soho, cost us the chance of re-entering for the 9pm Best Coast performance. We just couldn’t justify letting 2 hours of FNO fun zoom by while trapped in one store for the majority of the night. Undeterred, we headed back out into the battlefield for an adventurous evening.
Stopping by Ben Sherman we delighted in some cupcakes and seltzer, while watching a game of roulette. Then, it was off to Brooklyn Industries for some salsa tasting from the Brooklyn Salsa Company and vodka by Brooklyn Republic Vodka. Are you seeing a theme here? Once satiated (somewhat), we headed out to Unis, for a performance by Sun Airway. The short set was pretty good since I first saw them last year. The band played some shoegaze tunes, whose ambient sounds fitted perfectly with the fashionable atmosphere.
Rambling the street, we stopped by some great shops including Cole Haan (oh please let me win that years worth of shoes contest), Michael Kors (king), and the Frye Company (“boot”ylicious).
The rest of the night involved walking all over Soho for free hot dogs and beer, $1 Baked by Melissa cupcakes, shoegazing and shoe “gazing”, contest form-filling, and restroom line-waiting, all the while, striking up conversations with some lovely, stylish people.
The hectic downtown frenzy of the night was filled with crowds walking in the middle of the streets, chanting, huddling, documenting, and enjoying the freedom of this once a year event. Next year, I will be enjoying Fashion’s Night Out in the Midtown area, and maybe with a pair of sneakers…or not.
So below I bring you my 3 minute FNO wrap-up and below that is Sun Airway’s performance of “Put the Days Away”, which they performed at UNIS.
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Fashion’s Night Out in Soho:
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Sun Airway’s “Put the Days Away” at Unis.
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On the eve of Fashion’s Night Out, Hereford, England’s songstress Ellie Goulding performed to an uber-chic crowd at the illustrious Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. Champagne flowed freely as hors d’oeuvres laid out on silver platters were passed around the fourth floor.
Donning a black Red Valentino silk crepe de chine dress, Goulding and bandmates Chris Ketley and Max Cooke performed a short but intimate set for the young, smitten fans. The evening included a couple of covers including Coldplay’s Beautiful World and Elton John’s Your Song.
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It’s a 20th century flashback with 80s/90s Cali-based Dramarama going full throttle on the tiny stage of the Bowery Electric in the Lower East Side, Saturday, 20 August 2011.
John Easdale sweatin’ up a deluge, had the energy and vigor of a twenty year old, as he stumbled, fell, pantomimed, and ran into the crowd, throughout the whole show. The crowd, older and wiser, but nonetheless assured and devoted, sang along, danced, and enjoyed the set all night.
Posted below are the shots of Dramarama and openers Wyldlife (the youngins) at the Bowery Electric on Saturday. Below that is Dramarama performing their final song of the night.
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“Anything Anything” by Dramarama:
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The final show of the RiverRocks series on Thursday, 11 August 2011, ended with some amazing bands at Pier 54 on the west side.
Opening up was New York’s Translations, with their 60s influenced guitar sounds warming up the youthful crowd. Next up was Worcester, Massachusetts’s Dom. Fans dawning fancy neon colored sunglasses were treated this evening to their their sunny, melodic, retro pop tunes, so perfect for the middle of summer, not the end. This is definitely a band worth checking out again. And how can you not dig a band who covered The Cure’s “Boys Don’t Cry” as exquisitely as they did? (Did I just use the word exquisite???)
Deer Tick’s folk, country, blues rock was embraced by kids who lined the barricades, singing along, gesturing emphatically, while emoting sheer ecstasy. It was one of those nights where the VIP section was actually packed. It was a great set with catchy hooks you could bounce too, as well.
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Here are the videos. The first one is Deer Tick. The second video is Translations and Dom.
Deer Tick
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Translations and Dom
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Some images of post-punk Bostonians, Mission of Burma, and The Labor Pool. Both bands played a heavy, intense set under a packed, musty tent at the Beekman Beer Garden at the South Street Seaport’s Beach Party Music Series in NYC on Sunday, 7 August 2011.
The sound was good, the crowd was energetic, I got a free iced tea, and my train arrived right on time. Life is good. And so are these 2 bands. Mission from this Myanmartian accomplished!
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(Who got the Myanmartian joke? Anybody? Anybody?)
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Images from Sunday’s Beach Party Concert Series at the Beekman Beer Garden at the South Street Seaport in New York City.
Opening up was Virginia’s Eternal Summers putting on a pop/post punk set with a tinge of surf for a faster summer feel.
The Raveonettes played an amazing set with a 2 song encore, but still a way too short set. The intense distortion was made all the more beautiful by Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner’s beautiful harmonies.
They play Maxwells tonight, Monday. Yes, it’s 4: 17 AM right now.
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Photos of American Royalty, Class Actress, and quirky Brits Metronomy at the RiverRocks Pier 54 show in NYC, just this past Thursday.
For some reason I thought I had shot American Royalty before. The name did sound familiar. At one point they mentioned their name 4 times in a row “American Royalty, American Royalty, American Royalty, American Royalty”. Turns out there’s another band called US Royalty. HAH! Now I get it. The Los Angeles-based band put on a dance electronic show that got the crowd jumping, as you’ll see in the video below.
While Elizabeth Harper, AKA Class Actress, brought out the sultry, smooth as butter vocals for her 80s influenced, electronic hooks set. Class Actress’ performance, with her oversized specs and dramatic hand gestures, reminded me of a female Jarvis Cocker. She even had the hip movements of the Pulp frontman.
Headlining the night was the experimental sounds of Metronomy from the U.K. Their quirky pieces, mixed with some funk and pop, reminiscent of early 21st century bands like The Futureheads and Bloc Party, made for an eclectic set ready to be blasted on to dance floors. Props for the night included glowing lights, found at your local Home Depot.
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Latest photos/video below from the Beach Party Music Series at the Beekman Beer Garden with Swirlies. I missed openers Psychedelic Horseshit, but made it in time to see Swirlies, after their three year absence from NYC. With swirling layered guitars, lilting vocals, and swayful melodies, the Boston band put on a nostalgic performance on an idyllic afternoon at the Seaport. The crowd, drawn attentive towards the stage, bobbed their heads in unison, as they concentrated on the intricate guitar notes plucked by Damon Tuntunjian. For others, the sound was the perfect complement to a view of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge while standing by the edge of the beer garden.
As daylight lingered as long as the crowd, it seemed the perfect evening to try to burn holes in the cloud with my eyes; But I didn’t have the energy after the five trains it took to get to the Seaport. Thanks MTA. Thanks.
At least I got me a lemon slushy.
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Saturday was a busy day. After my gallery adventures with a friend, I headed out to the UWS by myself to Tedddy’s Uptown Cafe, known formerly as the famous P&G. I got a chance to see R&B jazz band The Dangling Success.
Though the set was at midnight, the energy was there throughout the entire show.
Here’s a video of the band performing “Still Together”, which you can hear on their website. Check out the end when each member improvs a solo piece. Amazing!
Come one come all! The Seaport Beach Party Series only has 3 more shows left for the summer. Stuck in the humid disgusting heat of midtown or Jersey? Well, the weather’s great by the Seaport.
Headlining this Sunday, the 24th is Swirlies with Psychedlic Horseshit. Swirlies haven’t played in NYC in 3 years, so this would be a great chance to catch them.
If you haven’t had a chance to see the Beekman Beer Garden, take a look at last week’s show and you can see just how laid back and relaxing the place is, plus you get to hear some great music!
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Capping off this exhausting week in music was the Seaport Music Festival’s Beach Party Music Series with Xray Eyeballs, Frankie Rose and the Outs, and Woven Bones at the Beekman Beer Garden in New York City. What a great place to relax and enjoy melodic feedback, fuzz, and drones, all the while smacking a paddle and gazing at the Brooklyn Bridge while you casually sip (or down) a beer.
I can’t believe there are only three Sunday shows and two Thursday shows left. All the Friday shows are done. This summer is ending too soon. Ugh…just realized, I’ll have to start attending late night shows again. E train here I come!
Regarding the technical aspects of the video, I’m still having audio problems. I’m having trouble with alot of distortion. I guess I just gotta find the sweet spot when it comes to where to record the audio. Also, this time I tried editing the music in Garage Band (I can’t afford Pro Tools), but it just seemed harder to do layers and to fade in/out individual layers. So, I’ll be back to editing the audio portion with iMovie.
Well, until the next show, enjoy the photo/video combo of these three fun bands from today. I’m trying to make them relatively short, just in case people get bored, but don’t worry, they’re not full performance videos. They’re what I like to call a “visual mash-ups”.
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I decided I did not want to cover the 4Knots Festival, only because I would be up for the third night in a row working on images and video. This time I decided to enjoy the day with some friends and only shoot video. I spent more time shooting the audience and the atmosphere to come up with this 3 minute piece. Sadly I missed Eleanor Friedberger and Mr Dream. Oh well…
Hope you enjoy it. Still working on the audio, will need to look into purchasing After Effects or something, iMovie isn’t cutting it.
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I was up til 7 am working on last night’s RiverRocks show with Austra and tUnE-yArDs, and I’m hoping tonight will not be the same. Surprisingly I had enough energy to cover The Radio Dept. and Asobi Seksu today at the South Street Seaport.
Asobe Seksu. What can I say? I love photographing Yuki Chikudate and her constant hair whipping. Her bone structure with strands of hair strewn across her sharp cheekbones made for some sensuous images. Her lilting vocals mixed with James Hanna’s intense guitar work was the perfect opening for tonight’s showcase.
More photos in the video here:
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I am so glad I had the chance to catch Sweden’s The Radio Dept. They kind of remind me of one of my two all-time favorite bands, Oxford’s Ride. Johan Duncanson vocals were soft and dreamy, at times a smidge off key, making their songs imperfectly beautiful. Yes, the shoe gazing was prevalent as well. The Swedish three piece put on an amazing show for an extremely packed Seaport, but sadly without an encore.
A few more photos in this video below:
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The time is now 5:15 AM. Two days in a row of all-nighters without the help of caffeine. It’s now time to get some rest.
Good night…Or shall I say good morning???
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Today’s Hudson River Park’s RiverRocks free concert started a bit late. The reason being was they needed to accommodate the unexpected long queue that lined the street. Not everybody made it onto the pier, but for those lucky ones that did make it in they were treated to some great music and performances by tUnE-yArDs and Austra. By the way, it really is a pain spelling tUnE-yArDs, but I’ve learned to type it once, then paste it every time I need to type it in. tUnE-yArDs.
Anyways, opening up was Toronto’s Austra. With strong vocals/sounds similar to Florence Welch, Bjork, and Bat for Lashes, vocalist Katie Stelmanis put on a camera friendly show abundant with sweeping hand gestures and flowing blouse movements via constant undulations. Accompanying Stelmanis on stage were Maya Postepski on drums, Dorian Wolf on bass, and Sari and Romy Lightman, of Tasseomancy, performing backing vocals.
tUnE-yArDs took the stage as the full moon rose above the Jersey skyline. Multi-instrumentalist Merrill Garbus created drum loops and played a mean ukelele while being assisted by electric bassist Nate Brenner and two saxophonists. With a mixture of numerous genre influences this experimentalist’s eclectic sound made for a performance worthy of fireworks.
The night ended serendipitously with a fireworks show over the Hudson from an unrelated Bastille Day event. Talk about perfect timing.
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Had a photo shoot with Bushwick, Brooklyn’s Jangula today. The guys were great to shoot. The photos are posted in the Music Portraits section:
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Aside from crazy, yet loving poses on the Williamsburg waterfront, and a prospective product endorsement shot for AriZona Ice Tea, an opportunity arose for these lads to use their interpersonal skills and interview people at the Brooklyn Flea. From vendors to bystatnders, the band asked people various questions from describing their fashion style to revealing their favorite all time 70s films or albums. I believe there was even a special guest appearance from Lady Liberty herself, though I don’t remember her being German.
If you took Spanish in high school, you’re also in luck, as one of our interviewees only spoke in Spanish. Barak Kemeny took on that task and showed true professionalism throughout the interview…even when he forgot how to say the word “question” in Spanish. No worries, he got the job done.
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Here’s a video I shot of New York band Jangula performing at the Brooklyn Bowl on Wednesday, 25 May 2011. (Just found out the song is called “Chinese Tea”, temporary title though). While watching this song, I could not help but notice the non-stop motion of snugly fit, white denim-covered legs pumping over and over to the beat of this unknown song. I can’t remember if I was mesmerized or astounded. I just knew I had to capture the constant fluttering seen below.
The song’s not bad either…
Oh yeah, and the kids went crazy (dancing) for it.
(Yeah that’s right, I watermarked the video too.)
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One of the most exciting bands I saw during CMJ played last night at Fontanas in NYC. Viva City’s sound is fast and intense, yet extremely melodic and totally danceable. They have a few more dates before they head back home to Newcastle, England.
Check out “Sound of Youth” video I shot last night, below the pics.
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Viva City “Sound of Youth”
26 Oct 2010 at Fontanas, NYC:
