2 x Summer Solstice Parties [ FREE Outdoor Show / SICK Late Night Show ]
It was only a matter of time.
This Thursday, which marks the first official day of Summer (also known as “the day that never ends”), Chief Magazine and Bikes In The Kitchen will be joining forces with The Rats Of NiMH. If you don’t know about Bikes In The Kitchen’s crazy parties, than I don’t know where you’ve been, but I can’t imagine it’s been anywhere half as fun as this.
Point is, we’re dragging out the generators and throwing a show outdoors so ridiculous, we have to keep the location hush-hush just to make sure we get away with everything as planned. 5 bands, and completely fucking FREE. If you RSVP at the Chief Magazine website, the address and info will dropped off for your disposal Wednesday night AND! you’ll get $3 off the kick-ass crazy afterparty at the best kitchen-turned-dancefloor EVER - The Silent Barn.
So mark the calendars and leave work early. This Thursday @ 4PM. The Rats are coming out of the woodwork into the blistering afternoon, and suddenly the rest of the entire summer has changed.
[ DAY BANDS ]
The Bones of Davey Jones
Captain Captain
…ship
Rocket Surgery
Standing Nudes
[ DAY DEETS ]
Thursday, June 21st
@ Secret Outdoor Location
(RSVP for deets!)
FREE!!! / 4PM
[ NIGHT BANDS/DJS ]
Snakes Say Hisss!
Le Rug
Hey Hey
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Mr. Andersonic
Rev. McFly
Dirty Finger
[ NIGHT DEETS ]
Thursday, June 21st
@ The Silent Barn
915 Wyckoff Ave @ Hancock
[ L-Halsey or M-Myrtle/Wyckoff ]
$7 ($4 w/ RSVP) / 8PM
[ Thanks to Chief Magazine for making the flyer, and to C-Lo for being cool. Things are heating up - keep your ear to the ground. Band info after some calendar clues. ]
- Wednesday - July 4th -
The So So Glos / The Ackleys / Tyger Beat @ TBA [ 4TH OF JULY PARTY ]
- Friday - July 13th -
[ THE GREENE GNOME (DIY Art ‘zine!) BENEFIT @ Micheline’s ]
- Saturday - July 28th -
Le Rug [ **NEW** RECORD RELEASE SHOW ]
- Saturday - August 11th -
The Wailing Wall @ Micheline’s
- Monday - August 13th -
Lullatone (from JAPAN!) / Au Revoir Simone
- Monday - August 13th -
Snakes Say Hisss! / The Huxtables [ FAMOUS CLASS TOUR KICK-OFF ]
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[ THE BONES OF DAVEY JONES ]
“Sings nautical songs, sea shanties, anti-warming water-ludes.”
[ CAPTAIN CAPTAIN ]
“Plays nautical songs, sea shanties, anti-warming water-ludes.”
[ …SHIP ]
“Impossibly beautiful vignettes. Life’s dark, mottled underbelly. Suspension. Fragility. Hushed tones. Loudly whispered. Spectral vocals wrapped in a duvet of acoustic guitar with only the piano lamp left on in the corner of the room for comfort. The fidelity emphasis errs towards the lo end, not surprisingly, but this only seems to enhance the art quotient of this beguiling artefact. For people who love songs about houses & cities & rivers & beaches” - Trakmarx (EDIT - this was before they exploded, I think, because things have gotten MUCH louder)
[ ROCKET SURGERY ]
“Rocket Surgery is Joel Kennedy and Mark Ludas. As a mathematical equation it would have at least 4 square roots, some sine and a little bit of a velocity equation in there… in other words, they create a fun and beautiful mixture of scientific sound and flyaway thoughts complete with cool artwork and a strong artistic work ethic. These guys are truly dedicated to moving ahead and trying whatever new things come their way.” - IndieWorksShop.com
[ STANDING NUDES ]
“Standing Nudes are a really great poppy post punk band from Brooklyn who craft wonderfully catchy songs with just the right amount of weirdness. Tipped further towards the pop side of things, with catchy melodies, some wah-wah-ness and noisy modded guitar solos. Pounding toms and shredding guitars. Angular, hooky, weird and ultimately catchy as hell.” - Aquarius Records
[ SNAKES SAY HISSS! ]
“We’re pretty hot. There’s really no way around it,” says Jamie Ayers, the 20-year-old Philadelphia native, sipping Chai tea in a Saratoga coffee shop. Ayers and Sam Skarstad, also 20, met in September 2005 and began writing and recording songs recounting young summers and sexual frustration; since then they have settled into a sound that combines 80s synth pop with a raw contemporary rock and roll feel. “We like neon pink and we like hard work”, Ayers states. After a number of small and scattered releases, Snakes joined up with the boys at Famous Class and decided it was time to create a full-length record; hence the sweaty, sweet “I’ll Be Lovin’ You”, the debut album which was recorded shirtlessly over a period of two weeks in a wooden attic in Philadelphia this summer. “We wanted to create something exclusively for teenage girls. There’s not enough out there for them these days”, says Skarstad, adjusting his cashmere scarf and platinum ski goggles. After four sleepless nights and one nervous breakdown, the album was finished. “The driving synths and heavy beats combine with the spastic live show to create some sort of new experience”, says Ayers, staring longingly at a distant waitress. “We’ve all heard so much about the missing discourse of desire”, he gestures broadly with a flourish of his gaudily bejeweled prosthetic hand, “I think it literally boils down to the fact that everybody is insanely jealous of me.”
[ LE RUG ]
“A pop music exorcism. Ray Weiss (also from Hundred Dollar Elephant and The Medics) channels post-punk fire from somewhere mysterious inside of himself. He must be hollow, because it couldn’t possible fit anywhere else. Double-drum dance solos, electric keyboard freakouts, tearing apart his guitar until he looks like he’s going to vomit - Le Rug starts off every set by doing a nose dive off the roof’s edge, and just keeps gaining speed until the whole room goes splat.”
[ HEY HEY ]
“All we know about Hey Hey is that they’re from Philly, there are four members in the band, and they play dance party music. The sounds are almost completely electronic, except for some live drums, guitar and bass, which adds a nice touch to the synth scribble that’s all over their tracks. Hey Hey pulls a lot from the Roland 808, which means a lot of their sounds come from the 80s, when the 808 and the 909 was the go-to gadget for hip-hop musicians. (It’s still used today.) At some points, Hey Hey sounds like a spazzy Ratatat, or a heavier !!!. The band is all about having a good time, and although their demo sounds like a million ideas fused into one, it’s exactly what the best parties are like – crazy.” -Pulse Weekly
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“Holy electronica, Batman! Providing fresh beats to move your not-so-fresh feet, these guys party like they’re back in the 5th grade. Don’t believe us? Come check them out. Get your hot dance moves ready, bitches.” - (also) Pulse Weekly
[ That’s all! Hope to see you out! ]