The So So Glos Home-Coming! w/ Le Rug / Michael Jordan / The Beets / (and maybe…) Fiasco @ Death By Audio
‘Twas the night before the night before Christmas, and all through BK
Not a creature was stirring (because of hangovers - it’s Sunday)
But then -look!- a grey bus appears (two sizes too big)
It’s The Glos all up front, manning that crazy rig
We’ll throw it down at DBA, with The Beets and M.J.
With Le Rug and Fiasco, like we did back in the day
Where there’s dancing and drinking; throwing each other around
Where everyone feels like they’re home, in this noisy town
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My buddies The So So Glos have been away for awhile now. If you wanna check out some of their adventures, they’ve kept a pretty sweet tour blog —> http://www.thesosoglob.blogspot.com/. BUT even better than that would just be coming on out this coming Sunday when they roll back in town for the holidays… IT’S THE LAST RATS OF NIMH PARTY OF THE YEAR! So it honor of people coming home, and all the super fun stuff that’s happened, we’ve also got Torsten Meyer to screen all the fun shows you were at or missed, and I’ve tried to make a little photo ‘zine that I’ll hopefully have enough copies to hand out if you ask, and etc. etc.
Stay warm! It’s easier if we do it together!
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[ MU-ZACH ]*
—> The So So Glos
—–> Le Rug
——-> Michael Jordan
———> The Beets
———–> Fiasco (tent.)
Video Stuff by —> http://www.angelfire.com/wv/x666x/2007.html
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8PM / $5 / ALL AGES!
Sunday, December 23rd
@ Death By Audio <--- http://myspace.com/deathbyaudioshows
[ L > Bedford / JM > Marcy ]
*Band info at the bottom!
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[ ARTWORK ]
Anna Fuenmayor made this poster. It was a bitch to scan because it’s super big, but totally worth every pen detail. If we get our shit together, there may even be some sweet silk-screened posters to take home on Sunday! Her evil twin is also in town now, so watch out! Check out http://sleepwhendeadnyc.com for more info about this and many other upcoming DIY + all ages shows out in Brooklyn. ]
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[ CALENDAR. ]* <--- http://sleepwhendeadnyc.com/calendar/
1/4 —> The Eskalators / Human Host (Baltimore) / Flying Eyes (Baltimore) / Detonate @ Grand Central
1/5 —> The Muggabears / Bottle Up & Go / J.A.C.K. / Caspian @ Grand Central
1/11 -> Franz Nicolay (mem. World Inferno) / Child Ballads / Nanuchka / Emily Brodsky @ The Silent Barn
1/15 -> [ Showpaper Benefit ] Team Robespierre / Future Islands @ maybe super awesomeness spot tba
1/18 —> Titus Andronicus / Dinowalrus
2/15 -> The Can Kickers / Guignol (mem. World Inferno) / Hogzilla @ Death By Audio
3/1 —> Cheveu (France)
3/21 —> Face Of Cain / Red Sails
3/29 -> Jason Anderson (K Records!) / The Wailing Wall (Jesse’s B-day!) / Trevor Wilson (mem. Tall Ships) / Soul Saint Marie
*Check the website for updates…
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[ INFO ]
[ THE SO SO GLOS ]
“Mixing up a sometimes overlooked genre of rock and roll and brash swagger, The So So Glos have recorded one of the best collection of songs (four to be exact) to come along in a while. You can feel and smell the city on their EP, dripping with attitude, fun and angst. The tracks are thick with rhythm and gut deep sentimentality, criss-crossing bombast with gentility. Beginning with a singular siren guitar riff on ‘Black & Blue’ singer Alex Levine belts out The cops put a black boy in back of the car / The pretty people watch it as they strut into the bar. He sings as if being dragged away by thugs, his delivery soulful, like a staggered rally cry. The guitar is playful and pointed, moving along and then going quiet, making a point, supplanted even further by the drumming and a howling chorus of have you got it all figured out? It is fucking blissful, hoarse and brazenly Joe Strummer to boot.” - Bootleg Magazine
—> MySpace <— http://myspace.com/sosoglos
[ 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.” - SleepDead
MySpace —> http://myspace.com/lerug
[ Michael Jordan ]
“Of course, Necking may have deferred any mid-set-wrestling tendencies they might have had seeing as opener Michael Jordan had already covered that ground pretty decisively, as well as doing a pretty thorough job of proving that moshing and singing are not mutually exclusive. While both Michael Jordan and co-openers No One and the Somebodies (the only band I can think of that is currently based in Westchester) created similar levels of noise-rock frenzy, the former came off as more strongly rhythmic (they are one of the growing current crop of bands to make use of dual drummers) and the latter as more melodic (occasionally dropping out the crackle of guitar to allow keyboard arpeggios some room to breath).” - Impose
MySpace —> http://myspace.com/michaeljordanbulls
[ THE BEETS ]
“The band known as The Beets got their start a long time ago when your mother was still a hippie. Juan and Jose would go skinny dipping by themselves every Saturday at Huntsman Woods. Eventually, they introduced themselves to each other. While chatting up a storm as they dried themselves after an afternoon of swimming, Juan and Jose exchanged a mutual liking of music and revealed that they both played instruments. They immediately exchanged AOL screen names. Catchy melodies, two hunks, and the tightest jeans your mother would approve of. Bask in the music of The Beets. Your parents will like them, too. Listen to their songs and feel free to see them the next time they play a show at your house.” - The Beets
MySpace —> http://myspace.com/thebeetsbeat
[ Fiasco ]
“God Loves Fiasco, a 23-song debut on the band’s own Beautiful imprint, is a startlingly good way to get your teenage kicks…. Incendiary guitar work, drum thrashing and perceptive lyrics… echo everyone from a hormone-drenched Sonic Youth to a youthful-sounding Slint. Standout “Nothing to Lose” trods on classic indie rock aesthetic a la Pavement… proving that punk rock and teenage boys go together like PB & J.” - Spin
Website —> http://beautifulrecords.org
MySpace —> http://myspace.com/fiasconewyork
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Come out and get sweaty!
Peas,
The Rats Of NiMH
[ PHOTOS! ] <--- http://sleepwhendeadnyc.com/photos
—> Ecstatic Sunshine! / Dead Herring Show! / Ivy Mansion show! / Pall Mall Jetpack! / The Smell!
[ VIDEO! ] <--- http://youtube.com/user/RatsOfNimh