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> Ponytail <
> Pocahaunted <
> Woods <
> Robedoor <
> Pink Reason <

$8 / ALL AGES / 8PM

Friday, June 20th
@ LESS ARTISTS / MORE CONDOS
132 W 3rd (above The Fat Black Pussy Cat)

[ A/B/C/D/E/F/V - W 4th St ]

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[ PONYTAIL ]
Truly one of the majors in the first wave of important players recently to emerge out of Baltimore — along with Dan Deacon, Videohippos, Ecstatic Sunshine, and Beach House — the Charm City quartet has spent three years incessantly playing all-ages, d.i.y. shows, as well as touring with Battles, the Death Set, and most recently, Joan of Arc. Ponytail has refined a distinctive sound that is as chaotic as melody can get, short of becoming noise. The tight ensemble shreds out one musical celebration after the next, largely staying true to an indefinable blend of shimmering beat-driven pop, psychedelic jamming set on fast-fast-forward, and Molly Siegel’s potentially karate-inspired shrieks, trills, and airy vocalizations. This one’s for second generation Deerhoof fans, totally bizarre but unwaveringly confident, seamlessly tight but nail-bitingly spontaneous. Ablaze from start to finish with chiming dueling guitar hooks (the inimitable Dustin Wong co-founded the duo Ecstatic Sunshine) and all-out, math-y attacks driven by Jeremy Hyman’s uncurbed, survival-style drumming. Ice Cream Spiritual slays, but good-naturedly and light-heartedly; is totally far-out yet super accessible; and is THE quintessential record of the year to give you an idea of what the hell the kids are doing in those rad, smelly basements anyway!
’space —> http://myspace.com/jreamteam
Site —> http://jeremyhyman.com/

[ POCAHAUNTED ]
All you really need to know is locked in the beautiful tones and daunting noises. Generally speaking, Pocahaunted trades in more ethereal seances, while Robedoor are more given to monolithic mega-drones, but both seem capable of either and a lot more. What they have most in common is a wide-open sense of space and time, and a beautiful ability to let their music grow and expand to ideal fruition.
’space —> http://myspace.com/pocahaunted
Label —> http://notnotfun.com/pocahaunted/

[ WOODS ]
“Red Records #2… Newest incarnation of nyc’s wondrous woods, as the trio of jeremy earl, jarvis taveniere, and g lucas crane. For sure the finest yet from these folks… lysergic & infectiously bent acidfolk mashed into faust IV style electronically dosed pop grooving, all awash in odd studio effects, motorik percussion, cracked fuzz, unique vocal gush, twisted lyrics, and burning psych jams… plus enough sweet hooks to get yr next freakout party moving right. hell yes, its a wicked one…” – Time-Lag
’space —> http://myspace.com/woodsfamilyband
Label —> http://fuckittapes.com/woods.htm

[ ROBEDOOR ]
Forever entangled with Pocahaunted…
Site —> http://notnotfun.com/robedoor.htm

[ PINK REASON ]
“I’ve seen Pink Reason four times in five months and never has the lineup been the same, nor the sound or feel or attitude. In fact all four times have been drastically different”
’space —> http://myspace.com/secondculture

—[ AND! ]—

> Boogie Boarder <
> Silverghost <
> Darlings <
> dj Maxwell57 <

$7 / ALL AGES / 8PM

Saturday, June 21st
@ THE BODEGA
1089 Broadway (next to Goodbye Blue Monday)

[ J - Koscuiszko ]

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[ BOOGIE BOARDER ]
The re-return of another brilliant Famous Class project.
’space —> http://myspace.com/boogieboardertheband
Label —> http://famousclass.com/

[ SILVERGHOST ]
“When Marcie Bolen left the Von Bondies, we’re sure a gaggle of creepy dudes got reverse boners. The good news is that the VB’s are still going strong with a new lineup, and that our little red-headed vixen is continuing to make a racket with a couple of new bands, Silverghost being one of them. Teaming up with drummer-cum-keyboardist Deleano Acevedo (who also plays with her in the no wave troupe F*Ke Blood), Bolen wastes no time getting her guitar-pop on, reminding us that it was her foundation-laying riffs and coy background vocals that helped drive “C’Mon C’mon” into our skulls in the first place. With Silverghost, we get Bolen front and center, charming us like a young Molly Ringwald with an SG strapped to her back.”
’space —> http://myspace.com/silverghostmusic

[ DARLINGS ]
“Local garage rockers.” – The New Yorker
’space —> http://myspace.com/darlingsokay