photo courtesy Los Basement
The evening opened with the hazy absurdist tunes of one Mr. Jimbo Farias aka. Los Basement. If you aren't already familiar with his music, you soon will be, as he is one of our favorite New York City via Austin transplants, who's offbeat acoustic guitar pitted against his twisted but sincerely imaginative lyrics ("I haven't seen you in a while, don't you know? I'm still watering your plants...") will be sure to make its way onto your electronic listening devices and spring mix tapes (especially if we here at ASC have any say in the matter!) He played a mix of old and new songs, a cover or two (here's 4 and a half thumbs up to his stripped down rendition of Pavement's "Shady Lane") as this young man is incredibly prolific. (with cd's sometimes in excess of 15-20 tracks, marrying his brand of outsider pop with sonically experimental noise collages) leaving us fans, whistling and a'singin' along.
photo courtesy Elizabeth Harper
Following Los Basement, the lights were turned down, transitioning the evening out of the absurd and into straight up sexy. Elizabeth Harper and the Matinee left the crowd swooning with a tight performance of songs, playing select cuts from her first album, as well as introducing newer material from her forthcoming record, which she's worked on and produced with members of Violens, and is due for release soon. We agree with the L magazine when we say, its hard to understand why she and the Matinee aren't already superstars, as her Gotham city flavored Smiths meets New Order sensual jangly shimmer pop is exactly what hipsters and music aficianados alike generally eat up. Keep an eye and ear out for new jamz to come.
photo courtesy Stereoactivenyc
House cadets, pow wow! came on after, with this show being the highlight of having 3 new york city dates almost back to back this week. Not an easy feat for just any newcomers to the New York City scene, pow wow! delivered a mind blowing set of originals, getting the entire room, (which by this point was near packed) rocking and a-reeling. With the help of a few good friends up front, and a undeniable energy which the kids undoubtedly fed off of, the crowd was riled up with hands in the air, and hips shaking to their shambly indie-retro-pop-soul music, which by comparison to their recordings, is an altogether different experience live, faster and more explosive than one might come to expect.
photo courtesy Soundbites
and Lastly but certainly not least, we must reiterate our love for My Teenage Stride. They kept us all entertained and dancing for the entirety of their set, filling the in betweens with silly jokes ("Thank you, we're Megadeth") and finishing out their performance with a double, count them, TWO TIMES, an encore, thanks to the fans belligerent pleas for "ONE MORE SONGGGGG"
Be sure to check out all of the bands on myspace,
as well as other blogs reviews of the show.
one more note: Thank you so much to in-house artist, Ms. Lauren Fatzinger for providing the magically colorful (and explosive!) backdrop for the event! it was beeee-oooo-tiful.
GREAT SUCCESS! We'll see ya'll in may :D
http://myspace.com/sunandflowers
http://myspace.com/elizabethharper
http://myspace.com/powwownyc
http://myspace.com/myteenagestride
http://www.laurenfatzinger.com
Other reviews:
Soundbites
StereoactiveNYC
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