Dark Dark Dark’s Nona Marie Invie (accordion/keys/voice), Marshall LaCount (banjo/voice) and Todd Chandler (upright bass) will be joined by Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Walt McClements (trumpet) for a special performance at the super intimate Sycamore on July 9.
You know how I always say their shows make you think you’re on some sort of a boat? Well prepare to sway and float on imaginary waves of far-reaching and heart-crunching dark-chocolate flavors of bitterness and sweetness of melodies and words (!), because it’ll be Nona Marie’s and Marshall’s already superbly complimentary and forlorn voices booming in that boat of a room to the tides and yearnings of Walt’s trumpet and the murmurs of Todd’s bass! Come on out with an emotionally able heart then, won’t you? It’s $10 at the door.
A mix of light rain and resolute sunshine led to a rainbow over Brooklyn while These United States was playing. Back home this kind of weather means a fox wedding. It was kind of perfect. Lots of people were out. Someone lent me a towel to wipe my wet chair with. That was nice.
I was psyched to learn yesterday that The Tallest Man on Earth has run out of his last vinyl press of Shallow Grave (which included a 4-track 7″ of his self-titled EP). Well done, fans! I’m super thrilled because I remember holding my copy when I bought it and thinking, this is the one vinyl I’m most glad to own; my idea of a perfect record, with foot taps and all; if I were to use one word, it’d be “courage”. Think about it. A man from Sweden writing folky songs in English, with nothing but a guitar, and sometimes a banjo, finishing them up in a home-recorded style, and putting out a US-release on a small run of vinyl. It’s kind of an F.U. to the state of the music industry, if you ask me.
Thanks so much to everyone who came out, especially the fabulous bands who played, and to Trophy Bar for hosting the whole madness. I know everyone I invited to play were some of my favorites, so of course I was thrilled more than anybody else to see them all at one place, but I was extra excited because they all played incredibly strong sets. A ton of pictures are posted here with helpful captions, and we filmed pretty much the whole thing, so video will come soon too! All pics were taken by me (Sarahana), except where noted.
Yes, yes, I’m very well aware that you are tired of that word “Northside” by now, especially if you don’t even live in Brooklyn. Bear with me, though: the show is tomorrow, it’s for FREE, and some of the hardest working, most awesomely talented bands are playing, so I just want to give ‘em as much pre-show love as possible, in asking you for during-the-show love.
Definitely come EARLY! Afuche has prepared a ‘head fuck’ for you. There will be a group of interpretive dancers, the band’s very own ‘Afuchitas’. Tune-Yards will play next, and if you have seen our video of her, you know that she rocks. What it means is you’re getting Afuche, Tune-Yards and the very handsome trio bearing Luke Winslow-King’s name in the first hour and a half. And if you’ve seen our video of that trio, you know it’s a very handsome trio indeed. It’s a highly recommended first hour and a half, is all I’m saying.
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