The Loom, Hexa, U.S. Girls & more tonight
The Loom: Song for the Winter Sun
Gunfight: All You Need
Emanuel and the Fear: Dear Friend
Merrady: California
Hexa: Masked
The Vanguard: Rio
U.S. Girls: Prove It All Right
Flaming Fire: Natural Light Catastrophe
Leo My Ego: Hipster Girl
Beluga: Disco Show
Buckets of Bile: Birthday
Ric Leichtung: O Lightning
Les Sans Culottes: La Semaine A Deux Jeudis
Soulwax: You Can’t Always Get What You Need (The Rolling Stones remix)
French Kicks: Also Ran
Headlights: Cherry Tulips
Does It Offend You, Yeah?: We Are Rockstars
There’s a lot of new music that leaps at the opportunity of stylization as we all toss and turn around what “originality” may mean to us after having to bear the back-breaking weight of grand inheritance. Personally I enjoy the Dan Deacons and the Ninjasoniks, and all of that madness from Baltimore, but within the framework of older traditions, it’s always interesting to hear how newer bands are finding their voices. Emanuel And The Fear, The Loom, and Merrady are showcasing some of this at Rehab. Emanuel and his 10-piece band have kind of a celebratory vibe; with the EP At Last Light, The Loom has found itself with all its warmth and sincerity, though our hard-at-work NYC Taper insists the live shows are even better–download his recording of a previous The Loom show; and Ms. Merrady Phipps has a gorgeous voice, though for now we have only hints of what she will do with it eventually. They are all playing with The Vanguard tonight.
Many more cool bands are playing, continue after the jump.
