Artist: Cocoon / Venue: La Maroquinerie (Paris, FR) / Date: 05.22.2009 @ 8:00PM / Genre: Folk/Indie/Acoustic Web: www.myspace.com/listentococoon
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Monday 18 May 2009
Iron & Wine @ Abrons Arts Center (05.18.2008)
By Max on Monday 18 May 2009,
Artist: Iron & Wine / Venue: Abrons Arts Center (New York, NY) / Date: 05.18.2009 @ 8:00PM / Genre: Folk/Indie/Alternative / Web: www.ironandwine.com
Iron & Wine is the stage and recording name of folk rock singer-songwriter, Samuel Beam. He has released three studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo performance). Beam tours with a full band. Beam was raised in South Carolina before moving to Florida to attend school, but now resides outside of Austin, Texas. The name Iron & Wine is taken from a dietary supplement named "Beef Iron & Wine" that he found in a general store while shooting a film.
Thursday 30 April 2009
Peter Bjorn and John / Chairlift @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg (04.30.2009)
By Max on Thursday 30 April 2009,
Artist: Peter Bjorn and John / Chairlift / Venue: Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY) / Date: 04.30.2009 @ 07:30PM / Genre: Pop/Indie/New Wave / Web: www.peterbjornandjohn.com
Peter Bjorn and John is a Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1999 and named after the first names of the band's current members: Peter Morén (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Björn Yttling (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) and John Eriksson (drums, percussion and vocals). They are best known for the 2006 single "Young Folks", which featured Victoria Bergsman, formerly of The Concretes, and was a top 20 hit in the UK Singles Chart. The hit was featured in the 2008 motion picture 21. It was also named NME's second-best track of 2006, beaten only by "Over and Over" by Hot Chip. In Australia it was voted number 16 in the annual Triple J Hottest 100 for 2006.
(Chairlift)
Frequenting late-night jazz shows at the strange Broker Inn on the outskirts of Boulder, CO, Caroline Polachek, Aaron Pfenning and Patrick Wimberly are all mystified by the 1980's faux-gothic architecture. Oak-cabinet aquariums, vacant dance floors, and muffled velveteen booths provide the ideal hypothetical setting for a new breed of pop music. Intent on making music for haunted houses, Chairlift in the summer of 2006. Shortly thereafter, relocating to Brooklyn, the trio further develops their sound into hypnotic yet tongue-in-cheek style, which is apparent in their first single. "Evident Utensil" was called "a charming pop oddity" by the NME, Exclaim! gave it "immediate cult status," and RCRDLBL.com deemed it, "the best single from a Brooklyn band since like TV on the Radio or something."
Monday 27 April 2009
Bowerbirds @ Mercury Lounge (04.27.2009)
By Max on Monday 27 April 2009,
Artist: Bowerbirds / Venue: Mercury Lounge (New York, NY) / Date: 04.27.2009 @ 8:00PM / Genre: Acoustic/Americana/Jungle / Web: www.bowerbirds.org
The Bowerbirds sit on the dividing line between the freak folk contingent led by Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom and the more straightforward sunshine pop of Lavender Diamond: for all the self-conscious quirkiness of their lineup and instrumentation, there's an unfeigned positivity to their music that's refreshingly direct. The roots of the Bowerbirds lie in the Raleigh, NC, indie rock trio Ticonderoga, who were led by singer and guitarist Phil Moore. During the recording of the trio's second album, 2005's The Heilig Levine LP, Moore took a job tracking birds for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, which involved living in a cabin in the Carolina woods, far from civilization. Moore's girlfriend, a visual artist named Beth Tacular (born Beth Salmon) joined him in the cabin to work on her painting; at night, Moore began writing songs influenced by the couple's rustic, natural surroundings. When Ticonderoga split up on tour supporting their second album, Moore and Tacular started their own band, the Bowerbirds, with Tacular teaching herself how to play the accordion and acquiring a marching band-style bass drum to keep rudimentary time.
Saturday 25 April 2009
Travis @ Webster Hall (04.25.2009)
By Max on Saturday 25 April 2009,
Artist: Travis / Venue: Webster Hall (New York, NY) / Date: 04.25.2009 @ 8:00PM / Genre: Indie / Web: www.travisonline.com
Travis are a Scottish alternative rock band from Glasgow, comprising Fran Healy (lead vocals, guitar, piano, banjo), Dougie Payne (bass guitar, backing vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, keyboards, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion). Travis have twice been awarded British album of the year at the annual BRIT Awards, and are often credited with having paved the way for bands such as Coldplay, Keane and Snow Patrol. They have released six studio albums, beginning with their debut, Good Feeling, in 1997. Their latest album, Ode to J. Smith, was released in September 2008, to generally positive reviews.
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