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Crystal Castles at The Hollywood Palladium, 10/20/12 5 Nov 2012 4:52 AM (12 years ago)

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Sea and Cake & Matthew Friedberger Live Review Littlefield 10/21/1 23 Oct 2012 5:05 PM (12 years ago)

Matthew Friedberger

 
Archer Prewitt  
 

 
John McEntire

 

Kevchino Presents The Black Swans 23 Aug 2012 8:20 AM (12 years ago)

Kevchino Presents Shilpa Ray, Natureboy, Greene Girl, Melanie Moser 19 Jun 2012 10:02 AM (12 years ago)

Interview with Active Child 18 Jun 2012 7:37 AM (12 years ago)

Will Sergeant (Echo and the Bunnymen) Interview 16 May 2012 5:34 AM (12 years ago)

Tim Needles chats with Echo and the Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant about his art, art shows, Banksy and Mr. Brainwash, and his new solo record, Things Inside.

Grouplove @ The Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA 4/16/12 30 Apr 2012 7:14 AM (12 years ago)

Brain-Cave Day 1 Photos 4/5/12 at The Bell House 9 Apr 2012 8:23 AM (12 years ago)

Cara Bella Presents hosted the second year of the amazing music and art festival called Brain-Cave. This year it was a two day showcase at Park Slope's The Bell House. We sadly only caught the first night which featured the best female fronted Brooklyn bands. NYC Taper was there and hopefully some cool downloads of the bands sets will be available soon.
Jessica Larrabee on vocals and guitar and Andy LaPlant on drums of the Brooklyn duo She Keeps Bees tore it up with a tight as nails set filled with rocking tunes and Jessica's always comedic stage banter.
Saturn Return by She Keeps Bees
The promoter Luis came out for a heartfelt speech and thanked all the bands and the crowd for their support of his amazing Brian-Cave festival he put on with the help of Paper Garden Records.
It was quite a shock to see a violin on stage during Shilpa Ray's set. Her backing band was Caged Animals. Shilpa showcased some new songs she's working on.
Vin of Caged Animals played guitar for Shilpa's set.
Magali Francoise (Caged Animals) played some lovely violin and Patrick Curry (Caged Animals) played some cool beats during Shilpa's set both adding an amazing new dimension to her sound.
It was my time checking out The Family Band and it won't be my last. Singer/guitarist Kim Krans and crew put on an amazing set of stark and moody tunes.
Cold Song by Family Band
Cat Martino played on the side stage and intrigued the audience wtih her amazing voice and her passion for looping a plethora of instruments and building up her angelic songs. Yr Not Alone (new record single) by Cat Martino
Sara Kermanshahi played a very engaging set with her band Natureboy. A lot of tunes from their new album called The Sweep. There set list: Pariah, A Flame, Lexies, Blow To The Head, Sight To See and the amazing Heart To Fool from there debut album.
Pariah by Natureboy
Blast Off! was a real treat a three piece with guitar, drums and keyboards, saxophone who played between two sets on the side stage. They band was amazingly tight and had some very tight jams.
Blast Off!! @ Zebulon 2012. by BlastOff
Fire Horse played a great set of hypnotic psychedelic jams.
She's A River by Firehorse
They had live art being painted during the show.

Mr. Gnome Interview 8 Apr 2012 8:34 PM (12 years ago)

We had a chance to chat with Nicole Barille and Sam Meister, who make up the duo Mr. Gnome, about their current tour, SXSW, tasty treats in Cleveland, Ohio, and their musical influences. Read the interview here.

Cults @ The Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, 03/22/12 30 Mar 2012 9:07 AM (13 years ago)

Landing back in Southern California on tour for their debut album, Cults took the stage at Hollywood's newly re-opened Henry Fonda Theatre like long lost friends back for a visit. It wasn't too hard of a stretch, as they were playing to a packed house of fans seeking their darkly-tinged dream-pop.

As they took the stage in the minimally-projected geometric-light of their tune "Abducted"; they came-on similar to a few shots of Absinthe in a blurry evening: beautiful though disorienting. Sounding like a mix between early 60's girl-groups, Sleigh Bells, and The Jesus and Mary Chain; the band mesmerized from first note to last.

The Manhattan based duo, comprised of Madeline Follin on vocals, and Brian Oblivion on guitar; were joined onstage with a full band's accompaniment - filling-out their live sound. The night's tunes were largely taken from their self titled release, with a few new songs thrown in - not the least of which was a surprisingly good cover of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows."

Their sound presented something a feeling of contradiction. It gave off an enticingly/cute vibe, while simultaneously manifesting a hard-to-define uneasiness. All things combined, Cults were pretty enjoyable & well worth checking out live.

1) Intro/Abducted
2) The Curse
3) Slow Song
4) Most Wanted
5) You Know What I Mean
6) Bumper
7) Never Saw the Point
8) Rave On
9) Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen cover)
10) Walk at Night
11) Go Outside
12) Oh My God

Photo/Review by Clovis IV
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Beach House - New track "Myth" 12 Mar 2012 1:27 PM (13 years ago)

Daughter Mercury Lounge NYC 3/9/12 11 Mar 2012 11:41 AM (13 years ago)

I was very excited to have caught London based band Daughter at Mercury Lounge. It was the bands first headlining show. Singer songwriter Elena Tonra and her guitarist boyfriend Igor Haefeli and new member and drummer Remi Aguilella played all songs from their new EP His Young Heart as well as some great new tracks. "Landfill" and 'Candles" sounded even better live than the recording. Haefeli had quite the guitar alchemists pedal board he even had a foot pedal shown below with which he triggerred bass and keyboard sounds. He broke a string mid set and Tonra played the lovely acoustic "The Woods," while he fixed it. The band played some amazing new material which featuring more bass and drums and keyboards. Each member got to played bass on a track passing around a sparkly silver Dan Electro. The band thanked the New York crowd for being so attentive to their set. Daughter played a amazing show. Unfortunately they had a late start for early slated set and had no time to play an encore which the enthusiastic crowd demanded. Check out some live video's from the show below.

Frankie Rose & Dive Knitting Factory 11 Mar 2012 11:38 AM (13 years ago)

Kevchino.com's Austin Party 3/17/12 in East Austin 14 Feb 2012 8:21 AM (13 years ago)

We're excited to announce we'll be back in Austin this year on Saturday, March 17th in East Austin. Venue to be announced.
This years line up is below and It will run from 1pm till 8pm rotating from Indoor/outdoor stages. The show is FREE and we’ll have a food truck and free beer & drinks. RSVP here.

Line-up: Caged Animals, Mirel Wagner, Parson Redheads, Emily Jane White, Dana Falconberry, Matt Bauer, Laura Gibson, Steffaloo, Y La Bamba, Sea of Bees, Slowdance, Brown Bird and more to be announced.

Teenagers In Heat by CAGED ANIMALS
No Death by Mirel Wagner
Poplar Trees by Matt Bauer
meet me in montauk by steffaloo
Fasting In San Francisco by Y La Bamba
Spell by Slowdance
Fingers To The Bone by Brown Bird
Laura Gibson MP3
Parson Redheads VIDEO
Emily Jane White MP3
Dana Falconberry MP3
Sea of Bees MP3

Kevchino.com's 10 year anniversary celebration Matt Bauer, Dana Falconberry, Natureboy & Prairie Empire 13 Jan 2012 12:08 PM (13 years ago)

Kevchino The Sky Report & Musicology NYC Present

Kevchino.com's 10 year anniversary celebration featuring . . .

Poplar Trees by Matt Bauer

Dana Falconberry “Petoskey Stone” (EP release show)


Heart To Fool by Natureboy

snow by Prairie Empire

DJ Scot Bowman & DJ Kevchino and Easy Lover will be spinning between sets.

Join us for an evening of celebration, bowling and music!

Saturday, January 28th at The Gutter

$8 at the door

The Gutter
200 North 14th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-387-3585
21+

Coachella 2012 Line Up 9 Jan 2012 3:23 PM (13 years ago)

What do you think? I'm so excited about At the Drive-In and Godspeed!

SVE on TV! 6 Jan 2012 6:41 AM (13 years ago)

Natureboy, Easy Lover, Masterface & Young Heel 12 Dec 2011 10:34 AM (13 years ago)

Bleek Records Presents
An intimate evening at a beautiful art space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with
NATUREBOY
Pariah by Natureboy
EASY LOVER

MASTERFACE
Excuse Me Girl by Masterface
YOUNG HEEL
Young Heel by Young Heel

Friday, December 16th 2011 | $5 Cover | 21+

Come see four great artists in the live room, chill out in the lounge, and catch an amazing view of Manhattan upstairs. This space is nothing short of amazing! Plus, free Bleek Records music for all guests!

[The End]
http://theendnyc.com
18 Kent Street
Brooklyn NY 11222

Marissa Nadler Covers Volume II 8 Nov 2011 5:23 AM (13 years ago)

Farewell Angelina (featuring Red Heroine) by marissanadler

Distortions featuring Red Heroine and Faces On Film by marissanadler

Marissa Nadler has been quite productive this year. She released her beautiful self titled album, toured the US and Europe is in the studio working on a new winter release. Well if that wasn't enough, she just released Covers Volume II: which features covers of Leonard Cohen, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, The Magnetic Fields and more. Covers Volume II also features two guests vocalists Face on The Film's Mike Fiore and Red Heroine.

click here to get a copy of the 13-song covers collection.

Covers Volume II:

01 Winter Lady [Leonard Cohen cover]
02 Learning to Fly [Tom Petty cover]
03 Birds [Neil Young cover]
04 Farewell Angelina [Bob Dylan cover]
05 You Don't Miss Your Water [William Bell cover]
06 The River [Bruce Springsteen cover]
07 Motel Blues [Loudon Wainwright III cover]
08 Distortions [Clinic cover]
09 Sara [Bob Dylan cover]
10 The Book of Love [The Magnetic Fields cover]
11 Avalanche [Leonard Cohen cover]
12 All My Trials [Traditional]
13 I'll Be Here in the Morning [Townes Van Zandt cover]

Stop the Virgens - St. Ann’s Warehouse - Brooklyn NY 28 Oct 2011 5:27 PM (13 years ago)

The cool night air flowed through the dark Brooklyn warehouse, packed to its fully exposed rafters as the blonde-wigged troupe of “virgens” took their places—be it onstage or amongst the audience—and let loose a divine chorus of lamenting love ballads and ’60s rock ’n’ roll dance numbers complete with formation dance moves and multi-nippled costumes.

The numerous virgens—appearing not unlike the children in Village of the Damned—seemed to be under the spell of two nun/witch type figures reminiscent of the Princess Mombi of Return to Oz, donned with large black oval-shaped head gear and equally as evil makeup and glaring scowls. Amidst all of this rose the cobweb-covered Viking horn- / microphone-wielding Karen O, eventually being tousled and torn about by said virgens to reveal a beautiful long-robed goddess-like figure, resembling a more elaborately dressed Tripitaka from Monkey Magic.

Unfortunately, that’s pretty much the end of my story line review, as after that, I had basically no idea what was going on. At a guess, it seemed Karen O and the two nun/witches seemed to be in an eternal battle for the virgens’ souls, and—surprise, surprise—it was Karen O who won out in the end, as the virgen slaves fell at her feet, spurting blood from their mouths and all down their pretty white frocks, to then be resurrected by song and purged of their evil sins. Or something.

All this aside, it was a production of immense quality and creativity seven years in the making, with lavish and wonderfully eccentric costumes (courtesy of Karen O's longtime costume designer, Christiane Hultquist, aka Christian Joy), haunting and inspiring audio, visuals, and production, and an epic soundtrack that has to be heard to be believed. I must say this was the standout for me—the music was uniquely original, emotional, fun, daring, and perfectly paired with the goings-on onstage. And with musical performers such as Nick Zinner, Money Mark, and Brian Chase in the wings, you can’t really go wrong, can you?

Plus, rather than heading to your usual live music haunt on Manhattan to spend a fortune on drinks and watch your latest obsession churn out their greatest hits, it was a refreshing change to journey to a warehouse beneath the scenic Brooklyn Bridge to see a show I could never imagine and may never see the likes of again. Let it inspire us all, as it should do, to throw off our run-of-the-mill creative shackles and release them into the wild as nature intended.

by Meredith Webb

Anika, 10/22/11 @ The Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA 24 Oct 2011 7:38 AM (13 years ago)

On her first ever appearance in Los Angeles; Anika played with her full band to a full house at The Echolpex - in the sketchy gone hipster neighborhood of Echo Park in Los Angeles. The sounds were among the experimental edges between Nico/VU, Slowdive, Laurie Anderson, and Ladytron, with backdrops spun out of electronica and trip-hop. The latter part not being surprising, as Portishead's Geoff Barrow became a musical collaborator with Anika, once she started looking for like-minded musical souls in her home-town of Bristol, by way of Berlin.

The night's tunes were largely taken from Anika's self titled release, with a few surprises thrown in. In mood and sound, the songs gave off a somewhat uneasy feeling: familiar, yet having an discordant and groove oriented texture, with the vocals sounding eerie and distant, all at the same time. Some of the high points were her stand out songs "I'm Not There,"  "He Needs Me," and last but certainly not least her song "Yang Yang" which reminded me of a dream of being abducted by aliens - though that's another story entirely. Her entire set had the simultaneous traits of making you slightly uneasy, but leaving you want more - a very interesting combination.

During the encore Anika gave the audience an unexpected treat, by way of performing a stylized interpretation of Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime." Very cool & over too soon. Next time.....

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Live Dates
Oct 22 - Los Angeles
Oct 23 - El Paso, TX
Oct 25 - Austin, TX
Oct 26 - New Orleans
Oct 28 - Asheville, NC

Peter, Bjorn & John, 10/05 @ El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles 19 Oct 2011 9:54 AM (13 years ago)

Peter Bjorn & John seem to have single-handedly created a Swedish musical invasion, with their "All You Can Eat" tour, in support of their latest album Gimme Some. After taking over New York, the band continued on their cross-country journey to Los Angeles; with four sold-out LA concerts at different venues, an art opening, and a food truck event. Peter, Bjorn & John succeeded in garnering countless new devotees - in a big way. Culminating their week-long stay in the city of angels, was their concert at The El Rey Theatre. This visit looks like it's cementing the band Sweden's most visible export --- move over Ikea, Volvo, & Abba.

Illuminated in the projected light of the Swedish flag; Peter Bjorn & John, launched their set with the epic anthem-esque sounding "Tomorrow has to Wait," and followed up with a myriad of equally catchy tunes from their latest album Gimme Some, as well as previous releases: Writer's Block and Living Thing, all the way back to the early 00's. The band for those who aren't entirely familiar yet is composed of Peter Morén on vocals & guitar; Björn Yttling on vocals & bass; and John Eriksson on drums & vocals.

Further into the set, when the trio went into "Eyes" from the new album. With it's 50's-esque memorable guitar riffs, they had the audience dancing and bouncing all over the place.  Peter did his best Euro-Elvis guitar playing/singing/jumping/shaking, while Bjorn played it more cool and collected - right out out of a Wes Anderson movie (ala Richie Tenenbaum w/beard), and John just seemed incredibly bubbly - more-so than most drummers not furry and on the Muppets.

With full visual accompaniment of random and amusing projector-art behind the band & a crazy looking bearded guy at the left back of the stage with giant three-thumbed blue hands, the band was quirky but very cool. One interesting thing about seeing the boys from Stockholm, having only limited knowledge of them before (yes, the whistling song); It was intriguing that their repertoire had so many nuances and different parts of it's personality. Flowing from one infectiously upbeat indie-tune to another; the band's sojourn in Los Angeles served as a kind of indie-pop musical-trinity, seeking converts. They hit the streets, setting the city's music enthusiast's feet to tapping.

Highlights of the show included the mellow/quirky tune "Amsterdam," the amusingly sarcastic "Lay it Down" from Living Thing, and the ubiquitously catchy whistling song "Young Folks." The last of which, Peter proceeded to jump down while whistling/singing and venture far into the audience - dancing and connecting with their new converts as well as long-time fans. While cheeky at points and rockin' at others, the Swedish trio's tunes and odd-antics made the band real crowd pleasers! In short, they're well worth checking out live, as well as giving a listed to their latest album: Gimme Some...

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Marissa Nadler & Cat Martino UK tour videos 19 Oct 2011 9:39 AM (13 years ago)

Marissa Nadler and Cat Martino just completed a UK tour together. I came across these videos of the two working together and thought I'd share. Cat Martino has sung with Sharon Van Etten and Sufjan Stevens and is getting ready to release an amazing solo album. Marissa is heading back to Europe for some more dates in late November in support of her amazing eponymous record. You can read our review of it here.

26/11/11 : De Statenzaal - Zwolle (NL)
27/11/11 : Le Guess Who – Utrecht (NL)
27/11/11 : Autumn Falls festival @ Botanique – Brussel
28/11/11 : Grammatikoff – Duisburg (D)
29/11/11 : Dachauer Kultur-Schranne – Dachau (D)







winter lady by marissanadler

Yr Not Alone by Cat Martino

Kevchino interviews the Lightman twins about Tasseomancy 17 Oct 2011 1:55 PM (13 years ago)

I met up with Tasseomancy’s twin sisters, Sari and Romy Lightman, backstage at the Bowery Ballroom after a sound check for another music project they’re working on with Austra, whom they met at surf camp. We spoke of some differences between Halifax and Toronto (where they are from), the very moving history of their great-great-grandmother, how Edgar Allen Poe had an influence on their new record, and then the sisters sat down and took a brief quiz. Read the interview here.

Healthy Hands (will mourn you) by Tasseomancy