FRIDAY (6/22/12)
Math the Band (Providence, RI)
"Math the Band is a electro-punk spazz duo from Providence, RI. They
use a combination of old video game systems, analog synthesizers and
energy drinks to make the fastest, loudest, most party-est music they
can imagine. They've only cracked their head open on stage ONCE."
Hop Along (Philadelphia, PA)
"Hop Along have just released their first full length as a band. It's called "'Get Disowned.'"
Toothaches (Brooklyn, NY)
Ava Luna (Brooklyn, NY)
Eskalators (Brooklyn, NY)
"a mix of sophomoric psuedo-intellectual lyrics and clumsy instrumentation that would embarrass even a third-rate Bar Mitzvah band."
Sports Bar (Richmond, VA)
"Garage punk with a rotating lineup out of Richmond VA."
No Courage (Brooklyn, NY)
"The point is not easily missed. No makeup. No gimmicks. No bullshit. NO COURAGE!"
ZEBU! (USA)
"ZEBU! is the greatest two piece that has ever lived. Ever."
Heaven's Gate (Brooklyn, NY)
HONEY (Western Massachusetts)
Sharpless (Brooklyn, NY / Chicago, IL)
"Jack Greenleaf and his best friends make wall-of-sound anthemic pop-rock."
Great Smokey (Western Massachusetts)
The N'ere Dowells (Brooklyn, New York)
"Four friends from Brooklyn, back to mono."
SATURDAY BLOCK PARTY (6/23/12)
The Suzan (NY / Tokyo)
"The Suzan is the band formed by four Japanese girls from Tokyo."
Swear and Shake (Brooklyn, NY)
"Adam and Kari write songs together, Tom and Shaun make it sound big."
The Honey Dos (Brooklyn, NY)
"The Honey Dos are like sisters with two dads from San Francisco."
Pree (Washington, DC)
"Pree combines a wide variety of folk instrumentation with electric and digital elements to create a unique sound brimming with layered melodies and contagious energy."
Hilly Eye (Brooklyn, NY)
"Hilly Eye is Amy Klein (guitars, vocals) and Catherine Tung (drums, vocals)."
Itchy Hearts (Brooklyn, NY / Richmond, VA)
"Imagine if Paul Westerberg and Townes had a drinking contest."
Milk Dick (Brooklyn, NY)
Chroma (Jacksonville, FL)
Marra Barr (Brooklyn, NY)
Il Abanico (Bed Stuy, NY)
"il abanico is an aggressive outburst of innovative melodies, an upbeat rhythm section and unorthodox guitars."
Life Size Maps (Brooklyn, NY)
Osekre & The Lucky Bastards (Brooklyn, NY)
"Afropop meets rock n roll"
What Next? (Brooklyn, NY)
The Sanctuaries (Brooklyn, NY)
Nikhil P. Yerawadekar & Low Mentality
SATURDAY AFTER PARTY (6/23/12)
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! (Murfreesboro, TN)
"the world's sweatiest band!"
Sega Genocide (Columbus, OH)
Twitchers (Brooklyn, NY)
NUCLEAR SANTA CLAUST (Brooklyn, NY)
"Cold War Rock Power Trio"
SUNDAY (6/24/12)
Archipelago (Brooklyn, NY)
"Single and loving it."
ACLU Benefit (Salem, MA)
"Noah Britton is autistic, hilarious, and generally a bad-ass with a heart the size - unpredictability and frightening velocity - of an exploding planet.” - Amanda Palmer, Dresden Dolls
Emilyn Brodsky
Sons of An Illustrious Father (Hudson Valley, NY)
"Sweet enough to make Tom Waits cry, mean enough to beat up CSNY."
Modern Hut (New Brunswick, NJ)
"Thoroughly modern."
Drew & the Medicinal Pen (Brooklyn, NY)
Billy Libby (Brooklyn, NY / Portland, ME)
"Ethereal but pop - happy but sad - a cross between the two feelings you get when seeing a kid marveling at a creature they discovered in the grass, and seeing an old person eating alone."
Small Wonder (NYC)
"Songs for all of us"
Cave Cricket
