31st
“ethereal elegance, smoldering distortion, fuzzy psych-pop, analogue synthpop, ”
4 bands come together for an exciting night of music at the newly opened MOJO Main in Newark, Delaware.
Friday 24 September 2010
Dead Leaf Echo,The Sky Drops, Screen Vinyl Image, and Ports of Call
MOJO Main
270 East Main Street
Newark, DE 19711
21+
Dead Leaf Echo (Brooklyn, NY)
DLE is a Nouveau Wave voice of emotion wrapped in lyrical intrigue and swirling movement. Lines shift from point to plane as DLE plays their next show in complete electric formation. Fresh and unreleased material from their new upcoming release “Truth” out on 2&1 Records this fall.
The Sky Drops (Wilmington, DE)
The Sky Drops are gaze-grunge duo Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette. This Delaware twosome unearth a superforce of guitar, drums and vocals. “a guy and a girl who make this big noise that falls somewhere between My Bloody Valentine and the Carpenters, but with a more handcrafted sound.” -Rob Cherry
Screen Vinyl Image (Washington DC)
Screen Vinyl Image debut with a blend of electronica and psychedelia creating a sound that is fresh and intense. Swarming with heavy samples, Blade Runner era synths, and echoed guitars and vocals, the music here is ever expanding atop an array of beats ranging from the darkest moments of Suicide & The Jesus and Mary Chain to the deep grooves of early Hank Shocklee productions, dub, and Can era kraut.
Ports of Call (Philadelphia, PA)
“Philadelphia five-piece Ports of Call aren’t the first band to bathe in the tuneful shoegaze jangling of Ride, but they’ve soaked up the influences to nice effect. On “Washout”, from their self-released Like Thieves…, some wobbly guitar strums,smoldering distortion, and faraway warbles surround a measured bass line, cymbals splashing right behind them. Thomas Mosher, on guitar, and Carolynne McNeel—who plays guitars, violins and keyboards in the group– trade sweet, C86-ready nothings in duet, their whispery voices barely emerging above the din.”-Pitchfork
23rd
Below is a reprinting of an Interview done in English with Brazilian Fanzine “The Blog that Celebrates Itself”
Link to full Interview with English and Portuguese versions here-Brazilian Interview
Elegance, perhaps the best definition for the sound of this great Dead Leaf Echo elegance combined with an absurd ability to create real pearls in the form of music, few bands nowadays manage to combine poetry, shoegazer, post punk without being easily labeled, but Dead Leaf Echo case of perfection this side of the L, G vocals, guitars, bass, Ana B., vocals, guitars, effects, J. Parker, bateria e Christo Buffam, guitarras e efeitos, com 3 eps fantasticos no curriculo, Faint Violet Whiff, Pale Fire e Truth o culto tende a aumentar gradativamente, e para ilustrar um pouco mais toda a classe do Dead Leaf Echo nada melhor do que dar a palavra aos proprios, aqui o TBTCI coloca versões em inglês e portugues, cortesia do proprio Dead Leaf Echo. Parker, drums and Christo Buffa, guitars and effects, with 3 eps fantastic in curriculum, Faint Violet Whiff, Pale Fire and Truth cult tends to increase gradually, and to illustrate a little more whole class of Dead Leaf Echo’s nothing better than giving the floor to own, here puts TBTCI versions in English and Portuguese, courtesy of Own Dead Leaf Echo.
***** Interview with Dead Leaf Echo ***** *
Q. When the band starts?tell us Dead Leaf Echo history…
A- In opening decade of the 21st century, post 9-11, someone passed a copy of Lolita to an impressionable group of art students. After absorbing it they all walked away with an impassioned response to inform the world of the cruelty of love. Dead Leaf Echo is one of those responses.
Q: What are the band´s influences?
A- Kandinsky on Phosphorescence, Malbec by Candlelight, Camus under Sunlight.
Q: Tell us about the Dead Leaf Echo´s gigs…?
A- Massive db’s of sound…… pushing Fender Twins past 3………vocals that spin in the pool of burning desire churning out empirical knowledge of the human condition……while deep underneath bass,drums and guitars intertwine into one musical being.
Q: Tell us about the process of recording the eps, what´s the different between Truth from the others ones?
A-We recorded “Truth” with John Fryer as opposed to not recording with him on the previous records. But also it’s a concept record just as the other records. It’s a consideration of how everyone is dealing with the idea of Truth at all times and this record was about exploring all the different levels of what it means and the reactions to it.
Q. What do you think about the shoegazer classic era?
A-What is perceived today is far removed than what actually happened and digested at the time. Such is the way with history. Every band from that era has tried in one form or the other to escape the dreaded gaze tag. Things just never work out when your looking down.
Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
A-Spoonfed Hybrid
Q: Which new bands you recommended?
A- Slowness from SF, The Sky Drop from DE, Me You Us Them and all of our great friends from NYC, DC and Boston.
Q: What´s the plans for future….new records, a tour.
A- We have our record “Truth” which will come out in October on 2&1 Records as well as a 7″ “Half-Truth” on Custom Made. Hopefully Brazil will be our future.
Q: Any parting words?
A- You can never stay too humble. We’re only human beings not gods, sometimes people forget that. Hope to see you in Florianopolis.
Thanks LG…it´s a pleasure….your friend Renato Malizia
26th
….Continuing the theme of shoegaze influence, Brooklyn-based Dead Leaf Echo (playing live as a five-piece) were on next with a pleasing set of mellow dream-pop songs. Recalling the sounds of Pale Saints, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins and early Lush, Dead Leaf Echo’s atmospheric songs feature shimmery and swirling guitars, breezy melodies and the gentle, melancholic vocals of lead singer/guitarist LG. The band usually performs with screen projections behind them but, likely owing to the size of the stage, the projector on this night was aimed directly at LG, making for some interesting visual effects. Dead Leaf Echo kicked off with a newer song, “Half Truth,” and the set included “Cry The Sea” and “Poison Lips” before coming to a climactic conclusion with the Ulrich Schnauss mixed “Pale Fire.” The band is set to release a third album, Truth (2&1 Records) in October.
-Teresa Sampson
Read Full Article Here-
Setimentalist
14th
Tuesday July 20th
The Silent Barn
915 Wyckoff Ave.
Ridgewood, Queens
11385
Dead Leaf Echo
DLE is a Nouveau Wave voice of emotion wrapped in lyrical intrigue and swirling movement. Lines shift from point to plane as DLE plays their next show in complete electric formation. Fresh and unreleased material from their new upcoming release “Truth” out on 2&1 Records this fall.
Me You Us Them
RIght angle riffs come from this Brooklyn Band mixing heavy indie post-rock with shoegaze textures.
Bloody Knives
Texas’s Bloody Knives mesh Electro with Punk and Techno to create a chaotic sound of burning embers.
06th
Friday July 16th
The Pilam
3914 Spruce St.
Philadelphia PA. 19104
Dead Leaf Echo-
DLE is a Nouveau Wave voice of emotion wrapped in lyrical intrigue and swirling movement. Lines shift from point to plane as DLE plays their next show in complete electric formation. Fresh and unreleased material from their new upcoming release “Truth” out on 2&1 Records this fall.
The Sky Drops-(DE)
The Sky Drops is a boy/girl duo that creates a sonic foundation that is greater than the sum of their parts. Harmonies fall from the sky as guitars lace the boundaries of their palatable aural equation.
Ports of Call
Philly’s own Ports of Call creates a waterfall of sound that comes crashing in through yearning vocals and driving rhythms that result in catatonic results.
Acid Kicks
Experimental Punk Rock. 3 Bass+1 drummer=Dream Punk
18th
July 2nd MMX
Pianos
158 Ludlow
New York, NY. 10002
212.505.3733
Dead Leaf Echo 10PM
Slowness (CA.) 9PM
Postcards (Montreal) 8PM
Dead Leaf Echo
DLE is a Nouveau Wave voice of emotion wrapped in lyrical intrigue and swirling movement. Lines shift from point to plane as DLE plays their next show in complete electric formation. Fresh and unreleased material from their new upcoming release “Truth” out on 2&1 Records this fall.
Slowness (Formally Past/Future)
SF’s new indie fashion Slowness comes though the fog in a radiant beam of soothing audio adjustment. Their 1st ever NYC show. On tour now over the USA.
Postcards
Montreal’s Postcards come down south for some sun on a small East Coast Tour. Think vibrant keyboards that mix Magnetic Fields and a slow gin fizz. A Fixture Records band.
14th
Some dark memories from our show last week at Lit.
Thanks to John Fryer for DJing.
All photos by A.Berger
01st
A special night of music Wednesday June 9th
at Lit Lounge
We will perform an electronic set of new songs and remixes from “Truth”
Great Brooklyn bands Telenovelas, Sunshine Orphans and Photon Dynamo to perform.
Famous British Producer John Fryer will be there to spin all the classics.
$6
Doors at 8
Sunshine Orphans-8PM
Telenovelas-9PM
Dead Leaf Echo (Electronic Set)-10PM
Photon Dynamo and the Shiny Pieces-11PM
John Fryer to DJ after DLE performance.
20th
We taped this past week a radio show for 91.5 titled the “The B-sides”
5 songs from the new album plus an Interview.
Live on the air in July. Details to follow.
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