“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
….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
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Setimentalist
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.
Next Show will be at Santos Party House on Wednesday April 7th.
Also playing will be post-punk bands Autodrone and Revel Hotel.
Door at 8PM
Santos Party House
96 Lafayette St.
New York, NY. 10013
N,R,Q,W,6,J,M,Z to Canal St.
$10
Tickets can be purchased here-TicketWeb
A new page has been added to the website. If you click above in the header under “Stills” you can view 2 different flash galleries, one of Film stills of the band and one of digital. These are both new and older shots from over the years.
LG curates a music video night next Saturday at Brooklyn Gallery/Exhibition Space “Vaudeville Park”
Details below. We will perform a short electronic set featuring remixes and new songs.
Lima, Peru’s Resplandor will also perform.
“Screen Washed”
A NYC Neo-Shoegaze Video Debut Night.
Video Debuts by Emil from Serena Maneesh, Panda Riot, Pia Fraus, Screen Vinyl Image, The Sky Drops, Insect Guide, Autorotation, Tears Run Rings, Highspire, Soundpool, The High Violets, The Fauns, Fleeting Joys, If When and Elika.
With Special Live Performances from Dead Leaf Echo and Resplendor.
Spectacular Cocktails to “Blur” your senses served free with $6 admission.
All ages, 21 and over to drink
Saturday, March 13th, 7-10pm
Vaudville Park
26 Bushwick ave at Devoe, L train to Graham ave
(www.vaudvillepark.com)
Screen Vinyl Image showed us a great time in DC and Virginia last weekend. In DC, the Velvet Lounge was a sensory blur of a show as visuals/sounds emanated from the stage and both Ceremony and Last Tide played great sets. Screen Vinyl closed the night with new tunes…..down to VA on Saturday for the Custom Made Showcase. Shared the stage with SVI again and Ex-Ultracindy singer Joshua Kraemer’s band Pan Am Down. Film Stills to follow………
Our next show is Friday the 13th at Monkeytown.
We’ll be offering up electronic remixes performed live of new songs from our upcoming new album “Truth”
Also playing will be the excellent
The American Dollar
Cinematic post-rock for people who don’t actually like post-rock.
“creating a sound that puts them on par with bands like The Album Leaf or Explosions in the Sky.” -XLR8R
Walk Pasa Bouge
Walk Pasa Bouge is a live video concert-performance conceived by an international group of artists in various disciplines that sits somewhere between experimental music, film-making, theater-dance and digital art.
DJ Sets by The Invisible Kid and Stephan C.
The Invisible Kid
The Invisible Kid is the brainchild of New York City-based producer/ songwriter/ performer Daniel Lee. The music is a mixture of 80′s new wave, 90′s indie and shoegazer textures, and modern electronic/mashup situations.
