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Announcement: Beg Yr Pardon #7 / StereoactiveNYC Presents

As you might have noticed, we here at StereoactiveNYC have really been enjoying the new Beg Yr Pardon party that began earlier this summer. So we’re especially glad to have booked and be cosponsoring one of the upcoming events. We’ve got three of our favorite local bands scheduled to perform, along with a great band from Alabama that we’ve really come to love. Together, we’re sure these four bands, along with the usual wonderful and free baked goods and beer, cheap BBQ, and DJed rock’n'roll dance sets before, after, and between the bands, will keep the good BYP times rolling and make for an extremely fun night. Here are all the details:

Tuesday, August 29th
@ The Delancey

8pm – Gold Streets
Official Website | MySpace

9pm – Western Civ
Official Website | MySpace

10pm – The Secret Life Of Sofia
Official Website | MySpace

11pm – A Place To Bury Strangers
Official Website | MySpace

DJ Sets By
Danny of The Big Sleep
StereoactiveNYC

Address + Map
168 Delancey Street, New York, NY [map]

Goodies

• Free baked goods all night (or until they’re gone)
• Free beer from 11:30pm-12:30am
• $5 BBQ on the roof deck

Any questions? Feel free to ask…

Tags: a place to bury strangers, gold streets, the big sleep, the secret life of sofia

The Deli Magazine Issue #7 Out Now

For those who may not already know, we here at SANYC have a special relationship with The Deli Magazine. We contribute the vast majority of the writing that becomes the “Appetizers – Brief News From NYC Bands” section of the print edition, and we also contribute reviews and other articles from time to time.

Well, the seventh issue of the magazine is out now, available for free at various locations all around the city. Or for a cheap $5 subscription price, you can have four quarterly issues delivered directly to your mailbox.

If you’re interested in the bands we discuss here on this site, the magazine is really right up your alley. Here’s a list of some of our favorite bands that are mentioned or featured in the current issue:

A Place To Bury Strangers (interview), The Art Of Shooting, Asobi Seksu (feature), The Big Sleep, Bling Kong, El Jezel, The Fatales (interview), The Hong Kong, the iOs (interview), Man In Gray, Morningwood, Oxford Collapse, The Secret Life Of Sofia, Up The Empire

Tags: a place to bury strangers, asobi seksu, bling kong, el jezel, morningwood, oxford collapse, the art of shooting, the big sleep, the fatales, the hong kong, the iOs, the secret life of sofia, up the empire

Live This Week: July 24-30

(The Problem release their album on Friday)

Thursday, July 27th

Low Flying Jets
@ Club Midway / 10:30pm
25 Avenue B, New York, NY [map]

Friday, July 28th

Man In Gray + The Problem
@ Pussycat Lounge (THE PROBLEM RELEASE SHOW!) / 8pm
96 Greenwich Street, New York, NY [map]
w/ Rick Barry, April Smith, Uniform, My Little Pony
mp3: Man In Gray – “Sleeping”
mp3: The Problem – “No Exit”

The Big Sleep
@ Irving Plaza / 8pm
17 Irving Place, New York, NY [map]
w/ Editors, Lake Trout
mp3: “Murder”

Saturday, July 29th

The Art Of Shooting
@ Cake Shop / 8pm
152 Ludlow Street, New York, NY [map]
All Day Festival
mp3: “Lost In Boredom”

Sunday, July 30th

Asobi Seksu
@ McCarren Park Pool / 1pm
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Enon, Of Montreal
mp3: “Thursday”

Two Man Gentlemen Band
@ LIC Bar / 4pm
45-58 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, NY [map]
mp3: “Shotgun Wedding”

Tags: asobi seksu, low flying jets, the art of shooting, the big sleep, the problem, the two man gentlemen band

Beg Yr Pardon #4 Wrap-Up

(The Song Corporation at BYP4 – photo by Bryan Bruchman)

Beg Yr Pardon continues to attract a good deal of attention four shows into its run. And for good reason. Tuesday night’s show delivered on the promise of the previous shows, with great sets from all the bands were were able to see. Of course, our favorite set was by The Song Corporation, who, as previously stated, grow more impressive with each performance. We were glad to hear some of our favorite TSC songs the other night, including “The Bug Speaks,” and “A Carpententer’s Cup,” as well as some newer material thjat we’re hoping to hear on their now-in-the-mix, upcoming full-length. Our only wish is that they’d played “Raisin Bran In The Sun,” a truly impressive lyrical barrage that we’ve come to admire since its release on the Raisin Bran EP.

Here’s some more on the show from a few of our favorite blogs…

Crackers United, who DJed the first half of the night, saw and liked both Susu and TSC.

Fluxblog DJed the second half of the night. We agree with him that TSC’s “We Found A Map” (at least we assume that’s the song’s title) was particularly impressive.

Ear Farm has a great wrap of the whole show, saying this about TSC:

Their show was a blast, had a pretty sweet balance between mellow songs/female vocals and more rocking songs/male vocals, and they had all kinds of people dancing and grooving along…a bunch of people got up on the stage with the band and stuff too. Yeah, I’ll be going to see them again soon – one Song Corporation show made me a fan.

mp3: “The Bug Speaks”
mp3: “A Carpenter’s Cup”

Tags: the song corporation

Tonight: BYP#4 Featuring The Song Corporation

It’s Tuesday, which means there’s a fifty percent chance that there’s a bi-weekly Beg Yr Pardon party tonight. And, yes, there is. Tonight is BYP#4 and it features one of our favorite bands, The Song Corporation. Those guys are better every time we see them and they’re incredibly nice people as well. And all three previous BYP parties have been a blast. Of course, they have a lot going for them — in addition to great bands, they offer excellent guest DJs, free baked goods, free beer from 11:30pm-12:30am, and BBQ on the roof for an extra $5. It’s like one stop shopping for the necessities of life, right?

Here’s a track from The Song Corporation’s excellent Raisin Bran EP:

mp3: “The Bug Speaks”

Tags: the song corporation

Rockin’ Brooklyn

There’s a new documentary called Rockin’ Brooklyn about the recent music scene in Brooklyn. And it features a good group of bands: TV On The Radio, Radio 4, The National, Sea Ray, Vietnam, Pela, Coco Rosie, The Big Sleep, Moonraker, La Laque, Dirty On Purpose, and Say Hi To Your Mom.

There’s a trailer available to watch at the movie’s website.

Tags: the big sleep

CYHSY Cancel Trips To Japan And Oz

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has, unfortunately, had to cancel the Japanese and Australian legs of their tour due to lead singer Alec Ounswouth’s voice beginning to give out on him. Here’s hoping he’s able to recover soon.

Tags: clap your hands say yeah

The Hong Kong On Pitchfork

The Hong Kong received a nice notice from Pitchfork for the Bonnie And Clyde-inspired music video they recently completed for “Tongue Tied.” Check the video out here.

mp3: “Tongue Tied

And the band was recently interviewed by The Deli Magazine.

Tags: the hong kong