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Few bands could pull off a song apparently about cartoon characters dropping anvils on each other in such rocking fashion. Yet another reason Mancino is so impressive. The dexterity they exhibit in making the light and absurd somewhat dark and brooding and the dark and brooding somewhat light and absurd is a truly rare thing. And it’s in full effect in “The Anvil And Me.”
Also, check out Soft Communication today for a post featuring “Lavendar Lake” by Mancino.
Mancino Week continues with video of “Monster Trucks” as performed at Pianos.
There’s something about this song that we feel particularly showcases the band’s strengths — with its dynamic build, dramatic swells, and a perfect low-key, yet quietly intense, resolution.
Oxford Collapse is playing tonight at Knitting Factory with The Meat Puppets and The Only Children. The show is sponsored by The Onion and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Oxford Collapse is on Sub Pop and we seem to remember The Meat Puppets being involved with some other band that was once on Sub Pop… something to do with acoustic guitars and cardigan sweaters… hmmm….
Two more videos today of Mancino at Pianos:
“Circus Scabs”
“Hetchie Hutchie Footchie”
(photo by Matthew Spencer)
Alina Simone is one of our favorite solo artists playing today. Here’s the brief bio from her website:
I was born in Kharkov, Ukraine and grew up in Massachusetts. My songs are about places where nothing and everything seems to happen — pawn shops, access roads, malls, gas stations — and all the gorgeous, impossible, possibilities that other people can bring into your life. Yes, I know it’s kind of raw and messy.
We’ll just add that she was, once upon a time, the lead singer of Emma La Reina, a favorite band of ours whose members have since gone on to various interesting and impressive projects. She moved to North Carolina a couple of years back and is currently embarking on a rather impressive tour of the US and Canada. We hear she’ll soon be moving back to New York, so you should go check her out tonight at Cake Shop to get a taste of what you’ll be in for once she does.
And it doesn’t hurt that former ELR bandmate and all around superb guitarist, Chris Barrey, will be accompanying her tonight — he’ll be playing with her for part of the tour, as well.
Back in May we went on about a show at Pianos that was especially good. Great bands all night. And all of them on top of their game with great sound and energy. Even the crowd, perhaps aware that they were at a particularly good show, seemed to be in top form. Looking back, it was probably one of our favorite shows of recent, and perhaps not so recent, memory. No surprise, then, that it just may have been our favorite Mancino show to date. And now, with their first full-length album, Manners Matter, being made newly available in one week (September 4th), we’ve decided to devote most of our posts until then to featuring the band that has become one of our favorite local acts. Here’s a video (expect lots more) of “Amity,” their set-opener from that night:
We’ve seen and heard it happen before: a group of experienced New York musicians who put together a new band that, right out of the gate, sounds like a pretty much fully-formed entity offering entirely fresh sounds through a new combination of familiar and extremely skilled musicians that we’ve enjoyed in projects past. That’s pretty much what we said about The Secret Life Of Sofia back when they first got going. It’s what we thought of Aldenbarton when they got going with a full line-up recently. And now it’s what we’re saying about Lariats — not that the three bands necessarily sound alike.
So far, Lariats have only played two shows and we happened to be at both. What impressed us both times was that it seemed like these four — Kristie, Marta, Nick, and Pete — had been playing together for years. Every note and beat found its pocket perfectly. But what’s really nice about seeing a band like this — new, yet experienced — is that it’s rare to hear a band both play their music with skill and confidence and not seem slightly tired of playing their material. It’s inevitable with most bands that by the time they’re actually really good at playing their first set of songs, they’re already tired of them. With Lariats, the usual divide between skill and freshness is simply non-existent. And that’s why you should check them out as soon as you can.
In fact, you can check them out tonight at The Creek And The Cave. Yes, you non-residents of Queens, it’s in Long Island City… but c’mon, you have a damn Metrocard, so don’t be a wuss.
Via Audio
@ Union Hall / 8pm
702 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Dappled Cities, The XYZ Affair
Mistakes
@ Galapagos / 9pm
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY
w/ RUOK, Viva Nada, You Me Us Them
Lariats
@ The Creek And The Cave / 9pm
10-93 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY
w/ The Wallace Bros., Fred Thomas
The Art Of Shooting
@ Opera House Lofts / 8pm
27 Arion Place
Brooklyn, NY
Mancino
@ The Delancey (JEZEBEL MUSIC) / 10pm
168 Delancey Street
New York, NY
w/ Ravens & Chimes, Bombs, The Bloodsugars
AFTER THE JUMP FEST
@ Studio B / 2pm
259 Banker Street
Brooklyn, NY
all day block party and indoor evening concert put on by a collection of local music bloggers
FREE DAY PARTY
2:00 PM (MetroMix.com Main Stage) THE TEENAGE PRAYERS
2:30 PM (CONCERT.TV Side Stage) JUKEBOX THE GHOST
3:00 PM (MetroMix.com Main Stage) LOCKSLEY
3:30 PM (CONCERT.TV Side Stage) BLING KONG
4:00 PM (MetroMix.com Main Stage) GOLEM
4:30 PM (CONCERT.TV Side Stage) GOES CUBE
5:00 PM (MetroMix.com Main Stage) RA RA RIOT
5:30 PM (CONCERT.TV Side Stage) APACHE BEAT
6:00 PM (MetroMix.com Main Stage) SPECTRUM
BENEFIT NIGHT SHOW
1:00 RIOT IN BELGIUM
12:00 FREE BLOOD
11:00 SOULICO
10:00 THE VIRGINS
FINGER ON THE PULSE (DJ SET)
DAVID BRUNO (SLAP YOU IN PUBLIC) (DJ SET)
and SPECIAL GUESTS TBA
Aldenbarton + El Jezel
@ The Creek And The Cave / 10pm
10-93 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY
free cake
w/ Purple Operator, Lord Easy
The Fatales
@ Mercury Lounge / 9pm
217 East Houston Street
New York, NY
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