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The Deli Magazine has announced the line-up for its “Best Of NYC Festival,” which will be taking place at The Bell House, Joe’s Pub, and Southpaw on May 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th. Included in the impressive line-ups are a couple of StereoactiveNYC favorites: The Secret Life Of Sofia and Takka Takka.
In case you haven’t noticed, rock music is often dominated by men, which means groups fronted by men often get more attention than those fronted by women. We’re not really sure what the case is elsewhere, but there is a plethora of amazing female-fronted bands here in NYC/Brooklyn. We here at StereoactiveNYC may just take this for granted because we see and hear them as much as, if not more than those fronted by men. But we’re wholeheartedly in favor of anything that draws attention to the sensationally talented women playing music in this city, so we definitely suggest heading to Glasslands this Sunday, March 1st to check out the Serpent Power Festival.
The festival was put together by Scrambler Seequill and features female artists and female-fronted bands — including the Naked Hearts and She Keeps Bees, two StereoactiveNYC favorites, and Sharon Van Etten, who we’ve regrettably not seen solo yet even though we’ve been meaning to for quite some time. Also playing will be Sea Sick and PWRFL Power, who along with Scrambler Seequill, we have not seen live yet, but having come across them all online at some point and liking what we heard, we definitely suggest checking them out and seeing as many of the bands as you can.
Doors are at 7pm and Glasslands is at 289 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. Here’s a map.
And you can sample mp3s of the Naked Hearts and She Keeps Bees on this event’s showlist page.
This past Saturday, StereoactiveNYC had it’s second official CMJ Music Marathon showcase. The show doubled as our five year anniversary celebration and featured some of our very favorite bands currently playing in NYC and Brooklyn. The night was a big success — thanks so much to everyone who came out to celebrate with us and support the bands that played.
One of the bands that played was The Art Of Shooting. They’re a band we’ve been following for years now and we’ve seen them go through a number of changes during that time. The current line-up is probably the strongest they’ve featured yet, and they didn’t so much take the stage as storm it, playing and singing the hell out of every note with an energy and command few bands are capable of.
Here are some photos of their set, with more available on Flickr:
More photos here (courtesy of Ear Farm) and here (courtesy of Maryanne Ventrice).
We helped run the two stages at Galapagos during this past weekend’s After The Jump Fest. Between coordinating bands’ arrivals, line-checks, and starts/ends of sets, we managed to snap pictures of some of the artists as they played. Here are a few of those, with more available on Flickr:
Bell:
For more pictures of these and other bands that played at After The Jump, visit the festival’s Flickr group.
The Naked Hearts (RESIDENCY)
@ Rehab / 10pm
25 Avenue B
New York, NY
Man In Gray + Mancino + Gold Streets + Zero Spanish
@ The Delancey (MAN IN GRAY’S FINAL SHOW)
168 Delancey Street
New York, NY
Man In Gray’s last show before going on indefinite hiatus.
8pm – Zero Spanish
8:50pm – Gold Streets
9:40pm – Mancino
10:30pm – Man In Gray
DJed by The Music Slut(s)
Aldenbarton
@ Pianos / 12am
158 Ludlow Street
New York, NY
w/ Giraffes?Giraffes!
Via Audio
@ Union Hall / 8pm
702 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY
El Jezel
@ Rehab
25 Avenue B
New York, NY
8pm – The Battle Royale /// 9pm – Donora /// 10pm – Silverghost /// 11pm – El Jezel /// 12am – Saburosa Purr
AFTER THE JUMP FEST
@ Music Hall Of Williamsburg & Galapagos (MAKE MUSIC NY) / 12pm
North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY
The Naked Hearts + The Soundscapes
@ Spike Hill (MAKE MUSIC NY) / 6pm
184 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
1:30pm – Mammi-Ama Ofori /// 2pm – The Object Lesson /// 3pm – House On A Hill /// 4pm – Five Four /// 5pm – Fun Machine /// 6pm – THE SOUNDSCAPES /// 7pm – The Naked Hearts /// 8pm – Werewolves /// 9pm – Marques Toliver /// 9:30pm – Gutz /// 10:30pm – Cyphered Threads /// 11pm – Thunder Kids /// Midnight – PHONOGRAPH
El Jezel (Acoustic)
@ Sparrow (MAKE MUSIC NY) / 7pm
24-01 29th Street
Astoria, NY
5:00pm – Easy /// 5:45pm – Bird Love /// 6:30pm – Dixieland Space Orchestra /// 7:15pm El Jezel /// 8:00pm – Gutter & Spine
Bottle Up & Go
@ Mercury Lounge / 9pm
217 East Houston Street
New York, NY
After the Jump Fest is the effort of 20 New York City music bloggers whose goal is to help new artists gain exposure while raising money for struggling school music programs. This year, After the Jump is teaming up with The Music Hall of Williamsburg and Galapagos Art Space for a festival stretching from noon until last call. In the next few months, After the Jump blogs will be making more announcements about the festival including new artists and pre-parties. Stay tuned and in the mean time, check out AftertheJumpFest.com for information on our past events and mark your calendars! It’s going to be a doozy.
Gold Streets is a a band we’ve seen and heard many times now. And on Friday, at Brooklyn’s Union Hall, they were especially in top form. There was something about the sound at the venue that night that particularly showcased their rather broad, impressive dynamic range — just as capable of playing hard and forceful as laid back and delicate. Here are some photos from their set, with more available on Flickr:
Gold Streets is playing three shows in Austin this week, including one official SXSW showcase. They’ll be playing again in NY in April, as well as premiering a new music video. Check out their MySpace for details.
Each show has some incredible tricks up its sleeve, so if you are headed to Austin, don’t miss out!
Friday 3/14, 7pm
The After the Jump Backyard @ 1204 Salina St. – East Side
Free and open to the public + Free beer and bbq!
7 Laura Palmer
745 Senryu
830 The Physics of Meaning
915 Salt and Samovar
10 Oliver Future
1045 These United States
1130 The Lisps
Saturday 3/15, High Noon
ATJ/Indie Outlaw/Paper Garden Day Party @ Lucky Lounge 209 W 5th St,
Free and open to the public, Open bar + bbq and free shirts and bags courtesy of Speakerheart!
1215 Peasant
100 The Pendletons
145 Darla Farmer
230 The Answering Machine
330 LoveLikeFire
415 Morning State
5 Cloud Cult
Saturday 3/15, 2pm
The After the Jump Backyard @ 1204 Salina St. – East Side
Free and open to the public + Free beer and bbq!
215 Bell
3 Laura Gibson
4 Luke Temple
5 The Lisps
6 White Ghost Shivers
7 Jukebox the Ghost
Saturday 3/15, 7:30pm
ATJ Official SXSW Evening Showcase at Lambert’s BBQ
401 W 2nd St – badges and limited tickets @ door
8 The Teenage Prayers
9 Care Bears On Fire
10 Neimo
11 Tigercity
12 Cassettes Won’t Listen
1 Project Jenny, Project Jan
Make sure as well to check out our sponsors whom have devoted time and money to aid After the Jump in their efforts. Without them, this would not be possible:
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