Announcement: chopshop CD Release Party presented by StereoactiveNYC

Back when we were first starting to book bands for the Hot Rocks Party, we had Mancino booked to play a date and asked them if there was anyone in particular they’d like to play with. Their suggestion was chopshop. After listening to the band’s impressive first demos, we were interested and invited them to join the bill. And after hearing them play live at the show, we were convinced these guys were one extremely talented group of musicians. Eventually, they played a couple more StereoactiveNYC-sponsored events, but then, unfortunately, had to take a rather long hiatus from playing live due to some unfortunate circumstances.

So chopshop, at this point, has not played a show since late 2007, but has managed to make fine use of their time, having spent it in their studio crafting an eleven song LP. Hugs And Hand Shakes showcases the energetic, skilled band we were first introduced to nearly two years ago and manages to show off a range of dynamic arrangement, songwriting, and production skills only hinted at in those early —  still impressive — demos. Even without the ongoing history we have with the band, StereoactiveNYC would be proud to present the CD release party we’ve helped them to organize for this coming Saturday night. The band will be joined by friends Mancino, Gold Streets, and Coyote Eyes, with DJed music before, between, and after the bands courtesy of our friends over at The Music Slut.

Congratulations to chopshop for sticking with this and getting it done. And welcome back.

Here are all the details for the show:

Saturday, February 7th

at The Delancey / 8pm: doors open
168 Delancey Street
New York, NY 

11:30pm – chopshop
10:30pm – Mancino
9:30pm – Gold Streets
8:30pm – Coyote Eyes

DJing by The Music Slut

FREE Pabst Blue Ribbon – 12:30am to 1:30am
$4 well drinks – 8pm to 9pm

And here are a few mp3s from the album, along with cover art, below:

“Crickets” by chopshop
“Caves And Caves” by chopshop
“Sitting In A Circle” by chopshop

Visit chopshop’s website for info on where to buy the album online.

 

Tags: chopshop, coyote eyes, gold streets, hugs and hand shakes, mancino, release party, stereoactivenyc presents, the delancey

Live This Weekend

Thursday, December 11

 

Bottle Up & Go
@ Cake Shop / 8pm
152 Ludlow Street
New York, New York
w/ God Fires Man, The Bones Royal

 

Friday, December 12

 

Gold Streets
@ Rehab / 8pm
25 Avenue B
New York, New York
w/ Jupiter Deluxe 

Alina Simone + Takka Takka
@ The Bell House / 8pm
149 7th Street
Brooklyn, New York
w/ Lonely Dear

Screaming Females
@ The Silent Barn / 8pm
915 Wyckoff Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
w/ the Mae Shi

My Teenage Stride
@ Dead Herring / 10pm
141 South 5th Street
Brooklyn, New York
w/ The Americans, Oars, Party Line

The Muggabears
@ Vanishing Point
(NY EYE & EAR FESTIVAL) / 11:30pm
240 Meserole Street
Brooklyn, New York

Tags: alina simone, bottle up and go, cake shop, dead herring, gold streets, my teenage stride, rehab, screaming females, silent barn, takka takka, the bell house, the muggabears, vanishing point

Live This Week

Wednesday, June 18th

The Naked Hearts (RESIDENCY)
@ Rehab / 10pm
25 Avenue B
New York, NY

Thursday, June 19th

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!

Friday, June 20th

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

Saturday, June 21st

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

Tags: after the jump fest, aldenbarton, el jezel, gold streets, mancino, the naked hearts, via audio, zero spanish

Man In Gray Announce Last Two Shows / Saturday + June

Man In Gray has announced that they will be going on indefinite hiatus starting in July. Before that, they’ll be playing two shows. The first is this Saturday, May 31st, at Don Pedro in Brooklyn and will be shot for a documentary being put together about Brooklyn bands. Their final show will be June 19th at The Delancey and will feature Mancino, Gold Streets, Zero Spanish, and other special guests to be announced. Here are details for Saturday:

Saturday, May 31st

Man In Gray
@ Don Pedro / 11pm
90 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Kate Starr, Hello Lovely, Pretend You’re Happy, and Rosetta Stoned

Tags: delancey, don pedro, gold streets, man in gray, mancino, zero spanish

Fugazi Covers Project: Musicians Wanted

Christina DaCosta (whom you may know from Man In Gray), Phil Rosenbloom, Jeffry Opdyke, and Michael Sowiski have formed a team called “The Rims” that will be participating in a 275 mile bike tour called Braking The Cycle that will take place to benefit HIV/AIDS services provided by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York City.

To help raise money for their team’s efforts, the Rims are organizing a Fugazi covers project that has been given the full blessing of the seminal punk band. Anyone can participate and to to do so, all you have to do is get in touch with the group through the project’s website:

http://fugazicoversproject.wordpress.com/

For more information about the project, visit their FAQ and to see which songs have already been claimed, go here. We already see a number of local musicians taking part, including Gold Streets, Cholo, and members of Zero Spanish and The Song Corporation.

Tags: charity, fugazi, gold streets, the song corporation, zero spanish

Live This Week

Wednesday, May 14th

Gold Streets
@ The Delancey (FREE SHOW/OPEN BAR)
168 Delancey Street
New York, NY
8:30pm – Botanica
9:30pm – Gold Streets
10:30pm – Nicole Atkins & the Sea
OPEN BAR from 8:30pm-9:30pm
BBQ on the roof

She Keeps Bees
@ Glasslands / 9:30pm
289 Kent Street
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Scary Mansion, Day For Night

Thursday, May 15th

The Problem
@ The Lucky Cat / 9pm
245 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY

Locket
@ Rehab / 11pm
25 Avenue B
New York, NY
11pm – Locket
12am – Karin Ström

Friday, May 16th

The Bosch
@ Fontana’s / 10pm
105 Eldridge Street
New York, NY

The Secret Life Of Sofia + The Vandelles
@ Rehab (CRASHIN’ IN) / 10pm
25 Avenue B
New York, NY
w/ The Depreciation Guild, A Faulty Chromosome

Unsacred Hearts
@ The Delancey / 12am
168 Delancey Street
New York, NY
8:30pm – Superfortress
9:30pm – Blip Blip Bleep
10:30pm – The Picture
11:30pm – The Diggs
12:30pm – Unsacred Hearts
2 for 1 drinks from 8-9pm and 12am-1am

Saturday, May 17th

El Jezel + Kristie Redfield
@ The Garden School (JACKSON HEIGHTS POETRY FESTIVAL)
33-16 79th Street
Jackson Heights, Queens, NY

Abigail Warchild
@ Mercury Lounge / 8:30pm
217 East Houston Street
New York, NY
8:30pm – Abigail Warchild
9:30pm – Lights
10:30pm – Endless Boogie
11:30pm – Blood On The Wall

Sunday, May 18th

The Two Man Gentlemen Band
@ Mercury Lounge / 8pm
217 East Houston Street
New York, NY
7pm – Scratcher
8pm – Two Man Gentlemen Band
9pm – The New Familiars
10pm – Downtown Harvest

Tags: abigail warchild, el jezel, gold streets, locket, she keeps bees, the bosch, the problem, the secret life of sofia, the two man gentlemen band, the vandelles, unsacred hearts

Live This Week: April 21st-27th

Monday, April 21st

The Secret Life Of Sofia + Via Audio
@ Union Hall / 8pm
702 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Tuesday, April 22nd

Holy Moly! + Frauke
@ Cake Shop (FRAUKE RELEASE SHOW) / 8pm
152 Ludlow Street
New York, NY
w/ Monster Eiffel Tower

Via Audio
@ Mercury Lounge / 9pm
217 East Houston Street
New York, NY
7pm – American Princes
8pm – Spanish Priosners
9pm – Via Audio
10pm – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Wednesday, April 23rd

El Jezel
@ Rehab (LOVELESS MUSIC GROUP) / 9pm
25 Avenue B
New York, NY
8pm – Ports Of Call
9pm – El Jezel
10pm – Dead Leaf Echo
11pm – The Soundscapes

Thursday, April 24th

Autodrone
@ Supreme Trading
213 North 8th Street
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Stellarscope, Bellhollow

Friday, April 25th

Gold Streets VIDEO PREMIERE PARTY
@ reBar / 8pm
147 Front Street
Brooklyn, NY
w/ videos from Turbotronics, The States, The Jupiter Deluxe, and GOLD STREETS!!!

Saturday, April 26th

Abigail Warchild
@ Luna Lounge / 11pm
(JEZEBEL MUSIC/COMMON GROUND BENEFIT)
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
8:00pm – Charles Theodore Zerner
8:30pm – Kat Hayman
9:20pm – lowry
10:00pm – Project Jenny, Project Jan
10:40pm – Meowskers
11:15pm – Abigail Warchild
11:55pm – j.a.c.k
12:40am – Elizabeth Harper

Tags: abigail warchild, el jezel, frauke, gold streets, the secret life of sofia, via audio

Photos: Gold Streets at Union Hall

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.

Tags: gold streets