Live Tonight: El Jezel
Thursday, July 17th
El Jezel
@ Europa / 8pm
98 Mesarole Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Two Seconds To Midnight, AM Preacher
Umami To Play Final Two Shows This Weekend + Photos
July 16th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Live This Week, live shows, mp3s, parties, photos, releases
Umami is a band that we’ve long been interested in checking out. The whole drums with two basses and no guitar thing was immediately intriguing when we first heard about it and the songs we were first able to hear on their MySpace page were impressive. We were finally able to see them play live recently at the release party for their new album, Fire & Spiders, and their intricate indie-prog sound was well worth the wait. We just wish we’d been able to see them much sooner, as they now only have two shows left before they go their separate ways. They’ll be playing this Friday at Union Hall and Saturday at a Brooklyn loft party (details below). Here’s an mp3 from the new release, and some photos from the release party at the Delancey, with more available on Flickr:
“Bureau Of Weights & Measures”
Friday, July 18th
Umami + Limbs
@ Union Hall / 8pm
702 Union Street
Brooklyn, New York
w/ Buke & Gass, Guitar Zeros
Saturday, July 19th
Umami
@ LOFT PARTY (LAST SHOW!) / 9pm
76 Rutledge Street
Brooklyn, New York
“Loft party at Newsonic HQ in Brooklyn!! we’ll play a short set which will be the (actual) last show. party starts at 9 with these bands: Simple, The Ingenues, Umami, Fan-Tan, Dynasty Electric, Nervous Cabaret, and Asa Ransom. Cheap drinks available or BYOB. directions here: http://www.mysteriousmedia.com/directions.html”
The Secret Life Of Sofia Play Union Hall’s 2nd Anniversary Celebration Weekend
It’s almost hard to imagine a time before Union Hall, one of our favorite neighborhood hangouts and local venues, was open and featuring great live music, comedy, and more on just about any given night. But it’s only been two years and the venue is celebrating it’s second anniversary this weekend. Saturday night’s show features one of our favorite local bands, The Secret Life Of Sofia. They sent over their planned set-list for the show:
1. “Government Lakes”
2. “Sheet Stealer”
3. “Seven Summits”
4. “Outside”
5. “Moose Collision”
6. “Dead Trees”
7. “Fifty Fourteeners”
The picture, take by keyboardist Chris Brazee, is of drummer Steve Leventhal.
The Secret Life Of Sofia has been garnering quite a lot of praise for their recently released (limited edition) album, Seven Summits, including here on StereoactiveNYC, as well as at CMJ, The Battering Room, Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, Ear Farm, and I Guess I’m Floating.
Here are details for the show:
Saturday, July 12th
The Secret Life Of Sofia
@ Union Hall / 9pm
702 Union Street
Brooklyn, New York
w/ Wye Oak, Beat Radio
