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CMJ Wrap-Up: The Art Of Shooting // with photos

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).

Tags: CMJ, live shows, photos, StereoactiveNYC Presents, The Art Of Shooting

The Song Corporation Releases PIRATES! // Listening Party Tomorrow

Listen to The Song Corporation’s new full-length album, Pirates!, and you’ll hear a band that’s not only good at playing, but enjoys it and doesn’t care if you know it. One of the things we like about them is that they’ve never been afraid of letting their music be fun. Even when the lyrics are busy setting a scene that may be decidedly dire and grim, the music is often a contrast to that — not always, but often. They’re quite capable of letting the music get as dark and moody as the next indie band, but the way they’ve always been able to work in those contrasts or turn a beat or progression around into something lighter without anything ever falling apart or losing substance is not only impressive, but refreshing.

The band always easily strode the line between the noise and pop sides of indie and alternative. Their two EPs often brought to mind Sonic Youth or the Talking Heads. Those influences are definitely still evident, but, for some reason, Pirates! has us realizing the band’s probably been listening to Television for just as long.

The Song Corporation is releasing the album tomorrow and celebrating with a free listening party at The Delancey that we’re sponsoring. Check out the details, including drink specials, below. And if you can’t make it to the party to get a copy of the CD, it’s available at Insound and will be on iTunes soon. Here are a couple of tracks to check out:

“Just Like Us”
“We Found A Map”
“NYC Love Song”

Tuesday, July 15th

The Song Corporation PIRATES! Listening Party
@ The Delancey / 7pm
168 Delancey Street,
New York, NY
- ALBUM PLAYS BETWEEN 8pm & 9pm on the main level
- 2 for 1 drinks from 8pm to 9pm
- $3 PBR all night
- Happy Hour until 8pm - $2 off drinks
- BBQ on the roof!
- DJing by the Music Sluts before and after listening to the album

Saturday: StereoactiveNYC Presents Renminbi’s Pre-Release Party / Get Free Music!

This Saturday, March 8th, StereoactiveNYC proudly presents Renminbi’s Pre-Release Party for their new album, The Phoenix. This will be the first time the album will be available and we’re celebrating with a great line-up of bands, as well as chances for partygoers to get free CDs and singles. Here’s the info:

8pm - Big
9pm - Luff
10pm - Pink Noise
11pm - Renminbi
12am - dance, dance, DANCE!

FREE CDs
The first 10 people who RSVP on Going.com
and show up at the party will get a free CD.

FREE SINGLES
The next 25 people from the Going.com list
that show up get a free dropcard for a digital single.

DISCOUNT
Anyone on the Going.com list who comes will get
a $2 discount when purchasing the CD at the show,
which means you’ll get it for $6.

We’ll have a list of names,
so check in with us when you get there.