Tiny Giant Artist Collective presents four New Jersey bands this Wed. Feb. 15th at Death By Audio in Brooklyn, NY. Come hang at one of the best d.i.y. venues in NYC with four ace bands. Let's dance and get sweaty together.
Those Mockingbirds (alt-rock with indie flavor from Montclair, NJ on Star Beat Music) www.thosemockingbirds.com
The Everymen (spastic rock'n'roll from Tuckerton, NJ) http://theeverymen.bandcamp.com/
The Nico Blues (alternative rock from Wayne, NJ on Killing Horse Records) http://thenicoblues.bandcamp.com
Brick and Mortar (indie-reggae vibes from Asbury Park, NJ) http://brmr.net/
Come check out some pretty awesome bands this week including Cojoba, a Puerto Rican hardcore/punk band from Harlem and Hilly Eye featuring Amy Klein of Titus Andronicus. It's a benefit Planned Parenthood of New York. Let's rock!
Death by Audio, 49 South 2nd St., Brooklyn, NY
8PM // ALL AGES // $7
L to Bedford or JMZ to Marcy or G to Broadway
A new feminist group started by Amy Klein of Titus Andronicus called Permanent Wave is hosting its first event this Sunday at Death By Audio in Brooklyn and you're invited! I am in the group and also helped organize this event along with a bunch of awesome ladies, too. We'll have bands, poets, artwork, baked goods, and activities. It's a benefit for The Center Against Domestic Violence. Plastiq Passion, P.S. XO, Noon:30, and Emilyn Brodsky will be performing. Just $7.
In the back room you can view an art show featuring work by Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females, get information from For the Birds and Babeland, and engage in other neat activities!
Finally, we'll have baked goods for sale, Tom Tom Magazines, and silk-screened prints of our event poster. Bands will be selling merch and For the Birds will have cd's, books, and other neats things for sale, too!
This is more than just a show. Come out and rock for a cause, have fun, and revolutionionalize your Super Bowl Sunday.
I've had the honor of working with Amy Klein of Titus Andronicus and several other awesome ladies, collectively known as Permanent Wave, to host a feminist performance live series called "Sound Wave." The event is happening on Feb. 6th at Death By Audio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It will feature music by Plastiq Passion, P.S. XO, Noon:30, and Emilyn Brodsky; poetry by Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and Hanelei Ramos; and artwork by Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females.
Permanent Wave is a feminist group of diverse individuals who know that women are more than groupies and merch girls. We value art from female and LGBTQ people that challenges the norm. We believe that women should see other women as collaborators and inspirations, not rivals. We want to rip the band-aid off the halted conversations and change the way women are treated. Permanent Wave's live concert series is just one way to get things rolling.
The event is a benefit to support the Center Against Domestic Violence in Brooklyn. The theme of the show is relationship violence. Studies show that every year domestic violence is at a high on Superbowl Sunday. The event seeks to bring many groups of people together for an informative, fun, and visual and aural experience in a safe environment.
We'd love to have you there. Details below.
-Star and Permanent Wave
GET OFF THE INTERNET AND REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR SUPERBOWL SUNDAY!
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
8pm ...ALL AGES
Death By Audio
49 S. 2nd St. between Kent and Wythe
Brooklyn
L train to Bedford Ave.
JMZ trains to Marcy Ave.
G train to Broadway
This is a benefit for the Center Against Domestic Violence in Brooklyn, and the theme of the event is Relationship Violence. Both showgoers and performers will have a chance to engage in activities relating to awareness and activism!
SOUND WAVE: Feminist music, art, and performance — to be played at maximum volume.
It's amazing to think that Screaming Females has toured with big name acts, got legit booking agents and publicists, and is coming upon their fourth album and still play D.I.Y shows, sell their CD and vinyl both for $10, and after a dozen or so times of seeing the band, they're still able to bring a new show every time. This is something special. This is a band that stays true to their ethic and that's no bullshit. The band's consistency and rock'n'roll magic has made many talk. Well, ok, maybe reasons of Marissa's height and dress that too many other writers seem to dwell on. But it's not about looks with this band. This band is about the music. This band is fucking punk rock.
The band played a packed Death by Audio, just the second date of the band's North American and European tour. Folks there were genuinely enthused to see the band. The trio opened with a new song called “Sheep” that got some bodies moving. The catchy “Bell” followed and the rowdy crowd started to dance. How can you not dance to a Screaming Females jam? The new songs sounded better live than I remember from hearing them at Bowery Ballroom back in February. A surprise was hearing “The Real Mothers,” an older song that I don't think I've ever heard live. The band closed the set with the bass starting “Baby Jesus.” Man, King Mike's bass lines rock! Marissa also improvised on guitar parts. The crowd wanted more. They started the encore with a new song, which Marissa said the crowd might not like and find boring. The crowd still jammed out.
Finally, the band went into possibly their most well-known song, “Boyfriend” and the crowd went off. I love the screams in this songs and I couldn't help but get into the mosh pit, scream my heart out, and raise my fist. This was a killer, gnarly version of the song. They played this one out so much. Riff after riff. It was unrelentless. About halfway through the song, Marissa screams: "when you sit on the fence I will burn in hell," holding the scream "hell," like crazy. She takes off her guitar, as if stripping herself to reveal something even more powerful-her voice, over bass and drums. She grabs the mic, walks back, and screams her fucking heart out, repeating the same line. Singing with all the might I think I've ever heard her sing. She throwds her guitar and a beer bottle lightly down, then turns the knob on her guitar, so it sequels. She does this everytime for the song. Jarrett and King Mike still playing. She picks up the guitar places it up against the amp, then goes to her guitar pedal. Knelt down. Face down. She picks up her guitar slowly. Puts it on and plays an extended version of the song. I couldn't help but smile. She looked so serious on stage, yet comfortable and open.
I was having fun and for once I could have fun with everyone else. That's what feels so good about a Screaming Females show. You can be yourself and no one gives a shit. They're all there for the reason you are: to dance, let loose, and listen to good rock. Behind the band was artwork painted by Marissa on the wall.
Nude Beach played some catchy punk rock. Big Soda played some poppy rock that featured members of Little Lungs and ex-Cheeky.
Screaming Females are back on Sept. 15 to play their record release show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn with Shellshag and Big Eyes.
Danish punks THE ASSASSINATORS begin their two-week long northeast U.S. tour tonight with a show at Death By Audio in Brooklyn. Also performing is de høje hæle, The Measure (SA). The show starts at 8pm and is around $5-8. Death By Audio is located at 49 s 2nd st btw kent & wythe. More info here. The band also have shows in NYC and New Brunswick, NJ, so check it out.
They have two 7"s and an LP out on Alerta Antifascista. One fan described the band:
They sound like a mix of some of my favorite Copenhagen bands (no hope for the kids, gorrilla angreb) as well as other catchy melodic European punk stuff (la fraction, burning kitchen).
OCTOBER 2009 8- NYC @death by audio w/ de høje hæle, measure SA 9-PHILLY @ the terrordome w/ de høje hæle, same shit different day, GDP 10- PITTSBURGH @ Gooskies w/ de høje hæle, Kim Phuc 11- DETROIT @ Trumbelplex w/ de høje hæle 12- MILWAULKEE, WI @ the borg ward - 823 w national W/ Protestant 13- CINCINATTI @the comet w/ black dove 14- ASHEVILLE @ firestorm books 15- NEED HELP some where in the mid atlantic!! 16- BALTIMORE @ the barclay house 17- NYC @ Abc No Rio PLUS late house show in brooklyn 18- BOSTON @ CHURCH 19- ALBANY @ Valentines 20- NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ @ Canada w/Mirrors and Wires, Shit Fit, Burden, and Trials 7pm, $5
This past Friday I attended a hardcore/punk show featuring Punch, Nomos, Olde Ghost, and Death First at Death by Audio in Brooklyn. Hardcore is a genre of music that is very intense, fast, short, and honest. Last time I was at Death by Audio for a hardcore show Zombie Dogs, Deathrats, and others played but nobody moved around. It would be different this time as there was 2-stepping, jumping, and moshing present, especially for San Fransisco's female fronted 5-piece, Punch. However, my only complaint is that while these songs, as great as they are, stir up all this moving, the songs are far too short and often end quite abruptly. I want there to be practically non-stop moving and for the energy to hardly let up. But it was a good show, as short as it was.
All photos by Star
At the last minute I was invited to a hardcore show at Brooklyn's Death by Audio featuring Zombie Dogs, Deathrats, and General Interest. This would be my first time at the place, so I was excited. I had heard so many good things about this place. Upon arrival I noticed it was a true DIY warehouse type space with couches in the back area and blue and pink bathrooms. I also realized that Dead Today and Hand Jobs had been added to the show. Walking into the space there was hardly anybody there, except what looked like band members.
But soon enough Dead Today would start to play, on the floor, despite the fact that there was a stage. This impressed me and showed how much the bands really wanted to create an intimate vibe. At one point the singer came into the crowd and put her hand on my shoulder mine and sort of rocked me back and fourth for a moment singing near me, before going further into the crowd. The sound was probably the loudest I've heard at a show in a very long time, it was almost an uncomfortable loudness but thankfully as the other bands went on it got better- either that or I just got used to the loudness. But at any rate, it was a different experience from the typical indie rock/punk rock 'n roll shows I’ve been going to lately.
Next was Deathrats from Washington DC. The singer was pretty intense with her vocals and had some great things to say. In particular, that you shouldn’t make someone feel like shit because your life is shit. She announced the band has tapes, which still surprises me when I hear. Tapes are so old school, yet there are so many hardcore and punk bands that still use them and sell them.
Local act Zombie Dogs were another good one who was a bit more catchy with a shout scream hardcore sound, then super screamy like Deathrats. Boston's General Interest played a Slapshot cover set. The music was pretty good, but the vocals weren’t anything impressive and I could barely understand the singer.
Finally, it was Hand Jobs from Brooklyn. They reminded me of Bikini Kill and I really enjoyed their songs. When I moved to the front the singer ran into me, and I fell a little back but it was fun to see her moving around, the crowd really wasn't. The guitarist also played keyboard at points, but their should've been more of it. While most seemed to be enjoying the set, it would've been cool to see some people dancing around. It's not like angry, super fast hardcore bands like Trash Talk or Ceremony were playing. These bands were bands you could move around to, instead of headbang to. I would've danced around had I not being taking photos and been wearing my contacts. Next time! Next time, friends.
