tanlines, keepaway and more at glasslands.

Glasslands should be a good option for Friday night. Tanlines and Keepaway each have a distinctly unique sound and the venue is pretty cool. I wrote them up at Eardrum so you can read that here. Here are some tracks from the groups that are playing.

Tanlines - Real Life

Tanlines - Bees

Tanlines - Reinfo

Keepaway - Yellow Wings

Keepaway - 5 Rings

Memoryhouse - The Waves

Light Pollution - All Night Outside 

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karl denson's universe is small.

Those of you who know me personally (that might be all of you) will recall that I spent some time in Miami a few years back. In Miami I attended more than a few funk jams at a number of different venues. Karl Denson's Tiny Universe was hands down the cream of the crop. Denson rips wholes in the time-space continuum with his blasting saxophone while his band knocks off the smoothest and funkiest tunes known to man. I saw them at Tobacco Road in downtown MIA, where they filled the parking lot with dancing bodies. It was a sweaty mess and nobody left unsatisfied.

The reason I bring this up now is because Denson's band of players is going to douse Brooklyn's premier bowling alley in pure dance sauce tonight! Funk is not my forte, however I fully recommend checking this show out if you (a) like funk music, (b) like jam bands, (c) listen to jazz on occassion, or (d) like to dance. If you don't like to dance, then stop reading this blog.

we are country mice tonight.

The Brooklyn indie underground is great not because there are so many bands to listen to, so many shows to see, or so people to meet. The quantity is there, but the quality is what keeps the scene intact. Quality, in the case of We Are Country Mice, comes in the form of Garage-Country -Psych music. The band was formed in Brooklyn in 2009 by a quartet of Midwesterners looking to start up a musical career in the big apple. Since then they've released a couple successful "7's and have toured around the east and midwest, including 2010's SXSW. Self-described as "Crazy Horse through a psychedelic vacuum," they are also heavily influenced by Wilco and My Morning Jacket. The tunes incorporate a shit-kicking attitude with a brooding flavor. They put on an engaging live show and have been known to steal the night from larger acts. We are Country Mice, playing tonight at Bruar Falls, are among the notable few who bring the quality to Brooklyn.

Joining the Mice are Your Youth, another quality act. Your Youth is more along the lines of what might be expected from a Brooklyn band, mixing shoegaze, garage and psychedelic into a pop category that no other city produces in comparable volume. They make energetic music with a punky tinge that possesses a dark edge, not unlike We Are Country Mice. Your Youth and We Are Country Mice, preceded by Apollo Heights, are likely to bring Bruar Falls to a frenzy of Williamsburg's music hungry hipsters and yuppies alike. The venue, appearing as any old Williamsburg bar to the untrained eye, has served as an epicenter for the Brooklyn music scene hosting acts like Beach Fossils, Dream Diary and North Highlands.

We Are Country Mice - A Good Old-Fashioned Barn Raising
We Are Country Mice - Ballad of John

Your Youth - Boomerang

Your Youth - Small Sparks

Your Youth - Awake

Your Youth - Diamond

Love,
Jake

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introducing otherside.

In the ever expanding world of electronic music there is an almost endless supply of remixes, mash-ups and fixes. Like all indie music, most of them aren't worth a second glance. However, every once in a while you come upon a DJ who can hook up some really great beats that aren't too intense or artsy or dull, they're just right for a good dance party (that is what most electronic music is supposed to do right?). Otherside's mixes are just that. In the tracks below, Otherside (Chris Trano) mashes songs from Deadmau5, Jewelz and more together to create awesome dance tracks. The first two tracks are more conventional mixes, each utilizing sounds from two songs, while the last is a combination of many artists and is pretty intense. You will recognize some of the sounds, probably not all of them. Enjoy listening hour.

Otherside - Deadmau5 vs Deadmau5 (So There I Was vs Slip)

Otherside - Mowgli vs Jewelz

Otherside - 1000 Dooms

Hope everyone enjoyed this beautiful week. Stay happy and healthy,

Jake

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just watch it.

Sonar from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo.

love,
Jake