THE RUMBLE: BROOKLYN has a line up for December that is like an early Christmas present to you. This Wednesday’s party features a group of bands that have 2010 to open up and blossom and will continue to give us great music for years to come.
Headlining is the mighty MARIANNE the Brooklyn based, Japanese psychedelic freak-out that must be seen to believe. Think ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE meets BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW and you’re getting close.
Supporting will be THE BLOODSUGARS, Anyone that’s heard a note of the single, “Light At The End Of The Tunnel” knows the potential of this Brooklyn band.
Rough Trade’s SHE KEEPS BEES delivers the third Brooklyn artist on the bill, riding in on a glowing review in Mojo and songs like “Gimme” make you want more more more.
Opening up is a real treat, someone we’ve been trying to get close to for over a year now, and up from Brisbane, Australia comes VIOLENT SOHO. We heard “Jesus Stole My Girlfriend”, in all it’s Kobain-like glory and Gil Norton-styled nob twistin’.
The Rumble: Brooklyn is a collaboration between Future Sounds, DEFALCO PRESENTS, SOUND FIX RECORDS and WOXY.COM, but this month we’ve added a new partner that we’re thrilled about – MUSEBOX.
RUMBLE BROOKLYN is December 16th. 8pm doors.
830 VIOLENT SOHO
930 SHE KEEPS BEES
1030 THE BLOODSUGARS
1130 MARIANNE
As the year comes to a close it is with great pride and pleasure that we present Idle Warship Starring Talib Kweli. We have assembled a stellar group of feature performers for this homecoming of sorts for Talib Kweli’s super group which features Res and Graph Nobel.
The winner of The Brooklyn Bodega’s Show and Prove Kalae AllDay, will be setting it off.
Megabone is ready to bring their unique brand of hip hop to the stage and Niles is ready to show you what all his buzz is about!
TreZure The Empress will continue her year of classic and memorable performances and rounding out what promises to be an epic evening will be Jah C & The Antidote and Rebel Starr!
Niles
Rebel Starr www.myspace.com/rebelstarrmusic
TreZure' www.myspace.com/trezureempire
Jah C and The Antidote
The event will be hosted by End Of The Weak, The Music and Afterparty will be provided by Kool Kear of East Village Radio’s “Chances With Wolves”.
In addition, you can step into The Down South Lounge and see a beautiful art exhibit curated by Kimberly Messano and also catch Live Painting by Marthalicia Matarrita!
Shout outs to our presenter and sponsors: Southpaw, Brooklyn Bodega, Staple Design, Beyond Race Magazine, Flud Watches, East Village Radio, Fusicology & FatBeats, and End Of The Weak in conjunction with Royalty Media Group, Forever Fresh, Southern Thunder Promotions and Hustlemode!
For advanced tickets check out this link, they are selling fast!
Southpaw is extremely proud to host underground punk heroes Alice Donut on Thursday, November 4th. The band will be playing tracks from it’s new release Ten Glorious Animals (see reviews below), as well as some of their great ditties from their previous seven studio albums. The band will also film this show for future DVD release. The only other show scheduled for the band this year will be Saturdays show at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.
Alice Donut formed in the punk underground of New York City’s Lower East Side in 1987, eventually releasing six studio albums and one live LP (recorded at CBGB’s). Jello Biafra initially encouraged the group and signed them to his Alternative Tentacles label, where Alice Donut released all of their albums. The band’s punk style was occasionally leavened with elements of oddball country and funk. (AMG)
The band’s style and lyrics are eclectic. Their music is a mixture of hard rock, punk, and post-punk and typically features melodic, guitar-heavy, odd-metered, and rhythm based pieces and is often punctuated with brass instrumentation. Many of the members are traditionally- or classically-trained musicians, though rarely on the same instruments they play in the band. Alice Donut’s lyrics take on what they view as the perversities, odd details, and petty humiliations of life. Their lyrical subject matter focuses on topics including depravity, domestic violence, and sexuality, reflected in songs like “My Life is a Mediocre Piece of Shit” and “The Son Of A Disgruntled X-Postal Worker Reflects On His Life While Getting Stoned In The Parking Lot Of A Winn Dixie Listening To Metallica”. (WIKIPEDIA)
Alice Donut was a band that rode beneath my radar back in the day; I was always aware of them, and had heard them, but never really listened to them. Now with the release of Ten Glorious Animals, I am planning on remedying this, and thinking about looking back at was I missed. – Ryan Cooper, About.com
“A penchant for penning melodic tunes that stick in your brain like a stainless steel scalpel knife.” – AMG
Fresh off their successful Brooklyn Soul Festival, the dusty-fingered record freaks Mr. Robinson and DJ Honky are back with their night devoted to vintage funk and soul. This month’s edition features another in the party’s string of fabled R&B performers, bringing in the four surviving members of the Green Berets, a Chicago soul group that also went by the name Walter & the Admirations. The group’s records are Holy Grails for the Northern Soul scene; this will be its first performance in more than 20 years, and first ever in Gotham. The Sweet Divines and the Divine Soul Rhythm Band open up (the latter combo also serves as the Berets’ backing band for the night).
- TIME OUT NEW YORK 10/28
THE GREEN BERETS play SOUTHPAW on Friday, October 30th. Tickets on sale
THE DEVIL MAKES THREE bring their funkybilly trio to Southpaw for the first time after a packed, roof raising show at Public Assembly back in June. THE DEVIL MAKES THREE play on November 8 with Hymns, Spirit Family Reunion and Spitzer Space Telescope.
Check the kind words the press has to say below, but first, check this out.:
Max Goldberg – flavorpill.com.
Like the Violent Femmes before them, Santa Cruz’s the Devil Makes Three infuse their country-bluegrass swing with a raucous punk spirit. A popular group on the festival circuit, the trio spins its odes to Tennessee whiskey and brawling with acoustic guitar, banjo, and stand-up bass — an economical set-up that makes for some surprisingly danceable music. Lead singer Pete Bernhard’s voice is a little rough around the edges, but the group’s harmonies go down smooth. Too restless to play the typical bluegrass venues and too musically sophisticated for your average bar band, Devil Makes Three are a rare breed: wild traditionalists.
UCSF Synapse – Arul Thangavel
Another find was Devil Makes Three, who played before Built To Spill, a band that can only be described as party country music – two guitars and a stand up bass relived whiskey-fueled mayhem of yore with a rhythm that begs a dance.
Shotgunreviews.com:
…the Devil Makes Three bring a D.I.Y. aesthetic to ragtime, bluegrass, and classic folk music. Like the Violent Femmes, the Devil Makes Three can rock out with acoustic instruments yet remain engagingly melodic. Their slightly punky perspective on vintage Americana provides an irreverent tone, but there’s no denying the affection this group has for its ’20s and ‘30 inspirations.
Anyone that’s heard a note of the single, “Light At The End Of The Tunnel” knows the potential of this Brooklyn band.
