Red Wire Black Wire, Bell, Hockey - Saturday at Pianos

Red Wire Black Wire "Compass" mp3

Oft buzzed about Brooklyn group Red Wire Black Wire will be headlining a great bill this Saturday night at Pianos in NY. The fuzzed-out bass tones and high-end synths on RWBW's Compass EP assure the audience that they are indeed listening to dance music, yet, there is something darker and more melancholic about the melodies of these songs. Ultimately though, danceability wins out, with solid four-on-the-floor kick drum hits and throbbing bass lines.

Also on Saturday night's bill are newcomers and Capitol Records signees Hockey. Hockey also draw their tunes from the synth-heavy new wave pool, but they add more guitar while dialing back the thick bed of bass that RWBW employ. We've heard some good things about these kids, not to mention we also have the Center Ice Package at home. It's pretty much win-win here for us. Hockey play the Mercury Lounge tonight as well.

Rounding out this great evening are Brooklyn's Bell. Lead vocalist Olga Bell often draws comparisons to Bjork, but her songs are less jagged yet equally as charming. Laced with piano and gauzy electronics Bell's composistions manage to remain melodic while also keeping an experimental edge. Should be a great night of synths, gee-tars and pop tunes.

CMJ Watch: Beach House, Dent May, Fight Bite, Bell

Dent May sans magnificent ukulele

Dent May - "Meet Me in the Garden" - mp3
Finding a loaded showcase can make a night on the streets of CMJ much easier. It eliminates all the running around, half drunk and tired trying to find your way to the next show. That being said, here are two showcases where you could sit all night and relax. We know you won't - but you COULD.

The first is the Paw Tracks/Car Park/Force Field PR showcase at Le Poisson Rouge on Wednesday night (10/22). Highlights here are definitely new-comer Dent May and Beach House. Paw Tracks will release May's debut The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele February 2. Apparently he recorded this in a trailer in his home town of Taylor, Mississippi. Yeah, it's a bit of a wait, but his Serge Gainsbourg-inspired tropicalia is certainly worth it. Definitely one to watch for in 2009.

Fite Bite "The Accident" - mp3
That brings us to a loaded Thursday evening (10/23) at Pianos for the Force Field PR showcase featuring Stark favorite Fight Bite, as well as Bell, Crystal Stilts, and Stars Like Fleas. Like we said, you could easily saddle up at Pianos for the entire evening. Texas duo Fight Bite's debut album Emerald Eyes is due October 28th. Emerald Eyes is filled with gauzy synths, lovely reverb-drenched vocals, and melancholy overtones. Put it on the list.

Full set lists and times after the jump...

DOWNSTAIRS / MAIN STAGE:

08PM - FAUNTS
09PM - BELL
10PM - AU
11PM - CAUSE CO-MOTION!
12AM - CRYSTAL STILTS
01AM - TOBACCO

DJ DUCKCOMB SPINNING ALL NIGHT IN BETWEEN BANDS

PIANOS UPSTAIRS:

08:30PM - THE PHYSICS OF MEANING
09:30PM - DONOVAN QUINN & THE 13TH MONTH
10:30PM - FIGHT BITE
11:30PM - PWRFL POWER
12:30AM - THE PITY PARTY
01:30AM - STARS LIKE FLEAS

DJ ALEXIS GEORGOPOULOS SPINNING ALL NIGHT IN BETWEEN BANDS

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CARPARK / PAW TRACKS / FORCE FIELD PR OFFICIAL CMJ SHOWCASE

WEDS. OCTOBER 22ND AT LE POISSON ROUGE
158 BLEECKER STREET / WEST VILLAGE
http://lepoissonrouge.com/
7PM - 2AM
$10 / LIMITED CMJ BADGES

MAIN STAGE:

07:00PM - WZT HEARTS
08:00PM - RINGS
09:30PM - EXCEPTER
10:00PM - DENT MAY & HIS MAGNIFICENT UKULELE
12:30AM - BEACH HOUSE

REAR STAGE:

07:30PM - ECSTATIC SUNSHINE
08:45PM - TICKLEY FEATHER
10:15PM - ADVENTURE
11:45PM - LESSER GONZALEZ ALVAREZ
01:15AM - KRIA BREKKAN