Besides Dawn Landes at Mercury, and Stark performing with Tim Emmerick at Pianos (9:00) - we feel obliged by our dedication to good taste to tell you about two more amazing shows happening on Friday.
The first being the triumphant return of The Octagon to Brooklyn after dominating the country behind their new (and killer) record Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever. This analog garage trio is hitting Bruar Falls to celebrate release of the aforementioned album on Serious Business Records. Order the vinyl HERE. Anyone who's ever heard a note of Pavement or Dinosaur Jr. would do well to be in the audience Friday, as The Octagon feature prominently in the future linage of these seminal, rock-guitar driven, indie legends.
The second band on tap are the quickly rising Ava Luna, who will be part of an amazing bill Friday which includes Marni Stern and The Suckers. Location: Under 100 (172 Duane St). It's not often that we refernce Spoon when talking about bands, let alone new bands. Yet there is something about the songs on Ava Luna's new EP Services (1/22 release) that recall the clatter and skeletal soulfulness of early Spoon records. With veiled dance rhythms and a male/female vocal attack, Ava Luna toss about wisps of pop melody, yet keep the songs expertly grounded in the echoing booms of a resonant and adept rhythm section.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The Octagon Tour and New Album
Back in September we flagged The Octagon as a band poised to have a big year. Well, here we go. The New York post-punk trio is embarking on a full tour in support of their new (vinyl and digital only) album Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever which drops Jan 5 via Serious Business Records. All accomplished in some way outside the band, the three members, Will Glass, Zachary Mexico and bassist "The Bunny" come together as The Octagon to expel powerful bursts of melodic, gritty and downright addictive nuggets of analog rock goodness. While you can tell these tracks were recorded to tape and have that blown-out sound, the band does well for themselves to avoid paying homage to the "shitgaze" trend of '09. From what we've heard of the new album, these are merely tight three-minute rock songs of the purest sense. Highly recommended. New mp3 "Suicide Kings" above, tour dates after the jump.
THE OCTAGON ON TOUR
01/05 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fire
01/06 Baltimore, MD @ The Metro Gallery
01/07 Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
01/08 Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern
01/09 Richmond, VA @ Plaza Bowl
01/10 Ashville, NC @ Bobo Gallery
01/11 Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light
01/12 Nashville, TN @ The Basement
01/13 Little Rock, AR @ Whitewater Tavern
01/14 St. Louis, MO @ Antartica
01/15 Champaign, IL @ Mike and Molly’s
01/16 Chicago, IL @ Elbo Room
01/17 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
01/18 Columbus, OH @ The Carabar
01/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Bruar Falls
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