GET DOWN! please just get down!
< author: j dub >
Beginning next Friday, July 29th, Ending East and Relative Theory
Records are proud to present BEST WEEK EVR!
It’s exactly as it says, a week of the most intense, sweet music, presented
by the most talked about, promising bands of the year.
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The Cloud Room : Benzos : Biirdie - Friday, July 29th
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IF YOU LIKE: Pavement, Modest Mouse / Radiohead, Aphex Twin
• “Hey, Now, Now” – The Cloud Room
• “We Sleep in the Ocean” – The Cloud Room
• “Glass Souls” – Benzos
• “Warm Road” – Benzos
• “Open Letter to Jenny” – Biirdie
• “You’ve Got Darkness” – Biirdie
“In the race to be the next big thing, The Cloud Room is about to give
Bloc Party and The Dears a run for their money.” - PopMatters
“Radiohead are still the undisputed leaders on rock quintets that weave
anthemic guitar rock with chilly, electronic programming, but New York’s
Benzos, one of the most innovative bands coming out of The Big Apple
today…” - URB Magazine
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Rose Hollow : Ghost Buffalo : Halfacre Gunroom : John Wilkes Booze - Saturday, July, 30th
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Saturday July 30th will be the night to whisk your partner round and round under the soft yellow glow of the street light as local storytellers Rose Hollow and Ghost Buffalo serenades your heart strings, then when you’ve had too much to drink and a slap by your lover Halfacre Gunroom will heal the sting. Then after you’ve forgotten John Wilkes Booze will put the dance back in Dance Fever. Come on out and make your Saturday a grand ol story.
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Great White Jenkins : Skeletons : Fa She - Tuesday, Aug. 2nd
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And we long for the days of yesteryear but oh how we crave our technological future. Tuesday, August 2nd will be a gorious day as we enjoys the simple pleasures of Great White Jenkins, Skeletons, and Fa She. Listen to each one of these bands and you try to tell me that this night will not be something beautiful. “Marie, if we traveled away from here at the speed of light the hands of that clock would be frozen still. This moment would last forever!” - Young Einstein.
Yahoo Serious is somewhere living his life one day at a time just like you. THINK ABOUT THAT!
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Diamond Nights : Superock : Self-Destructors - Wednesday, August 3rd
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IF YOU LIKE: The Darkness, Queen, Billy Idol, Thin Lizzy
We are throwing a MEGA-PARTY on this night - denim and flannel all around! We came to get down! We came to get down! You won’t get it in if you don’t look tough enough! (actually if you have $5 then we will let you in) But check out these mp3s and dress up to your display inner party animal! AFTER PARTY IS AT HELL’S KITCHEN And we going to get loose! Come out and party as J-Dub and Diamond Dave spin that bustin’ loose sound of ice cold rock-k-k-k!
• “Destination Diamonds” – Diamond Nights
• “The Girl’s Attractive” – Diamond Nights
“Every once in a blue moon, you put on a CD and your face explodes. It’s
a very “whoa” moment, and NYC’s Diamond Nights just delivered one to the
max, Jaded Jack. It’s Thin Lizzy all sexed up with some Ric Ocasek silk on
top. If you don’t agree that this shit rules, you’re a crazy person” - Vice
Magazine
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Cheese On Bread : The Blood Sugars - Thursday, Aug 4th
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IF YOU LIKE: Librarians with Sailor Mouths / The Clash, Lou Reed
• How Long Have You Been Hatian? – Cheese On Bread
• First Come Takers – The Blood Sugars
“If you have the heart of a librarian and just for one night want to take that card catalogue and fuckin catapult that shite to the moon then get out and dance on Aug. 4th” – Jaywalker (Relative Theory)
“It’s dirty the way you pray for - this is the sweat you would actually drink. Sometimes when you swagger to the beat you will just do things you don’t understand. - J-dub (Relative Theory)
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We Are Scientists : The A-Sides - Friday, Aug 5th
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IF YOU LIKE: The Rapture, Hot Hot Heat, Moving Units / The Beach Boys, The
Kinks
• “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt” – We Are Scientists
• “This Scene is Dead” – We Are Scientists
• “Sidewalk Chalk” – The A-Sides
• “Park Avenue” – The A-Sides
“We Are Scientists . holy fuck. what a fucking band. i loved them! HOLY
FUCK. they were SO FUCKING GOOD. like bloc party covering sparta.” –
Karenplusone (Tarts of Pleasure)
“The A-Sides make you feel like you’re six-years-old at your best friend’s
birthday party only instead of a killer magician. Tang and goodie bags,
there’s a rockin’ band, beer and balloons. Balloons!” - TheFADER.com
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Morning Theft : Alpha Mandala : Softstone - Saturday, August 6th
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IF YOU LIKE: Nirvana, Radiohead, Muse, Sunny Day Real Estate
• “Weakness” – Morning Theft
• “Thirty Helens Agree” – Morning Theft
“Rob’s voice is so great and I am really starting to get worried that
I’ll be fucked waiting out in the rain to see them play in a couple months.
They’re like the Psychedelic Furs meets the Pixies — which might sound
really odd, but it works amazingly.” - ultragrrrl.com
