flavorpill NYC | SF | LA | LONDON | CHI September 13 - 19, 2005

 
 Mattias Lundin   
Cultural Stimuli in NYC
Issue 275: surging flavor

The biggest blip on this week's radar is, of course, the four-day CMJ Music Marathon, reportedly bringing an influx of 90,000 people between A&Rs, acolytes, and artists. To help you sift through the music madness and make intelligent choices, we've created a special gig recommendation list for this issue. But as big as CMJ is, it's got some fierce competition for those iCal spots, including four days of multimedia bliss courtesy of RESFEST, the launch of Robert Smithson's Floating Island, the all-star DJ and electronic acts at Ultra.NY, Noémie Lafrance's ambitious new dance project, and an art-infused block party for the High Line. Plus, on the pre-purchase front: tickets are now on sale for the New York Film Festival, and Flavorpill subscribers can get sweet deals on performances for the upcoming Fall for Dance Festival. Conserve your energy, and spread it...

 

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 Table of Contents TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
art Floating Island to Travel Around Manhattan; Odd Lots
dance Evening Stars; Agora; Fall for Dance Festival
design anOTHER T.SHIRT Competition
festival High Line Block Party
film Chain; Hitchcock & Cary Grant; New York Film Festival
multimedia RESFEST; Laurie Anderson: The Waters Reglitterized; Omer Fast: Godville
music 13 & God; Tom Vek; Prefuse 73; Nickodemus' Endangered Species Band; Funkstörung
reading James Salter w/ Jim Shephard, Julia Slavin, and Amy Hempel; A Celebration of the Paris Review; Best American Poetry
djGhostly's Haunted Haus; Bun B w/ Hollertronix; Ultra.NY feat. The Chemical Brothers; Back to School feat. Peanut Butter Wolf
FEAT cream of the pop CMJ Music Marathon Picks; cd review Giant Drag, Hearts and Unicorns; downloads And Did We Mention Our Disco?


Spotlights




Daily Updates



Tuesday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
CMJ storms the city this WED - SAT. Check out Flavorpill's recommendations.
 


DESIGN: Opening
anOTHER T.SHIRT Competition

when: Tue 9.13 (7-10pm)
where: Salon (505 West St, 212.929.4303) map
price:
links: Event Info

Whether sporting an iron-on decal, a bold slogan, or a corporate logo, the t-shirt has been a canvas for self-expression since the '60s. This summer the New York Collective, a nonprofit arts organization that creates opportunities for designers to strut their most innovative stuff, held the anOTHER T.SHIRT Competition, requesting designs that stretch, expand, and reinterpret the t-shirt. Over 100 submissions were received from artists all around the globe. The winning submissions are unveiled at tonight's opening party, where attendees can also purchase limited-edition t-shirts. If you miss the festivities, you can view the featured designs starting tomorrow at the NYC Collective's special flash environment — translation: temporary exhibit space. (MB)

Note: Open bar from 7-8pm. anOTHER T.SHIRT Competition continues at 269 Elizabeth St (Mon-Sun: 12:30-6:30pm) through Sat 9.24.



ALSO ON TUE

MUSIC: Acid Techno
XLR8R presents Funkstörung w/ High Priest, and Princess Superstar
Tue 9.13 (10pm) Scenic (25 Avenue B, 212.253.2595) map $7

Event Info
 
Funkstörung's latest work pays homage to their earlier acid phase — likely demonstrated in tonight's live set. The duo is joined by Airborn Audio's MC High Priest and DJ Princess Superstar. (LJ)




Wednesday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
CMJ storms the city this WED - SAT. Check out Flavorpill's recommendations.
 


FILM
Chain

when: Wed 9.14 - Tue 9.27
where: IFC Center (323 6th Ave, 212.924.7771) map
price: $10.75
links: IFC Center

Shot in an intentionally cruddy-looking 16mm, the fiction/documentary hybrid Chain drifts along in a bleak blur of malls and chain restaurants that slowly narrows into two specific storylines. Amanda, a young homeless woman who scavenges shelter and meals in generically American shopping centers, suffers terribly from mottled skin and a lack of affect. Tamiko, a 30ish Japanese businesswoman, bristles with an appealing purposefulness as she mines US hinterlands for potential amusement park sites. Inevitably, both women surrender to their environs' banality, sliding into a synchronized, ritualized doom that not even weeds can survive. This bona fide dystopia tugs at us to wake up before it's too late. (LR)

  Jem Cohen documented what band in his 1999 film? The first five correct responses each win a pair of tickets to a Chain screening.



DANCE
Evening Stars

when: Wed 9.14 - Sat 9.17 (7:30pm)
where: Battery Park (near State & Pearl Sts) map
price:
links: River to River Festival

Variety is the mother of good programming, as demonstrated by Evening Stars, a four-night series featuring numerous celebrated dance companies swaying to a wide array of musical genres. Ballet Hispanico stands out in the Crooners and Swooners evening, while the Trisha Brown Dance Company is spotlighted in Vinyl Favorites — pieces choreographed to popular hits, from Queen to Stevie Wonder — and Momix headlines Urban Remix, where funk and house guide the aesthetic. The Merce Cunningham Dance Company is featured in Modern Masters — a whole evening dedicated to a site-specific collaboration between the choreographer, composers, and visual artists, with a natural backdrop fit for a late summer night. (SP)



READING: Fundraiser
James Salter w/ Jim Shephard, Julia Slavin, and Amy Hempel

when: Wed 9.14 (8pm)
where: Happy Ending (302 Broome St, 212.334.9676) map
price: $10 donation
links: Event Info

The marvelous, elegiac prose of James Salter sets the dark tenor for this reading relaunching Amanda Stern's Happy Ending literary series. Julia Slavin reads from her surreal new novel Carnivore Diet, in which a mysterious beast terrorizes a family and the entirety of D.C. An appearance by Amy Hempel — whose story "The Harvest" from the now out of print At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom is a holy grail to young MFA fiction candidates — makes our heart skip a beat, while Project X author Jim Shepard, who (random fact!) co-edited the book Unleashed: Poems by Writers' Dogs with Hempel, makes for the third J.S. on the bill. Sam Bisbee livens things up with some tunes. (JKG)

Note: Proceeds benefit a Hurricane Katrina relief organization of the audience's choosing.




Thursday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
CMJ storms the city this WED - SAT. Check out Flavorpill's recommendations.
 


MULTIMEDIA
RESFEST 2005

when: Thur 9.15 - Sun 9.18 (schedule)
where: Various locations
price: $10
links: Event Info

Before making successful feature films, Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Miranda July, and David LaChapelle all incubated in the experimental lands of multimedia art and music videos — the mediums at the heart of RESFEST. Punctuated with studio tours, gear demos, seminars, and panels for serious digi-heads, RES pulls together a reliably trippy offering of imaginative shorts and features. Highlights this year include new work from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess, Chris Cunningham's latest, and a Miguel Arteta-directed flick by aforementioned It girl Ms. July, plus, new viddies from Arcade Fire, Basement Jaxx, and the Flaming Lips, and feature-length docs to please sneaker freakers (Just for Kicks) and graf aficionados (Infamy). New DFA signees and electro-soul purveyors Hot Chip ice the cake with a closing night performance. (JKG)

Note: Hot Chip also play the Tribeca Grand's Fashion Week closing party on Fri 9.16 (10pm), free with RSVP.

  What gallery's graphic artists are collaborating to make RESFEST's posters? The first correct answer receives a pair of tickets to the closing night screening and performance.



ALSO ON THUR

MULTIMEDIA: Opening
Omer Fast: Godville
Thur 9.15 (6-8pm) Postmasters (459 W 19th St, 212.727.3323) map

Event Info
 
Omer Fast's dizzying two-channel video installation investigates the layered psychology of Colonial Williamsburg's period performers. Blurring multiple personalities, temporal markers, and fact and fiction, Fast pinpoints a gnarly cross section of unhinged Americana. (AM)

Note: Godville continues through Sat 10.15 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm).



READING
The Best American Poetry
Thur 9.15 (7pm) Tishman Auditorium, The New School (66 W 12th St, 212.229.5488) map $10

The Best American Poetry
 
Paul Muldoon hosts this year's reading of alums from The Best American Poetry series. Among other notables, the lineup includes indie superstar Matthea Harvey, whose Sad Little Breathing Machine was a 2003 critic's favorite. (PJW)



DJ
Ghostly's Haunted Haus feat. Derek Plaslaiko
Thur 9.15 (10pm-4am) Happy Ending (302 Broome St, 212.334.9676) map

Ghostly International
 
Who better to inhabit a haunted house than Ghostly's frighteningly hot techno/electro selectors? Come for the ghouls, but stay and vamp for the cobrasnake! (CJN)




Friday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
CMJ storms the city this WED - SAT. Check out Flavorpill's recommendations.
 


FILM
Notorious Duo: Hitchcock & Cary Grant

when: Fri 9.16 - Sun 9.25
where: BAM's Rose Cinema (30 Lafayette Ave, Bklyn, 718.636.4100) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | Alfred Hitchcock | Cary Grant

Wearily debonair, Cary Grant is a man for the ladies. More than a dapper don, his self-satisfied smile and rich, American-British intonation hint at a promise that he might just be bothered to keep. Trading on Grant's posh allure, Hitchcock dangled him before four decidedly dissimilar blondes in their collaborations together: Suspicion, Notorious, To Catch a Thief, and North by Northwest. Too young and far too easily won by the bluestockinged Joan Fontaine in Suspicion, Grant is best-aged and better-matched in the decadent Thief. Fending off the plain-spoken advances of Grace Kelly's chilly American beauty, Grant knows what she wants and needs — and eventually, lucky girl, lets her have it. (LG)

  Cary Grant's female counterpart in Notorious is the mother of which Italian model and actress? The first correct answer receives a pair of tickets to a screening in this series.



MULTIMEDIA: Opening
Laurie Anderson: The Waters Reglitterized

when: Fri 9.16 (6-8pm)
where: Sean Kelly Gallery (528 W 29th St, 212.239.1181) map
price:
links: Event Info | Laurie Anderson

Artistic chameleon Laurie Anderson has traveled the world for projects including walking from Athens to Delphi, multimedia interpretations of Moby Dick, and NASA's first artist residency. While touring her last performance, Anderson created a visual dream diary of increasingly bizarre images, such as headless singing squirrels, and then used the drawings as a film storyboard. The diary appears in the gallery as an oversized book of prints on a reverential pedestal, while Anderson's video, The Fox, is projected on a wall behind an intimate red velvet curtain. Moving in the breeze like midnight mirages, a series of iris prints on translucent, reflective glassine fabric complete the view into Anderson's nocturnal journeys. (CEK)

Note: The Waters Reglitterized continues through Sat 10.22 (Tue-Fri: 11am-6pm & Sat: 10am-6pm).



ALSO ON FRI

DJ
Ultra.NY feat. The Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, and Mylo
Fri 9.16 (4:30-10pm) Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Field at 72nd St, 212.360.2777) map $59.75

Event Info
 
Ultra.NY goes head-to-head with CMJ, bringing heavy-hitters the Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, Erick Morillo, Danny Tenaglia, and Timo Maas to play in the park. But this party's secret weapon is the lesser-known (but uber-fun) Mylo. (JKG)



MUSIC: House/Funk
Nickodemus' Endangered Species Band w/ DJ Quantic
Fri 9.16 (10pm-3am) The Frying Pan (Pier 63 at 23rd St and the West Side Hwy, 212.989.6363) map $10

Event Info
 
After six years of river madness, Nickodemus pulls together his first live band, featuring members of Groove Collective and Si*Sé. Tonight his electronic brilliance gets an acoustic edge. (DB)




Saturday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
CMJ storms the city this WED - SAT. Check out Flavorpill's recommendations.
 


FESTIVAL
The Kitchen High Line Block Party

when: Sat 9.17 (12-6pm)
where: The Kitchen (512 W 19th St, 212.255.5793) and along the High Line map
price:
links: Event Info | High Line

For an abandoned railroad viaduct, the High Line has come a long way in its graffiti-strewn, weed-covered glory. Commemorating the High Line's imminent conversion into an elevated public promenade, Chelsea performance arts hub The Kitchen is throwing a huge block party. It features eclectic live performances, including the Eastern European Gypsy dance band Romashka, as well as an impressive array of artists. Kayrock and Wolfy create drawings on demand, while Maya Hayuk leads an interactive street mural project. Other happenings include Michael De Feo's custom-made temporary tattoos, Matt Keegan's surprise balloon project, and the Truckazine — literally a truck full of zines and hand-made books. (JF)



ART: Opening
Floating Island to Travel Around Manhattan by Robert Smithson

when: Sat 9.17 (5-7pm)
where: Pier 46 (Hudson River Park at Charles and West St, 212.431.7165) map
price:
links: Robert Smithson

Seminal earthworks artist Robert Smithson's plans for Floating Island were conceived in 1970 — inspired in part by his long-standing fascination with Central Park landscaper Frederick Law Olmsted — but never realized during the artist's lifetime. Now, as part of an ongoing retrospective, the Whitney Museum in conjunction with public arts organization Minetta Brook actualizes that vision, landscaping a 2,700-square foot barge with earth, rocks, and native trees. Circumnavigating Manhattan over two weekends for a scheduled 12 hours each day, the work is a reimagined fragment of both New York City and Robert Smithson, as well as a timely and quixotic escape from the limits of our man-made confines. (AM)

Note: Floating Island will circumnavigate Manhattan Sun 9.18 (8am-8pm) and Sat 9.24 & Sun 9.25 (8am-8pm). For additional information visit the Minetta Brook website.



MUSIC: Indie Rock
Tom Vek w/ Mylo

when: Sat 9.17 (10pm-4am)
where: Tribeca Grand Hotel, Downstairs (2 Ave of the Americas, 212.519.6677) map
price: FREE w/ RSVP
links: Event Info

Arranged and recorded on a reel-to-reel in his dad's garage, Tom Vek's debut album, We Have Sound, is a testament to what can still be done with minimal equipment and loads of good ideas. A multi-instrumentalist who also acknowledges a reverence for electro (which he's produced in the past), Vek added tastefully restrained tinges of synthesizer to the mostly straightforward rock formula of organs, guitar, funk bass, and dusty, lo-fi drums on the album. Having played every part on the record by himself, Vek now makes the transition to a live setting, fronting a full band for his debut US tour. Mylo contributes synthy, anthemic tech-pop to the lineup. (CJN)



ALSO ON SAT

DJ: Fundraiser
Back to School feat. Peanut Butter Wolf w/ DJ Spinna, Rich Medina, and Bobbito Garcia
Sat 9.17 (3-10pm) Rooftop of 289 Kent Ave, Wburg map $7 donation

Event Info
 
Funk, hip-hop, and rare grooves spin off into East River-side air at this rooftop party featuring a lineup of local faves including DJ Spinna, Rich Medina, Bobbito Garcia, Peanut Butter Wolf, OP!, and Blu Jemz. (JKG)



READING
A Celebration of the Paris Review
Sat 9.17 (7pm) Celeste Bartos Forum, New York Public Library (5th Ave at 42nd St) map $15

Event Info
 
Launching their latest anthology and a new, more svelte format for the magazine, Review editor Philip Gourevitch hosts this evening, featuring Rushdie on the mic and a performance from that precious, precocious kook Miranda July. (JKG)



DJ
Triple 5 Soul Sessions feat. Bun B w/ Hollertronix, DJ Assault, and Spank Rock
Sat 9.17 (9pm-4am) Southpaw (125 5th Ave, Park Slope, 718.230.0236) map FREE w/ RSVP

Event Info
 
Houston's Underground King Bun B slings wisened rhymes from his upcoming solo album Trill, and joins Philly's mash-up moguls Hollertronix, Detroit's ghetto-tech kingpin DJ Assault, and Baltimore's dirty-ass beat-freak Spank Rock. (IB)

Note: You must RSVP by Fri 9.16, and pick up your pass at Atrium on the day of show (4-6pm).



Sunday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
CMJ storms the city this WED - SAT. Check out Flavorpill's recommendations.
 


MUSIC: Glitch-Hop
Prefuse 73 w/ Dub Trio

when: Sun 9.18 (7pm boarding, 8pm departure)
where: The Temptress (41st St at West Side Hwy, 212.571.3304) map
price: $30 / $25 advance
links: Event Info | Prefuse 73 | Dub Trio

Instrumental hip-hop maestro and prickly expat weirdo Scott Herren has built a solid career with his blippy, blunted grooves. So solid, in fact, that such distinguished guests as Ghostface, Beans, Broadcast, and Kazu (of Blonde Redhead) glommed onto his last album, Surrounded by Silence. The project sagged under the weight of such an ensemble, but Prefuse's pitch-perfect collaboration with avant-samplers the Books fortunately saved him from a no-hitter this year. Tonight, the appropriately named Dub Trio join him on The Temptress. (TW)

  Name one active and one now defunct Herren side project. The second through fifth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.



Monday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
CMJ storms the city this WED - SAT. Check out Flavorpill's recommendations.
 


MUSIC: Avant Indie/Post-Rock
13 & God w/ Boy In Static

when: Mon 9.19 (9pm)
where: Irving Plaza (17 Irving Pl, 212.777.6800) map
price: $20 / $18.50 advance
links: Event Info | 13 & God | Boy In Static

Sometime during the winter of 2004, goaded on by a mid-tour bus breakdown, the Notwist and Themselves became one. 13 & God was born, turning more than a few heads; the Notwist's German glitch-rock and Themselves' Bay Area freeform electro-rap make for seemingly strange bed fellows. But the trans-Atlantic indie collaboration grew from a shared penchant for genre bending, and the results offer a complex mix of melodic string arrangements, inventive beats, avant-garde rhymes, and dense sonics. The Notwist's wunderkind Boy in Static opens, showcasing his homespun productions as Boston's lower-fi answer to the Germans' laptop pop. (MS)



Ongoing / Upcoming TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
CMJ storms the city this WED - SAT. Check out Flavorpill's recommendations.
 


DANCE
Agora

when: Tue 9.13 - Sat 9.17 & Tue 9.20 - Sat 9.24 (8pm)
where: McCarren Park Pool (Lorimer St btwn Driggs Ave & Bayard St, Wburg, 718.302.5024) map
price: $20-40
links: Event Info

Creativity, ambition, and originality collide when the mammoth McCarren Park Pool facility is temporarily converted into a performing arts venue and 30 dancers fill 50,000 square feet with twirls, jumps, pas de duex, surprises, and special apparitions. Choreographer Noémie Lafrance prevailed upon public agencies to reopen the pool to serve as the setting of her latest site-specific extravaganza, reviving the complex from a 20-year slide into disrepair. In the manner of her award-winning Descent — during which the stairwell of a municipal building became the stage, and dancers and audience engaged in a delicate balance of viewer/performer — Lafrance creates her largest and most anticipated work yet. (SR)



ART
Odd Lots: Revisiting Gordon Matta-Clark's Fake Estates

when: Now through Sun 1.22.06 (Wed-Fri: 10am-5pm / Sat & Sun: 12-5pm)
where: Queens Museum of Art (Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 718.592.9700) map
price: $5
links: Event Info

In this double venue show, the curators from Cabinet magazine don't hide the fact that Gordon Matta-Clark couldn't keep his mind out of the gutter. In the early '70s, the artist known for lacerating buildings bought 15 plots of "gutterspaces" — cartographic no man's land auctioned off by the city for cheap. After fully documenting these odd lots, Matta-Clark died before realizing his plans for them. At White Columns, 19 artists have developed proposals for programming these fake estates with dance, installation, photography, and sculpture, while at the Queens Museum, visitors can view newly discovered archival materials, locate the sites on the museum's famous 1964 World's Fair city panorama, and follow curators on quirky bus tours to those nearby. (JK)

Note: The exhibition at White Columns continues through Sat 10.15 (Tue-Sat: 12-6pm).

  Aside from the occasional orgasm, what have you faked about yourself? The five oddest responses each win a pair of tickets to this show and a copy of the exhibition catalogue.



DANCE: Upcoming
Fall for Dance Festival

when: Tue 9.27 - Sun 10.2 (8pm)
where: New York City Center (130 W 56th St, 212.581.1212) map
price: $10 for Flavorpill subscribers
links: Event Info

Aside from curating a stellar and widely varied lineup of dance companies, the annual Fall for Dance Festival also appeals for its come-hither concept. Essentially, the six-day festival serves as a sort of dance tapas platter, allowing novice viewers an affordable sample of some of the world's best dance. Among the 30 companies on hand, highlights include PHILADANCO performing choreography by Ronald K. Brown; India's Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company; Brooklyn's own Urban Bush Women; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Paul Taylor Dance Company; and the Joffrey Ballet. Deals like this don't stick around, and general tickets are already sold out. But, the first 200 Flavorpill subscribers to act can still get $10 tickets — see below for details. (JKG)

Note: Every night during the festival, Flavorpill hosts a lounge in the atrium, providing sounds from some of our favorite local beat purveyors. So come early, and stay late.

  From Tue 9.13 to Fri 9.16, the remaining 200 tickets are on sale to Flavorpill subscribers only. There is a limit of one pair of tickets per person. To purchase these special tickets online, enter the promotion code 1980 on the login page; to order by phone, call CityTix® 212.581.1212 and mention Flavorpill.



ALSO ONGOING/UPCOMING

FILM: Upcoming
The 43rd New York Film Festival
Fri 9.23 - Sun 10.9 Various locations (212.875.5050) $16-40

Event Info
 
The NYFF breaks free from Payne/Almodovar monotony to highlight a retro George Clooney flick, Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto (featuring Cillian Murphy as a man and a woman — pitter, patter) and Cache from master discomfiter Michael Haneke. (JKG)

Note: Many screenings are likely to sell out — advance purchase highly recommended.



Features TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
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  CREAM OF THE POP: CMJ Music Marathon Picks  

With the advent of the annual CMJ Music Marathon this week, NYC turns into a candy shop and our glut of supercilious music writers and "my record collection could beat up your record collection" t-shirt wearing rockers turn into kids. But with upwards of 50 shows a night, the downside is that the decisions can be overwhelming. We've pared the roster down to less than 40 Flavorpill-endorsed picks to lend a helping hand. High on our (long) list of heart-skipping highlights: a gig with coy, loungecore cover artists Nouvelle Vague, the anthemic, synthed-out rock 'n rollicking of Boy Kill Boy, '80s revivalists and CMJ Battle of the Bands winners Jessie Diamond and the Thousand, the addictive, dark pop of singer-songwriter Laura Veirs, Dungen's lo-fi psyche rock, debaucherous Brit rawk from Towers of London, the politically-tinged post-punk of the Rakes (think an edgier Bloc Party), and, on personality alone, Giant Drag's Annie Hardy and grime's teen pin-up Lady Sovereign. We could go on, but it's your turn now — check FLAVORPILL'S 2005 CMJ LIST of recommendations and choose your (crowd) battles. (JKG/ LT)



 


  CD REVIEW: Giant Drag, Hearts and Unicorns  

Kickball/Interscope
Released September 2005
$9.98 (Amazon)

Much has been made of Giant Drag frontwoman/mastermind Annie Hardy's cool-cred reference points: Mazzy Star, My Bloody Valentine, PJ Harvey, etc. However, she's really better viewed as a slightly more demented Juliana Hatfield — which is actually quite refreshing. With Hardy's ability to play the ingenue while simultaneously rocking out with unabashedly titled tunes like "You're Full of Shit (Check out My Sweet Riffs)" and "My Dick Sux," she comes off as the perfect post-millennial successor to Hatfield's brand of emotionally fraught, yet deliciously wispy-voiced pop. Hearts and Unicorns, Hardy's full-length debut as Giant Drag (along with drummer Micah Calabrese), provides angst and melody, distortion and haze, and sweetness and shock tactics, all in equal measure, with just enough hints of insanity to make it really interesting. (DL)

Note: Giant Drag play Northsix on Fri 9.16 (7pm).


 


  DOWNLOADS: And Did We Mention Our Disco?  

Since 2003, London's And Did We Mention Our Disco? has been making a name for itself in the forward-thinking, eclectic club scene. With a tip of the hat to Glasgow's excellent Optimo night, it's a place where post-punk rarities and cuts from up-and-coming rock bands sit nicely beside the newest techno and electro 12-inches. Our Disco bookings also reflect a wide-ranging appreciation of music in all forms, as the night has recently hosted DJs such as Trevor Jackson, Captain Comatose, Headman, and Max Tundra, with some of the sets recorded from the decks for its mix archive. Check out three of these gems below, from Trash's Erol Alkan, 2 Many DJs, and Optimo's JD Twitch and JG Wilkes. (CJN)



Erol Alkan: Set at Our Disco (Punk funk/electro)
2 Many DJs: Set at Our Disco (Electro)
Optimo DJs Twitch & Wilkes: Set at Our Disco (Punk funk/electro)


 


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Header Design:
FiancéeMattias Lundin
 
Editors:
Green teaJocelyn K. Glei
Bad newsJake Lancaster
Red BullDoug Levy
Swift kickSascha Lewis
ConstructionAndrew Maerkle
50-yard dashMark Mangan
My dogKristin Miller
Bugle sound-offColin J. Nagy
Cold showerStephan Paschalides
 
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GuaranaDerek Beres
Cold showerMindy Bond
Yerba MateIrene Bradish
Subway smellsJulie Fishkin
YogaLeigh Goldstein
The thought of youLance Jacobs
Oolong SouchongJessica Kraft
Refined sugarCatherine E. Krudy
A good night's sleepSteve Rogenstein
Red lipstickLisa Rosman
SparksMatthew Siegle
Kona beansToby Warner
No-dozePeter J. Wolfgang
 
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EspressoAnjuli Ayer
Wake-up callJessica Bauer-Greene
AmericanoJordan Goldstein
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