GLASSLANDS
Aimlessly wandering through the cinematic streets of SoHo can often seem like a social treasure hunt in which an X can be found at every corner.
Try it yourself one day, follow a faint smell until it grows stronger and your nostrils take you to the most charming and delicious bakery you've ever seen. Or listen for the low rumble of music and find yourself, for instance, on the corner of Wooster and Broome where, last night, hundreds of young fans, gallery hoppers, and class skipping students were huddled in front of Team Gallery looking up toward the rooftops.
Feeling musically starved? Need a concert fix? We've got you covered. Here are some incredible shows coming up in the next few weeks.
(p.s. If you got Kraftwerk Tickets, you suck.) (p.p.s. If there are any shows/artists you want us to add, comment below!)
3/28
Cloud Nothings/A Classic Education/Crinkles (Glasslands)
The name Grimes is a secret. She simply won't say. And although work ethic comes from a background in ballet, with obvious familiarity to spandex and that powers of femininity that be, sex appeal won't be hiking this one to the top; it's an aspect of the art she thinks too dark. She's described as anything from the Montreal artist from the DIY post-Internet scene, to the methodically slow-burned indie "it" girl who's become “the marriage between the voice of a human and the heartbeat of a machine” (Bullett Magazine). Grimes is Claire Boucher. And yes, a Canadian pop-singer with twinkly-light and layered vocals; with moody, chaotic, if misunderstood lyrics, and a level free time one can only imagine as nill, as she's cranked out four consecutive albums (-esque) since 2010. Two of such, Gedi Primes and Halifaxa (2010), were Internet-dispensed gratis efforts, though regarded highly, while she churned out singles on side A of Darkbloom in May 2011, along side hip hop experimentalist D'eon, the latter).
What is important to take note of in todays ever-expanding indie/underground music scene is how every group and individual drinks from the same pool. The influences that are accessible to everyone play a crucial role in a bands 'sound', yet each act is so completely unique in their own right. Sure, most everyone has listened to Sonic Youth or Dinosaur Jr. or Pavement and been turned on by them (at least in this realm of music), but it's the personal experience - that alone time in your room secretly listening to each new Prince album, or bopping to P-Funk when parents were downstairs - that gives one group of people at one moment in time the edge they need to bridge the gap between their minds and the audiences. This is why we are all so willing to check out new music; we have a genre we prefer, but there are limitless, literally infinite means in which to create an individual sound that nothing is ever truly the same. Therefore, there is always an opportunity for us to be shocked and awed.
"Doing the best they can" since August 2006, Brooklyn band Bear Hands is returning home from a successful stint at SXSW (where they caught the attention of justintimberlake.com, which states that "we've fallen in love with their choppy but dreamy indie-rock stylings. We particularly like it when, mid-set, bassist Val Loper abandons his guitar to play drums with a maraca. Good work.") to play at Glasslands Gallery tonight with Holy Ghost!. See what the hype is all about and download their single "What A Drag" here and get your tickets for tonight's show (fingers crossed that Loper is feeling the maracas again tonight). Catch them tonight before they head out with Passion Pit for a full US tour. They won't be returning until May 6th for a show at Irving Plaza with As Tall As Lions, so don't miss your chance to see the band that provides, according to RockSounds, "just the right amount of danceable anthems to transform the crowd from an intrigued gathering into an all singing, all shaking disco party."
What happens when an online magazine/record label/events entity known for portraits of artists and their cats, taro cards provocative enough to guarantee they will never be sold at Barnes and Noble, and a dedication to fostering a thriving art and music community starts hosting a weekly event at Brooklyn's Glasslands Gallery? The answer is Pendu Org's Tuesday Nite Disco, a weekly live music event and dance party that's definitely a breed of its own. Its dark, deeply atmospheric vibe has already attracted a devoted following in the short time since its debut. With good reason. Resident DJs Harrison Owen and Todd Pendu had some words to share about their inspirations for doing what they do, what Pendu Org has in the works, and what they're excited about in music right now.
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