We’re so psyched to share a new single just released by The Moon Furies, the hot band that played an amazing set at No Pulp this past Wed! “Survival” will be featured on their upcoming EP, Not Earth.
Check it out below and let us know what you think! Stay tuned for more information on their EP release and future live shows by following them on Twitter @TheMoonFuries.
Are you ready for some electronic pop-rock?
Moon Furies is going to make you move tonight at Arlene’s Grocery, as part of our monthly No Pulp Music Night extravaganza! The show kicks off at 8PM, and Moon Furies will hit the stage at 10PM.
The band has definitely taken the country by storm, performing with acts such as Peter Bjorn and John and Dot Dot Dot. Not to mention, they recently took part in 100 Shows in 100 Days where all proceeds went directly to cancer research.
Moon Furies is led by Andy Kiel and Jim Wittmann—best friends since they were 4—and the live performance they deliver has been described by Windy City Rock as “Muppets on crack.” Needless to say, this group brings the fun!
What you can expect is head bobbing beats, some in your face synth, and some sway-worthy “echo-y” vocals. Standing silently in the back of the room will not cut it for this one, so come ready to dance and party!
Follow them on Twitter @moonfuries.
See the full event listing and RSVP here.
Ladies and gents, get excited to see Banana Phonetic at No Pulp tonight!
Hailing from Boston, they’ll be traveling to NYC to make their debut with No Pulp at Arlene’s Grocery on Wed. 1/25.
Banana Phonetic released The Facts Of Evolution, a 5-track, melodic, multi-instrumental, sophomore EP, just 6 months ago and we’re pretty much obsessed with it. Take a listen below!
Banana Phonetic is: Akhil Bhatt, Andy Bickerton, Sam Doty, Tom Mangan & David Nyman. These five super-talented guys are inspired by bands such as We love The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket and Deerhunter, and incorporate vocals, guitar, keys, bass, drums, banjo, mandolin, trumpet, mellotron, ukulele, and harmonica into their records and live show.
If you’re in NYC tonight, we hope you can make it! Here are the details for the show:
No Pulp Music Night
Wed. 1/25/12
Arlene’s Grocery
95 Stanton St, NYC
7pm: Doors
8pm — 12am: 4 amazing bands (Banana Phonetic is on at 9pm sharp)
21+
$8 cover (for all 4 bands)
Cheap drinks and an incredible line-up await and we hope to see you there!
We are heading back to Arlene’s Grocery tomorrow (January 25) night for another great No Pulp Music Night. The show kicks off at 8PM sharp, and SOUL KHAN will be closing out the show in style with some creative hip hop that you don’t want to miss.
Interested in what this talented MC has been up to? You can currently snag his 2011 EP for only 5 bucks!
Soul Khan is also known for his battle skills. You can check him out here as part of Smash City Gauntlet’s “There Goes The Neighborhood” where he takes on Florida veteran Madness.
Check out Soul Khan’s video for “Hold On” here.
Follow him on Twitter @Soulkhan.
1/25 Show Details:
No Pulp Music Night
Wednesday, January 25
At Arlene’s Grocery (95 Stanton Street)
Doors: 8PM
Cover: $8
Bill:
8PM / The Perfects
9PM / Banana Phonetic
10PM / Moon Furies
11PM / Soul Khan
If you are heading to SXSW this year, make sure to check out Soul Khan there as well. JAM!
The Perfects, an indie dance band from Baltimore, will be playing our No Pulp stage this Wed. 1/25 at Arlene’s Grocery!
Check out this video for their single “Girls That Dance”, which debuted earlier this month on MTV and reached #1 in 24 hours as the most popular and highest rated music video on MTV.com. Well done, guys!
We can’t wait for them to turn our event into a dance party! Don’t miss the fun!
The Perfects will hit the stage at 8pm at Arlene’s Grocery (95 Stanton St, NYC) this Wed. 1/25 for No Pulp Music Night! It’s $8 and we have 3 amazing bands which will follow, so make sure to come early and stay late for some great music and cheap drinks with our friends and fans of No Pulp!
We just had to share this. Major LOLz when she “OPEN[S] UP THIS PIT!”.
And check out the description on YouTube. It pretty much made our day:
8 yr old Juliet teamed up with the hottest producer ROB SHARPE this school holidays and smashed out this BRUTAL track.. Juliet takes you on a journey of her love for her dog, Robert and how her pet fish stink even though Juliet has zero sense of smell. The Australian Hardcore scene will never be the same!!
This is the ORIGINAL video you naughty kids who keep posting new versions :P
AS SEEN ON EVERY INTERNET WEBPAGE EVER CREATED IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD… EVEN TASMANIA!!!!
50% of Neutral Milk Hotel reunited this past Friday when Julian Koster and Jeff Mangum took the stage together at BAM’s Gilman Opera House for a memorable and magical performance.
(Julian Koster, Jeff Mangum, Scott Spillane, Jeremy Barnes)
It was a wonderful surprise to see that Koster’s current project The Music Tapes were opening for all three of Mangum’s scheduled BAM shows. Koster is widely known for his use of the singing saw and banjo, and his stage presence is pretty unbelievable. Needless the say, The Music Tapes put on a pretty unique performance—involving props such as a 7-foot-tall talking metronome (You can see said metronome in their video for “Minister of Longitude” here.) They were the perfect act to open for Jeff, and Koster’s on stage banter and stories added something very special to the show. The Music Tapes are like nothing you have heard or seen. If you are looking for something new, refreshing and corky—read more about them on their website. Their most recent record Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes (2008) can be purchased here, and the band is currently working on a new album to be released late this year.
And then there was Jeff..
If there is one thing I am certain of it’s that Jeff Mangum still has it going on. His voice is an insane instrument, and both times I have seen him play in the last few months have been great shows. To hear him play the classic Neutral Milk Hotel jams and some other off the beaten path tunes never gets old. Though he has been criticized for not playing a lot of new songs, I will always be happy to sit down and hear whatever he would like to play for the audience. The man is a musical genius, just let him do his thing. This particular show was taken to a higher level by the addition of Koster and his singing saw on several tracks—and also the brass instrumental backup that took the stage for several songs. The Music Tapes will be back with Jeff on quite a few future occasions, so here is when you can see them next.
Jeff Mangum 2012 Tour Dates:
01/25 Philadelphia, PA Irvine Auditorium at University of Pennsylvania *
01/27/28 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre *
01/30 Chapel Hill, NC Memorial Hall at University of North Carolina ^
02/01 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse ^
02/04 Minneapolis, MN Pantages Theatre ^
02/06 Chicago, IL Athenaeum Theater ^
02/07 Chicago, IL Athenaeum Theater ^
02/08 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater ^
02/10/11 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club ^
03/07 Dublin, Ireland Vicar Street ^
03/09/11 Minehead, England ATP Curated By Jeff Mangum
03/13/14 London, England Union Chapel
04/09/10 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
04/14 Indio, CA Coachella
04/16 Seattle, WA Moore Theater
04/18/19 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
04/21 Indio, CA Coachella
05/30 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound
06/07 Porto, Portugal Primavera Sound
* with the Music Tapes
^ with Andrew Scott Laura
A side note…
Another good discovery from Friday was the BAMcafe Live (Schedule of events here.) Most of these shows are free (A lot of cool jazz acts perform here), and it is a really amazing space. If you haven’t been, be sure to check it out sometime soon. If you head to BAM’s Opera House for a music performance, you can pop into the BAMcafe between acts for a drink or two (if you snag tickets in the mezzanine, it is particularly convenient).
Happy Monday, friends!
MLK is always a fantastic holiday. Even though it happens the same time every year, it always comes as a surprise day off work. This past Monday was made even better by an unexpected phone call from a good friend suggesting an unmatchable Monday night adventure: the opportunity to ride around Manhattan in a limousine bus with James Morrison. Ummm…YES, PLEASE!
I started listening to James about 4 years ago after his music was recommended to me by a friend (big props to Miss Adele Connolly for introducing me to this awesome Brit’s tunes..and bringing me along Monday night to meet him in person!). Sadly, after seeing James play at the Highline Ballroom in 2008, he hasn’t been back to the Big Apple—until this week (Perhaps you saw him on The Today Show Tuesday AM).
The wheels on the bus go…
5PM rolls around Monday, and we patiently waited outside the Universal offices for the previously mentioned amazing bus to pull up. We boarded the bus with only 12 other people, and spent an hour or so chilling with James Morrison—who, for the record, is an absolute doll. It is very refreshing when you meet a known musician and they are nothing short of seriously rocking. James played us a few acoustic tunes (even a Beatles cover while we sped past the Central Park Lennon Memorial), which was pretty stunning. His voice is amazing and right on point, and it isn’t very often you get a private stripped down performance from an artist you dig. Overall, one of my top NYC music moments!
If you don’t know James Morrison, get on it! He just came out with a third album this past fall (The Awakening), and the single “I Won’t Let You Go” is a seriously solid jam. Another great track is “Person I Should Have Been,” which James told us he wrote while in New Orleans, and the song shows major undertones of the city’s famous sound. However, do yourself a favor and give his older stuff a listen as well (Be sure to listen to “This Boy” from his first album Undiscovered. It’s a personal favorite of mine!).
Happy Listening!
