Despite only putting the show online recently and with little fuss, a sizeable crowd turned out to see the wonderful Scott Hansen AKA Tycho last night, whose design blog ISO 50 has turned quite a few heads lately, and his signing with Ghostly International has secured his place among the blogs. Check out his just-reissued Past is Prologue, an album that has slowly become a must-have in the underground world of electronic music since it was released on the now-defunct IDM label Merck Records. Good stuff.
Opening with a DJ set was the always wonderful Com Truise, whose chillwaving, self-proclaimed “music for people driving their cars who just want to jam” turned the energy up a notch and got the crowd into it even when the floor lights were still on.
Massachusetts’ Andre Obin creates fresh beat architecture with crooned, digitally manipulated vocals punching through it. When it hit, it worked great.
Tycho headlined with some of the new stuff from his latest, Coastal Brake, such as this one: the self-titled track. But for the several dozen seemingly HxC fans in the crowd he played his older pleasers.
While clearing out my inbox (8083+ unread emails, yikes) and staring out my office window into the hazy overcast of impending shitstorm, I came across this video of the super awesome Rock Yard shows that came into existence this summer as a welcomed throwback answer to the Jelly Pool Parties of ‘yore.
So get out your calendars and start marking down the days to Summer 2011– and for now, just get half-depressed and half-turned on by running girls in bikinis:
Last night, Best Coast proved their lo-fi, doo-wop, surf rock can make it through the summer and into the rainy, grey weather of fall with a sold out show at The Bowery Ballroom.
At Northeast Kingdom restaurant in Bushwick, come take part in “Fireside Follies,” a new monthly reading series beginning Oct. 24. Writers Michael Lala and Eric Nelson created the event as an occasion for local writers to get out and read, gain an audience, and meet and share with more published local authors. The format is pretty wide open, and experimentation and creativity are obviously encouraged. From Brooklyn Eagle:
“Fireside Follies” will showcase works from various aspects of literature, including fiction, memoir, poetry, and creative nonfiction. The inaugural season will feature authors Emily Gould (And the Heart Says Whatever), Arthur Nersesian (Mesopotamia) and Justin Taylor (Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever), poets Molly Gaudry (We Take Me Apart) and Melissa Broder (When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother), former New York Times columnist Matt Gross, and artist Cristy Road (Bad Habits).
We all know Bushwick is on the up and up. This free literary event gives us yet another reason to head to the neighborhood. Check it out.
BREAKING NEWS! Venue Change:Brooklyn Fireproof, 120 Ingraham St.Brooklyn. (L to Morgan St.)
Finally making good on a tweeted promise of a free NYC show after the debacle that was her HARD NY performance in July at a soggy Governor’s Island, M.I.A. takes to Brooklyn Bowl‘s stage on October 6 for a first-come first-served solo gig. Doors are at 9:30 and the line for hopefuls forms at 7:00. Luckily the Bowl has a roof.
Since so many of you have written to find out about tomorrow’s show, YES, it’s still scheduled to go on, despite the impending monsoon. It will only be canceled if there’s thunder & lightning — since neither of which are even remotely twee.
Doors open at 5:30 and set times are as follows:
Teenage Fan Club 7 -745
Belle and Sebastian 8:15 – 9:45
With rent being due at the end of the week, new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau may help you feel better about handing over your hard earned loot. Contrary to what many New Yorkers might think, our rent is not the most expensive in the country. Alright, it is the sixth most, but that’s still reason to celebrate, or at the very least, not complain as much. The 2009 American Community Survey released this week shows rent to be the highest in San Jose, CA. San Francisco follows in second, and Washington D.C. comes in third. Just barely less expensive than the New York City area is Boston. From Crain’s:
The New York metro area, which includes northern New Jersey and Long Island, was sixth. Median gross rent was $1,125 a month. The median rent in the city alone was $1,086.
Numbers like that are intimidating. More interesting figures should come out when the 2010 Census, which counts how many people are jammed into this city, comes out in the next few months. If you’re really hurting for a new place, having worn out your welcome on your friend’s couch, and worried about a winter sleeping in McCarren Park, here is an idea for a cheap room in Greenpoint.
