GIMME TINNITUS

So here is our barely edited look back at #northsidefest with tweets, pics, video, and mp3s…

[tweet] Fiiiinally picked up my #northsidefest baaaadge

[tweet] grabbing a taco at Loading Dock, then off to Public Assembly for the (rip) @poptarts showcase

[tweet] made it to the @poptarts showcase :: sampling the Harpoon IPA :: jammy jams being played by Les Vinyl of Staten Island

[click] http://www.lesvinyl.com/free-music-downloads/

[tweet] Marie Stella rocking the backroon at Public Assembly :: think everyone in this room is a blogger

[look] Marie Stella

[listen] Jealous Powers (mp3) by Marie Stella

[tweet] I guess I would classify Marie Stella as AMAZEBALLS, but I’m just not sure I should be using that adjective

[tweet] just witnessed my first icing, feel dirty

[tweet] RT @PopTarts: Marie Stella & @shrkquestionmrk destroying @publicassembly right now!

[tweet] RT @amcalderon: Is it a shark? shark? shark? shark? shark? shark? @shrkquestionmrk http://yfrog.com/j5wfehj

[yfrog] Shark?

[listen] Shark? (mp3) by Shark?

[tweet] @shrkquestionmrk slayed :: these mini Colt 45s sure are cute :: Sundelles setting up

[tweet] sundelles cranking the jangle up

[look] The Sundelles

[listen] Dead Youth (mp3) by The Sundelles

[tweet] if you are missing The Sundelles, I feel bad for you… seriously

[tweet] Video: here is a vid of The Sundelles playing the @PopTarts showcase at @publicassembly on the 2nd night of… http://tumblr.com/xboc7v4nr

[tweet] @miniboone setting up at the @poptarts showcase; miss the front room // back room switch up

[tweet] @miniboone slaying w/ heavy pop goodness :: Bryan Adams refs???

[look] MiniBoone

[listen] Devil in Your Eyes (mp3) by MiniBoone

[tweet] RT @spigotZ: MiniBoone have an alarming amount of raging energy. Makes for one hell of a live show.

[look] The Manic Energy of MiniBoone

[tweet] dinosaur feathers starting up w/ tooooo much bass

[look] An Inverted Solarize of Dinosaur Feathers

[listen] Vendela Vida (mp3) by Dinosaur Feathers

[tweet] dinosaur feathers playing “young butts” just for you

[tweet] the @PopTarts showcase at @PublicAssembly killed/slayed/some other violent verb in the past tense last night

[tweet] Photoset: here are some shots of Marie Stella, @sundelles, @miniboone, and @dinosaurfeather from the @PopTarts… http://tumblr.com/xboc7wkqu

[tweet] checking out @miniboone (again), then to glasslands for @true_womanhood

[listen] Magic Child (mp3) by True Womanhood

[tweet] Ava Luna R&B’ing over at Spike Hill

[look] Ava Luna

[listen] Four Five (I Will Survive) (mp3) by Ava Luna

[tweet] RT @chocolatebobka: Pizza all gone. No Demons Here setting up. WOOM. Arches. Dana Jewell. Big Troubles. Andrew Cedermark. Ducktails @sheastadiumbk

[tweet] made it to Shea Stadium :: no A/C + slightly cool beer + Pavement on the sound system

[look] Shea Stadium

[listen] Gold Soundz (mp3) by Pavement

[tweet] ARCHES playing some s p a c e y dream pop

[tweet] ARCHES jammmm http://twitpic.com/20acul

[twitpic] Arches

[tweet] made it to DEATH BY AUDIO http://twitpic.com/20ayas

[twitpic] Total Slacker

[tweet] “sometimes people suck” based on a true story :: digging the Total Slacker stage banter :: even got some video

[watch] Total Slacker video coming soon…

[listen] Crystal Necklace (mp3) by Total Slacker

[tweet] FYI Total Slacker have a new 7″ coming out on @IMPOSE sometime soon

[tweet] Photo: Total Slacker at @deathbyaudio #northsidefest http://tumblr.com/xboc92se4

[tweet] @MissFrankieRose gettin ready :: please note her band is not called Frankie & The Oats

[look] Frankie Rose and the Outs

[listen] Must Be Nice (Live @ Monster Island Basement) (mp3) by Frankie Rose and the Outs (hat tip: nyctaper)

[tweet] Thee Only One! http://twitpic.com/20bd54

[twitpic] Frankie Rose and the Outs

[tweet] Photo: @MissFrankieRose And The Outs at @deathbyaudio #northsidefest http://tumblr.com/xboc92mdp

[watch] Frankie Rose and the Outs playing the IMPOSE NorthsideFest showcase (Live @ Death By Audio 6/26/10)

[tweet] Memory Tapes have the best visuals at northsidefest so far; they look like something from blipfest

[look] Memory Tapes

[listen] Easy Pert Mom (mp3) by Memory Tapes

[tweet] Photoset: some shots from Day 3 of #northsidefest w/ @missfrankierose Ava Luna @MemoryTapes Total Slacker… http://tumblr.com/xboc9whli

[tweet] Slowly making my way back to Wburg for more #northsidefest

[tweet] made it to Bar Matchless for the end of the @batteringroom’s showcase :: @shrkquestionmrk setting up

[tweet] @shrkquestionmrk have added a 7th show at Peach Frog, 9:15 tonight

[tweet] “I’m an Animal” by @shrkquestionmrk http://twitpic.com/20k2f3

[twitpic] Shark?

[listen] I’m an Animal (mp3) by Shark?

[tweet] checking out Coco66 for Gray Goods, then @BrooklynBowl for @HoorayForEarth + @keepaway4real

[listen] Francis (mp3) by Gray Goods

[listen] Surrounded By Your Friends (Twin Shadow Remix) (mp3) by Hooray For Earth

[listen] 100 (mp3) by Keepaway

[tweet] RT @freedubya: Pretty psyched @nyctaper jonas is in the house here @brooklynbowl. We’ll link up once they post audio.

[click] Keepaway: June 27, 2010 Brooklyn Bowl – FLAC and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Sample

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If you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or just your local independent record store):

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Also, if you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

Well, it’s almost time for 2nd Northside Festival, during which The L Magazine takes over the Williamsburg and Greenpoint music venues for a few days.

The Northside Festival will feature over 300 bands this year. Some relatively big names are playing (Liars, The Fiery Furnaces, Fucked Up, Polvo). But what this is really about is the chance to see lots of bands in small venues. It’s an indie music overdose. You can get an idea of what it’s like by listening to this radio stream from the good folks over at radio23.org.

Streamable: Northside Radio (m3u)

This year the festival starts on Thursday, June 24th and ends on Sunday, June 27th. You can still by badges @ Brown Paper Tickets.

AND… there’s more than music happening on the 24th-27th. There is also Arts & Film happenings (if you’re into that sort of thing).

What I would like to do now is highlight a few of the showcases that I am planning on checking out. I have mp3 previews for just about all the bands playing the highlighted showcases. If you have an mp3 for one of the bands listed with no preview, please send it to me and I will post it. And, remember this is just a small sample of the events planned for the 24th through the 27th, be sure to check out the full schedule… here.

6/24/10 | Thursday Evening @ Cameo Gallery

Ernest Jenning Record Co. presents

Blood Warrior
Listen: King Day (Live) (mp3)

Charles Burst

La Strada
Listen: Wash on By (mp3)

Takka Takka
Listen: Everybody Say (WOXY Lounge Act) (mp3)

Wild Yaks
Listen: River May Come (mp3)

Doors at tba, $tba, 21+


6/25/10 | Friday Evening @ Public Assembly

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted presents

The Rabbits
Listen: Cruel (mp3)

Marie Stella
Listen: Message From Limbo (mp3)

Shark?
Listen: Shark? (mp3)

DOM
Listen: Living In America (mp3)

Darlings
Listen: Yeah I Know (mp3)

Les Vinyl

The Sundelles
Listen: Your Favorite Thing (mp3)

MiniBoone
Listen: Cool Kids Cut Out of the Heart Itself (mp3)

Dinosaur Feathers
Listen: Teenage Whore (mp3)

The Grates

Doors at tba, $tba (includes access to Pop Tarts show in both rooms), 21+


6/26/10 | Saturday Afternoon @ Glasslands Gallery

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted presents

True Womanhood
Listen: Dignitas (mp3)

Golden Girls
Listen: Dreams (mp3)

Dinosaur Bones
Listen: Royalty (mp3)

EULA
Listen: Housewolf (mp3)

The Senors of Marseille
Listen: Davey (mp3)

The Great Unwashed
Listen: Winter Classic (mp3)

Doors at 12:30pm, $5


6/26/10 | Saturday Evening @ Shea Stadium

Chocolate Bobka presents

Ducktails
Listen: MIRRORIMAGE (mp3)

Big Troubles
Listen: Chalk Circles (mp3)

WOOM
Listen: The Hunt (mp3)

Arches

Dana Jewell (solo)
Listen: My T-Train Girl (mp3)

No Demons Here (Luka Usmiani of Fluffy Lumbers)
Listen: Shithed (mp3)

Andrew Cedermark
Listen: Ad Infinitum (mp3)

Doors at tba, $tba, all ages


6/27/10 | Sunday Afternoon @ Spike Hill

The L Magazine presents

NYC Bands You Need to Hear, Part 2
Doors at tba, FREE


6/27/10 | Sunday Evening @ Brooklyn Bowl

FREEwilliamsburg presents

Keepaway
Listen: Yellow Wings (mp3)

Hooray for Earth
Listen: Surrounded By Your Friends (mp3)

Restless People
Listen: Days of our Lives (mp3)

Glass Ghost
Listen: Like A Diamond (mp3)

The Babies
Listen: Meet Me In The City (mp3)

Doors at tba, $tba, 21+


For more venue info, head over to the Northside Venue page.

If you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Also, if you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

This q and also a features the answers of blogger turned rocker Kevin Diamond the singer/guitarist/keyboardist of Shark?.

q: What is the last song you (really) heard?

a: A Crime (mp3) by Carnivores. We just played with them and Dinosaur Feathers at Cake Shop last night and they blew me away. A Crime is their catchiest tune, though Organ Trail is probably my favorite so far. I just got it this morning and I’ve listened to the album three times today

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Anything Mexican. Anything involving Cheese and Beef and Beans and Tortillas. And hot sauce. And no napkins.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: ugh. I dunno. Really tough question. Gang of Four kind of killed it, smashing a microwave with a wooden bat. Actually, Liars put on a really great show at the Pool Parties a couple years ago. Also, there’s a bunch of local bands I really love seeing live: Sundelles, I’m Turning Into.

Listen:
Second Life (Version 2) (mp3) by Gang of Four
Plaster Casts Of Everything (mp3) by Liars
Your Favorite Thing (mp3) by The Sundelles
Chin (mp3) by I’m Turning Into

q: What is your favorite venue in NYC (if applicable)?

a: I really enjoyed playing Silent Barn.

q: OK, President Obama appoints you as the first Secretary of Culture, to whom do you give your first grant?

a: Brian Eno.

Listen: Baby’s On Fire (mp3)

q: Anything we should know about your latest project (whatever that might be)?

a: We’re recording our first album. It’s the first time Shark? songs have been recorded as a band as opposed to just my fucking around on my own.

Here are a few Shark? songs.

Listen:
Fear! (mp3)
I’m An Animal (mp3)
I’ve Got Friends (mp3)

But know what? you should totally just download their EPs for free @ Bandcamp.

Upcoming Shows:
Feb 3 (TONIGHT!) @ Glasslands
Feb 16 @ Pianos
Feb 19 @ Fort Useless
Feb 25 @ Housingworks Bookstore (Hype Machine/Ampeater show)
Mar 4 @ Glasslands

Shark? is on Twitter.
Shark? is on Bandcamp.
Quiet Color is here.
Gimme Sound page is here.

Where: Cake Shop

When: 8:00 PM doors/9:00 PM show $7

Who: Browns
Listen: For The Saints (1928 mp3)
Comment: While I have discussed Browns awesomeness in the past, I feel I should reiterate. They are awesome. See them! Don’t show up late.

Who: Little Girls
Listen: What We Did (mp3)
Comment: Little Girls is prolly my favorite “girl”-flavored band right now. You should check them out.

Who: The Sundelles
Listen: So Long (1928 mp3)
Comment: I still have not seen The Sundelles liveshow, hopefully that will change tonight.

Why: Why not? Don’t cha wanna see every band on this bill? You should totally go.

Also Tonight: Forro In The Dark is playing at the Stuy Town Oval tonight (6-9pm).

So, I was able to catch Browns’ show at the narrow slice of venue that is Bruar Falls. A part of Northside Fest, the show was at 3pm on a Sunday. It was not crowded. The Coney Island was delicious. There was a projection of Flash Gordon playing behind the band (which you cannot make out in my shitty photo below). The music was loud, but not too loud. I was pissed that I had missed them play at that Obits show a while back. This totally made up for it. I’ll just say it: Browns Rock.

Downloadable: Dreamers (mp3)

The band was giving out cassette tape compilations with songs by themselves, Air Waves and The Sundelles. Maybe I will digitize it at some point in the future, until then the music on tape will be relegated to occasional boombox listens.

Needless to say, you should see this band and soon. Here are some of their upcoming shows:

June 17 (TONIGHT!) @ le poisson rouge w/ Dinosaur Feathers + pow wow!

July 8 2009 @ Cake Shop w/ Little Girls + The Sundelles

July 15 @ Trash Bar w/ Baby Brother + The Field Recordings + The Sundelles

July 18 @ Southpaw w/ Gigantic Hand + La Salle + Evil Cowards (provided you are not going to Siren)

1928 Recordings is here.
RCRD LBL page is here.

OK, so I don’t have 1928 reasons to check out the 1928 Recordings showcase @ Bruar Falls. I admit it. I lied. This is prolly the last show I will try to check out that’s part of Northside Fest this weekend. Let me tell you that Browns song is catchy… friggin’ catchy, you should see them. 2pm doors $5

__The Lineup__
The Sundelles
Listen: So Long (1928 mp3)

Air Waves
Listen: Shine On (mp3)

Browns
Listen: For The Saints (1928 mp3)