Cinema: "Todd P Goes To Austin" screening in Brooklyn this weekend

Todd P (nee Patrick) is no stranger to New York scene kids, or really scene kids the nation over. The man's been behind so many of the breakout successes from the DIY scene over the last half-decade or more and for that, much of the independent music and art scene owe him praise and thanks. This past March, at the annual SXSW festival, as Todd P was doing his usual throwing of rad parties in any space that would have him and the bands, filmmaker Jay Buim trained his lens on Patrick and a few bands you may have heard of (Matt and Kim, Dan Deacon, The Death Set, Team Robespierre, Mika Miko and more) for the festival, getting as in-depth a look as any has gotten previously inside the world of Todd. What came out of it all is this film, "Todd P Goes To Austin".

This Sunday, 303GRAND hosts the kids from Bodega host a very special screening of the film and topping the night off, they'll also screen a short from Ghostly International about producer/DJ Michna. Oh yeah, and you can enjoy free coffee, beer and wi-fi the whole night.

Details:

Sunday, November 15
Doors at 5pm, Screening at 5:30pm, Q&A with the directors following
303GRAND: A Revolving Storefront
303 Grand St. (at Havemeyer St.)

Coffee and wifi sponsored by PerkStreet Financial
Beer graciously provided by PBR

RSVP at www.perkstreetscreening.eventbrite.com

(mp3)    Dan Deacon - Wet Wings

(mp3)    Best Fwends - Aaww-some (Johnny Siera remix)

Godspeed!

Cinema: "72 Musicians" gets intimate with amazing acts; screening in Dallas this weekend

In a new independent film directed by Bob Moczydlowsky, "72 Musicians", shot and edited over the last two years is based upon a strikingly simplistic concept: get rad bands, get rad bands to sit down and talk about the music industry, life on the road, life in a band, life in general, etc., shoot rad band playing some songs, release film about rad bands. Some of those rad bands? Spoon, White Whale, Coalesce, The Get Up Kids, The Republic Tigers, Mac Lethal, The Life & Times, Roman Numerals, SSION and more. So yeah, a rad grouping of acts all welled up and getting all sorts of intimate. The film is screening this weekend at the Dallas VideoFest and the soundtrack is available in full for free download if you sign up to get more news about the film in the future, which we full-on suggest you do.

Tracklist:

01 The Life And Times - Que Sera, Sera
02 Ad Astra Per Aspera - Scatter Baby Spiders
03 Olympic Size - Fuego
04 Roman Numerals - My Life After Death, Parts I & II
05 The Architects - Don’t Call It A Ghetto
06 White Whale - We’re Just Temporary Ma’am
07 The Stella Link - Ice Machine
08 In The Pines - The Handless Man
09 Sal Retta - Pills
10 Namelessnumberheadman - Lesser Fates
11 The Appleseed Cast - On Reflection
12 Coalesce - What Happens On The Road Always Comes Home

(mp3)    The Stella Link - Ice Machine

Godspeed!

Live: Youth Brigade playing Brooklyn this weekend + "Let Them Know" screening

Legendary forebearers of California punk/hardcore culture Youth Brigade--who, yes, are still together and are still playing out as much as possible--are coming to Europa in Greenpoint, Brooklyn this coming Saturday night for a show celebrating the limited theater release of the hardcore/punk film "Let Them Know" chronicling the 25 years of the band and the impact of the BYO imprint. Supporting the guys on the bill are The Casualties and Off With Their Heads. A screening of the film is also happening the same day at the Anthology Film Archives at 4pm.

(mp3)    Pennywise - We're Gonna Fight (7 Seconds cover)

Godspeed!

Cinema: "Let Them Know" about Youth Brigade and BYO Records

Telling the tale of one of the most relevant labels in punk rock (BYO) and a band that is more than seemingly synonymous with the word itself, Youth Brigade, the new CD/book/film "Let Them Know" is an astonishing 90-minute look (the film at least) behind the lines of twenty-five years in the storied history of both. Packed with interviews, rare footage and first-hand accounts, the film traces the label (kicked off in 1982) and band's beginnings in Los Angeles, the next two-and-a-half decades and the importance to the world of punk and hardcore musicians and fans along the way and into tomorrow. On the CD that comes with the package are thirty-one tracks from Youth Brigade (natch), 7 Seconds, Subhumans, Dropkick Murphys, NOFX, Ian Mackaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi), Anti-Flag and many, many more. It all comes out September 22.

(mp3)    Youth Brigade - Sink With California

Godspeed!

Cinema: Noah And The Whale pen film "The First Days Of Spring"

For their second album, UK indie popsters Noah And The Whale have created the soundtrack accompaniment to a film that guitarist/vocalist Charlie Fink has just completed of the same name: "The First Days Of Spring". The film itself stars Alex Barker, Ben Lloyd-Hughes and model/actress Daisy Lowe, one of the more prevalent indie crushes of the last few years. The film and album are both set for an August 31 release and from the looks of the trailer, should both be remarkably frank and subtly beautiful. Cardigans and fixed gear bikes and beards, oh my! Also, the Yacht remix of their song "Blue Skies" is currently our heart.

(mp3)    Noah And The Whale - Blue Skies (Yacht remix)

(mp3)    Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring

Godspeed!

Cinema: Panda Bear soundtracks "I Had A Dream I Went To Coney Island"

Last week, we had the pleasure of attending the Babelgum Online Film Festival Awards screening during the Tribeca Film Festival. One of the short films we screened (and one of the big winners, raking in the Spike Lee award for "mini masterpiece) is the just-over-four-minute "I Had A Dream I Went To Coney Island". The silent film is a super 8-shot clip of the playground of the world, soundtracked by Panda Bear aka Animal Collective's Noah Lennox. The film is surreal because it juxtaposes the Coney Island of today with the film technology of yesterday. What you end up--thanks in no small part to the soundtrack--is a vision of broken dreams and decay, a sort of endnote for a once all-too-prominent and extravagant area. And now that plans are 100% underway to "revitalize" the area (we still don't fully know how we feel about that whole thing), it stands as a visually surreal, sad and ultimately ugly display.

(mp3)    Panda Bear - Take Pills

Godspeed!

Cinema: Gorillaz documentary "Bananaz" screening next week

Only at the Soho Apple Store here in New York City could there be a G-rated (the film was cut and edited specifically for these kinds of things) screening of what we can only speculate to be a really really rad documentary.  Directed by Ceri Levy, the film "Bananaz" looks at the cartoon band created by artist Jamie Hewlett and musician Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, which has hundreds of hours of footage collected over many months of shooting from 2000 to 2006.  The screening is free and is followed by a Q&A session with Levy.

Deets:

Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
What: "Bananaz" Film Screening and Q&A with director Ceri Levy
Where: Apple Store Soho 103 Prince Street New York, NY 10012
Time: Screening and Q&A is from 6:30pm - 8pm

(mp3)    Gorillaz - Broken

Godspeed!

News: The Bronx tour; release record; are movie stars

(photo by Guomundur Vigfusson)

The love-anything-heavy boys in The Bronx are releasing their third record (again eponymously) on November 11.  A few days before that happens though, they'll set out on a tour accompanying Everytime I Die.  And even before  that, they'll play CMJ in New York City (next week y'all).  Also, did you know that the guys are embodying Black Flag in the Germs biopic "What We Do Is Secret"?  How fucking righteous is that?

Dates:

Oct 16 Boston, MA Middle East
Oct 21 CMJ/New York, NY Fontana’s
Nov 01 Quebec City, QC L’Anti
Nov 02 Montreal, QC Club Soda
Nov 03 Ottawa, ON Babylon
Nov 04 Toronto, ON Opera House
Nov 05 London, ON The Salt Lounge
Nov 06 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
Nov 07 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
Nov 08 Des Moines, IA Picador
Nov 09 Columbia, MD Blue Note
Nov 11 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
Nov 12 Joplin, MO The Foundry Music Theater
Nov 13 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theater
Nov 14 Nashville, TN Rocketown
Nov 15 Asheville, NC Handlebar
Nov 17 Carborro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Nov 18 Wilmington, NC The Soapbox Laundrolounge
Nov 19 Richmond, VA The Canal Club
Nov 20 Towson, MD Recher Theater
Nov 21 South Hackensack, NJ School of Rock
Nov 22 Farmingdale, NY The Crazy Donkey
Nov 23 Syracuse, NY Lost Horizon

(mp3)    The Bronx - Young Bloods

Godspeed!

Video: Arctic Monkeys to show live concert DVD in UK theaters

Shot on the final night of the band's 2007 world tour, the live video from the Arctic Monkeys called "At The Apollo" presents a special, unique opportunity to view a live DVD concert in a big theater atmosphere.  The film will show at over 30 different VUE locations around the UK on Tuesday, October 14 at 9pm.  Full ticket information and theater locations can be gotten here.

Tracklist:

01 Brianstorm
02 This House Is A Circus
03 Teddy Picker
04 I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor
05 Dancing Shoes
06 From The Ritz To The Rubble
07 Fake Tales Of San Francisco
08 When The Sun Goes Down
09 Nettles
10 D Is For Dangerous
11 Leave Before The Light Come On
12 Fluorescent Adolescent
13 Still Take You Home
14 Da Frame 2R
15 Plastic Tramp
16 505
17 Do Me A Favour
18 A Certain Romance
19 The View From The Afternoon
20 If You Were There, Beware

(mp3)    Arctic Monkeys - Balaclava

Godspeed!

Video: The trailer for Biggie biopic "Notorious" is posted

After watching this clip, we can't really tell if we're really stoked to see "Notorious" or if it's just one step above that video where Puffy and Biggie are played by kids as themselves.  Anyways, Jamal Woolard looks spot-on and though we couldn't get that good of a look, the female leads playing Faith Evans and Lil' Kim are too.

(mp3)    The Notorious B.I.G. - Party And Bullshit (Ratatat remix)

Godspeed!