Tonight: Wild Yaks @ Coco66; SHAPES & Raccoon Fighter @ Shea Stadium; TSOK @ Loft Party; So So Glos, Darlings, Sundelles @ 285 Kent

Lots to do in Brooklyn tonight. I will be at Shea Stadium for sure and will likely be hitting the loft party as well. The Wild Yaks show has a solid lineup but I think it's too far off from the rest to swing by. Bummer.

RSVP & Details

RSVP & Details

RSVP & Details

***Update: Forgot about this one & it's killer
RSVP & Details

Tonight: Friends @ Shea Stadium; TSOK @ Coco66

That band Friends I've been talking about are playing their release party at Shea Stadium with Food Stamps and Phone Tag. Elsewhere, The Sounds of Kaleidoscope, from Philly, are playing Coco66.

Link:

TSOK @ coco66

Friends @ Shea

Tonight: Sounds Of Kaleidoscope & Los Toughfists @ The Church (House Party); So So Glos @ Showpaper Gallery

BSC favorites, Sounds Of Kaleidoscope, are in town and playing The Church. It's that DIY joint in Williamsburg on Manhattan between Meserole and Montrose. I've been to a few shows there and it's always fun. If you're more of the Manhattan island (as opposed to avenue) type then another BSC favorite, So So Glos will be playing the new(ish) Showpaper Gallery on 42nd St.

Tonight: No Age, Sigmund Droid, Team Robespierre, The Weight, Sounds Of Kaleidoscope

Lots of good shows tonight. Go to a couple at least.

• No Age @ KCDC Skateshop, FREE show. 7pm, all ages. 
• Sigmund Droid @ The Rock Shop, $7 (I think). 
• Team Robespierre @ Shea Stadium
• The Weight @ Union Pool
• The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope @ Don Pedros

CMJ Day #1: The Recap

I started out my CMJ with the Paper Garden day party at The Living Room. When I got there Kidstreet from Canada was just getting started. They're a cutesy brother-sister group (one sister, two brothers) that play what I have to call electro-pop. For some reason they reminded me of the Freelance Whales, not at all in sound but just about every other way possible. All the while I was enjoying the $3 Kronenberg specials and thinking about how awesome it is to drink at 4:30pm on a Tuesday.

Next up was Motel Motel who I've been trying to catch for over a year now. I like what I've heard online and had high hopes. Unfortunately I wasn't that into it. It's not that they're a bad band or anything, in fact musically I think they're pretty damn good. What through a bit were the vocals which seemed a little forced. The band plays a style that has a lot of country/roots influence but they just don't seem like the country/roots type. It was odd because on the surface they are in  fact a good band but I just wasn't connecting for some reason. In all fairness The Living Room is not the best venue, everything tends to be a bit muted in that joint.

I cut out after about four songs and headed over to LPR for the New Zealand showcase. Once again there was more free booze, this time it was 42Below vodka drinks. I ordered a few Red Bull & vodka, not my typical choice but I was dragging. The band playing when I walked in was Lawrence Arabia. I think I've seen these dudes before and wasn't totally impressed but they sounded much better this time around, although I did only hear two songs.

Next up was some girl grunge band called Street Chant. They toed the line between grungey-punk and pop-punk. I dug the sound for the most part but found their claim of being "the biggest rock band in New Zealand" a bit hard to believe. They were pretty good though and reminded me a bit of Incesticide-era Nirvana with some L7 of Babes In Toyland thrown in. As we were leaving some female fronted, funky, drum and bassy band started up. I was not paying much attention though but recall them reminding me a bit of Hank & Cupcakes but not nearly as good.

The next party was the Oh Canada showcase at Fontana's. They were giving away free Bloody Caesar's and $2 Labatt Blue. A Bloody Caesar is the Canadian version of a Bloody Mary, they're very proud of it and even gave it a shout out on stage. The thing is it's just a Bloody Mary with Clamato in it, which is how lots of people in the States make it (myself included). Way to be creative there, Canada. All this time I've been drinking your national drink thinking it was just a Bloody Mary. Silly Canadians.

The first band up was absolutely terrible, sorry. They played excessively poppy rock which came off as a bad Coldplay rip off. The thing is Canada is cranking out killer bands these days so why put a Canada showcase together and not get the absolute best in there. By the way, the band was called In-Flight Safety - even their name is bad. We split have way through their set and hopped on the J train back to Brooklyn.

We got off at the Lorimer stop and headed over to Don Pedro's to catch my cousin's band, The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope. They went on way late from what I can remember so it gave me too much time to suck down $1 Colt nips. By the time TSOK went on I was totally wasted. I recall chatting to the Shark? bros for awhile about who knows what. Sorry if I was being obnoxious in anyway, dudes. While I don't remember my retarded conversations I do recall the set from TSOK. As always they fucking destroyed, they're so damn good man. If you like big 90's style grungy-stonery rock n' roll then you gotta see them.

After the set it was time to throw in the towel. I was wasted. I drank my way through CMJ and despite being early I was done for. We went to Grand Morelos for some late night tortas (Tinga de pollo, of course) and then I headed home and passed out on the couch. Today we do it all over again.

Tonight: CMJ Day #1 w/ O'Death, Shark? + More

Tonight: Brooklyn Psych Fest

A shit load of bands are playing Glasslands tonight, including BSC show alums The Sounds of Kaleidoscope. It's $7 or $8 and there's free beer from 8-9PM. Expect a shit load of stoners and weirdos.

Tonight: The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope @ Trash Bar; The Drums & Surfer Blood @ Bowery; Ninjasonik @ Webster

So yeah, The Drums and Surfer Blood are playing together at Bowery Ballroom. I'm avoiding that show like the plague. It's going to be indie nerd blogger fuck fest at that thing. Ninjasonik is playing at The Studio at Webster Hall which is cool and should be fun. But I'm going to be at Trash Bar to see The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope because they're bad ass rock n' roll. If you haven't checked them out yet you should. They're from Philly and played one of the first ever Brooklyn Ski Club shows. I think the cover is $8 but Trash Bar always has an open bar or some shit right so it's well worth it?

Link:
The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope

Super Party Fun Time Was Awesome!

This is a bit late but I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out to the Castle In Hell party on Saturday. I got there a little late (about 8:15) and the place was already half full (I'm an optimist). Before 9PM it was jam packed and pretty much stayed that way all night!

Thanks to all the bands Action Painters, Dynasty Electric, & The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope. A special thanks to HTR for letting us have a party in their basement. And an extra special thanks to Radio America for helping me put this together (they did most of the work). I also want to thank Jeremy J for jumping on last minute as the DJ.

If Saturday sucked I probably would have thrown in the towel but I had a blast and I already have a couple more in the works! Get fucking ready to party!

Link:
Mr Photog Took Some Pics

***I saw several photographers there so if you have more pics please share.

Here are some of mine:














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Tonight: Ski Club Party! Super Party Fun Time @ Castle In Hell

Tonight is the first party I've worked on in awhile. The word has been spreading and I think it's going to be a fucking great time. We got the locals playing (Action Painters, Dynasty Electric, Radio America, HTR) and we got the Philly crew coming up too (The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope). Get there early and take advantage of the free beer, plus (TSO)K go on first and they're fucking awesome.

Link:
Super Party Fun Time

Dynasty Electric ( www.myspace.com/dynastyelectric)
Radio America ( www.myspace.com/radioamericarocks)
The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope ( www.myspace.com/thesoundsofkaleido...)
Action Painters ( www.myspace.com/actionpainters)
HTR ( www.myspace.com/htr)

***Quit asking about the list. 1) It's a house party. 2) It's only $5. 3) I'm just promoting, I'm not involved with the venue stuff so I honestly don't even know if there is one - probably not though.