New ATLAS SOUND - Criminals

Bradford Cox recently debuted the new Atlas Sound track ¨Criminals¨ during a Deerhunter set for NOISEVOX at Piano´s. The track is taken from the new album Logos, due October 20th.

LOVELIKEFIRE, DJINN TOYS Wow Piano's

-LoveLikeFire

It came as a total surprise to me that LoveLikeFire are a really great band, both live and on their recent ep An Ocean in the Air. A noise pop band from my hometown of San Francisco, Love Like Fire features the amazing presence of multi-instrumentalist/lead singer Ann Yu. How did I never know about these guys when I actually lived in SF?

LoveLikeFire will return to NYC with a CMJ date on Friday, October 24th at Ace of Clubs.

You can get the highly recommended album here.

-Djinn Toys

The real reason I discovered Love Like Fire is because the new Bushwick band Djinn Toys were opening. Somber, but melodic, Djinn Toys performed a collection of fleshed-out and well-focused tracks, even though they have only been a band for a couple of months. Djinn Toys attempt to tread waters last paved by the Kurt Cobain era of minimalist, straight up rock tracks (no synths here!), yet make the genre seem fresh and cohesive with the times.

Djinn Toys have a few Brooklyn dates in the coming weeks:

Oct. 13 - Trash Bar, Brooklyn
Oct. 16 - Vanishing Point, Brooklyn
Oct. 29 - Glasslands, Brooklyn

-photos by Scot Bowman

NYC Popfest - Day 2 - Piano's

NYC Popfest continued Friday night at Piano's with early sets by From Bubblegum to Sky and Pants Yell!, the latter of which got a fairly lively crowd to play for. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay to see The Besties and Tullycraft (I'm sure I'll get some flack for that), but by the looks of the insanely packed Piano's I'm sure the show got better and livelier as it went on.

-From Bubblegum to Sky

Popfest continues Saturday at Music Hall of Williamsburg with The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Mahogany and Ladybug Transistor.

-Pants Yell!

-photos by Scot Bowman