Sat 11 Jun 2011 - 8: pm
Brooklyn, NY
8:00 Guess and Check: Shayna Lewis and married duo Maya and Jay Klein look to the outer reaches of melody and harmony to craft pop gems with just the right touch of the absurd. Their indie rock hooks, smoky folk cadences and affecting lyrics will pull you in and stay in your head for days. http://reverbnation.com/guessandcheck
9:00 The Silver Daggers: The Silver Daggers’ sound emerges from the swamps and mossy trees of their home in northern Florida.The strong rhythmic and harmonic traditions of the South come through in their songs. Their songs are a fresh and spacious mixture of old school country, blues, folk, jazz, and rock. www.singteresa.com; www.facebook.com/TheSilverDaggers
“The music made me lean back, shoulders down, relaxed after a long workweek. The song structures where subtle and unexpected in parts, funny but not pretentious, melancholy but not sappy.” —Review courtesy Marlow Matherne
“an artist with an amazing voice and a huge appetite for musical exploration.” CD Baby
“songs with unique flavorings and uncompromising expression.” -–“Bustin” Bob Mitchell, thefunkstore.com and Ohio-based radio d.j.
10:00 The Jonny Monster Band: With gut wrenching rock n’ roll speed and screaming blues sounds, the Jonny Monster Band will stop you in your tracks. With monster guitar work and a tight rhythm section they focus mainly on an older sound, throwing in their spin to the old blues.
11:00 LES SANS CULOTTES: “The seven-headed beast from the hardscrabble streets of Menilontant,” Brooklyn-based francophonic rockers, LES SANS CULOTTES, made their US debut at Freddy’s Bar back when Freddy’s was the preeminent domain of
a pre-eminent domain Prospect Heights.
The band has had its songs featured in HBO television programs “Entourage” and “Cat House” and in ads for Hewlett Packard and the new Google Nexus android phone. They have played throughout the US, Canada and France and are known for high-energy, take- no-prisoners live performances. The band has just completed work on their seventh recording, 2011′s “Pataphysical Graffiti.”
http://www.lessansculottes.com/