Nicking whiskey, standing up to bouncers, bones sticking out of wounds, and almost falling naked off a glass roof when locked out of a hotel? Classic hardcore tales from Blood Red Shoes. She Writes Rock did it again. Check out an amazing Q&A *here* on ‘Sup! Check out the video of ‘It’s Getting Boring By the Sea’ from their first US gig at Highline below:
1932 - 2007.
Kind of at a loss for words here. What we do have is a deep sense of gratitude for one of our favorite people and the home that he provided for the misfits of downtown NYC, & eventually the world. Please join us and blast the Ramones…
AUDIO SPOILER ALERT - no actual Daft Punk music featured here, but thanks to the Motel de Moka peeps you can check out the actual soundtrack *here* The reviews are mixed, but robots need love too! The DVD comes out in September…
VICE Presents
DAFT PUNK’S ELECTROMA
Exclusive New York engagement
This Friday and Saturday night at MIDNIGHT
The Landmark Sunshine Theater
143 East Houston Street
“Visually stunning and thematically arresting” - THE OBSERVER
“Daft Punk’s widescreen debut is a beautiful, sun-blushed nugget of cinema…Recalling the science fiction of THX 1138, through the Cali rock mythology of Zabriskie Point, via Gus Van Sant’s Death Trilogy, the androids of Westworld, the nudes of Edward Weston and Brian De Palma’s camp rock horror excursions. - THE GUARDIAN
Join ATJF host Sara Schaefer for a night with Punkphoto eterna-crush Harvey Danger for what I’m assuming will be a Wine, Women and Song bitchfest. The photo below is from a classic Crocodile Cafe gig. The song choice speaks for itself!
Harvey Danger : Flagpole Sitta mp3
The Rejection Show Music Series gives bands, singer-songwriters and musicians the chance to do a combo of:
*Take risks and try things that they think would otherwise be rejected by other events/shows/venues
*Songs that were left off of their album(s)
*Songs on their albums that have to do with the rejection theme and tell the story behind it… and more!
The Rejection Show Music Series : Created by Jon Friedman : Produced by Jon Friedman & Sara Schaefer
August 24th at 8PM Tickets: $10
Ace of Clubs : 9 Great Jones Street
(3rd Street between Broadway and Lafayette)
John Pugh is an illusionist mural artist based out of Los Gatos, California. His trompe l’oeil pieces grace the Oncology Wing at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. His work can also be found on the public library in Rotorua, New Zealand, as well as the private residences of Barbi Benton AND Debra Winger! Dig around and articles entitled ‘Can You Trompe This?’ and ‘Optical Delusions’ pop up. As much as I hate to let y’all down (because you KNOW the q&a would be the shiz), he’s not the John Pugh we’re looking to interview. Nope, the one we are in search of is far more elusive, even more awesome, and in possession of just an expansive body of work. When combined with Madeline Davy (and, early on but not anymore Dan Gorman) this John Pugh makes up the apocalyptic house party known as Free Blood. It’s a red-headed step child side project siphoned off of !!! & a fabulous clothing line called Octopi. Sing these songs along to your car alarms, you’re never gonna be the same.
Free Blood : The Royal Family mp3
Hey guys! Let’s talk about how Free Blood came into play. Did your eyes meet across a crowded karaoke bar in Singapore circa 1977, or should we save that for the movie version?
FREE BLOOD WAS AN EXPERIMENT IN PARTY POLITICS AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE. WE SOUGHT OUT THE DEPRAVED AND AWKWARD IN ALL SOCIAL SITUATIONS. WE USED PHEROMONES AS A WEAPON. WE DANCED AT SO HARD WE WOKE UP WITH FURNITURE STUCK BETWEEN OUR TEETH. WE THOUGHT MAYBE A MUSICAL OUTLET WOULD KEEP US FROM REVELLING OURSELVES TO AN EARLY GRAVE. FREE BLOOD HAS SUCCESSFULLY REVERSED THE AGING PROCESS. WE RECOMMEND IT TO ALL POST-PUBESCENT ADULTS. …(click title to read more)
Check out MIA’s ‘Kala’ *HERE* So Stream Bamboo Banga, and compare it to this : The Modern Lovers : Roadrunner mp3…
TIX STILL AVAILABLE *HERE* CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR INTERVIEWS, MP3s, &EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW *HERE*
Cameron says: ‘Sounding like the Futureheads’ young nephews on caffeine pills (complete with jerky riffs and vocal harmonies), The Wombats are well-versed in that kind of songwriting that sounds as if it were ripped directly from their diaries. It’s clear that their main objective as a band is to write songs about girls and dancing, and in a world where everyone and their mother finds it necessary to be as high-concept as possible, it’s kind to refreshing to not give a fuck and jump around for a while.’ Read the rest of the proper review w/ more of my photos on ‘Sup Magazine’s behalf *here*
Just of the top of my head why the Wombats are great:
1) The Buckaroo Bonzai hair combined with a flower decoupaged Fender
2) Their enthusiasm: like the Klaxons before they toured 5 billion times
3) The mascot- how many ‘The’ bands have their direct objects onstage?
4) They play so hard their pants fall down and will be back in February!
So in honor of the great Tony Wilson, here is ‘Let’s Dance to Joy Division’
Have you ever really loved a band only to have them abandon you? I’m talking extensive periods of standing on your head until your friends bought the album, obsessive mix tape swaps of rare tracks, insisting that your local record store carry their stuff, and a full on scavenger hunt for some sort of insight into their elusive background. Then have you ever watched that band you love so much rise in popularity and reach a level that you can pretty much kiss off finding concert tickets for their sold out arena shows? For me that band is Read the rest the White Stripes, and witnessing their stratospheric (and well deserved) rise to fame has been bittersweet. So color me a peppermint twist when I found myself in the photo pit for their Madison Square Garden show. Crossing the country for the billionth time in support of their new release Icky Thump, I couldn’t wait to see a post-Raconteurs Jack White back to his old tricks with his ‘big sister Meg.’
Read the rest *HERE*
Gosh the timing is slightly scary, but the official website for Control is up and running *here*. No more scrounging aroud Youtube for that bootleg French trailer! While we’re at it, Vive you-know-who. Major memorial feature to come on ‘Sup…
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