We were first sucked in by Twin Sister’s intoxicating dreamscaped tracks this winter and… well let’s just say the buzz has grown into a roar and they are blowing up in a major way. Completely deserved of course! Come out to Glasslands tonight to celebrate the release of their album Color Your Life. These Long Island kids have been giving it away for free online (didn’t they listen to their mothers?) so this show is a celebration of hard copies courtesy of Infinite Best Recordings.
This is the newest installment in Tammy Hart and MyOpenBar.com’s Last Friday monthly concert series. Seeing as how MIA showed up to hop onstage with Sleigh Bells at last month’s showcase, this is one party you don’t want to miss. The band hits the road with Bear in Heaven in July, and be sure to keep an eye peeled on ‘SUP for more Twin Sister goodies. Happy first day of summer.
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Here at ‘SUP, we’re big on any kind of “driving-with-the-top-down” music–the kind that makes you instinctively fist-pump and yell “SUMMER Of ‘98 WHOOOO WE’RE GONNA LIVE FOREVER YEAH!” However, we’d be remiss not to mention the “driving-with-the-window-cracked-(only a tiny bit because it’s freezing outside)-and-steering-with-your-knees-while-your-BFF-reaches-across-the-front-seat-ready-to-grab-the-wheel-because-you’re-busy-trying-to-smoke-a-bowl” category too. Takes you back, right?
Meet Jen Shag and John Shell, aka Shellshag. They’re based outta Brooklyn via San Francisco and put out awesome stuff like split 7-inches on their own label Starcleaner Records. They make music that is beautiful and broken and what we thought that Sonic Youth would sound like when we all grew up. It makes one simultaneously nostalgic for your teenage years and relieved that you’re nowhere frigging near them. In short, the perfect antidote to glo-fi, chillwave, and general malaise.
The band kicks off their Summer 2010 tour across North America this evening, with guest appearances by Signals, Jeremy Jay, Jeff the Brotherhood, Turbo Fruits, Bipolaroid and This Bike is a Pipe Bomb along the way. Shellshag’s third LP Rumors in Disguise is out now on Don Giovanni Records. Download this exclusive “Crashing Rockets” and go forth this Memorial Day weekend. For legal purposes, we ask that you refrain from steering with your knees. The rest is up to you.
“I’m just circling your atmosphere/Riding the skyway that keeps you here”
Shellshag Summer 2010 Tour:
Thursday 27th May, The Hanger, Athens, GA
Friday 28th May, Static Age Records, Asheville, NC
Saturday 29th May, Crabbfest, Athens, OH
Monday 31st May, Carabar, Columbus, OH
Tuesday 1st June, House Gone Wylie, Bloomington, IN
Wednesday 2nd June, Idafest!, Ida, TN
Saturday 5th June, Do Ya Hear We Fest! at Discoteca, Chattanooga, TN
Sunday 6th June, The End, Nashville, TN
Tuesday 8th June, Circle Bar, New Orleans, LA
Wednesday 9th June, El Ten Eleven, San Antonio, TX
Thursday 10th June, The Cavern, Dallas, TX
Friday 11th June, Beerland, Austin, TX
Saturday 12th June, Hideaway Lounge, El Paso, TX
Sunday 13th June, Trainyard, Las Cruces, NM
Monday 14th June, Sound Kontrol, Phoenix, AZ
Tuesday 15th June, Casbah, San Diego, CA
Wednesday 16th June, Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
Thursday 17th June, The Uptown, Oakland CA
Friday 18th June, El Rio, San Francisco, CA
Saturday 19th June, East End, Portland, OR
Sunday 20th June, The Northern, Olympia, WA
Monday 21st June, Comet Tavern, Seattle, WA
Tuesday 22nd June, The Palace, Missoula, MT
Thursday 24th June, 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN
Friday 25th June, Eagle’s Nest, Milwaukee, WI
Saturday 26th June, Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL
Sunday 27th June, Now That’s Class, Cleveland, OH
Monday 28th June, Cafe Metropolis, Shavertown, PA
Everytime I see Seattle’s BOAT it feels like the first. They’re effing amazing, as is evident in the footage from NYC Popfest last weekend. Now I HATE describing bands by referencing others, but I think the easiest way to sum ‘em up is like… if Harvey Danger smashed into Titus Andronicus. BOAT for president. Get their 3rd album Setting the Paces here. There’s a new EP in the works too. That is all.
We saw PiL last night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg and it was absolutely mindblowing. Proper review on ‘SUP to come, but in the meantime here’s the setlist and a treat.
PiL May 19th 2010 Music Hall of Williamsburg Setlist
This Is Not a Love Song
Poptones
Memories
Annalisa
Length
Albatross
EW
Flowers of Romance
Psychopath
Warrior
USLS1
Death Disco
Disappointed
Sun
Bags
Chant
Religion
Public Image
Rise
Open Up
This summer, among ice-cream doughnut sandwiches from Peter Pan Bakery and attending approximately two rooftop BBQ parties every afternoon, the ‘SUP staff are looking towards the cut-’n'-paste IDM of the UK’s Gold Panda to carry us thought the endless, balmy days.
Have you guys seen Robogeisha? The Seams remix of Gold Panda’s already-cult single “You” is basically the only thing on her built-in iPod Touch. It takes the glitchy Asian flair of the original and puts just enough ambient house behind it to make it somewhat of a dance track, though you can’t really dance because you’ve taken so many downers you feel like your body is encased in a velvety globe of melted honey. Mmm.
Ghostly International are releasing the You EP in the US on June 15th, right before Gold Panda is scheduled to go on a full American tour supporting HEALTH. It’s gonna be a wild one.
Gold Panda Tour Dates 06.08 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex*
06.09 San Francisco, CA @ Slims*
06.11 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios*
06.12 Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project*
06.15 Minneapolis , MN @ 7th Street Entry*
06.16 Kalamazoo, MI @ The Strutt*
06.17 Toronto, Ontario @ Sneaky Dees*
06.18 Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rossa*
06.19 Allston, MA @ Great Scott*
06.20 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
06.22 Philadelphia , PA @ First Unitarian Church*
06.23 Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor*
06.24 Atlanta, GA @ 529*
06.25 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks*
06.26 Austin, TX @ Red 7*
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Here at ‘SUP we have a strict policy to only feature rad music that we feel positive about. If you feel the need to add fiberglass dinosaurs, run ins with police, kinky band names and milestone celebrations to the mix, well then all the better. Thanks to Hot Club de Paris we’ll be having our celebratory cake and eating it too. HCDP’s upcoming 10-inch vinyl EP The Rise and Inevitable Fall of the High School Suicide Cluster Band will be Moshi Moshi Records’ 100th release.
To mark this accomplishment they’ve granted us an MP3 of their single “Free The Pterodactyl 3″. The rumored back-story to this track is set on abandoned fairgrounds and involves the kidnapping of the aforementioned dinosaur. Granted, this sounds an awful lot like a Scooby Doo subplot but it has undeniably inspired a hell of a song. Click arrow on right side of player to download.
Dear Alexis and Derek, I’m pretty sure that Will has Sleigh Bells on Google alert, so I’ll just post this in the open instead of cluttering up your inbox. I am so effing proud of you two and Treats is amazing. See you tonight.
PS- To my readers, yup this is just a stream. These are my friends and this is how they make a living, so please buy the album - you won’t regret it.
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