POP TARTS SUCK TOASTED RELAUNCH PARTY
Brooklyn trio Your Youth helps welcome back Pop Tarts Suck Toasted at Piano’s on September 3
Piano’s
158 Ludlow St.
Friday, September 3, $10, 8:00
212-505-3733
www.ptst.org
www.pianosnyc.com
After having experienced various problems including alleged copyright infringement, the gang over at Pop Tarts Suck Toasted are celebrating the official launch of their latest iteration with a very cool show at Piano’s on September 3. As Staten Island–based PTST founder Patrick Duffy explains on the new site, “In 2010 the internets have not been kind to Pop Tarts Suck Toasted. February saw the deletion of the site from Google’s Blogger format, destroying the archives that had been built up over five years in the click of a button. Later in the year the domain name, poptartssucktoasted.com, was sold off without warning and I took the blog into retirement seemingly forever.” But now they’re back, at www.ptst.org, where you can find out the latest in new music releases and show listings — after first having checked twi-ny, of course. The night begins with Bermuda Bonnie at 8:00, who play lo-fi electronica with a girl-group groove. At 9:00, MiniBoone take the stage, a bunch of “Cool Kids Cut Out of the Heart Itself”; we loved how they ended their Northside Festival gig at Spike Hill with an infectious reckless abandon. At 10:00, AJ, Sean, and Miles, who make up the Brooklyn trio Your Youth, will do what they want as long as they don’t get caught, as they declare on “Diamond,” one of the songs from their engaging debut EP, ALOHA. Coney Island seven-piece Ava Luna will get orchestral closing the show at 11:00.
BRAZILIAN DAY
Everyone will be Brazilian at annual festival in Midtown (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Saturday, September 5, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sixth Ave. between 42nd & 56th Sts. 46th St. between Madison & Seventh Aves.
Admission: free
www.brazilianday.com
Although everyone wearing the green, yellow, and blue wish they had at least one more reason to party this summer — unfortunately, the Netherlands defeated Brazil in the World Cup quarterfinals back in June — more than 1.5 million people are expected to attend Brazilian Day on September 5, celebrating Brazil’s independence from Portugal in September 1822. This year’s festivities will be hosted by Luciano Huck and feature performances by Zezé de Camargo & Luciano, Carlinhos Brown, and Margareth Menezes. Brazilian Day is always one of the loudest, most crowded, and entertaining street fairs of the summer season; be prepared to get your fill of pao de queijo da mamae, bolo de goiabada, arroz farofa, guarana, empadinha, melhor que churros, enroladinho presunto e quiejo, and the country’s national dish, feijoada. The day before, on September 4, the Lavagem da Rua 46 will take place, the ritual Bahian cleansing of 46th St., with dignitaries, folklore performances, the Musa do Brazilian Day pageant, arts and crafts, food vendors, and more.
ELECTRIC ZOO
The Chemical Brothers anchor a strong lineup on first day of electronic music festival this weekend on Randall’s Island
NEW YORK’S ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
Randall’s Island
Saturday, September 4, and Sunday, September 5, $96/day, two-day pass $157, 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
www.madeevent.com/electriczoo
Many of the world’s mostinnovative and popular electronic musicians will bring their laptops, turntables, and other methods of sharing booty-shaking noise to Randall’s Island this weekend for the annual Electric Zoo festival. Such acts as the Chemical Brothers, Major Lazer, Pete Tong, Armin van Buuren, Diplo, John Digweed, the Glitch Mob, Sleepy & Boo, Victor Calderone, DJ Mehdi, and more than fifty others will play four stages over the course of two ear-shattering days. Each night will be followed by an official after-party at Pacha on West 46th St. as well.
CROSSING THE LINE 2010
Ryoji Ikeda’s “datamatics (ver. 2.0)” kicks off FIAF’s Crossing the Line festival on September 10-11
FIAF FALL FESTIVAL
French Institute Alliance Française and other locations
Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th St. between Madison & Park Aves.
Le Skyroom and FIAF Gallery, 22 East 60th St. between Madison & Park Aves.
September 10-27, free- $45
212-355-6160
www.fiaf.org/crossingtheline
The fourth annual Crossing the Line Festival, a multidisciplinary international celebration consisting of cutting-edge music, dance, film, theater, art, photography, lectures, and even a fair, will take place September 10-27 at FIAF as well as such other venues as the Joyce, the Invisible Dog Art Center, 3rd Ward, the Red Hook Community Farm, Dance Theater Workshop, Columbia University, the ISSUE Project Room, and Anthology Film Archives. Ryoji Ikeda kicks off the festival with “datamatics [ver. 2.0],” in which the Japanese artist and composer uses computer data, an electronic score, and strobes to present a visually dynamic performance; Ikeda’s multimedia installation “the transcendental” will be on view in the FIAF Gallery for free from September 11 through October 16. There will be a pair of exciting site-specific performance pieces, with locations to be announced, with Arthur Nauzyciel’s HETERO running September 11-14 and Daniel Pettrow’s THE SEA MUSEUM scheduled for September 18-19. Former Pina Bausch dramaturg Raimund Hoghe and Congolese dancer-choreographer Faustin Linyekula team up on September 16-18, Buddhist monk and teacher Matthieu Ricard sits down with Philip Glass on September 13 to engage in a “Conversation on Contemplation and Creativity,” and Willi Dorner will lead “Bodies in Urban Spaces,” a pair of free performance walks in Lower Manhattan scheduled for sunrise on September 27 and sunset on September 27. In addition, “Farm City: Where Are You Growing?” will explore urban agriculture around the city with a fair, film screenings, a farm tour, and an afternoon forum. The festival will also include performances and appearances by Jérôme Bel, Bertrand Bonello, Bouchra Ouizguen, Richard Garet, and Eliane Radigue. Tickets for the 2010 edition of Crossing the Line are on sale now; please note that some of the free events require advance RSVPs.
77BOADRUM
77BOADRUM (Jun Kawaguchi, 2010)
IndieScreen
285 Kent Ave. at Second St.
Wednesday, September 1, $10, 8:00
www.indiescreen.us
www.myspace.com/film77boadrum
Two years ago, on August 8, 2008, at 8:08 pm, we watched as 88 drummers, led by Gang Gang Dance, performed for 88 minutes in East River State Park along the Williamsburg Waterfront. It was a magically spiritual, wholly uplifting experience that would go on three hours later in California, led by Japanese noise specialists Boredoms, who had held a similar gathering thirteen months earlier. As we were leaving, we were kicking ourselves for having missed the previous year’s event, when Boredoms led 77 drummers playing for 77 minutes on July 7, 2007, at 7:07 pm in Brooklyn’s Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park. Thankfully, plenty of other people were there to witness it, and director Jun Kawaguchi has documented it all on 77BOADRUM, using original footage he shot as well as clips he found on YouTube and other sites. Combining the performance itself with behind-the-scenes action and interviews, Kawaguchi has created an eighty-nine-minute film that will make you feel like you were there too. In advance of the DVD release from Thrill Jockey on September 7, which will come with special photo postcards, the film will be shown for one night only at IndieScreen in Brooklyn. Part of the fun of watching the 8/8/08 event was being in the midst of a crowd, all being lifted by the beautiful percussive sounds floating through the air, so watching it in a theater with other like-minded people is the next-best thing.
FRANZ NICOLAY
Franz Nicolay will be playing various different types of shows all over town in September (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Thursday, September 2, Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th St., $10-$12, 8:00
Wednesday, September 15, the Tank, 354 West 45th St., 7:00
Sunday, September 26, Vivo in Vivo, 215 East Fourth St., $25, 8:00
www.myspace.com/franznicolay
www.sinkingshipproductions.com
In a recent interview with novelist Peter Bognanni for InDigest magazine, Brooklyn musician Franz Nicolay mentioned “restlessness” as one of the reasons why he never stays too long in one band and keeps trying new things. He is one restless dude, because over the last ten years or so he’s been part of the art collective Anti-Social Music, the World/Inferno Friendship Society, Against Me!, Guignol, and, most famously, the Hold Steady. He plays the piano, accordion, guitar, mandolin, saw, and harmonica. He wears funky hats and has a weird mustache. And he makes a lot of great music. His solo work has included the January 2009 full-length MAJOR GENERAL and the October 2009 EP ST. SEBASTIAN OF THE SHORT STAGE, and he and Guignol teamed up with Philly’s Mischief Brew on the outstanding FIGHT DIRTY, packing them in at Shea Stadium (the tiny Brooklyn club) for a great night of Gypsy punk last December. This month, Nicolay will be all over the place, celebrating the upcoming release of LUCK AND COURAGE (October 12, Team Science/Sabot), a terrific concept album about a nation of two that we’ve been listening to a lot more than we have the last few Hold Steady records. Influenced by Kurt Vonnegut, Cormac McCarthy, and Nicole Krauss, the literary-minded Nicolay, who also writes short stories for InDigest and participates in the Bushwick Book Club mash-up of books and music, called in lots of his friends to contribute to LUCK AND COURAGE, including drummer Brian Viglione from the Dresden Dolls, bassist Yula Be’eri from the World/Inferno Friendship Society, and pianist Maria Sonevytsky from the Debutante Hour, in addition to Gutbucket saxophonist Ken Thomson, Demander guitarist Jared Scott, Son Volt pedal steel guitarist Mark Spencer, Lazarus Quartet trumpeter Ben Holmes, and Pearl and the Beard cellist Emily Hope Price. Nicolay & Major General will be at the Highline Ballroom on September 2 with Eddie the Gun and Yula Be’eri; Nicolay will then be doing Talking Heads covers with puppets at the Tank’s Puppet Playlist on September 15 before playing a solo gig September 16 at the wine salon Vivo in Vivo. And who knows what’s next…
WYE OAK
Baltimore duo Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack do not really hope you die (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston St.
Wednesday, September 1, $12-$14, 7:30
212-260-4700
www.myspace.com/wyeoak
www.mercuryloungenyc.com
wye oak at the siren festival
Indie legend Lou Barlow, who has played with such groups as Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr., and the Folk Implosion and is currently touring with his band the Missingmen behind his latest solo album, GOODNIGHT UNKNOWN (Merge, October 2009), may be the main act at the Mercury Lounge on September 1, but we highly recommend you get there in time to catch openers Wye Oak, who impressed at this year’s Siren Festival. Hailing from Baltimore, lead singer/guitarist Jenn Wasner and drummer Andy Stack play an enchanting blend of shoegazing indie country folk, their songs moving sedately between beautiful harmonies, Americana roots rock, and sudden bursts of noise. Their debut album, 2008’s IF CHILDREN, featured the majestic “If Children Were Wishes,” while their 2009 follow-up, THE KNOT, held such gems as “For Prayer” and “Siamese.” Earlier this summer they released a terrific five-track EP, MY NEIGHBOR / MY CREATOR (Merge, June 2010), another hard-to-pin-down collection of songs and sounds that range from the lovely harmonies and closing spacey trip of “My Neighbor” to the harmonica-laden “Emmylou,” which would have felt right at home at Woodstock, to the sweetly titled “I Hope You Die,” which ends with an eerie sax outro. And then things get downright funky on the Mickey Free remix of “That I Do.” Merge labelmates Barlow and Wye Oak should make for one heckuva cool show.
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