Wild Flag will headline one of the best free shows of the summer season August 3 in Prospect Park with Ted Leo and Mission of Burma
Prospect Park Bandshell
Prospect Park West & Ninth St.
Friday, August 3, free (suggested donation $3), 7:00
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“Hey, hey, can you feel it? The way it sways you, the hum in your chest?” indie supergroup Wild Flag asks on “Romance,” the lead song of their debut, eponymously titled 2011 record, continuing, “You make my feet move, you turn my head loose. That’s why I love you best.” Fans and critics alike have been feeling it, moving their feet and showing their love for singer-guitarist Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney, Portlandia), keyboardist Rebecca Cole (the Minders, the Shadow Mortons), guitarist Mary Timony (Helium, Autoclave), and drummer Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks), who play thrilling beach-ready riot grrrl pop with groovy harmonies and exuberant beats on such spirit-lifting tunes as “Glass Tambourine,” “Boom,” “Future Crimes,” and the galloping “Racehorse.” Wild Flag will be headlining one of the best free shows of the season on August 3 at the Prospect Park Bandshell as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! series. The night begins with local outdoor favorite Ted Leo, who will be performing a solo set, but there’s no reason to fear that he turns into a treacly singer-songwriter without the Pharmacists. Leo will be followed by Boston-based postpunk legends Mission of Burma, who earned their well-deserved reputation during their brief run in the early 1980s but have come back with a vengeance after reuniting in 2002, currently out on the road behind their kickass new disc, Unsound, a hard-driving, propulsive collection of fiery songs that never let up, with guitarist Roger Miller, bassist Clint Conley, drummer Peter Prescott, and tape manipulator and engineer Bob Weston tearing through such relentless tracks as “Dust Devil,” “Semi-Pseudo-Sort-of-Plan,” “Fell –> H2O,” and “ADD in Unison.” Get there early, because this one should be packed.