Here's a Bravo Silva song for you to check out in advance of their show at Shake Your Halo. It's a cover of the Beatles' "Got To Get You Into My Life."
]]>February 1st
Bands start at 8pm
Happy hour: 7pm - 9pm
Live music from Bravo Silva, Overnight and Nepo.
Plus DJs Craig Wedren (Baby, Shudder to Think) and Michael Jurin (stellastarr*)
$8 for the bands, free to hang upstairs
]]>The band calls its music electrochestral weed pop, and that's a perfect description of how they approach pop songwriting. They're straight out of left field and stand out like a sore thumb -- in the best way possible -- in this town. They don't sound like The Strokes, Interpol or Gang of Four. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's nice to hear a band do its own thing.
Nepo will be the first band of the night. Get there early so you don't miss their set.
To listen to some music, go to the band's MySpace page or the music page at their website.
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Here's a Bravo Silva song for you to check out in advance of their show at Shake Your Halo. It's a cover of the Beatles' "Got To Get You Into My Life."
]]>Has there ever been a party that's had its own blog? Not that I'm aware of. Even if this isn't the first time we'll do what we can to make it interesting. Bands will log in and write about themselves, post tracks and brag about themselves. The DJs can let people know what kind of music they tend to play.
I'm Glenn from Coolfer.com. Jen Carlson from Daily Refill/Gothamist/5th Floor Management is doing the party with me. This Shake Your Halo thing will hopefully turn into a monthly event -- with your kind support -- and we're looking forward to the first one. It's on February 1st at Fat Baby, the new club on Rivington near Essex in Manhattan.
Why the name? We needed a name and nothing good was coming to mind. So, in a very uncreative manner, I went through some songs on my hard drive and wrote down the ones I thought would be good. I don't recall exactly what was on the list. Probably a Ramones song ("Locket Love" isn't a good party name). Maybe a Saint Etienne tune ("Hug My Soul"?). One was "Shake Your Halo," a shortened version of the Shudder to Think song "Shake Your Halo Down" from Get Your Goat.
The next day I IM'd Jen the short list.
"One of them really stands out to me," I wrote her.
"Shake Your Halo!" she replied.
And so it was settled.
As luck would have it, we got Craig Wedren (ex-Shudder to Think) to DJ at the premiere Shake Your Halo. It's his song. Why shouldn't he be there? Michael Jurin from stellastarr* is also going to DJ. And I'll bust out some of my music collection at some point as well.
On the bill right now are two bands (we'll have three total) we're excited to have: Bravo Silva and Overnight. Some of you are probably familiar with Bravo Silva. I last saw them at the Knitting Factory and thought they were great. There's something different about them that you just don't see very often in this town. No disco-punk, for one. Mainly it's the '70s connection. Not Led Zep or Foghat. They remind me of Steely Dan with bits of Psychedelic Furs. Or something like that. That probably doesn't help a bit, does it?
Overnight is a band I heard just recently and wanted to play as soon as the night at the club was set. The band replied to Jen's query with excitement. We had no idea they're such big Shudder to Think fans! Overnight has what one could call a New York Sound but they do it differently. Just give them a listen, here are some downloads:
• Overnight: "It's Time"
• Overnight: "Sorry"
• Overnight: "Victims and Volunteers"