This week's bands, 4 returning favorites, bring a little bit of a harder rock edge to the party... Channel your inner stadium rocker and be prepared! We'll be cranking nice and late... thanks to a special LEWD afterparty with DJ RekLES and DJ Sean MTHRFKN Roberts
As always drink your face off, dance your ass off, and rock your... um... you know.Our rock and roll lineup for this week:
9:00 pm - the Grey Tide (upstate NY)
9:45 pm - Super Potent Death Baby
10:30 pm - Diablo Royale
11:15 pm - My Uncle the Wolf
and of course... a Lewd Afterparty...
Our resident DJ RekLES spin before and between and at the afterparty with DJ Sean "MTHRFKN" Roberts... Come dance the night away! You'll be out very late...
Labels: Diablo Royale, DJ RekLES, Grey Tide, My Uncle the Wolf, super potent death baby
Holy crapoly.... We're having a good one this week. Our pals at Royal Flush Magazine are having an official release party for the new mag. To help celebrate, we've got a great lineup of bands with blistering guitars and a whiskey fuelled attitude. Of course, it doesn't hurt that we'll be joined by Clutch and friends after they wrap their SOLD OUT Bowery show for an afterparty of pre-legendary proportions.... As always... Come early and stay late... we're going all night....Our rock and roll lineup for this week: 9:00 pm - Hull 10:00 pm - Diablo Royale 11:00 pm - My Uncle the Wolf 12:00 midnight - Year Long Disaster Our special guest DJs RekLES and Sean "MTHRFKN" Roberts spins before, between and after... with some surprises for you! Buy tickets for the Royal Flush Magazine Clutch Afterparty at Between (a Rock and a Hard Place) (If you are coming before 11 pm - they're cheaper at the door....) The basic details are: Free admission before 11 on the Underbelly list (RSVP at rsvp@newyorkunderbelly.com ) - $5 after; otherwise, after 11, it's $10 bucks. Come early for the open bar (9-10 pm) and stay late for the buckets of beer! Crash Mansion is located at 199 Bowery - that's Bowery and Spring... click on the left for more deets. Remember, RSVP to RSVP@newyorkunder belly.com and we'll put you on the list.... |
 the Rock: Hull (9:00 pm) kicking off the night with brain melting chords.... Will melt your face once again on the 31 of August for the Clutch official after party. Playing during the open bar so that those going to the show cannot hear. yes, go, play, yes!! go to Hull.... |
 The Rock: Diablo Royale (10 pm) welcome back to the boys... Rock N' Roll: loud, proud, and smothered in attitude... that's the jam that NYC hard rock quintet Diablo Royale kicks out. The band's lyrics cover everything from sexual innuendos to political satire, Choy explains: "We write about anything and everything, no subject is off limits for us because there is so much stuff that happens to you everyday, be it the girlfriend, the boss, parents, government or just stupid stuff like getting too drunk or having one of those horrible days at work ... those are all life experiences that everyone can relate to at some point or another." Diablo Royale came together in 2005 when, guitarists Eric Choy and Gerard Steixner got together with drummer Mike Sankari to create a band that would encompass their idea of what rock n' roll should sound like. The three began writing and auditioning musicians for over a year when they finally met Adrian Barrios and bassist Jason "Sweet" Leaf through an ad posted on the internet. With the lineup complete the five hunkered down in a basement studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (appropriately named "The Sweatshop") and crafted their first ten songs until they were ready for wax on their self-titled debut album, released in February 2007. Taking their influences from all the best bands ranging from Aerosmith to Zep, the final result can be best described as a bombastic sonic assault on the ears that is sure to knock you into next week! When it comes to being onstage, vocalist Barrios seethes with the kind of reptilian charisma that rock fans instantly find mesmerizing. Choy's guitar heroics are complimented by Steixner's stone cold consistency while the rhythm-section interplay between Leaf and Sankari is like a knockout combination from a heavyweight champ. In a short time the band has managed to cut their teeth in the local clubs of New York and as bassist Jason Leaf puts it, "We're looking to infect the masses with our brand of rock n' roll!" Diablo Royale was featured in a cool article... read it! |
 The Rock: My Uncle the Wolf (11 pm) Brooklyn boys gone bad... "My Uncle The Wolf began with one goal: to be as dangerous and unpredictable as possible. This is most visible in the group's live shows where everything from the complete destruction of equipment, to twenty-minute improvisational jams have taken place, all while refusing to play the same set list twice. My Uncle The Wolf have carried this idea into the writing and recording of songs as well. After spending the better part of two months isolated in their rehearsal space, the group traveled to New Orleans to record away from the monotony of their lives at home. With the help of friend and mentor Jimmy Bower (Down, EYEHATEGOD, Superjoint Ritual) who played bass and produced the debut effort, My Uncle The Wolf achieved their goal by surprising themselves at how much their own music had evolved. Musically, the group has a defined sound amidst all the chaos. The My Uncle The Wolf album has something of a classic atmosphere to it. As an album, it is merely a snapshot of perpetually transforming art. There are few groups today that this can be said about with sincerity: when listening to My Uncle The Wolf, expect the unexpected. " -M.P. Deevers learn more before they're everywhere! |
 The Rock: Year Long Disaster (12 midnight) headlining, straight from the Clutch tour...! "Anything that does not spring from tradition is plagiarized. Begin drawing and painting like the old masters; after that always do as you wish, you will always be respected" Salvador Dali Year Long Disaster took Salvador Dali's words to heart when they began constructing the mainframe ideas that would form their fundamental musical intentions. Modifying, in their own right, the original blues models of the early 1970's southern rock movement, Year Long Disaster is more apt to play shuffles as the base backbeat and to define choruses as whichever dynamic moment of the song appeals as most memorable. This moment may manifest itself in a riff, a recurring vocal line, or in a sonic assault stemming from sheer energy. Riffs may extend past 4 bars. Lyrics may not repeat themselves. Year Long Disaster embraces the humanity and simplicity in songwriting with the ability to improvise, allowing the audience to be involved in moments that will never exist again.This band's work is also a reflection of what they as individuals accomplish, write, and think. The pedigree of this band is complex and unusual. Lead guitarist and singer Daniel Davies is the son of Dave Davies of the Kinks. He was born in London and spent the first nine years of his life touring the world with one of the most legendary live acts of all time. At eleven, Daniel and his family moved from London to Los Angeles. Three years later his parents split, and Daniel moved in with his godfather and his family. Daniel lived there until his graduation from Hollywood High School. He then set out on his own to play music. For three years, he worked menial jobs and failed random drug tests for even more menial jobs. One random April day in 2003 while he was squatting in an apartment with the equally strung-out Sebastian Robertson he ventured into a Hollywood grocery store to buy vodka. It was there he met bass player Rich Mullins. Mullins had been in Los Angeles four days when he encountered Davies. Mullins had just moved from Holland, and was nurturing a gorilla-sized drug habit when he ran into Davies in the alcohol section of Pavilions. Mullins had been a founding member of the West Virginia instrumental hard rock band Karma to Burn. Karma to Burn had released three albums on Roadrunner Records, toured the world extensively and opened for such acts as Metallica and Pantera. Mullins left Karma to Burn to play in the Dallas, Texas band Speedealer. It was a feeble attempt to geographically remove himself from his addiction. In about seven months he was bandless and homeless, abandoned by Speedealer on a street corner in San Francisco. From there he took a plane back to Holland in another feeble attempt to geographically remove himself from his addictions. A couple of weeks prior to meeting Davies he had been convinced by some Dutch friends to take a CD he had recorded in Holland to some industry friends in Los Angeles. He arrived in Los Angeles only intending to stay one month. Within a week of meeting Daniel they were inseparable friends living in a one room apartment in Laurel Canyon, drinking two fifths of vodka a day and smoking as much crack as their other friends could afford. After only a month of 'friendship' Daniel and Rich went to Music Cares Foundation and asked for help with their addictions. They were placed into CRI-Help rehab. They spent a month there together. They then spent six months in a sober living halfway house. They finally moved out back into the world, sober, in December 2003. Eleven months later Daniel and Rich saw drummer Brad Hargreaves play live at the Scene Bar in Glendale with a band called Hours and Minutes. They were extremely impressed with his musicianship. They got his phone number and asked him if he wouldn't mind 'jamming'. They had no idea Brad was already a member of the eight-times platinum-selling group Third Eye Blind. Remarkably, Third Eye Blind had just been cast as the Kinks on the NBC show American Dreams. Hargreaves, upon learning that Daniel's father was Dave Davies, became intrigued and agreed to try a couple of practices. The trio instantly bonded and Year Long Disaster was born. The band started gigging around locally in Los Angeles and caught the eye of producer Marc Needham (The Killers) who invited them to record a few songs at his home studio. Using the ensuing EP as a demo they pawned an old guitar, bought a van, jumped in and did three self-booked national tours building up a slew of fans. After the second tour Daniel, Rich and Brad teamed up with longtime friend and now squeaky clean Sebastian Robertson to manage their burgeoning career. He shares with Daniel his second generation rock experience as Sebastian is the son of The Band's Robbie Robertson. Sebastian immediately got to work bringing down a bevy of A&R execs to their Los Angeles performances. Shortly thereafter, Year Long Disaster signed a record deal with Volcom Entertainment, a company that shared the band's artistic vision. They are currently in Tucson, Arizona working with famed producer/engineer Jim Waters (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, RL Burnside) recording their first album. Year Long Disaster's long-awaited debut is slated for release in September 2007. Download "It Ain't Luck" for free.... |
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Labels: Clutch, Diablo Royale, Hull, My Uncle the Wolf, Royal Flush Magazine, Year Long Disaster
