Wednesday, August 4, 2010

a big week for b-music/finders keepers/chouette


B-MUSIC at The Film Society of Lincoln Center

THURSDAY AUGUST 12th; 9PM
POMEGRANATES: LIKE A FIRE FROM THE ASHES
TRT: 100m Approx.
Co-presented with Pomegranates and Finders Keepers
The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Walter Reade Theater 165 W 65th St New York NY
* Tickets Available at Other Music and The Film Society of Lincoln Center

Join us as we celebrate the release of Pomegranates, a compilation of Persian folk, funk, and psychedelia on the Finders Keepers record label. This special night features a feast of ultra-rare vintage film from Sixties and Seventies Iran, culled from hundreds of hours of material from the pre-revolution years. Curated by Mahssa Taghinia and Tom Fitzgerald (programmer at Los Angeles avant-art house Cinefamily, and director of Edan’s Echo Party), “collaged” by Tom Fitzgerald, and soundtracked with a live onstage Persian mash-up by Finders Keepers founder Andy Votel. The night will also feature an unearthed music video pastiche of songs from the compilation, along with vintage commercial reels, and a montage of selected scenes. The curators of Pomegranates will DJ the afterparty.

FRIDAY AUG 13; 8:45
STONE
Dir. Sandy Harbutt, 1974, Australia; 103m
Featuring a pre-show onstage turntable warmup by Andy Votel!
Co-presented with B-music, Finders Keepers and WFMU
The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Walter Reade Theater
165 W 65th St New York NY
* Tickets Available at Other Music and The Film Society of Lincoln Center

The soundtrack, recently made available by our buddies at Finders Keepers, destroys brain cells with such efficiency we (almost) forgot it was attached to the Second Greatest Australian Biker Flick of All Time. Satan-worshipping, leather-clad, Oz-bred road hogs consume mass quantities and cause much commotion for—what better reason—the thrill of it all. The story, triggered by some sort of political assassination, is skeletal, but who needs plot when you’ve got pure motorcycle speed, bad psychoactive chemicals, and pounding electric guitars? (Cinephile trivia: Tarantino keeps a print in his vault.) After the smoke clears, Finders Keepers and WFMU’s Brian Turner will spin discs and pump beverages in our gallery.

++++ LATE NIGHTS WITH VOTEL++++

FRIDAY AUGUST 13th

TAKE THE TRIP: STONE AFTER PARTY
DJ SETS BY ANDY VOTEL & DUANE HARRIOTT
+ SPECIAL GUEST DJ
11PM - 4AM
ROSE LIVE
345 Grand Street
btw Marcy & Havemeyer
Brooklyn, NY
* Sponsored by Rotter & Friends and VIVA Radio
FREE
&

SATURDAY AUGUST 14TH
TREEHOUSE
DJ SETS BY ANDY VOTEL & MAHSSA TAGHINIA
11PM - 4AM
LITTLEFIELD
622 Degraw Street
btw 3rd & 4th Ave
Brooklyn, NY
* Free with RSVP to treehousebklyn@gmail.com

Thursday, July 15, 2010

B-music at the Lincoln Center


On Thursday August 12th & Friday August 13th, in conjunction with the Film Comment Summer Meltdown Series, B-Music/Finders Keepers label will be hosting a two night film event Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater with Andy Votel and Mahssa Taghinia as the event curators.

Like A Phoenix From The Ashes on Thursday August 12th during will focus on Persian music (which inspired the Pomegranates compilation) and film footage with a collage of vintage reels from the 60&70's as well as archived commercials and a montage of choice selected cinema scenes with subtitled dialogue. Mahssa Taghinia and Andy Votel will be your dj throughout the night. Next, on Friday August 13th we will screen the great Australian biker flick Stone (1974; Dir. Sandy Harbutt). Andy Votel will dj a pre-show warm up set in the theater and a full on set of vintage global motorcycle-music afterwards with Brian Turner from WFMU.
Pomegranates: "Like a Phoenix from the Ashes" will begin at 9pm on Thursday and Stone will start at 8:45 pm Friday. Full details for both nights as well as the Summer Meltdown full Series Schedule
are listed below.

Tickets are available starting Thursday July 22nd through the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center -165 W 65th St New York NY 10023.'
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THURSDAY AUGUST 12th
POMEGRANATES "Like A Phoenix From The Ashes"
Join us as we celebrate the release of "Pomegranates", a compilation of Persian folk, funk, and psychedelia on the Finders Keepers record label --- with a companion film collage! Following a successful sold-out premier in Los Angeles, we are proud to bring this multi-media pop-tastic collection of audio-visual rarities to New York!

This special night boasts a psychedelic visual feast of ultra-rare and never-before-screened-'till-now vintage film from '60s/'70s Iran, culled and curated from hundreds of hours and endless stacks of VHS and film of flicks from the

pre-revolution glory years. Curated by Mahssa Taghinia and Tom Fitzgerald (programmer at avant-art house Cinefamily, in Los Angeles, and director of Edan's Echo Party). Edited and "collaged" by Tom Fitzgerald, and soundtracked with an exclusive Persian mash-up mix done by Finders Keepers founder Andy Votel.

Andy will be appearing and DJing the soundtrack LIVE to the Pomegranates film exclusively at this New York screening! The night will also feature bonus visuals to accompany the feature film collage: un-earthed music video pastiche of songs from the compilation, along with vintage commercial reels and a montage of choice selected scenes with subtitled(!) dialogue.

A fun celebration of drinks, catered Persian dinner and pastries, artwork. Special guest appearances by the curators of Pomegranates will be DJing after the screening!

Amidst the protests, violence, and politically charged situation within Iran, currently, we are excited to present a positive celebration that is socially and culturally relevant and informative, within New York

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FRIDAY AUGUST 13th
STONE

Finders Keepers/B-Music U.S. and Film Comment Summer Meltdown team up here to present a rare screening of the full-throttle, genre defining granddaddy of Ozploitation cinema for one night only. Sandy Harbutt's 1974 Australian Biker-Psych auteur cult classic takes key ingredients from across the exploitation cinema palette and concocts a heady brew of Bikesploitation, Drugsploitation and Satanic Cultism for this celluloid milestone, which proceeded the likes Mad Max (while donating half of its cast) by half a decade.

Revered amongst psych-cinema-buffs, b-movie aficionados and fans of experimental rock music, Stone counts champions such as Quentin Tarantino amongst its disciples who owns one of the few remaining prints in his collection. Comprising an infectious soundtrack by the seldom-traveled cognoscenti of Aussie funk rock (recently re-issued by celebrated lost-pop librarians B-Music / Finders Keepers), Stone provides perhaps the only record of any genre that mixes Power-Moogs with didgeridoo.

The evening will be bookended with the U.S. debut of Finders Keeper's Andy Votel's Cock Diesel biker-psych DJ/VJ club night which blends vintage global motorcycle-music (Global Cock Rock / Bikers OSTS / Full Throttle Fuzz / Power-Bike-Psych) with custom built footage from a life-long library of international biker b-movies. For this one-off event Andy will be joined by WFMU’s Brian Turner and Mahssa Taghinia (B-Music U.S). Take The Trip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lloTd45PFPg


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Film Comment Summer Meltdown Full Schedule


1:00 The Kids Are Alright
3:00 Year of the Horse
5:10 Zabriskie Point
7:30 Enter the Void

Thursday 12
2:00 Zabriskie Point
4:15 200 Motels
9:00 Pomegranates Program

Friday 13
2:00 Performance
4:15 The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle
6:30 Year of the Horse
8:45 Stone

Saturday 14
2:00 Zabriskie Point
4:15 Coming Back for More
6:00 The Kids Are Alright
8:00 Suburbia

Sunday 15
1:45 The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle
4:00 Return to Waterloo
6:00 The American Dreamer
8:00 Out of the Blue WITH A Hero in Our Time

Monday 16
2:00 Return to Waterloo
4:00 Performance
6:15 200 Motels
8:30 UbuWeb/WFMU Remixed

Tuesday 17
2:00 Year of the Horse
4:15 The Kids Are Alright

6:15 Performance


Thursday, July 1, 2010

mark you calendar

Summer Meltdown Series
Walter Reade Theater
Lincoln Center
August 11- 17
oln Center
August 11- 17

Friday, June 25, 2010

chouette at northside festival 2010- updated schedule!

a few changes have been made to tomorrow's schedule:

The afternoon will now be as following:

CHOUETTE AT NORTHSIDE 2010:

1-3pm- BBQ!
3pm-Desert Stars
4pm-World Atlas
5pm- Forest Fire
6pm- Ribbons

With Ivan Sunshine, Doug Pressman & Thomas Gluibizzi dj sets!
only $5 for all this fun.

BRUAR FALLS - 245 Grand Street btw Driggs & Roebling in Brooklyn



Wednesday, June 16, 2010

chouette at northside festival 2010


please come celebrate chouette
with an afternoon of music & bbq!

SATURDAY JUNE 26TH
BRUAR FALLS

With performances by
HIDDEN FEES
RIBBONS
FOREST FIRE
WORLD ATLAS
THE YOUNGER SIBLINGS
+++ a bbq
1-7pm
$8 or free with Northside badge
Bruar Falls - 245 Grand St Brooklyn




Friday, May 28, 2010

from anibal to zs

going for adds 5/25/10

ANIBAL VELASQUEZ Y SU CONJUNTO - MAMBO LOCO - ANALOG AFRICA
Nobody embodies more the city of Barranquilla’s rich musical heritage than the master accordionist Anibal Velasquez. Known affectionately by his fans as “El Mago” (the Magician), Anibal has been one of the most prolific musicians of Colombia’s Musica Tropical movement.

The Analog Africa label throws us a surprising yet delightful curveball with their newest release, as they shift their focus to Colombia and the stunning music of bandleader and accordionist Anibal Velasquez. Mambo Loco collects ten sizzling, throbbing cumbias and guarachas by a bandleader who started out as an accordion prodigy, and went on to become one of Colombia's most innovative musicians, creating wild, high octane fusions of assorted Cuban and Colombian dance styles into relentless, pulsating thickets of rhythm and the near-psychedelic swirls and puffs of his accordion playing. I rarely say this about any record -- it seriously isn't long enough. I want more!! These beats are infectious, the chants are electrifying, and the sensuality is overflowing. http://www.othermusic.com/2010april29update.html

Zs - NEW SLAVES - THE SOCIAL REGISTRY
New Slaves is the new album from Zs, and is the most physically visceral experimental LP we’ve heard in a minute. Hitting with a similar impact as Oughts giants like The Boredoms’ Vision Creation Newsun and Black Dice’s Beaches and Canyons (while sounding nothing like them), it is a true behemoth – epic, unapologetic, painfully and artfully composed, mind-boggling in complexity, original in sound and intent, while maintaining a minimalist, chugging funk groove throughout its precise post-capitalist haze. New Slaves is arguably the most defnitive statement from a band that have been challenging listeners for a decade, demonstrating, over the course of 70 minutes, just how versatile their sound can be.

New Slaves moves the band fearlessly into more rhythmic, noisy, and downright terrifying waters…the band has transformed itself into a battering ram of brackish sound and befuddling rhythms--think of Steve Reich phasing experiments produced into a blackened soup by the Boredoms and you're getting close; think Black Dice performed by Sun Ra and you're getting closer. - Village Voice

New Slaves is an imposing-sounding album, full of deep echo, with weird juxtapositions of close and faraway sounds, of real tones and digitally altered ones. One thing about Zs you notice right away: they play hard, and they play well."- New York Times

++ out for radio:
PHOSPHORESCENT - HERE'S TO TAKING IT EASY - DEAD OCEANS
ABSOLUTE BELTER - V/A -B-MUSIC
THE FALLEN BY WATCH BIRD - JANE WEAVER SEPTIEME SOEUR- B-MUSIC
DISAPPEARS -LUX- KRANKY
TWINKRANES - SPEKTRUM THEATRE SNAKES- B-MUSIC
POLAR BEAR - PEEPERS - LEAF
NIGERIA SPECIAL VOLUME 2 - V/A - SOUNDWAY

++++new phosphorescent, silje nes & tom b band tour dates + more below

CITAY
5/28 Portland OR Mississippi Studios
5/29 Vancouver BC Biltmore Cabaret
5/30 Olympia WA The Northern
5/31 Eureka CA Labor Day - Nocturnum
6/03 San Francisco CA Cafe Du Nord
6/04 Santa Cruz CA Crepe Place
6/18 Los Angeles CA Spaceland

DAVID KARSTEN DANIELS
7/8 Richmond VA The Camel
7/9 Chapel Hill NC Local 506
7/12 New York NY Le Poisson Rogue

ELUVIUM
5/28 Jackpot Saloon, Lawrence, KS
5/30 Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
5/ 31 Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, UT

LES SHELLEYS (Tom Brosseau's new band)
6/9 Brooklyn NY, Zebulon
6/10 Cambridge MA, Club Passim
6/11 Hamden CT, The Space
6/12 Burlington VT, Radio Bean
6/13 Rochester NY, The Bug Jar
6/14 Pittsburgh PA, Thundercat
6/16 Madison WI, The Project Lodge
6/17 Bloomington IN, The Bishop
6/18 Chicago IL, Schubas
6/21 Denver CO, Hi Dive
6/22 Salt Lake City UT, Vertical Diner
6/23 Nampa ID, Flying M Coffee Garage
6/24 Seattle WA, Hattie's Hat
6/25 Portland OR, The Woods

MONO

5/ 28 Middle East Downstairs, Boston, MA w/ The Twilight Sad
5/29 Daniel Street, Milford, CT w/ The Twilight Sad
5/30 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY w/ The Twilight Sad
6/1 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA w/ The Twilight Sad
6/ 2 9:30 Club, Washington, DC w/ The Twilight Sad
6/4 North State Sound, Durham, NC w/ The Twilight Sad
6/ 5 Masquerade (Hell Stage), Atlanta, GA w/ The Twilight Sad
6/ 6 Exit In, Nashville, TN w/ The Twilight Sad
6/7 Hi-Tone Cafe, Memphis, TN w/ The Twilight Sad
6/8 Revolution Music Room, Little Rock, AR w/ The Twilight Sad
6/9 Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA w/ The Twilight Sad
6/ 10 Rudyard's British Pub, Houston, TX w/ The Twilight Sad

PHOSPHORESCENT
7/08 New York, NY - Hudson River Park Pier 54 w/ Dawes
7/10 Toronto, ONT - The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
7/12 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab
7/13 Columbus, OH - The Summit
7/14 Newport, KY - Southgate House
7/15 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
7/17 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe
7/21 Houston, TX - House of Blues - Houston Bronze
7/22 Austin, TX - Independent
7/23 Dallas, TX - Kessler Theater
7/24 Lubbock, TX - The Foundation
7/26 Tucson, AZ - Plush
7/27 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour
7/28 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
7/30 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
7/31 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
8/03 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
8/04 Milwaukee, WI - Mad Planet
8/05 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
8/06/ Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio
8/07 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
8/09 Washington, DC - Black Cat
8/10 Baltimore, MD - Sonar Club Stage
8/11 Philadelphia, PA - Rittenhouse Square Park
8/14 Providence, RI - Jerky's Live Music Hall
8/15 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs

SILJE NES
6/12 92Y Tribeca New York NY
6/13 Littlefields Brooklyn NY
6/15 Space Gallery Portland ME
6/17 Suoni Il Popolo Festival @ Casa del Popolo Montreal QC
6/18 NXNE Festival Whippersnapper Gallery Toronto ON
6/19/10 Gigs London ON
6/20 Magic Stick Detroit MI
6/23 Gates of Heaven Synagogue Madison WI
6/24 Cedar Saloon MInneapolis MN
6/26 The Aquarium Fargo ND
6/30 Neurolux Boise, ID
7/1 The Badlander Missoula MT
7/2 Sled Island Festival Calgary AL
7/4 Railway Club Vancouver BC
7/5 Doug Fir Lounge Portland OR
7/6 High Dive Seattle WA
7/7 Northern Olympia WA
7/9 Sophia’s Davis CA
7/10 Hemlock Tavern San Francisco CA
7/11 Spaceland Los Angeles CA
7/12 Solar Culture Tucson AZ
7/14 Larimer Lounge Denver CO
7/15 Jack Pot Saloon Lawrence KS
7/16 Mojo’s Columbia MO
7/17 Al’s Lexington KY
7/18 The Rocket Club Asheville NC
7/21 Joe’s Pub New York NY

WHITE HINTERLAND
6/11 New York NY 92Y Tribeca
6/16 Portland ME Space Gallery