Wolves in the Throne Room Venue Change

Manic Productions recently had to change the venue for the upcoming Wolves in the Throne Room show.

Due to reasons beyond our control we are forced to move this show to a different venue. This show is now 21+. If you have purchased a ticket and are under 21 please email us so we can figure something out.

The May 25th show has been moved to Daniel Street in Milford.


Manic's next show is this Monday at noon. Papercuts will be playing for FREE at the Space at this odd time. So if you don't have a job or you're recently out of school, head on over there for a pretty sweet afternoon show. Papercuts just came through New York with a couple dates and are definitely picking up some healthy buzz.

A Great Big Pile of Leaves Shows Coming Up!

We actually missed this, but A Great Big Pile of Leaves played a show in Manchester (I think) last weekend. This weekend though they are going to be in Brooklyn at a not-so-secret house party to kickoff a new diy venue me and a couple friends put together. It's mainly a friends and friends of friends of friends event, but if for some reason you're around just rsvp.

For those not in Brooklyn, A Great Big Pile of Leaves will be in at The Space in Hamden, Conn. next Wednesday, April 29th. And then back in NYC at the Lit Lounge at the end of May. As we've said before, check out their MySpace if you want to download the two EPs they released last year (for free!). 

Bear Hands, Kiss Kiss @ The Space, Jan. 8

We got photos from Thursday night's show at The Space in Hamden - it wasn't actually as dark in there as these photos would have you believe. Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Bear Hands headlined. 

While Ed probably disagreed, the performance by the four-piece kept on pace with the night's earlier Kiss Kiss. The band said they finished up two new songs that week - "Belongings" and "Life at the Impound" - which they were enthusiastic about trying out at this live performance. Bassist Val Loper quickly claimed that "Belongings", a tune that doesn't stray far from the quartet's catalogue and is slightly more upbeat than the latter, was more of a success.

I'd argue that both, spread between the likes of "Bad Blood" and "Long Lean Queen" off their Golden EP kept the energy high and the crowd enthralled. I'll look forward to seeing these guys again, hopefully in Brooklyn, though Thursday's performance in their native Connecticut was gratifying.

Kiss Kiss, the acoustic Brudher and the overwhlemed See/Saw rounded out the ticket. 

Kiss Kiss - from Thursday's performance, I now understand what they mean when they say that the band is like a black house cat. Stylistically, they produce an elegant and glossy sound. Their music is a degree of deeper-brooding than My Chemical Romance, but much more open to the Eastern European mystery and old-world fun.