Efterklang Photos from Tuesday's Show

As we said before, we missed out on what turned out to be a great show at the Space. We were able to dig up some photos of Efterklang in Hamden, however. So thank Lindsay, who has a ton of great photos on her MySpace and Flickr, for the photos below.


Efterklang

For more images, check out the whole album.

Photos from The Submarines' Show Last Night

After much deliberation and phone calls, Melissa ended up going to the Submarines/Headlights show in Northampton rather than the Efterklang show in Hamden. I'm not going to rant about how she showed up late and caught only the last four songs of the Submarines (thus no Headlights photos), but I will tell you that it was a great four songs.

Blake Hazard (pictured below, twice) looked like she was having the best time of her life as she played and sang. I'll leave room here if Melissa feels like she needs to add anything, but on to the photos.



The Submarines

You can see the rest of the photos here.

Taking Off With Farewell Flight

When I first heard Farewell Flight’s music, I knew I would have to talk with them before they made their stop in Hamden on April 26. The band’s drummer, Marc Prokopchak, was nice enough to sit down and let me know about the inner workings of how Farewell Flight manages to make and release music despite their lack of a record label, as well as how they manage to tour as often as possible.

Edward Gaug: Next week you’ll be starting nearly two months of touring, starting off in your home state of Pennsylvania, then trav- eling north through Connecticut, then hitting the Midwest down to Oklahoma and traveling back up to Pennsylvania to end it. How do you personally get ready to spend all this time traveling and living in a van with three other people?

Marc Prokopchak: Well, the first part is actually booking the tour. That’s my biggest worry; everything else comes second after that. Booking those dates and getting everything set management-wise as far as the shows and getting all the details, like load-in time and when doors are. Getting that all together is the first step—after that, we all kind of live meagerly because we don’t make much money and any money we do make goes right back into the band. We all pack a duff le bag and we get some groceries, usually stuff that won’t go bad if we keep it in the van, and we go on from there.

EG: With booking a tour, you try to have all your dates planned out; but have you ever come across problems and had to jump on a show or play a house show? Because I seem to hear about that happening more frequently.

MP: We have played all types of shows—we’ve had really good shows and really bad shows. If we get a cancellation and we can fill that date, within a week or two with something like a house show or jump on a show, that’s golden. We’ve done that a few times. We’ve also had a few things go wrong with cancellations due to younger kids running [shows] and not knowing what they’re really doing. When we go on tour, I’ll send them a follow-up message making sure everything is cool with the show, making sure it hasn’t been cancelled because the venue got shut down by the police or something. We’ve definitely run into that; but if that’s the case and we can’t get on something somewhere else, we’ll end up taking the night off and try to make the best of it, hanging out or sleeping in the van.

EG: Farewell Flight has this particular tour going through the month of May; do you guys have any plans from summer, whether it is playing festivals or another tour?

MP: We pretty much have the whole summer mapped out; as festivals, not so much this year. We played a bunch last year, but that’s because we had some label affiliation and they kind of pulled the strings on all that type of stuff. This summer we are completely independent again, so even the festivals we played last year, it was nearly impossible to get back into unless you have a label backing you or someone else going to bat for you. Basically, we’re just going to tour on our own this summer. After the April-May run is over, we’ll be home for like three weeks and then we’ll head out for about three weeks in June, and that stint’s about three-quarters of the way booked. They haven’t been posted yet, but they are in the confirmation stages. Then we’ll be home for another week or two and then back out on the road from mid-July to early August, for what hopefully will be a CD release run. We’re trying to hit up venues that we have played a lot in the recent years and that we can have our album ready. It’s been recorded since last year and people have been wanting it, and we’re finally getting it released by doing it ourselves this summer. Those are the summer plans, but from there on out it will be what we do always: be on the road as much as possible and come home and work a little bit and then head out again.

This is the short version of the interview, for the whole thing you can check here.

Photos From Girl Talk on Friday

Sorry about the wait, but here they are. I was able to stand my ground in the front row and grab some of these shots. As you would expect, the show was amazing and I can't wait for Gregg to come back to the area.



Girl Talk

You can find the rest of the photos from Girl Talk here.

Fucked Up 'Incites' Riot at SUNY

Thought this was a bit interesting and semi-local (an hour from New Haven, 20 minutes from Stamford). Apparently, Fucked Up had a bit of an incident when they played SUNY Purchase on Saturday.

From a Matador Records blog about the performance:

"So Damian knocks down the wooden barricades so that he’s not separated from the audience, and the band plays “Manqueller Man.” I notice suddenly that the sound is thinner, not as mighty, the guitars esp, even though it still looks and sounds amazing… and then I realize the PA’s been turned off, and we’re only hearing live sound from the amp. I go to the side of the stage and find out that the cops demanded that the sound guy cut the PA and then pulled the plug.

Damian tells me the guy is a sergeant in the state police, and told the band to get off the campus immediately or they would be arrested for incitement to riot. According to the cops, the other big mistake on Damian’s part was to turn over those wooden sawhorses… he told the police that he thought they were there to protect *him* from the audience, not the other way around, so that it would be OK to remove them. The cop replied (and I am not making this up) that when Damian tipped them over, 'you could have squished some kids to death' - that’s the actual phrase he used."

You can read the rest of the post regarding the fun in Purchase here. Fucked Up does a bit explaining on their own blog too.

Download:
Fucked Up - "Baiting the Public" (off their Hidden World LP from 2006)

Photos from Day 2 of Not Brooklyn Fest

So here they are. These are mainly the photos from the flea market during the day and the acts that performed then. We caught Grand Buffet (who was amazing) and one of the opening bands for the second part of the second day, but left shortly after that. If you have photos of Dead Meadow feel free to post a link in the comments section. You can view the whole gallery for Day 2 here.


Toby Goodshank of the Moldy Peaches


Neil Hamburger


Deer Tick


Grand Buffet

Photos From Day 1 of Not Brooklyn Fest

I'm too tired to say anything about tonight, so here's the photos from Day 1. Video will probably be up tomorrow after Day 2 photos go up. You can view the whole gallery from Day 1 here.


Bear Hands


Appleseed Cast


Cursive

Pissed Jeans Photos from Tonight (Technically Last Night)

You may have caught one of our MySpace bulletins about us not being able to make it to the Pissed Jeans show tonight in New Haven, but Mike Farrell was kind enough to shoot a few photos and send them our way. From what he told us, we missed out on a hell of a time.

Mike said,
"The pictures aren't too extraordinary, but the show was something else. Halfway through their set Pissed Jeans blew a fuse, but just kept playing...the drummer kept a beat for a solid 15 minutes until the situation was figured out and the rest of the band could get their amps working again. Even then the PA wasn't working, so they just kind of said 'fuck it' and stopped playing. Not even a minute later the PA was fixed and they came back for one last song with the drummer and vocalist switching spots. It was completely ridiculous and unlike anything I'd ever seen."

Pissed Jeans

There are two more photos in the gallery, so feel free to check those out.

Thanks again Mike.

Edit: Fred sent us some more photos via MySpace. You can find his gallery here, but here's one.

Photos from Boy Crisis Last Night

Wow, last night was a good time. I knew Boy Crisis would be a fun, but Francis and the Lights were a pleasant surprise. Boy Crisis, of course, brought plenty of dance tunes to the table. They actually have an incredible stage presence and as you'll see from the photos had a fun time with the crowd, and vice versa.

Francis and the Lights was the one band on the bill that I didn't check out briefly prior to the show. The New York band put out an EP last year, which can be downloaded for free off their site. Definitely worth checking out. Some real funky jams there.

Mixel Pixel opened up the night and were plenty of fun themselves, but I just loved Boy Crisis and Francis and the Lights. Mixel Pixel will be dropping Let's Be Friends on Mental Monkey on June 3. You can find/download "Sinking Feeling" off that album now. Full gallery after the pics.



Mixel Pixel

Francis and the Lights







Boy Crisis

For the rest of the photos check out the gallery.

Download:
Francis and the Lights - Striking EP

Three Videos from Folly's Last Show in Connecticut

So I finally got around to cutting these up. These are the first three songs from Folly's set on Friday, which, if some some reason you don't know, was the last show the band is doing in Connecticut and the third to last ever. If you missed out on our photo post before you can find it here.

"Discussion is for the Pigs"



"False Evidence Appearing Real"


I've Been Running for Miles, Davis

Murder by Death & Kiss Kiss photos from Sunday

Sunday night Murder by Death played the Webster Underground in Hartford. O'Death, Kiss Kiss, Bottle Up & Go and some other band opened up the night. I'm not really a huge fan of any of these bands (aka don't know their songs), but Kiss Kiss and O'Death both put on impressive shows. Murder by Death was great too. I don't want to sell them short, but coming strictly from a "I don't know any of your music" perspective those two were the standouts.


Murder by Death




Kiss Kiss

For more photos of both these bands, as well as the O'Death and Bottle Up & Go check out the full album.

And if you happened to miss Sunday's show and you're in Providence or willing to drive there, Murder by Death, O'Death and Kiss Kiss will be taking their tour to the Living Room.

The Dodos' Show From Tuesday

In case you missed The Dodos come through with Silje Nes on Tuesday, we have a handful of photos for you. The show lived up to the hype that I was beginning to hear of their live performances. And if you have yet to hear the band's latest release, Visiter, you can buy it here. It dropped March 18 on Frenchkiss.

Silje Nes




The Dodos.

You can few the entire gallery from the evening here.

Sunday Night's Why? Show at BAR

Here are some pictures we took of the band Why? and other miscellaneous things this past Sunday night in New Haven's BAR. The band Cryptacize opened, but we decided they weren't as pretty as Why?'s Yoni Wolf or Mark's NY Mets fanaticism.





These photos and the remaining 24 from the show are currently hosted on Flickr.

The Good Life: A Good Time

While it is difficult for some people at Central to leave campus and travel to go see a good show, I have the advantage of having a nice car and bunch of friends that love going to shows.

The weird thing about seeing The Good Life last night was the fact that it was my first show in ages that I've gone to that I wasn't part of the press and actually got to enjoy the show without having to jot down notes and spend the night behind my camera lenses.

I got off from work around 3 in the afternoon and headed straight up to UConn to pick up my friends who bought the tickets. After some quick TV watching and basketball we started our adventure to Boston's Middle East Club.
After doing 65 mph down the Mass Pike out of fear of getting another speeding ticket, (92 in a 65 in February of 2004) we finally arrive at the Riverside Train Station and get on the "T."

After about 15 stops, we get off, search for some quick dinner and hop back on the train to the club. When we get to the venue and present our tickets and ID (18+ show) we get attacked with a giant black sharpie. With two large black Xs on my hands and absolutely no chance of getting a drink tonight, I head down stairs and scope out the place. Small floor area, decent size crowd and two bars flanking the floor. Serving Pabst Blue Ribbon Tall Boys and assorted mixed drinks, I feel the need for a cold one which I will never get.

The music started around 8:30 with Fourth of July, a five-piece indie band out of Lawrence, Kansas. They were playing their last night with The Good Life and decided to just have a lot of fun. With a smooth voice and poppy instrumentals, they played really engaging music for 45 minutes. I am going to check them out later today and see what I can scrounge up online.

The music took a complete face plant after this though. Luke Temple was up next with his horrid combination of acoustic guitar and douchebaggery. The weirdest thing wasn't his uncanny ability to sound like a even wore Jack Johnson, but the fact that the crowd was having conversations that were much louder than his music. He basically failed all the way around. The sentiment to wrap this up was, "It's like going to coffeehouse, but I'm not high and there isn't any coffee."

The headliners for the night was The Good Life, one of my personal favorite bands and one I haven't been able to see live before last night. The great thing about seeing them live is the stage presence of front man Tim Kasher. The crowd always loves him and he loves them back, unless your a jerk frat-boy type that won't stop yelling in between songs. Then he hates you as does the rest of the crowd. There a few of those types of people that drink too much and can't keep their mouths shut. Beyond that, TGL played an absolutely amazing set that covered everything from their new album Help Wanted Nights to their first album Novena on a Nocturn. After the first hour, the band left the stage to a roaring chant for an encore, to which they quickly answered with another 30 minutes of music. This time around it involved some more beer and a round of shots from the openers Fourth of July. This made for a drunken, fun mess. Exactly how I would want to see The Good Life.

The club cleared out quickly after and the trek home began. The worst part of any night, especially at 1 a.m. I really need to stop going out of state for concerts on school nights cause it kills my attendance in my class and overall makes me tired. Oh well, it's too damn fun and I'll do it again for Say Anything and Bright Eyes in November.