ladies and gentlemen, where have you all gone
Well that couldn’t have gone better. Take a look at my shitty iPhone photos of the other bands from last night below. Thanks to everyone who came out, the other bands, and Sam.
Mean Creek
Bridges & Powerlines
Akudama
KC Quilty
If anybody out there has a photo of us from the show…send it to us pleeeease.
This will be the last post in this series until the week of June 13th, when we’ll be celebrating the release of our next EP, Restaurant Airport. Mean Creak will be playing after us tomorrow night at The Delancey.
How A Brief Smile knows Mean Creak: I don’t think anyone of us have actually met them but we know them through Chris from the band Aberdeen City, who recorded our (by our I mean John Louie and I) roommate’s new album at his studio in Boston where he also recorded Mean Creak’s new album. [Louie and John met some of these guys when up there working on Kosuke's album...my bad] Chris actually also went to the same high school I went to and lived down the street from me. Anyways, we listened to Mean Creak and said “WE NEED TO HAVE THEM PLAY A SHOW WITH US” and Louie made it happen. Give them a listen (these are off the new album…):
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Visit Mean Creek on MySpace or Their Blog
Bridges and Powerlines will be playing right before us and after Akudama on Friday…this puts their set at 9:45.
These guys have a great MySpace - and they often sound like Guided By Voices. We like that!
Download MP3: Bridges and Powerlines - Uncalibrated
Visit Bridges and Powerlines on MySpace and their BLOG
Next up is Akudama, who will be playing at 8:45 at our release show on Friday at the Delancey.
How A Brief Smile knows Akudama: Calvin from Akudama was in the same program at NYU as me for a while. I also think that they’re originally from Connecticut, or at least Calvin was, and so is 3/5 of A Brief Smile. Calvin hooked me up with a copy of Flying Over Morning, their album from 2004 which I, in turn, played for other members of A Brief Smile to intense applause. Also, when I was younger, I knew this kid Mike from summer camp who I think knew Calvin from high school. Small world…sorta.
Watch their video for Night Club off of their album Jonny Appleseed on YouTube
Download MP3: Arctic Jog - Akudama
Visit Akudama on Myspace
I’m going to write about each of the bands we’re playing with on Friday for the
Be Mine release party at The Delancey…I’m starting with KC QUILTY who will be playing first, at 7:45, on Friday.
How A Brief Smile knows KC Quilty: Julian of KC Quilty was DL’s freshmen year roommate at NYU. They lived in the Third North dorm. DL and I stayed at Julian’s house outside Boston when we went to see Radiohead in the summer of 2006 and I left this cool zip up sweater-ish thing that i still haven’t gotten back. Julian writes this blog.
Also, John plays bass in the band, so he’ll be busy on Friday. Download the song below because it ROCKS.
Download MP3: KC Quilty - Supernova
Visit KC Quilty on Myspace
May 1st at the Delancey we’ll be celebrating the release of BE MINE, the first of 3 EPs we’re releasing this summer. Here’s the line-up for the evening:
7:45 - KC Quilty
8:45 - Akudama
9:45 - Bridges and Powerlines
10:45 - A BRIEF SMILE
11:45 - Mean Creek
DJing between sets will be Sam Duke
Admission is $5 | 21+
We will be releasing 3 new EPs on the first Friday of May, June and July. Each will be free for the first week and then will cost $2 through our website. You will find the cover art and track listing below.
Be Mine - free for the week starting Friday 5/1
1. Century At Heart
2. For A While
3. In Dreams
Restaurant Airport - free for the week starting Friday 6/5
1. Motorcycle (music video coming late May)
2. Get It Off
3. Surprise
Sunshine State - free for the week starting Friday 7/3
1. Bigger Lies
2. Animal Magnetism
3. Honeycomb Shrinking
For each release we are having a party at the Delancey. Those shows will be held on:
FRIDAY 5/1
SATURDAY 6/13
THURSDAY 7/2
We will announce the line-ups soon!
