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Morning 40 Federation 11:00
Americans 9:45

Bodyface 8:30

Fri 7/4

Tickets

$12 adv / $15 dos

Morning 40 Federation

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The Morning 40 Federation was born and bred in New Orleans' Ninth Ward neighborhood, formed in 1997 as a drunken quasi-dare by Josh Cohen and Space Rickshaw, amateur saxophonist and trombonist, respectively. They hung the name on their rough assemblage of amateur musicians/pro-drinkers as a sardonic admission of non-guilt. They didn't know how their way around their instruments ("It sounded like I was strangling a goose," Cohen says of his first forays into the wild world of alto sax), and their first gigs took place at house parties and off-night in bars like the Hi Ho Lounge, were more like sweaty demolition derbies soundtracked by some righteous feedback than actual concerts. But despite their best intentions, the 40s began to develop honest-to-goodness chops. Their sound -- a mutant hybrid of punk, jazz and what New Orleans old-timers call "fonk" - coalesced. Their gigs got sharper without losing their anything-goes, gang-of-stinky-swamp-things onstage vibe, and they acquired new members: guitarist Bailey Smith was recruited in a Decatur Street dive his first night in town; guitarist Ryan Scully was shanghaied pirate-style from a life of playing cosmic country music, And by God, you could DANCE to their music, thanks to Mike Andrepont and Steve Calandra's booze stumblin' rhythm section. But it was their songs that put 'em over. The 40s specialized in hilarious chronicles of boozy camaraderie, tales of the assorted noble lowlifes, space cadets and other crazies that populate the parallel universe version of New Orleans nightlife far off the beaten tourist path.

Americans

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The Brooklyn-based Americans translate life into sound using nothing but puny analog and electrified instruments. Formed in January of 2001, the band has become the standard-bearer for DIY bands in New York. Americans released their first, EP "all we are saying is give war a chance" in 2003, and their first full length, Margarine in Fall 2005. They are currently at work on their second full length, tentatively titled "How do You Survive?"

Bodyface

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Bodyface was born in 2003, by longtime friends (assassins), Jared Kerr & Joe Brennan. Jared had previously had success with such popular bands as Jet Orange(w/Matthew Pop), Fin(w/Chris Butler of the Americans) and Monster Christ. Things took a turn for the morbidly curious, when Dan (Danley) Marsh and Roger el Azmar (New Professionals) joined the band. What Is Bodyface? We will never tell. However, if you listen closely, you can hear the, "distinct masonic undertones" (Ken Andrews, Watchtower). The actual sound of Bodyface is akin to Brian Wilson & Kurt Cobain having to wake up at 4AM to go clean toilets. Currently, Bodyface is hard at work (working hard?) on a new LP, which you can expect to see/hear/experience sometime in mid-April. In the meantime, they continue to rock the shit out of venues in, above, and around NYC.