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Sun 7/20

http://www.myspace.com/lastradanyc
http://www.lastradaband.com
Brooklyn band La Strada offers a big, genre-bending stew of indie rock, European folk, and baroque pop. The L Magazine, which named La Strada as a NYC Band You Need to Hear, says, "One of the most promising bands in the city. Think Beirut and Neutral Milk Hotel, with more of a focus on traditional Americana.â€ The seven-piece bandâ€™s sound is driven by soaring vocal harmonies, accordion, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drums, and a 3-piece string section of violin, viola and cello. Formed in the spring of 2007, the band is currently completing its first EP and focuses on playing to the lively audiences of Brooklyn and Manhattan â€“ at venues like Mercury Lounge, Southpaw, Union Hall, and The Music Hall of Williamsburg. La Strada is the romance of old-world instrumentation through new world amplification, transporting audiences to the hills of the Balkans, a street corner in Paris, and back to â€œyour window overlooking the Brooklyn skyline.â€ As the Huffington Post says, "La Strada offers up the best of the New York indie scene: interesting music made by talented people who have a point of view and a love for what they do."

http://www.myspace.com/taxitaxiband
http://www.taxitaxiband.com/
With roots firmly planted in strong songwriting and inventive production, Taxi Taxi's sound defies easy classification. The band serves up tunes that are by turns rocky and melancholic, experimental and nostalgic. Since its release Maps and Legends has received attention from the music blogosphere and charted in CMJ college radio charts. Taxi Taxi continues to perform in support of the album and develop material for their next release.

http://www.myspace.com/321rocketshippark
http://rocketshippark.com
Taking a tuneful nod from 1960's folk and rock, Brooklyn's Rocketship Park entices musically literate ears. This 5-piece outfit, lead by Josh Kaufman, crafts a range of tactfully entwined styles that weave between back porch ballads and basement tape stomps. Rocketship Park features Kaufman on vocals/guitar, Eric Jackson on guitar, Brian Kantor on drums, Michael Phillips on pedal steel, and Kevin Fish on bass. Onstage is where their songs really shine, in an amalgamated beacon of past and present. While walking the line between tension and liberation, Rocketship Park coaxes volumes from their modest songs.

http://www.myspace.com/movingmountainsmusic
http://www.movingmountainsmusic.com
Moving Mountains plays a brand of impassioned, atmospheric rock that conjures up images of a bygone era (Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral) with a touch of dynamic, modern textures (Explosions in the Sky, The Album Leaf). They create music that lives and breathes with each graceful crescendo and every shimmering arpeggio. The complex, multi-layered arrangements are complemented by vague literary references whose powerful themes enable the music to resonate emotionally without being overly particular. Hailing from Westchester County and representing SUNY Purchase, these 19 year-olds have but the world before them to conquer.