Mercury Lounge

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Please note: All events are 21+ unless otherwise noted.

Tue 12/2

$10 adv / $12 dos

http://www.myspace.com/darkermylove
http://darkermylovemusic.com/
The L.A.-based psych-rock quartet Darker My Love was formed by high school buddies Tim Presley (guitars, vocals) and Andy Granelli (drums) in 2001. Initially, it was a side project -- Presley and Granelli were playing in other punk-influenced bands (both played in the Nerve Agents together, Granelli also spent time with the Distillers) when they joined forces with bassist/vocalist Rob Barbato and guitarist Jared Everett, both transplants from Boston. Within the space of a series of excellent live gigs, though, all four players committed to nurturing what was to become a signature bright-but-brooding sound, and Darker My Love, as a tight unit with major potential, was born. After a string of opening dates for the Kills, the Warlocks, and Icarus Line, the band recorded a three-song EP released in early 2006; early praise called attention to Presley's melancholic vocals reminiscent of Robert Smith. A self-titled debut disc full of fuzz and trippy distortion followed later the same year on Dangerbird Records.

http://www.myspace.com/thestrangeboys
http://thestrangeboys.info/
If everything old is new again, the Strange Boys are way ahead of the curve. Beneath the clamor of Ryan Sambol's fierce nasality and herky-jerky riffs, urged on by brother Philip's bass and drummer Matt Hammer's powerhouse thump, plus the newly added grease of Greg Enlow's organ, the Dallas fourpiece plows a wormhole through time immemorial.
-DARCIE STEVENS, The Austin Chronicle

http://www.myspace.com/blondeacidcult
Ripping a destructive path through new york's party scene, Blonde Acid Cult brings a schizophrenic dose of maximum rock and roll that has been turning audiences upside down. Stealing cultural vibes from the best stax records and putting them in the blender with the suicide droning of the Stooges, BAC feeds you a molotov cocktail sure to get you fucked up and happy. Making their own scene of creative chaos has officially put them on the map and established them as one of the most undeniably exciting bands in new york today.