The Bowery Presents

The Mercury Lounge upcoming shows

Thing-One
10:30
The Little Death (NYC)
9:30
Tab the Band
8:30

Grandchildren
7:30

Venue:
The Mercury Lounge
Date:
Wed 10/28
Notes:
21+
Doors: 7:30 PM / Show: 7:30 PM
$10
Tickets
Thing One
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Rising out of the swamps of New Jersey, this group of childhood best friends are dead set on changing how you see dance-rock. From the first second of their new EP, which comes in the form of the explosive "Move It!", Thing One grabs a hold of your collar and drags your ass out on the dance floor. With interesting lyrics and soaring vocal melodies, they pack a powerful emotional punch as deep as the Grand Canyon and as fun as any dance party.
The Little Death (NYC)
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"One of New York's best-kept sultry secrets….top notch players and volcanic generosity…singer Laura Dawn's staging and rocket-fuel is punk…and her powerhouse voice channels blues and gospel…she's a riveting performer, her own blend of Tina Turner and Janis Joplin…Daron Murphy bends low with his guitar and to her right, Moby paces forwards and back with his bass. The sound is their own special cocktail of soul, punk, blues, rock, and just the right amount of drunk." –Annie Nocenti, The Brooklyn Rail

The Little Death (nyc) is Aaron Brooks (drums), Laura Dawn (lead vocals), Daron Murphy (guitar, bass, & harmonica) and Moby (bass, guitar). Formed in 2007, their sound is like a drunken bar fight between John Lee Hooker and Kurt Weill or the desperate love-child of Big Mama Thornton and Robert Mitchum. Old blues, soul, and vintage psychedelia slamming behind songs about fucking and despair, blind joy and glorious dissolution, fronted by a white girl with a voice equal parts Bessie Smith and Dusty Springfield. Their packed live shows (featuring tight harmonies from backup singers Jamie Rae and Cherie Martorana, aka The Death Threats) are raucous and passionate--a punk-rock fueled blues revival for hungry souls. Their first album, The Little Death, recorded direct to tape, featuring old school, one-take performances, debuts on November 1st, 2009.
Tab The Band
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"…they play bluesy, sleazy, guitar raunch…" - ROLLING STONE.

Boston's most talked about indie rockers TAB the Band are at Terminal 5 to support their "Zoo Noises" LP. TAB the Band is currently touring the US with Slash, Stone Temple Pilots, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and Cage the Elephant, and TAB the Band has opened for the likes of Modest Mouse, Dinosaur Jr., and Art Brut, winning over countless fans in the US and UK. TAB the Band has been featured on The Howard Stern Show, by MTV's Jersey Shore, HBO's Entourage, and at major festivals such as the Hyde Park Festival, Download Festival, and SXSW and CMJ.

TAB the Band is a rock & roll band with an enduring fondness for pure pop and a wicked, sly sense of humor. TAB the Band is vibrant and contemporary and blends the vigor of punk, the might of arena rock, and the melodicism of power-pop. TAB the Band's full range can be heard on Zoo Noises, a free-wheeling, all-encompassing carnival ride chock-full of breakneck hooks.
Grandchildren
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myspace
Grandchildren have recently emerged on the Philadelphia and Brooklyn music scene carving out a sonic niche of their own with their unique brand of electro-acoustic orchestral folk-pop. Their blend of complex syncopated rhythms, ground shaking backbeats, and sentimental melodies hits all the sweet spots of a post-rock musical experience- like rocket science meets comfort food, conjuring traces of TV On the Radio, Animal Collective, old-school Michael Jackson, and a night at the symphony.

There are six Grandchildren in all- Aleks Martray, Roman Salcic, Tristan Palazzolo, Adam Katz, Russell Brodie and John Vogel- though not related by blood, they share instruments nicely like brothers are taught to. Their continuously evolving live show is musical chairs of vocals, samplers, live orchestral drums, interwoven electric and acoustic guitars, blistering horns and warring synths that amount to a sonic powerhouse and a circus-like spectacle. This collective of Philly transplants, originally from such exotic locations as DC, Pittsburgh, and Croatia, have made Philly their home and are the founders of the famed DIY venue- DangerDanger Gallery. Grandchildren have toured the US coast-to-coast, rallying crowds of shoe-gazers and ass-shakers alike at clubs, festivals, DIY spaces and even cramming into living rooms for raging house parties. Their versatile sound has landed them on a range of bills, sharing the stage with such bands as Battles, War On Drugs, The Octopus Project, BLK JKS, Genghis Tron, and appearing at Virgin Mobile Festival in 07 and 08.

Grandchildren’s debut, Cold Warrior (Parks and Records 2009), is a meditative and spastic “soundtrack to your life,” with the thrust of dance and the body of an orchestral epic. Originally conceived of through lo-fi tinkering, the recordings were made in various locations over the course of a year, organically finding themselves on an evolutionary trajectory from bedroom music to full-fledged orchestral-pop epics. From layered textures of sample-based beats, choir-like vocal harmonies and an acoustic backbone emerge eerily familiar melodic hooks that you can’t exactly put your finger on. They hit you like a tidal wave of unexpected nostalgia- a longing for priceless moments you may never have actually lived. The music hijacks neurons and conjures up discarded memories from every region of the brain, from the primal, to the mathematical, to the nostalgic, and won’t let go.
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