The Bowery Presents

The Mercury Lounge upcoming shows

Lake Trout
10:00

Cruel Black Dove
9:00
Steve Shiffman & The Land of No
8:00
Hey Battlefield
7:00

Venue:
The Mercury Lounge
Date:
Thu 12/17
Notes:
21+
Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 7:00 PM
$13 adv / $15 dos
Tickets
Lake Trout
official website
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Throughout the course of their 12-year existence, Lake Trout has consistently defied genres within the music industry. The Baltimore five-piece has displayed a unique, multi-dimensional blend of rock, creating ambient soundscapes over ferocious rhythms that channel psychedelia, industrial and modern indie rock.

Reinventing their sound from record-to-record has been the calling card of this group of diversely influenced musicians. Lake Trout's most recent album, Not Them, You, is their second record for Palm Pictures. The album, produced by Tony Doogan (Mogwai, the Delgados) and Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev), has garnered phenomenal reviews. Both London's Guardian and Urb gave the CD 4 out of 5 stars, and Big Cheese called the album "near flawless." The album is start-to-finish, a masterpiece of emotion and depth.

To fully grasp the ingenuity of this band you must see them live. Alchemists of mood and emotion, Lake Trout push the limits of both intensity and volume. According to The Village Voice, "the Baltimore collective are stunningly ferocious space-sculptors capable of realigning your polarities." The Tripwire says "Watching them was like chewing on an extremely tasty piece of gum whose flavor regenerates itself in spurts and waves at random intervals."

The band is absolutely confident on stage, and as the result of their widely heralded live performances, they've earned a diverse audience of loyalists. Lake Trout continues to attract a wide range of indie rockers, head bangers, math geeks and improv-junkies.

This winter, the band is releasing its first official live album. The album includes live versions of songs from previous releases as well as songs that have only been performed live, but never officially recorded. Best of all, Lake Trout will be giving away their live album as a FREE download via a new method of distribution called The Biggest Label Ever.
Cruel Black Dove
official website
myspace
For those who need evidence that NY's dark underground is about to boil over, all fingers point to Brooklyn's Cruel Black Dove.

Their Full Powers mini-LP may play like mid-period Depeche Mode, but live, Cruel Black Dove is a whole different experience - pulsing electronics with a humanism that's bold and raw in all of the right places. Cruel Black Dove unashamedly pulls from the electronic alternative groups of the 90's without seeming retro, opting for weight and substance over the kitsch of the current indie scene.

The band recently played Iceland Airwaves Festival in the fall of 2008 and contributed a cover of The Psychedelic Furs' "Love My Way" to the Barcelona-based Buffet Libre's Rewind 2 Project.

...sex, spite, angst, hurt and revolution.
(RCRD LBL)

... well crafted and perfectly produced... one of those rare moments we find a diamond... some of the most polished tracks from an unsigned band that we've heard this year... one of Brooklyn's best kept musical secrets.
(Thetripwire.com)

... a buzz-worthy female-fronted electronic rock outfit who set the stage on fire with their blend of passionate, hard hitting Lynch-esque music. Slinking back and forth in perfect rhythm, adding to the mood with ominous red lighting, fuzzed out bass, and a knack for on-stage exorcism, part Nick Cave, part Patti Smith, and all unpredictable ferocity. I was floored.
(Limewire)
Steve Shiffman & the Land of No
official website
myspace
"these bloody Steve Shiffman & The Land Of No guys are really brilliant."
—The Deli NYC

"The obvious taste of New York Art-Rock is sweet in this album and bringing some levity to the album there are plenty of catchy hooks . . . Steve Shiffman has captured elements of rock past and present to present a calming and compelling recording that even the most dusty of cow-folk could appreciate in due time."
—Country Music Pride

"Steve Shiffman & The Land Of No is a record that you will enjoy every time you take it for a ride and although no tracks stand out immediately, it has a cockiness to it that not only will translate great live but it is a record that is hard to pull out of the shuffle!"
—The Fire Note

"Shiffman and company weave excellent musicianship around the songs as each one is memorable in its own right- whether it's a brash rocker or gentle introspection . . . the disc maintains its own identity as Shiffman has a songwriting style few could emulate."
—go211.com

"Highly Recommended."
—Local Vertical
Hey Battlefield
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Born and breed native New Yorkers 'Hey Battlefield' mix a stylish combination of hard edged rock and roll infused with subtle snippets of catchy melodies that pay homage to the bands main influences; the likes of Tom Waits, The Clash and Elvis Costello.

"Sounding like a mix between Bob Dylan and Joe Strummer, albeit with more irony, singer/guitarist Jason Rossi's perfunctory detached charm, displaying just enough to avoid any potential eye rolling. The music is largely held down by drummer Michael Scheideler who kept the band afloat with a moving pulse that unexpectedly ushered subtle fills into the air. - Brooklyn Vegan
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