The Bowery Presents

The Mercury Lounge upcoming shows

Des Roar
11:30

Dead Sparrows
10:30
Doppelganger
9:30
Still Life Still
8:30
Zlam Dunk
7:30

Venue:
The Mercury Lounge
Date:
Wed 1/06
Notes:
21+
Doors: 7:30 PM / Show: 7:30 PM
$10
Des Roar
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California sonic bobby-socks rockers, Des Roar, have become an anchor throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, headlining with a host of tomorrow’s brightest since 2006. With their malt of surf rock and bubblegum dance hooks, narratives and noise, they manage to incorporate Brooklyn’s electro leanings into the vibrations of a West Coast garage band, keeping it raw and playing seamless.

Formed in early 2006 when fuzz toner Ryan Spoto made his way to New York and met drummer Lyla Vander, and electrified with the arrival of fellow-Cali droner, Ben Wolcott, Des Roar went quickly to work in the Lower East Side establishing early gigs and residencies to streamline their sound. With the crafting of a slightly-humorous, take-it-or-leave-it batch of songs, they went into the studio in early 2007 banging out the Fucked Up & Freaked Out EP, and took to the road later that summer with Lower East Side outfit Elevator Action to promote it. But sensing a layer was missing, Alan O’Keeffe joined as a second guitar, and by late season, Des Roar was finally officially a full-strength foursome, at full sound and picking up bigger shows.

By mid 2008, Des Roar had played a cavalcade of venues, eliciting the attention of national acts like the Detroit Cobras and Gringo Star for their trash-happy live sets, and secured invitations to perform runway shows at Fashion Week in both New York and L.A. for the industry’s most iconoclastic designers. Amidst their continuing ruckus in New York, the foursome went back into the studio in late ’08 with producer Graham Finn specifically to capture their live brio on the forthcoming full-length Mad Things expected out late this summer. No easy feat, but with a couple years behind them, a slew of shows in the can and plenty on the long-extending horizon, Des Roar will just keep it coming, keep it easy.
Dead Sparrows
official website
myspace
The Dead Sparrows are a New York City rock and roll band predominately based out of the Lower East Side.

"Into the Nettles" is the latest release from the group and it slays. Recorded in a Bushwick, BK warehouse and mixed in the basement of an abandoned bar on in the LES, the album is 11 tracks of guts, guitars and vocals that make the girls toes curl.
Doppelganger
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Doppelganger is a rock & roll duo from the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Through the most basic instrumentation, they write primal music with memorable hooks. In the spring of 2008, Ryan Oh-No and R. Francis started writing music, drawing influence from a variety of genres: early rock & roll, garage, surf and shoegaze. But it was mainly the energy of the punk/hardcore scene that they both grew up with that permeates their style. It was decided not to take on additional members as they found that the limitations of being a duo lead to a different approach to songwriting and arrangement that enhanced their creativity. They have since been taking their high energy live show to stages across NYC and will be releasing their debut EP, GET IT OVER WITH ALREADY, in early 2010.
Still Life Still
official website
myspace
STILL LIFE STILL are a Canadian five-piece band from East York, Toronto, who play a textured and layered style of indie/grunge/pop style music. The band’s line-up has undergone minor changes over the years, but currently consists of guitarists/vocalists Brendon Saarinen and Eric Young, bassist Derek Paulin, drummer Aaron Romaniuk and his brother, keyboardist/percussionist Josh Romaniuk.

Their debut LP “Girls Come Too” was released on Arts & Crafts August 25, 2009 with the first single “Pastel” put into rotation on Toronto radio stations. Girls Come Too is chock full of catchy melodies, deep lyrics, dynamic drumming and songs that will get stuck in your head for days.

Though all the band members are in their early 20’s, SLS has been playing together for nearly ten years and their chemistry and experience make for good music and a dynamic live set. Their consistent play in Toronto indie circles has resulted in a large local fanbase that is eager to dance and party each time the band plays.
Zlam Dunk
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Zlam Dunk is a five-piece dance-punk group with a high energy live show from San Marcos, TX, a college town 30 miles south of Austin. They have played in Austin and around Texas with everybody from Dr. Manhattan to Har Mar Superstar to Paul Wall, and alongside locals such as Driver F, Cruiserweight, and L.A.X. Zlam Dunk attracts a fan base that is as hip as they are eager to dance around and party. They also have been announced as a SXSW 2010 showcasing artist and were recently featured as one of Alternative Press Magazine's "Unsigned Bands You Need To Know." The New Year marks a new chapter for Zlam Dunk as they will embark on their first tour through the Midwest and East coast performing in cities such as Chicago, New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia.
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