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The Mercury Lounge upcoming shows

Late Show

Actualities
10:30
Days Like Months
9:30

Michael Sackler-Berner
8:30

Venue:
The Mercury Lounge
Date:
Wed 2/10
Notes:
21+
Doors: 8:30 PM / Show: 8:30 PM
$10
Actualities
myspace
Rising from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, fighting their way through a playground of trust-funders with expensive haircuts and cheap sentiment, these are rock'n'roll men in a world of trendy boys. Some bands are about shoes - Actualities are about Issues, personal ones, laying down the stories of love, struggle, and redemption as real and raw as the biggest city itself. Shahar Mintz slings riffs and melodic hooks with rock star panache, Yuval Lion shakes the drum kit with power and finesse, Baba Buerger anchors it all with full-bodied bass. And on the mic, the Cat in the Hat - Gaby Savransky, testifying with songs that deliver the punch and kick of life on the front lines, ripped from the headlines of your dreams, hopes and fears. This is the sound of the new New York. Check out the EP now, and prepare for the evolution this September when the full album brings The Truth. In a pop world of false promises, this is the rock'n'roll version of Tough Love. And you know you need some. Actualities - coming to a front page near you.
Days Like Months
myspace
DAYS LIKE MONTHS DAYS LIKE MONTHS grabs the listener with musical hooks and an engaging sound that portrays their personal musical journey. That sound is reflected in their allusive lyrics and rhythmic spirit, whose influence is life itself,and lives in the music. The band members share a mutual nationality (all Israelis), and years of experience in the industry between them, as they all managed to perform (before the age of 25) with some of the most renowned and well respected musicians in their home country. Days Like Months is ready to rock you. Shay Arlich, singer-songwriter, has a sultry, hypnotic voice that is spell binding; Itzik Cohen, a drummer who incorporates ethnic beats that move your body into a percussive dance; Roi Aviv with his jazzy Bass guitar vibrates and shakes your bones; Boaz Freund, an award winning cinematographer, whose finger picking roots add an amazing texture to the sound; and Haran Barak, whose background in Latin/Jazz/ and classic rock. Together they bring a unique and complementing playing styles and an outright sexiness to the Days Like Months sound. This is Days Like Months. As the band’s music took form, it started to develop in an Indie Rock direction, echoing a mix of musical influences such as Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, U2 and The Smiths to name a few. A hint of ethnic elements are subtly intertwined, which gives it diversity, exotic qualities and depth. The material, written by Shay, is about love, war and what’s in between. “To write well about love one has to experience it, to write about pain one has to know it, and to write about war you have to be in one.” (Shay Arlich) The band is performing to sold out audiences all over NYC.
Michael Sackler-Berner
official website
myspace
Michael Sackler-Berner is a songwriter, performing musician and recording artist. He is currently living in New York City collaborating with other songwriters and performing material from his first solo album. The album was completed in December of 2008 and has been licensed on Sons of Anarchy and Law and Order. It has also been featured on Q104.3FM in New York City. Produced by Bob Thiele Jr., the recording features legendary musicians Jim Keltner and Reggie McBride. Sackler-Berner was born in New York City and began writing songs at the age of 11. Throughout high school and college he was the singer, guitarist, and songwriter in two bands. His second band, Hearts of Palm, regularly headlined 200-1000 person venues in Montreal. They toured the east coast, released an album and EP, and garnered two national television licenses. Sackler-Berner graduated from McGill University with a degree in Music Technology. Sackler-Berner has appeared on Law and Order and Law and Order: CI, and has had small roles in the Disney feature film, Straight Talk, and the upcoming HBO film, A Dog Year. The album will be available on iTunes January 21st, 2009.
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