FRICTION NYC

Summer is upon us and what better way to celebrate than with some hot and sweaty electro debauchery as FRICTION heats up on Saturday, June 30th at The Mercury Lounge!

Get ready to dance your faces off to three of New York City’s slickest electro-pop acts including BABY DAYLINER, TIGERCITY, and ZIGMAT. Joining the local lineup will be Detroit’s FREER who are touring the U.S. in support of their new record, Secret Chorus. To top things off, DJ Mother Hubbard from Chicago’s indie rock dance party, Life During Wartime, will be rousing the crowd into a dancing frenzy between sets and after the show.

Advance tickets are available now on Ticketweb for $10. Check back for drink specials and DJ’s. Doors open at 8:00pm and set times are as follows: 11:30pm Baby Dayliner / 10:30pm Tigercity / 9:30pm Zigmat / 8:30pm Freer

 

 

“Equal parts Morrissey, Gainsbourg, Adam Ant, and Manilow–for real–BABY DAYLINER (a.k.a. Ethan Marunas) invites you to his electro-pop lounge act where piano-tickling and jazz standards are flung out the window, and samplers and drum machines prevail… Baby Dayliner is the white, bequiffed, male vocalist brilliantly repackaged for the iTunes generation.” [XLR8R]

[MP3]: Baby Dayliner  ”You Push I’ll Go”

“One listen to TIGERCITY gems like “Are You Sensation?” and you’ll be wearing your Ray-Bans at night. In a pastel blazer. With the sleeves pushed up. In Miami. The Brooklyn quartet churns out pitch-perfect electro-pop tighter than a pair of leather pants, with disco beats bumping and grinding against new-wave Numan synths and Prince-ly riffs. Like Chromeo without the punch line, Tigercity incite instant nostalgia and a raucous dance party. Their future’s so bright, you’ll be glad you brought those shades.” [Flavorpill]

[MP3]: Tigercity  ”Other Girls”

“ZIGMAT just started out, but you’d never know it cause they’re slick as hell. They play catchy electro-rock in mostly English, with the occasional lirica en espanol. Puerto Rican singer Monica Rodriguez has an eye for fashion and ensures their live shows are a good time for everyone.” [Latin Music Radio]

[MP3]: Zigmat  ”Glowstick”

“FREER are punk rock in Neil Young’s Living With War kind of way, and the rocking tunes are artsy and comfortably rough around the edges. Most tracks have an element of experimentation to them, placing Detroit’s Freer amongst the likes of Jeff Buckley or Radiohead, minus the popularity. The lyrics are unsettling and while many before them have complained about the state of our society, Freer do so with a passion-fuelled urgency that’d be hard to ignore by any human being, assuming they have a heart.” [Exclaim!]

[MP3]: Freer  ”Long Road Home”

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