Thanks to everyone who made last week’s FRICTION show at Mercury Lounge a jam-packed, sold-out and festive affair. We’re back again this month with another show at Cake Shop on September 22nd with downtown darling, Lissy Trullie, atmospheric rockers Apse, who are making a special trip down to NYC following ATP New York and Jean on Jean. This will be Jean on Jean’s (Molly Schnick from Out Hud new project) debut live show in support of her new self-titled album (Kanine Records), so be sure to get there early!
>>>Tickets are $7 the night of the show, doors @ 7:30pm
LISSY TRULLIE sings with the boyish swagger of a ’60s frontman with a touch of Liz Phair and plays guitar a bit like one too. Her band harbors key pieces of 1960s folkishness making their music a vintage yet modern affair. [Pretty In Black]
[MP3]: “Self Taught Learner”
The first rumble of percussion and muscular, sharply panned bass guitar, demonstrates why “post-rock” isn’t quite the best word for
APSE’s forceful atmospheric rock. Yes, the guitars settle into densely knotted krautrock repetitions, changing textures more readily than chords. Yes, the synths are glacial, majestic. Yes, Robert Toher’s reverb-cloaked ethereal wail could nestle easily into a latter-day Radiohead or Sigur Ros track, but that grimly apocalyptic rhythm section suggests
Drum’s Not Dead just as much as
In Rainbows. [Pitchfork]
[MP3]: “Shade Of The Moor”
It has been a while since we heard from Out Hud’s Molly Schnick, whose dark cello melodies and earthy sensibilities were a great foil for singer Nic Offer’s (of !!!) spazzy freak-outs in that band.
JEAN ON JEAN is Schnick’s proper solo debut, and moves in a different direction from the ‘Hud. Her cello is still central, but this is sweet, melancholy folk-pop, focussing on Schnick’s haunting and beautiful multi-tracked vocals and introspective poetry. [Other Music]
[MP3]: “Tonight”
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