Showcase of the Unknowns

In case you missed it, there was a pretty awesome party in Bushwick this past Friday night. The underground and the unknowns displayed their musical talents for a basement full of people (yup!) who I’m sure didn’t know what to expect.  With a wide range of genres and an even more eclectic crowd, Shorewave Haus became a den of interesting characters and musicians alike!

The night started off with The Roads’ Justin Ferraro playing some of his solo work. Debuting songs from his upcoming EP “The Graves Light”, Justin got the night started the way it was supposed to be started…with a guitar and a drum of course!

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Niko Darklee hit the stage next along with DRSTRNGLUV and hit us with some Accident Prone cuts. The crowd (myself included) was mesmerized by the intoxicating beats and how Niko’s flow on them were damn near flawless! If you haven’t seen Niko or AcPro play a show yet you are truly missing out!

 

 

 

 

 

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Yonkers based band And The Traveler were up third. Fresh off a show at Trash Bar earlier that night, these guys came and rocked the house (literally and figuratively) and left just as fast as they came. True rock star shit but I love them!

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Fuzzpop from DC in the form of The Sea Life graced fourth.  Also fresh off a show earlier that night but not bothered by it one bit. Their set came complete with great music and jokes that had me LOL’ing the whole time. Check these guys out if you haven’t yet!

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Electomania in the form of Dancinatra showed up to close the show.  Keeping up with the two shows a night trend, these guys came ready to party. The Austin based duo had us dancing for their entire set, which lasted about thirty minutes.

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Not bad for the first event I ever set up, huh?!?!

Thanks so much to everyone who came out, everyone who supports me and Shorewave Records, all the bands and all my friends who helped out even though you guys didn’t have to. Let’s do it again next year!

Later,

Lito

Beach Fossils @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 3/2/12

Captured Tracks took over Brooklyn for the second time in 3 months this past Friday.

You could barely move as Beach Fossils headlined a night of AMAZING music along with DIVE, Hoops Dreams, and Mac DeMarco.

DIVE started the show off and you couldn’t ask for a better opening act. Led by Beach Fossils’ Zachary Cole Smith (working double duty), the reverby vocals and guitar driven melodies of DIVE gave the audience a little taste of what was coming later.

Hoops Dreams followed and slowed down the pace a little. Playing their first show in the US since signing, Hoop Dreams is definitely one of the lesser known bands under the Captured Tracks label. They’re set was pretty solid for newbies on the scene. Check out their performance of “XCPR”

Another one of Captured Tracks newest acquisitions, Mac DeMarco was next to the stage. Great tunes of all kinds just seem effortless for Mac, and he seemed right at home on stage. His set seemed pretty short to me, or maybe it was just so awesome I wished it lasted longer. Here’s a song I’ve had on repeat for a little while now, and was happy to see it performed. Mac calls this one “Baby’s Wearing Blue Jeans”

Beach Fossils came out and everyone went bananas! Here’s some footage from the beginning of they’re set.

Now….around here is where some asshole security guard said I couldn’t get any footage of the band….and I was filming THE WHOLE TIME!!!!  Makes no sense, but I digress.

Beach Fossils can do no wrong in many of our eyes when it comes to their music. They performed 3 or 4 new songs including “Lessons”

The whole set was AMAZING but what made my night was  Jack Tatum waving at me right before they performed “Out in The Way” which I managed to get audio of (SCREW THAT SECURITY GUARD!)

 

 

All in all, a great night for indie music.

With an album scheduled for release later this year, I sure hope I get to see Beach Fossils again real soon!