Tears Are Gonna Sting

LATE SLIP

LOVECHILD

One extra cold winter in New York City, Chelsea Nenni (guitar/ vocals) hid in her apartment, wrote a bunch of songs, and decided to move to Los Angeles. Once in LA, she got a job at her fave independent record store, Amoeba Music, and met a musician pal who helped her record the Other Men EP. Other Men got airplay on a couple local radio stations and the band gained traction with live shows all over LA. They even spent a night supporting iconic new wave / post-punk rockers, Missing Persons, at the famed Whisky A Go-Go. Standing on that stage, where both Iggy Pop and Gwen Stefani had once stood, Chelsea knew she was ready to go back to New York City. The winters would be cold, but she’d have Iggy-Gwen stardust to protect her. So, Chelsea moved all her shit back across the country and found a new band within two weeks of being back in town. In their first ever gig together as Late Slip, the band opened for Fred Thomas, James Brown’s bass player in the 1960s. He sprinkled some funky pixie dust on them that night and it’s been magic ever since.

Thursday, April 12th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

100 Days Party

Let's celebrate survival thus far with dance jams by DJ KAYO.

Drink specials on Mexican beer and tequila because Mexico is great!

Saturday, April 29th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

Modern Needs: Paradise Lost!

Tuesday, December 7th at Last Exit

136 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Kicks off at 9PM... No cover!

The December edition of Modern Needs features special guest DJ Tom Dash of the great Imaginary Icons and the much-missed Shop Fronts (as well as the man behind Dot Dash Booking)... Tom and Dead Flowers' own Mr. Lee will be spinning razor-sharp punk, noisy gunk, and art-damaged rock vinyl all night long!

Another stellar Dead Flowers happening!

Friday, April 4th - doors at 7:30PM; $12 cover.
(Advance tickets at ticketweb.com)

Luna Lounge
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY USA

The colors and the shapes

Some acts are content to find a style and stick with it. The Black Hollies are more interested in progress. When the band convened in 2005 to record their debut album Crimson Reflections, it was something of an experiment, mixing '60s soul and pop structures with rave-up rock results. Now, after wide acclaim and a practice regiment that has left their jaw-dropping live shows tighter than a pegged pant leg, they've reached a little further into space, introduced a wonderfully psychedelic element to their sound, and come out on the other side with Casting Shadows, a powerful psych-rock album full of unforgettable nuggets.

Led by songwriter, vocalist and bassist Justin Angelo Morey, this crew of NY/NJ natives and lifelong friends also includes Herb Wiley V and Jon Gonnelli on dueling interstellar guitars, and the freakbeat drumming of Scott Bolasci, whose final electrifying perfomances with the band are captured here. Bolasci has since retired from the band and his sizeable shoes have been filled by the seemingly eight-armed wonder Nick Ferrante. Together, the quartet meld classic-rock touchstones with a disparate amount of influences and ideas -- Wiley is featured on sitar for a number of tracks, and the record also features the mesmerizing drones of a ragini throughout. From the opening ghostly blast of "Whispers Beneath The Willows," careening through the perfectly realized gem "Paisley Pattern Ground" and the mind twisting changes of "Bruised Tangerines," and finally settling into the soothing cool-down of "Patient Sparrow," Casting Shadows is an ALBUM in a time when folks have started to forget about the beauty of a cohesive record.

Garnering massive accolades over their East Coast adventures and unforgettable performances at both SXSW and CMJ as well as hometown freakouts alongside everyone from Ted Leo and Joan Jett, to Mary Weiss and Blue Cheer, to The Fleshtones and The Woggles; The Black Hollies continue to win over any crowd with a mix of straight skill and total sincerity. They'll be on the road throughout 2008 and you can rest assured that if you catch them once, you won't be able to shake it.

[Addendum: Be on the lookout in mid-April for a 45 featuring album track "Paisley Pattern Ground," paired with the exclusive b-side "Hold Tight (Go Out Of Your Mind)." The 45 is the first in Dead Flowers' new jukebox series, released in conjunction with Vibratone Records.]