Playing this weekend: Blanketstatementstein and OUCH
There seems to be a rock resurgence in LIC going on at the moment. Brandonz is busy booking interesting indie bands every weekend at Dominie's Hoek and the Creek. LICNYC just reported last week about the Texas Firehouse setup where they are rocking house parties every so often. Of course, the international house music DJ circuit includes an annual tourist stop at PS1. And these guys at the Last Resort Art Space -- Astoria's coolest loft apartment music venue (can't tell if this is a bold claim or not) -- are putting together some cool shows too.
Besides all the music popping up and around the LIC hood, the Texas Firehouse and Last Resort are both in LICNYC's favorite up-and-coming district: North LIC. Watch this space!
Meanwhile, go check it out this Saturday night.
Saturday July 7th
Blanketstatementstein, OUCH, Suburban Riot, a Fistful of Dynamite, X Plane Last Resort Art Space
9 pm
$4
Click to learn more about the space and the bands.
A bit about the space...
Last Resort Art Space is located at 8-63 Astoria Blvd. Directions are up at myspace.com/lastresortartspace. (To get to us from Long Island City, just take Vernon Blvd north until it ends, then bear right and you are basically there.) Last Resort is the coolest loft apartment music venue in Astoria, as well as, to the best of my knowledge, the only.
A bit about the bands...
** Blanketstatementstein ** A smart, energetic and impossibly funky big beat/grindcore/disco house/rap group. A step above your average Hasidic hip hop band. (Shabasa records)
** OUCH ** Electro-tainment nerd-core with extra flavor and sauce. OUCH puts on an insane live show, with 3 MCs, costumes, and synchronized dancing. They're definitely worth checking out before their inevitable descent into booze and pills. (Landing Party records)
** Suburban Riot ** Fast-paced rock with catchy melodies and tight harmonies.
** A Fistful of Dynamite ** Young acoustic punk rockers. A soundtrack for the transient, train-hopping life. (Raise Your First records)
** X Plane ** Explosive rock/drum & bass, with an emphasis on the virtuosic beating of drums into a bloody pulp. A band as good as its name is un-google-able.
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And later in the summer...
Saturday August 12th
Pink Desert, Pocket Gallows, slow/dynamite, 1 or 2 TBA Last Resort Art Space
9 pm
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