Available in iTunes: Issue #3 Discosalt Magazine
Discosalt Artist Viktor Timofeev – along with Ian Campbell, Chris Cerrone, and Bryce Hackford – will be collaborating in a 24 hour performance on starting morning May 31st at 12:01 AM (midnight Firday night / early Saturday morning until midnight Saturday) at 176 Stanton Street. The event is open to the public and will combine musical compositions and interactive built installations.
Lucky Dragons are performing a free show tonight, Fri. May 23 @ Whitney Museum of American Art, Lower Gallery. Doors open at
6:15pm, show starts at 7pm. No reservations and the space is tight so claim a hair space early. The show is part of a series of free friday night concerts hosted by the Whitney Museum produced by Wordless Music and Whitney Live.
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Ave. at 75th St.
New York, NY
Lucky Dragson @ SXSW 2008 (thepiratehat)
My friend Dave linked me to this new Sonny J video for Handsfree (If You Hold My Hand) by director Eran Creevy
I can’t stop watching it.
You might recall Eran Creevy’s work for the Utah Saints video for ‘Something Good’:
The new Sonny J album drops June 9, 2008.
discosalt approves.
Q:What two members of Superchunk are credited with founding Merge Records?
Q:What did Stephen Malkmus study in college?
Put your Indie Rock smarts to the test tonight
Indie Rock Trivia
Hosted by Zach Galifinakis
Featuring Les Savy Fav
8:00 May 21 @ Highline Ballroom
431 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Our mamas taught us not to keep secrets here at Discosalt…especially if that secret can help someone else.
We heard Mates of State is playing a secret show Wednesday night at an undisclosed location in New York City to celebrate their new record Re-Arrange Us, out today.
Sound Fix is giving away 25 tickets to the first 25 people to purchase the new album.
The secret location is printed on the ticket.
Sound Fix
110 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn NY 11211
(718) 388-8090
Here is a behind the scenes look at our most recent photo shoot for discosalt.
Be sure to stop by discosalt.com to check out more images from the shoot.
Special thanks to:
Noelle
Jessica
Eugina
Ying
Maria
Jonathan
Philip
Fiona
Bro
Joe (from Sean ->thanks, great sesh.)
Sean (from Joe ->thanks, fun project.)
Oh, hi!
Our friends at Louisville based Backseat Sandbar recently visited us here in NYC and went to visit our neighbor-for-the-night, Kate Nash, as well. Miss Nash is so popular here in New York that a second show was booked for the following night. Backseat Sandbar will fill you in on what you missed; I will let them AND the pics do the talking, in that cute little accent, of course.
For more infos:
Backseat SandBar [ Kate Nash Review ]
Kate Nash [ myspace, are you F'ing me? SO Fall 2007... ]
There are a few things we here at Discosalt are really suckers for and lines happen to be one of them. [ Not this kind, kids - stay in school and drink your milk. ] An unknown artist recently drew the line with neon tape in front of the NYU Barney building. There is something very refreshing about the simplicity of basic geometries, especially when you know they are oh so innocent and shortlived. [sigh]
The Presets: Apocalypso
Label: Modular
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Shake off your raver pants and get your glowsticks out of the freezer. The Presets continue to indulge in putting a gritty new edge on accessible synth. Thirty seconds after hitting the play button will most likely prompt you to get up out of your seat or preform some fierce ’87 style head-bobs or both. While Kim Moyes & Julian Hamilton studied classical composition they excel in its antithesis. After joining recently successful Modular Records in 2003, home to such acts as The Klaxons and fellow Aussies The Van She, The Presets have issued a slew of EP’s and remixes and 2005′s full-length Beams. But, with Apocalypso its clear that perfection has come with some (brief) work. The early album barrage includes singles “My People” and “This Boy’s in Love” both of which clearly demonstrate The Presets’ knack for layering updated samples on handy rhythms. Some time is spent in an experimentation, and in genre style as on “Aeons”. This release most certainly satisfies from cover to cover. Its clear that The Presets are ahead of the eightball in the recent wave of electro from the land down under. Do yourself a favor and give this one a listen.
-ABC
After 18 years, the second “New Kids on the Block” coming is upon us…and there will be dancing.
“We’re going to dance, we’re going to sing… we’re going to do it all”-Donnie.
The prolific former teen dream machine will be loving you (forever) and hangin’ tough step by step as they kick off their fall reunion tour with an appearance on the Today show tomorrow am, Friday, May 16th. Fandemonium outside Today show studios has already ensured as security beefs up for the anticipated bedlam. In other news, four horsemen have brought news of locusts, a terrible plague in the west, famine and Death. Tomorrows weather: violent rain showers in the morning. High 300 degrees F. Winds 400 to 500 mph and a 70% chance of blood red sky.
If you were walking along 3rd avenue and 16th street last night, you may have noticed that gramercy residents have either gotten into the habit of elegantly situating their garbage these days or someone is making some crazy awesome street art out of bright orange hangers. You be the Judge. Either way….we want more.
