INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK: HOWL, IFP LABS SHOWCASE, TWELVE WAYS TO SUNDAY
This week is IFP’s annual Independent Film Week. IFP is a non-profit committed to supporting independent filmmakers in a variety of ways. Their annual Independent Film Week consists of a number of initiatives aimed at building industry interest for new work, as well as general audience support for independent film projects. For the fourth year in a row, Rooftop Films is collaborating with IFP on free screenings and forum activities during Independent Film Week. As a part of this collaboration, Rooftop will host three free events in three different outdoor locations, showing films that passed through the No Borders forum and through the IFP Filmmaker Labs.
SCREENINGS:
Monday, September 20
HOWL (SNEAK PREVIEW)
Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Where: Open Road Rooftop, 350 Grand Street (Lower East Side, Manhattan)
James Franco stars as the young Allen Ginsberg–poet, counter-culture adventurer, and chronicler of the Beat Generation. In his famously confessional, leave-nothing-out style, Ginsberg recounts the road trips, love affairs, and search for personal liberation that led to the most timeless and electrifying work of his career: the poem HOWL.
8:00 Doors Open
8:30 Live Music
9:00 Film begins
10:30 Q and A with directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
11:30 After Party with FREE Radeberger Pilsner at Fontana’s (105 Eldridge St.)
More information at:
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/59-howl
Tuesday, September 21
IFP LABS SHOWCASE
Where: On the Pier along the East River at Solar One (Kips Bay, Manhattan)
Short scenes and trailers from each of the documentary and narrative feature works in progress participating in IFP’s 2010 Independent Filmmaker Labs. Catch a sneak preview of next year’s indie festival and theatrical hits.
8:00 Doors Open
8:30 Live Music
9:00 IFP Lab Selections
10:30 Reception Along the Water with Free Open Bar
There is no admission charge for this show. More information at:
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/61-ifps-independent-filmmaker-labs-showcase
Wednesday, September 22
TWELVE WAYS TO SUNDAY – WORLD PREMIERE!
Directed by Anna Farrell
Where: On the High Line (Chelsea, Manhattan)
Amid a rural landscape and disappearing communities, the residents of Allegany County, NY are living the working-class American story. This luscious and intimate cinematic portrait captures the testimonies of life in these small towns.
8:00 Doors Open
8:30 Live Music
9:00 IFP lab clips
10:30 Reception along the water with free drinks.
There is no admission charge for this show. More information at:
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/35-twelve-ways-to-sunday
NEW VIDEO FROM SUCKERS: A MIND I KNEW
Suckers “bedtime story for adults” track “A Mind I Knew”, has a new video premiering on Pitchfork directed by Brian Aiken, the drummer of the band. A crazy dude burns down a kids “bouncy” house and a hippy chick spins a flaming hula hoop around her neck. What more do you want?
NEW VIDEO FROM TWIN SHADOW: CASTLES IN THE SNOW
Twin Shadow has mastered the retro sound and now the retro aesthetics in the the new super 8 looking video shot by Jamie Harley for “Castles In The Snow”. A punk suits up Rambo style, wanders around the city, meets up with some rowdy friends, rides the train, shops for records and rocks the bunchy sock. Watch it below:
You can also stream the entire album right HERE.
FREE MP3: LYRICS BORN: SOMETHING BETTER
New leaked track from Lyrics Born called “Something Better,” with Francis and the Lights front-man singing the upbeat catchy hook. The new album As U Were officially drops October 26th and the band has just announced a new tour featuring Chali sna and Rakaa. Grab the track below:
NEW WEBSITE: LEONIE MORSE PHOTOGRAPHY
Discosalt artist Leonie Morse has a new website up and running for you to check out.
“Leonie is a portrait and fashion photographer based in East London, UK. She had her first solo exhibition in London in September 2009. Entitled Rocker the project consisted of intimiate portraits and gritty documentary photographs, taken on the UK rockabily scene. Since her adolescence, Leonie has always been drawn to subcultures. once a die-hard mod, she then became fascinated by the colorful characters and vibrancy of the rockabily scene and has been able to enter their world, photographing intimate portraits of them. Currently she is working on a personal project entitled Rebel Rebel, photographing 12 achingly cool teenagers in their bedrooms, capturing their private worlds. Leonie has previously been commissioned by The Face, X Ray Magazine, Sleazenation, You Magazine, Virgin and Time Out Australia. Leonie was nomiated in The Hospital Club Top 100 list in 2010, under the category “Emerging Artist” “(http://www.leoniemorse.com/about.html)
You can also check out some of Leonie’s work here on Discosalt.
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NEW VIDEO FROM DEERHUNTER: HELICOPTER
Discosalt Video of the Week 9/12/10: Deehunter frontman Bradford Cox sings slow and dreamy for the camera in this watery low budget video treatment for the track “Helicopter” off the new album Halcyon Digest track.
SUPERHERO PUNKS: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM NIALL O’BRIEN
Our friends at Sick Of The Radio have posted another great photo blog that reminds us of the Penelope Spheeris ’84 cult classic Suburbia. Three years after her groundbreaking doc The Decline Of Western Civilization, and pre-dating Wayne’s World, Spheeris traced a bunch of suburban punk runaways, including a very young, and then unknown Flea from The Chili Peppers, who squat out a minimalist, punk lifestyle in an abandoned tract home and display some, well, “DIY” after school special acting chops. Worth dropping in the netflix queue for the live footage of D.I. performing “Richard Hung Himself” and True sounds of liberty performing “darker my love”…and of course mini Flea putting a rat in his mouth.
In a similar vein of Suburbia, “Irish Photographer and filmmaker Niall O’Brien followed around an photographed south-west London punks for four years compiling his “Superhero” series which showed a few months back entitled “Good Rats”. In a quote from a recent interview Niall said,”I walk around with these kids and the noses that are turned up are unbelievable, people are disgusted by the kids and they think of them as rats, people think they’re despicable, but I feel, in my heart of hearts that they are good kids. Hanging the show has been easy, Art Works Space is a really beautiful gallery, I saw it and just thought yeah, perfect. It’s a massive space and I’ve had to fill it, I’ve never done things by halves, (laughs).” (sickoftheradio.com)
Check out some more images from “Superhero” below”:
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And here are some scenes from Suburbia. Seriously, check out mini Flea:
FREE MP3: THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH: LIKE THE WHEEL
ALBUM STREAM: SUCKERS: WILD SMILE
If you haven’t checked out Brooklyn quartet Sucker’s most recent album Wild Smile, which followed up last years eponymous four-song EP, you can stream it below. Or if you order it from the band on their site here, you will immediately get a digital download of the entire album, along with a pair of exclusive acoustic renditions of tracks “Martha” and “Black Sheep” from the LP sent directly to your email address. While the cover art alone is worth buying the Anand Wilder (Yeasayer) produced album, there are some really awesome jams here; a solid mix of indie-art rock, thats equal part experimental and accessible, at times, echoing some of the glam grandeur of Bowie. Check back soon with Discosalt for our full interview with the band, where we discuss everything from their new tour with Menomena to The Smurfs.
NEW VIDEO FROM DAS RACIST: WHO’S THAT? BROOOWN!
Bro-fi rap duo Das Racist have a new video/nyc social commentary directed by Thomas De Napoli in the form of an 8-bit nintendo style animation for their sinlge “Who’s That? Brooown!”. Typical day for the guys is just like yours, only more so. Dodge golf balls and beer bottles in Murray Hill, Kill Hipsters, Buy “Jamerican” Apparel clothes, avoid getting married, frogger the east river, shoplift irony beer at Brooklyn Bodega and make it to the show. Only thing missing is the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Check out the bands official website for the Das Racist game too and get rewarded.
Play the game at http://dasracist.net/whosthatbrown.html
Top 10 scorers will be rewarded
BAND OF HORSES: LIVE IN LONDON
(photo courtesy: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com )
Band of Horses performing live at Bush Hall in London, England on August 26, 2010.
BLACK MOUNTAIN: LIVE ON LATE NIGHT
Last night our Canadian heroes, Black Mountain, shook the stage of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, playing the first single off of their upcoming album, Wilderness Heart. Wilderness Heart will be released by Jagjaguwar on September 14th in North America (13th in UK). Pre-orders will still receive a poster of the Wilderness Heart artwork as well as a digital instant gratification download of the entire album. Click here to pre-order!
Download “The Hair Song” at Jagjaguwar
Download “Old Fangs” at Jagjaguwar
09/05/10 Birmingham, UK – Hare and Hounds w/ Wolf People
09/08/10 Brighton, UK – Concorde 2 w/ Wolf People
09/09/10 Tourcoing, France – RADAR at Le Grand Mix
09/10/10 Isle of Wight, UK – Bestival
09/11/10 Dorset, UK – End of the Road Festival
09/12/10 Leeds, UK – TJs Woodhouse Club w/ Wolf People
09/14/10 Glasgow, UK – Oran Mor w/ Wolf People
09/15/10 Manchester, UK – Academy 3 w/ Wolf People
09/16/10 Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms w/ Wolf People
09/17/10 Tilburg, Netherlands – Incubate Festival
09/18/10 Groningen, Netherlands – Take Root
09/20/10 Koln, Germany – Gebaeude 9 w/ An Emerald City
09/21/10 Hamburg, Germany – Grünspan w/ An Emerald City
09/22/10 Denmark, Copenhagen – Loppen w/ An Emerald City
09/23/10 Gotenburg, SE – Pustervik w/ Citay
09/24/10 Oslo, Norway – John Dee w/ Morudes
09/27/10 Berlin, Germany – Festsaal Kreuzberg w/ The Morlocks
09/28/10 Munich, Germany – 59:1 w/ The Morlocks
09/29/10 Milan, Italy – Salumeria della Musica w/ The Night Terrors
09/30/10 Ravenna, Italy – Bronson w/ The Night Terrors
10/01/10 Rome, Italy – Circolo degli Artisti w/ The Night Terrors
10/03/10 Lausanne, Switzerland – Le Romandie w/ Tweak Bird
10/04/10 France, Paris – La Maroquinerie w/ Tweak Bird
10/05/10 Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique w/ Tweak Bird
10/06/10 Amsterdam, Holland – Paradiso w/ Tweak Bird
10/07/10 London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire w/ The Black Angels
10/30/10 Buffalo, NY – Tralf Music Hall w/ The Black Angels
10/31/10 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre w/ The Black Angels
11/01/10 Montreal, QC – La Tulipe w/ The Black Angels
11/02/10 Boston, MA – Paradise w/ The Black Angels
11/03/10 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom w/ The Black Angels
11/06/10 Philadelpia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts w/ The Black Angels
11/07/10 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club w/ The Black Angels
11/09/10 Louisville, KY – Headliners w/ The Black Angels
11/10/10 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle w/ The Black Angels
11/11/10 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge w/ The Black Angels
11/12/10 Atlanta, GA – The Earl w/ The Black Angels
11/13/10 Orlando, FL – The Social w/ The Black Angels
11/15/10 Birmingham, AL – The Bottletree w/ The Black Angels
11/16/10 New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s w/ The Black Angels
11/17/10 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live w/ The Black Angels
11/19/10 Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa w/ The Black Angels
11/20/10 Dallas, TX – Kessler Theatre w/ The Black Angels
11/24/10 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre w/ The Black Angels
11/26/10 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore w/ The Black Angels
11/28/10 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom w/ The Black Angels
11/29/10 Seattle, WA – The Showbox w/ The Black Angels
11/30/10 Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom w/ The Black Angels
FREE MP3: COMMON GRACKLE: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Welcome to the world of Common Grackle, the collaboration of two Canadian musical wiz kids – indie pop songwriter and mad-cap illustrator, Gregory Pepper and Saskatoon psych hip hop producer Factor. The Great Depression is what happens when Factor’s recognizable banging drums get enveloped in Gregory Pepper’s lush harmonies, hilariously cynical lyrics, and gorgeous instrumentation. The Great Depression blurs all sorts of lines and tears down all sorts of genre definitions and definitely requires your time. Think the somber confessionals of Elliott Smith, re-worked by Dangermouse!!
Check out the first single off The Great Depression, “The Great Depression” ft. Ceschi Ramos right here. Just click below, right click and save as to download:
And for the hip-hop heads out there, check out this banger ft. the Spankmaster, Kool Keith “Thank God It’s Monday” ft. Kool Keith below:
THE MIGHTY BOOSH, MOPEDS, ROADTRIPS AND WAYNE COYNE: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM ELIZABETH WEINBERG
This post comes from our friends on the West Coast at Sick Of The Radio:
“Elizabeth Weinberg lives in Brooklyn, New York, with two cats, a bicycle, and a moped. Her work spans many themes including portraits, and fashion and documentary photography. Elizabeth has also done commercial work for Nylon+Casio, and Sony. She is also working on 3 different projects entitled Abigail, Of Recklessness and Water, and Rattland, check out her website here for more info.”
Check out some more of our favorites below:
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NEW VIDEO FROM DEAD MANS BONES: PA PA POWER
Is there anything more frustrating than when an actor turns out to be a good musician too? Dead Man’s Bones is just one more reason to hate or secretly become facebook fans of Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson, The Notebook). Formed between “the Gos” and his buddy Zach Shields, Dead Man Bones released an unexpectedly solid debut album last year, A Never Let a Lack of Talent Get You Down on their own label, Werewolf Heart. The band collaborated with the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir in an elderly residents home to create their new, touching, self-made and not so surprisingly very cinematic video for ” Pa Pa Power”. This is like a really solid short film filled with melancholy sweetness touching on darker elements that all gets reconciled into an upbeat dance party and new gospel choir version of “Pa Pa Power”. Watch the full 13 minute video below:
NEW VIDEO FROM KISSES: PEOPLE CAN DO THE MOST AMAZING THINGS
Discosalt Video of The Week 30/8/10: Nothing is sweeter than rising late night Cali duo, Kisses. Watch as the band and a geriatric health nut collide in their new video for ” People can do the most amazing things” directed by Julia Bembenek.
NEW VIDEO FROM WAVVES: POST ACID
Southern Cali’s garage rock punk band Wavves have teamed up with Green Label Sound for a drugged/spaced out new video for “Post Acid”. Aliens, skateboarding, raging, MTV VJ John Norris, and the guys clearly tripping hard…check. Is this “post” acid?
To download the track for free go to : http://GreenLabelSound.com
Check out the video below:
FREE MP3: PIERCED ARROW: THE DOORWAY
Pierced Arrow, formed from the wreckage of Portland Oregon’s Dead Moon, an underground cult garage rock band from 1987 to 2006, embody a fiercely independent DIY ethos and rock and roll spirit that is unmatched by most musicians today. Band mates Fred Cole and real life sweetheart of 42 years, Toody stubbornly record everything in mono, press their own albums on vintage equipment and live out in the woods in a mansion they build for themselves. Six grandkids later, they still play raw, ragged straightforward rock ‘n’ roll, garage punk that comes from a musical culture spanning 30 years and sounds relevant despite the bands youngest member being 39. These guys are no joke.
The band has announced an upcoming North American tour that begins September 30 at legendary club 7th St. Entry in Minneapolis, MN.The ex-Dead Moon veterans will play 21 dates across the US before closing out the tour in Weed, CA on October 23rd.
The jaunt comes in the wake of Pierced Arrows’ recent split 7″ with label mates Black Lips, released in July via Scion A/V. In keeping with the other releases in the Vice-curated Scion Garage 7″ series, both bands debuted new songs on the single. Pierced Arrows’ offering, “The Doorway”, is a keen demonstration of the raw, unbridled rock that collaborators Fred and Toody Cole have honed over their 30+ year career. Scion A/V also recently released the band’s first proper music video for “This is the Day” from their most recent full length Descending Shadows.
“The Doorway” can be downloaded here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?9p89as3cbk13e4l
Or streamed here:
http://soundcloud.com/scionav/sets/scion-a-v-garage-black-lips-and-pierced-arrows
Watch the video for “This is the Day” here:
Want to see more on Dead Moon, check out Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story:
Tour Dates:
9/30/10 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
10/1/10 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
10/2/10 Chicago, IL Subterranean
10/3/10 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
10/4/10 Rochester, NY The Bug Jar
10/5/10 Albany, NY Valentine’s
10/7/10 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
10/8/10 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
10/9/10 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
10/10/10 Washington, DC DC9
10/12/10 Baltimore, MD Golden West Cafe
10/13/10 Pittsburgh, PA 31st Street Pub
10/14/10 Columbus, OH The Summit
10/15/10 Bloomington, IN The Video Saloon
10/16/10 Columbia, MO Mojo’s
10/17/10 Lawrence, KS Jackpot
10/19/10 Denver, CO Hi Dive
10/20/10 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
10/21/10 Reno, NV Tonic Lounge
10/22/10 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
10/23/10 Weed, CA Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture
NEW VIDEO FROM WASHED OUT: HOLD OUT
Discosalt Video of the Week 22/8/10: Take a look back on Columbia, SC’s synth-drenched Washed Out on their 2010 Spring US Tour with Small Black in the new video for “Hold Out” shot by John Lipari. So good.
TO LIVE & RIDE IN L.A. OFFICIAL TRAILER
Trafik presents The Official Trailer for To Live & Ride In L.A. (toliveandrideinla.com) Over a year in the making, To Live & Ride In L.A. is the first feature-length film about L.A.’s underground fixed-gear culture. Directed by David Rowe (Fast Friday) and produced by Tim Jieh & Rick Kleinsmith, the documentary explores a side of Los Angeles few outsiders have ever seen. To Live & Ride In L.A. features talented local riders tearing up the streets with first-time visitor Keo Curry (Fast Friday, Macaframa), one of the living legends of the sport. From races through rush-hour traffic to midnight loft parties, To Live & Ride In L.A. is a fast-paced trip through the busy streets and back-alleys of one of the world’s largest cities. The second feature film from David Rowe, To Live & Ride In L.A. will challenge viewers’ perceptions of a city better known for its paparazzi, fake breasts, and traffic jams.
The soundtrack for To Live & Ride in L.A. highlights top artists from record labels such as Dangerbird Records (dangerbirdrecords.com), Dim Mak Records, Anticon, SWTBRDS, and I Heart Comix and includes music by Silversun Pickups, Hot Hot Heat, Bad Veins, The Willowz, Minus The Bear, Bambu, DaVinci, Crown City Rockers, Datarock, Kid Infinity, Sea Wolf, From Monument To Masses, Darker My Love… and more!
TRAFIK is a group of creatives who love biking the streets of L.A. and the world. From Japan to Australia, Europe to South Africa, urban fixed-gear cycling has become a symbol of a new generation that isn’t afraid to bomb hills, split lanes, and defy norms.
To purchase tickets for the BFF screening on Sept. 3rd….
brownpapertickets.com/event/124195
