HOLY FUCK: LP
Since 2004, Holy Fuck, a Canadian electronic band aye, has been cranking out electro sounding effects using live instrumentation without any laptops or programmed tracks. So while you think you might be hearing looping, splicing or programming in their music, they are actually playing it all. Young Turks Director: Drew Lightfoot from their new record […]
BLOC PARTY: INTIMACY REMIXED
This Bloc Party video was shot over just two nights at London’s Olympia theater by fans with cell phones! The footage was cut and integrated with some behind the scenes action to create a lo-fi masterpiece video for “Ares (Villains Remix)”. The Video may give you a seizure the first time you watch it but […]
Unamplified Acoustic BBQ @ Fort Tilden, NY
On Sunday, Discosalt took the beeline along Flatbush Avenue to the secluded yet much hyped Fort Tilden Beach party in the Rockaway’s for Todd P’s “Unamplified Acoustic BBQ”. The Acoustic BBQ was envisioned by DIY promoter Todd P, as an artistic musical event stripped of every element that could be threatening or dangerous. Not loud enough to […]
THE YARD IS BACK
Gussie up to get down. SUNDAY BEST —the easy-going, late afternoon, backyard BBQ dance party—is back again this summer. Every Sunday afternoon from May 24 to September 6 at The BKLYN Yard , the same leafy, waterside lot on the Gowanus Canal as last year. Veg Burgers and tacos from Red Hook Ballfields are back with cold […]
THE KILLS: 2 NIGHTS IN NYC
For anyone not at the Boulder Show at the Fox Theater on April 23rd, Alison Mosshart left the stage earlier than planned because her lungs closed and she suddenly couldn’t breathe. No need for alarm, she claims to now be fine and the The Kills 22-date US tour continues in NYC with 2 shows: Webster […]
DEER TICK TOUR DATES AND NEW MUSIC
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD NEW DEER TICK MP3″EASY”: Deer Tick – Easy Deer Tick with Jenny Lewis tour dates have been announced for June to support Deer Tick’s second album Born on Flag Day , also out this June. Check Local Discosalt Show list for details.
BLOCK PARTY + BIKES + BANDS + 40’S
What: Green Bikes Birthday Block Party Sunday Where: 3rd Ward (brooklyn art-space) When: Sunday May 3, 2-8pm Damage: Free + Colt 45 The Shake: “But yo, they didn’t care, they turned it out…” 3rd Ward gets their birthday on Sunday with a free block party. You go girl. Live performances by local NY bands: The Wild Yaks, Aa, […]
UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASES: MAY 2009
May 5: Akron Family- Set “Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free Conor Oberst-Outer South British Sea Power- Man of Aran May 19: Iggy Pop-Preliminaires Iron & Wine- Around the Well Passion Pit- Manners May 26: Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest
POSTERBOY AND FREE BEER
When: Friday, April 24th; 7:00pm – 12:00am Where: 3rd Ward (195 Morgan Ave.) Damage: Free with RSVP Discosalt first spotted New York’s mysterious “ Poster Boy ” back in July and now you can check out more of his ironic film commentary and bizarre ad re-mixes this Friday in the gallery at 3rd Ward(but this […]
PORTISHEAD: THIRD
[rating:3] Portishead: Third Label: Mercury Release Date: April 29, 2009 So often a prolonged hiatus between albums fails, timing completely falling through the cracks. But Portishead’s tactic of forcing fans to hold their breath for an excruciating 11 years for a new LP has paid off. A dark voyage to things past, or an enchanted […]
USE THE FORCE
FIELD , an installation by Richard Box , an artist in residence in the physics department at the University of Bristol, is a major undertaking which includes the installation of several thousand ready- made glass fluorescent tubes. The tubes are ‘planted’ at the foot of an electricity pylon, and pick up the waste emission from […]
CUT COPY: IN GHOST COLOURS
Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours Label: Modular Interscope Release Date: April 8, 2008 This album is the epitome of what I needed to start summer. Fully loaded with catchy dance hits, Cut Copy has really outdone themselves this time. Every track on this album is whipped lightly, and prepped perfectly for the French pop sound […]
LYRICS BORN: EVERYWHERE AT ONCE
Lyrics Born: Everywhere at Once Label: Anti Release Date: March 18, 2008 Quannum poster-boy Lyrics Born (born Tom Shimura) didn’t just step off the ship-hop. Collaboratively producing albums as far back as Latyrx’s The Album, LB has subjectively perfected unique vocalizations characterized by buzzing baritone and vocab depth. This go LB explores the trappings of […]
CRYSTAL CASTLES: CRYSTAL CASTLES
Crystal Castles: Crystal Castles Label: Last Gang Records Release Date: March 15, 2008 It is unusual that a band accidentally releases a single and then gets a record deal. Toronto duo Ethan Kath and Alice Glass managed to do just that. The MySpace leak, “Alice Practice”, eventually became the second song on their eponymous first […]
DISCOSALT ARTIST BRUCE NEW IN JUXTAPOZ
Discosalt Artist Bruce New is featured in this months, February Issue of Juxtapoz Art and Culture Magazine. Bruces work is an attempt to document his existence, to leave a visual record of his thoughts, ideas, and fantasies. He currently resides in the wilds of Kentucky, with a bird and his son, on a mountain top, right next […]
COMPILATION:DARK WAS THE NIGHT
Compilation: Dark was the Night Label: 4ad Records Release Date: February 17, 2009 Compilations are seemingly rare in indie music, I am not sure why. Or if that’s true. In any case, The National has curated a 2 disc compilation to be released by 4AD on February 16th. Just in case you aren’t aware of […]
THE VIRGINS: FREE SHOW AT UNION SQUARE NYC
The Virgins are playing a free show at The Virgin Megastore in Union Square, NYC, this Friday night February 13th at 7:00 pm!
AAKASH NIHALANI OPENING IN NEW YORK
WHAT: Available Space: Aakash Nihalani Artwork Exhibit WHEN : 5:00 PM February 7th, 2009 WHERE : 525-539 Atlantic Avenue, in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Just one block from the Atlantic Center, around the corner from Brooklyn Academy of Music. “Aakash Nihalani creates street artwork that “consists mostly of isometric rectangles and squares.” He places these unplanned […]