SEAPORT NEWS

Monday is Radio Day

Two great guests on our show today - coming up at Noon on East Village Radio.

O.J. San Felipe of Xray Eyeballs

Xray Eyeballs is the brainchild of O.J. San Felipe. Originally from San Francisco, O.J. landed in Brooklyn in 2000. Upon settling, O.J. quickly cemented himself in the underground Brooklyn punk, noise, and indie scene playing in numerous bands including Golden Triangle (Mexican Summer, Hardly Art). While Golden Triangle is known as an all around party band that bashes out garage pop tunes that could easily be found on a Nuggets compilation, O.J. had something else in mind for Xray Eyeballs.
Drawing comparisons to the frantic pop of Jay Reatard and the Urinals, and the moodiness of Velvet Underground and Jesus and Mary Chain, Xray Eyeballs twist it all into their own pop concoction.
Xray Eyeballs will be performing July 17 at the brand new Beach Party series at the Seaport along with Frankie Rose and the Outs.

Kevin Alvir of The Hairs

Catchy, scratchy and just a little bit snarky, The Hairs formed in 2010 following the dissolution of much-loved duo Knight School. Though less than a year old, The Hairs have already gained attention from influential music blogs Stereogum and RCRDLBL.com, and have a digital single out through Holiday Records, the label run by The Drums. Look for The Hairs’ proper debut out on Portland’s fine Magic Marker label this May.

The Hairs perform this coming Sunday at Fulton Stall Market as part of the Sound Bites series.

Just Announced - More Summer Fun!

This Friday night!

River to River presents

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger

with guests Blood Orange

All starts promptly at 7pm

And of course...it's FREE

 

It’s BEACH TIME!

FREE SUMMER SUNDAY “INDIE ROCK” SHOWS BACK IN NYC

WITH NEW “BEACH PARTY” MUSIC SERIES AT BEEKMAN BEER GARDEN

Scheduled Line Up Includes The Raveonettes, Mission of Burma, Swirlies,

Cheeseburger, Psychedelic Horseshit, Xray Eyeballs, Eternal Summers and Others

New York City’s once ubiquitous free Sunday afternoon indie rock shows on the waterfront are heading to the lower Manhattan side of the East River this summer via a new six-week music series dubbed Beach Party, slated for July 10 through August 7 at Beekman Beer Garden.

Scheduled to appear so far:

July 10    Cheeseburger

July 17    Xray Eyeballs, Frankie Rose, Woven Bones with Davila 666 DJ Set!

July 24    Swirlies with Psychedelic Horseshit

July 31    The Raveonettes with Eternal Summers

Aug. 7     Mission of Burma

North Side Pier 17, Seaport - Entrance is at South and Beekman

With the iconic Brooklyn Bridge and East River as their backdrop, the respective bands will take the stage on the Beekman Beer Garden’s 200-ton sandy beach at 3 p.m. Sunday afternoons.

Presented in association with producers involved with the indie-oriented Seaport Music Festival on Pier 17 (south side) and the RiverRocks series on Pier 54, the Beach Party concerts are free, and limited to 1,100 people.  All shows are 21 and over.

Monday is Radio Day

Well, summer is without a doubt here and we have tons of stuff starting and happening this week. But before we begin, tune in to East Village Radio at noon on when Christy Karacas of the band Cheeseburger stops by to chat, spin and make a very big announcement.

Also on the show Jed Smith from My Teenage Stride joins us along with Sound Bites music series curator Bill Pearis. We'll be talking about the shows that are starting up at Fulton Stall Market beginning this coming Sunday.

And Holey Moley there will be more!

So stay tuned!

Just a Reminder - River to River starts soon!

Friday, June 24 The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger with Blood Orange 7pm. FREE

Friday, July 1 Lower Dens and Dirty Beaches 7pm. FREE

Friday, July 8 The Wake with special guests Weekend 7pm. FREE

Friday, July 15 The Radio Dept. and Asobi Seksu 7pm. FREE

Monday is RADIO DAY

Well, not officially as in recoginized by the mayor's office or anything like that, but certainly around these parts. And for today's celebration of Monday is (our) Radio Day we have one of our recent fav, Dinowalrus.

Dinowalrus join us on our East Village Radio show Monday, June 6th for interview and live in-studio performance.

"Dinowalrus is psychedelic synth-punk band from Brooklyn, NY comprised of former Titus Andronicus guitarist Pete Feigenbaum, synth and bass wizard Liam Andrew, and veteran drummer Max Tucker. They put out their shape shifting, eclectic and erudite debut, %, on Kanine Records (Surfer Blood, Chairlift, Grizzly Bear). The album was a unique, structurally unorthodox, unpredictable mélange of krautrock, synthpop, shoegaze, acid-rock, noise, and thrash-punk that was well received in underground circles. Later on Pete revamped the lineup and songwriting approach, and began working with Liam Andrew (synthesizers, bass). With drummer Anton Hochheim from their Kanine shoegazer label-mates the Depreciation Guild onboard for recording and a run of shows, Dinowalrus reinvented themselves with a more pop-oriented songwriting approach that drew heavily on the 1980s beats of Madchester plus other groovin’ minimal synth, new wave, dark wave, and post punk angles, while retaining their psychedelic and krautock backbone. When recording wrapped up, they started working fulltime with drummer Max Tucker, formerly of Patrick Cleandenim and Francis and the Lights to take their live show to the next level."