Special Screening of LCD Soundsystem's "Shut Up & Play The Hits" on 7/27

If you're like me, then you were likely kicking yourself yesterday when you realized that the new film "Shut Up & Play The Hits" about LCD Soundsystem's last performance was only playing for one day. "What the hell?!" you may have thought, "How can they do this?!"

To all of those who, like me, felt they missed their one and only opportunity to relive this experience in a theatre, you may breathe a sigh of relief. Brooklyn Bowl will be holding a special screening of the film with full concert sound on Friday, July 27th and will follow the screening with a DJ set from the band's own Pat Mahoney. Tickets are $15, and the event starts at 11:59PM. 

Friday (5/13) in the 'Burg: Blondes (DJ Set) @ Brooklyn Bowl

What better way to get freaky on this upcoming Friday the 13th than with some late night, live electronica. I definitely owe this one to my neighbor, Brooklyn Bowl, for informing me of this upcoming event. I couldn't find a lot of information about the group, but Blondes are a livetronica duo, Zach Steinman and Sam Haar, who met at Oberlin College. They released their debut EP "Touched EP" in the spring of 2010, it includes 5 tracks, my favorite at the moment being "Paradise City," a rolling, synth-laden track that is ambient and danceable at the same time. I would be lying if the cost ($5), and the parenthetical subtext (DJ Set) weren't the first things that peaked my interest, but after seeing this video on Brooklyn Bowl's event page, I knew I had to go check them out. Will post a review following the show.

Blondes - Paradise City

Live @ Brooklyn Bowl (10/1/2010) - Eliot Lipp, Alex B & Ana Sia

The Pnuma Trio's own Alex B will be teaming up with Eliot Lipp, Ana Sia & DJ Morale next Friday, October 1st at Brooklyn Bowl.



When not performing as the bassist for Pnuma Trio, Alex B(eats) is a notable hip-hop, livetronica producer, whose sound more closely resembles artists like Two Fresh, than his afformentioned collaboration. Alex B just released his first full-length LP, "Moments," which is available for download here.



The impact of Eliot Lipp's early interest in hip-hop artists like the RZA, and Hieroglyphics is evident throughout his music. His style incorporates elements of hip-hop with early electro and 90's techno, that combined with his performance style, give his music more of an old school feel.



San Francisco native, Ana Sia's style combines glitch-hop, dub step, and her personalized "global slut psy-hop," into one high octane sonic blend. Of the three headliners, I'm easily the most excited to catch this set.

The show starts at 9:00PM, and tickets are available online, or at the door for $6, which is less than the price of just about anything you could do at Brooklyn Bowl that night.