Tomorrow, Friday May 7th,  Blackburn Recordings will host a night at Cake Shop as part of the beloved New York City’s music venue’s fifth anniversary.  This party will also kick off the budding relationship between Blackburn Recordings and Connecticut’s masters of hazy psychedelica Sore Eros.

This show will be the 7″ Release party for the new Sore Ero’s record on Blackburn Recordings! I was a big fan of Sore Eros’ amazing full length from last year, Second Chants,  and the teaser video for the Taal Compass 7″ evokes the same emotions as the full length, and makes me very excited to hold a copy of this new piece of vinyl in my hands.  Here is a sample of the B side of the 7″ that will be released tomorrow which features Gary War on synths:

Blackburn was nice enough to send over the a-side from this new single for download.  ”Taal Compass,” the title track of the 7″, shares some of the same qualities as Sore Ero’s other works, but brings more of a olde timey folk side to the forefront.  A perfect song for a breezy cool morning like today:

[mp3] Sore Eros- “Taal Compass”

• Buy the Taal Compass 7″, eventually, here.

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On top of Sore Eros playing Alex Bleeker and his Freaks will be headlining the show, and they also have a new 7″ out on Group Tightener Records!  This record is the perfect follow up to his Underwater Peoples debut LP, and keeps with the same folky classic rock vibe that made us all fall in love with Bleeker in the first place.  ”Getting By” was premiered by Chocolate Bobka a while back, and could very well be the anthem of your summer, and the b-side “Never Going Back” can be a story that is very telling for many of us in our late 20′s…I know for me it rings home particularly hard over the past couple weeks.

[mp3] Alex Bleeker and the Freaks- “Getting By”

• Buy it from Group Tightener here.

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I can’t talk about this show and not mention one of my favorite newer bands that are opening up this show as well. Big Troubles have been tearing up my stereo for some time now, and the new 7″ (which I wrote about here) is just wonderful.  I feel like every person I play this band for ends up tracking down a 7″ or at least looking for more songs to download…they just get in your head and stay there.  These guys are indie rock at it’s finest, and if you haven’t heard them yet I would take this chance to download a couple tracks.  First up is what started the magic for me:

[mp3] Big Troubles- “Freudian Slips”

• Buy the Freudian Slips 7″ from Black Burn Recordings here
  • read more about his track here

and from the new 7″ on OESB:

[mp3] Big Troubles- “Drastic and Difficult”

• Buy that from OESB, eventually, here .
  • read more about this track here.

Also take note: BIG TROUBLES will PERFORM LIVE on WFMU‘s TALK’s CHEAP with JASON SIGAL this coming Tuesday May 11th between 9am and noon.  Tune and and listen, or check the archives!

(please note I’ve posted these before, follow the links to reviews of the songs)

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Last but not least Black Burn Recordings released a wonderful digital comp that has not only Big Troubles and Sore Eros on it, but other Great Pumpkin favorites like City Center, Lame Drivers, Sleep Over, Cloud Nothings and many more.

Tracklist:

Blackburn Recordings Presents…Various Deficiencies Vol.1

• City Center – Grow Up Again
• Big Troubles – Chalk Circles
• Cloud Nothings – Leave You Forever
• Campfires – Oh Golden Dawn
• Sore Eros – Melting
• Brett Marren – Love Is A Jawbreaker
• Possum – Red Hot
• Coasting – Snow Song (Live on WNYU)
• Lame Drivers – Working Song
• Metal Rouge – Fast Flora Lights
• Cursillistas – Trail of Tears
• sleep in sundays – Flour
• Falsetto Boy – Hey Sue
• mountainhood – Coney Island
• Sleep Over – The Key
• Island’s Eyelids – Western Cameo
• Sultan – There Goes My Girl

[album download] Blackburn Recordings presents: Various Deficiencies Vol.1

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Friday May 7th, 2010
Blackburn Recordings Presents:
Alex Bleeker & The Freaks
Sore Eros
Big Troubles
Procedure Club
live at CAKE SHOP

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• more on Blackburn Recordings here.
• more on Sore Eros here.
• more on Alex Bleeker here.
• more on Big Troubles here.
• Big Troubles photo by Ashle Bailey

Lame Drivers @ Death By Audio tonight!

As far as I know the Lame Drivers go on at 9:30pm sharp.  So make sure to get there by then.

more on Lame Drivers (including pictures, mp3s, ect) here.

Poster by Caroline Teagle

Lame Drivers are playing tonight at Trash Bar.  They go on at 8pm, and there is a $6 cover…but that includes an open bar from 8-9pm!  So you pay six bucks, get to see a great band, and drink as much as you can during the hour that they are playing….pretty good deal for Monday after Independence Day.

I’ve been a fan of Lame Drivers for quite a while…they feature members of Get Him Eat Him, and the Great Excape (among others).  And I am continually impressed every time I see them live, and pretty excited about tonight.  It is kind of a sad occasion because this is the last time that the Lame Drivers will be playing as a four piece for quite a while.  Jason Sigal (guitar and vocals), Joe Posner (bass), and Matt LeMay (drums) will be saying goodbye to guitarist Kevin Sparks.  Kevin you will be missed.

Lame Drivers have made quite a few songs available on LCMR Records site.  I’ve been rocking these:

[mp3] Lame Drivers- “Change Your Mind”

[mp3] Lame Drivers- “Get Distracted

If you like them, download the whole ep, Let Them Eat Tape, for free here. Thanks LCMR Records!

Full Details about the show tonight…oh, how I love going to see the opening band:

Trash Bar
$6 Cover
Starts (for real) at 8pm (and Lame Drivers are on 1st!):

12:00 – SAKES ALIVE
11:00 – THE HAND ME DOWNS
10:00 - MAKAI
9:00 – CEMENTHEAD
8:00 – LAME DRIVERS

Open Bar from 8-9pm

Midnite Till Death No. 23 was this past Friday at Cake Shop.  The highlights of the night were the Lame Drivers and So Cow.  Lame Drivers formed in Providence, RI and are now based in NYC/NJ, and draw influence from Husker Du, Guided By Voices, and Pavement (among many others).  They opened up the night and played a set almost entirely of new material.  This band just seems to get better and better each time I see them.  Lame Drivers were nice enough to send over one of their new tracks, “Demondz Blood,” for download off of the Great Pumpkin!  Grab it below.

[mp3] Lame Drivers- “Demondz Blood” (new mp3!)

Listen to more Lame Drivers at LCMR Records!

More pictures available here.

Tonight So Cow plays his last NYC show at Cake Shop!  I’m personally excited to see Lame Drivers as well!

More tour dates here.

Pictures, mp3s, mail order info for So Cow can be found here.

I wrote about So Cow the other week (read that here), but I’m too excited not to give a reminder!

Tonight(May 7th) at Bruar Falls:

Tomorrow: Friday May 8th at the Silent Barn w/ Procedure Club

Saturday May 9th at Death By Audio (presented by Less Artists More Condos) w/ Pink Reason and more.

Friday May 15th: Midnight Til Death! at Cake Shop w/ The Lame Drivers!!!

More tour dates here.

Listen:

[mp3] So Cow- “Shackleton”

(off the S/T LP on Tic Tac Totally.  Buy it here!)