Beach House – Walk In The Park (Daytrotter session)
Sunset Rubdown – Shut Up, I’m Dreaming Of Places Where Lovers Have Wings (Daytrotter session)
Ponytail – Beg Waves (live Daytrotter Sesh)
Dosh – Fireball (Daytrotter session)
HEALTH – Perfect Skin (Daytrotter session)
truman peyote and idiot glee on daytrotter next month? oh shiiiiiit.
Pitchfork – An Ode
three prongs you are up mine
one: for the bathroom lines
two: for the press pit cluster fuck
& three: because I’m gay for you, you slut
throngs of people want to be you
scalpers don’t care just who
sonic bliss you bring
but only in the form of a cock ring
stimulation, half mast
never the erectional blast
that clubs can amass
you bring affordability, affinity, affability
to my musical versatility
how I love you
how I hate you
how I want to be inside you…
Allen Roizman, shoulder featured at left, once bought this t-shirt at a thrift store in Brooklyn. Dustin Wong – Ponytail guitarist, ex-Ecstatic Sunshine guitarist, and t-shirt designer – once designed the very same t-shirt eight years ago in Japan. The two had never met before this night and neither knows how the t-shirt crossed an ocean and a continent. It wasn’t until this photo that Allen found out he had been wearing an image of Dustin as a high school kid on his arm for years.
HOW CRAZY IS THAT!? Thanks Impose.
The weekend in pictures, 5/15 at the Echo and 5/16 at UCSB’s Extravaganza…
Ponytail – Beg Waves (live Daytrotter Sesh)
The Cool Kids – Pump Up The Volume (Flosstradamus remix)
Usher ft. Lil’ Jay-Zeezer and Ludacris – Yeah In The Sun
TODD P GOES TO AUSTIN is a cultural snap-shot of America’s underground, do-it-yourself music scene featuring unforgettable live performances from Matt and Kim, Dan Deacon, Mika Miko,
The DeathSet and many more.As record labels die, independents thrive. In the wake of Napster, MySpace and Facebook there is a generation of artists creating and performing music on their own terms. With the help of legendary DIY rock promoter Todd P, Brooklyn has become ground zero for these exciting young musicians.
Using never-before-seen footage, including material shot by the bands themselves, TODD P GOES TO AUSTIN exposes what life is like surviving and touring at the underground level. Interviews with Todd about the necessity of independent music and creativity connect the bands as they tour down to Austin, TX to appear in the DIY music scene’s answer to the SXSW Music Festival.
It’s impossible to spend time in New York and not be affected by Todd P, the man [and his interns] weaves culture into flawless seams of mosh, ecstasy, dance, spectacle and not only does it all on the cheap but all ages too! The first week I moved to NY in ‘07 I didn’t know who Todd P was, but I was familiar with the Brooklyn music scene and inadvertently made my way into quite a number of his events. When I wrote for CMJ, Todd was a panelist for a discussion on ’selling out’ and listening to him speak made a me a little angry, but I soon ‘got it’ and even quote some of his valid points in discussion. The man is a local icon and a future legend, so although I have much for-and-against Todd P I just need to give him his deserving big ups, props, respect and admiration from FMLY. Todd, you keep the dollars in my wallet, you introduce me to the most interesting people and I can’t even imagine my life in NY without Death By Audio, The Silent Barn and the ever-expanding list.
This being put out there, a movie has been made to honor his preservation of DIY ethic and hopefully bring in some fresh new faces to these intimate experiences. Trailer above.
