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Little Anchor @ Pete’s Candy Store – July 23rd

Another awesome poster from Barclay Douglas. Little Anchor will be playing an intimate acoustic show at Pete’s Candy Store tomorrow night. Come check us out!

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Little Anchor @ Pianos by Emily Tan

Here are some awesome photos of the Little Anchor Pianos gig by freelance writer/photographer Emily Tan! Check out her flickr for her shots of other artists!

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Little Anchor EP Release @ Pianos – Photos!

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the Little Anchor EP release show! Anni Rossi played an amazing set, too. Here are some sweet photos that Gao Di took. The Little Anchor Sunland EP is out now! Contact Alexa to get a hold of one – digital release coming in July.

Blatantly singing a few ‘Ooohs’ in this last one.

And here are some great ones from Vida Chang:

Thanks again, everyone! See you next time – full band record in the near future!

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Little Anchor at Pianos with Anni Rossi

Little Anchor will be playing at Pianos in the Lower East Side on Thursday, June 17th. Come check us out, we’re on before Anni Rossi. We go on at 8, so be there on time! $8 bucks at the door.

Thursday will see the release of the Sunland EP which features 5 awesome Alexa Cabellon originals. Alexa struggled with a suitable band name for a while and after multiple bad suggestions I can proudly say – I named this band! Woooo! Full band recording is in the near future – stay in touch! Awesome band emblem by Barclay Douglas.

To get you ready for the Thursday night gig, here is a clip of ‘Circles and Circles’ from our show at Glasslands last month.

Pianos is located at 158 Ludlow Street.
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Alexa Cabellon with Kendrick Lo, Thomas White & Ian Chang at Glasslands!

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the show at Glasslands. Super fun times! Gao Di took some amazing photos and because I’m a narcissist here’s a whole good bunch of them. Shout outs to Akudama, Berzerkulosis, No Place & Meat Children for putting on great performances, as well! Happy Cinco de Mayo!

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Alexa Cabellon at the Glasslands Tonight! Cinco De Mayo Party!

I will be playing with Alexa Cabellon tonight at Glasslands for a Cinco De Mayo throw down. We’re up at 8:00pm, so get there early – cover’s only $5 bucks! Alexa will be backed by Kendrick Lo (yours truly!), Thomas White & Ian Chang. Going to be an awesome night of music!

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Starkey, Anneka, Reso – Building the Beat for Mary Anne Hobbs

Just came across this (after having recently heard of Starkey) and I think it’s pretty amazing. Philly producer Starkey is put to the challenge of creating a track in two hours for Mary Anne Hobbs in a Radio 1 special called “Building the Beat.” With the assistance of vocalist Anneka, percussionist Reso, and some samples, Starkey had to write/record/produce the entire track within the time constraints. The track is pretty cool but I moreso think it’s amazing that they came out with a bumpin’ song within the limitations.

Download Moment’s of Mine from BBC Radio: Building the Beat – Starkey

Also, just for added awesomeness, here is Slugabed’s awesome remix of Starkey’s single featuring Anneka, ‘Stars.’

LISTEN:

Starkey’s sophomore release Ear Drums and Black Holes comes out April 19th, 2010.

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The Morning Benders – Excuses filmed by “Yours Truly”

I’ve been hearing a lot about Californian band The Morning Benders, particularly because their upcoming album, Big Echo, will feature co-production from Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor. I heard one track called “Promises,” that, although it sounded pretty good, just sounded a little too much like Grizzly Bear. On the other hand, the following track, “Excuses” is awesome, has a nice original sound and the video is super well produced. Lead singer Christopher Chu’s voice is beautiful. Give ‘em a listen. Very cute, if I do say so…

Yours Truly Presents: The Morning Benders “Excuses” from Yours Truly on Vimeo.
“Excuses” is available for download at The Morning Benders’ official website.

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Donny McCaslin Kicking Some Serious Ass in Germany

It amazes me that I can now find HD concert footage of my favorite musicians. This is Donny McCaslin at the 2008 Jazzbaltica festival in Salzau, Germany with an all-star band featuring Dave Douglas, David Binney, Ben Monder, Scott Colley and Adam Cruz. McCaslin studied with George Garzone, my teacher, at Berklee.

Listen to Donny McCaslin and Dave Douglas tear it up on “Descarga”:

McCaslin recently released an album in August called Declaration, I encourage you to get it.

And because Ben Monder is my favorite guitarist, some epic Monder shredding from the same show after the jump…

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Little Dragon Live @ Le Poisson Rouge

Yukimi Nagano kicking ass

I fell in love with Little Dragon’s debut album in 2007. An amazing mix of soul, house, electronic and pop music. Has anyone noticed Sweden keeps popping out the sweetest bands?

I was initially a little disappointed with Little Dragon’s second album, Machine Dreams. I found the album to feel a little more stiff than their first, and frankly, a little boring (still, there are some amazing songs to be found here).

That being said, Little Dragon’s show at Le Poisson Rouge mainly featured songs from Machine Dreams and live, the songs sounded, well, alive! While an encore was expected, I didn’t think that they would keep kicking ass for almost an extra half hour. Yukimi Nagano is the most badass performer I have seen in over a year. She’s got an amazing voice, she can dance, and she makes you want to move. Yukimi Nagano is just fucking cool.

They are amazing live, so do yourself a favor and check them out the next time they’re in New York City. In the meantime…

http://www.myspace.com/yourlittledragon