I managed to catch Body Language for a bumpin’ show this past Labor Day weekend at Brooklyn Bowl. I snapped this video of their new track ‘Social Studies’ and was pleasantly surprised that the sound wasn’t blown out. BK Bowl is a huge venue, and as such, I think the sound gets a little muddy and some of the vocals seemed to get lost in the mix. That being said, Body Language put on an awesome show and I can’t wait to catch them at their next one.

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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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!

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 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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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!

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!

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.

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

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…

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