Lawrence Chandler at MMNY

So sadly our music festival had to be moved in doors, but a huge thanks to the fabulous Bell House for hosting us on such short notice. Everyone still got to play, and in all had a good time regardless.

Our friend Jason Banker was one of the kind attendees to make the leap to the Bell House, and took this absolutely fantastic video of Lawrence Chandler. Love the video. Love the music. Can't wait to see more projects from both of these guys.

MMNY MOVED TO THE BELL HOUSE

DUE TO STUPID RAIN, MMNY IS MOVED TO THE BELL HOUSE.

11am Her Vanished Grace

1155am By Night With Spear

1245pm Telltale

130 Ghost in the water

215pm Elika

3pm soundpool

4pm Lawrence Chandler

12pm Meghan Halle (front lounge)

1pm Rebecca Pronsky (front Lounge)

2pm Sharon van Etten(front Lounge)

but it will still be cool. For reals.

It Is Starting

The no parking signs are up--and we got some fun reactions from the nieghbors. Everything from "Don't you know that's Father's Day?" (yes) to "Nobody told me!" to "AWESOME!" to "But why?" to "I'm on the board of the NRA"--a very very poor joke.

We're going to ignore the rest and just focus on the "AWESOME!".

This Sunday for MMNY: 25% Off Storewide

That's right, everything will be 25% off this Sunday in celebration of our Make Music New York block party. Come for the sale, come for the music, come for a good time!

MMNY Featured Artist: Her Vanished Grace

We've got the excellent Her Vanished Grace on our Make Music New York bill for 11:45am-ish, and a really great way to kick off the more shoegaze acts on the bill.

From their Myspace:

Her Vanished Grace bring you their brand of imaginative guitar rock. Nance and Chas Nieland, along with Maria Theodosiadou and Billy Loose continue to explore the terrain of sweet melodies and biting guitars. The powerful rhythms of Billy and Maria anchor the soaring textures while Nance and Chas spin tales of mystery and regret. HVG 's new recording BLUE (2009) is dark urgent pop singed with white noise. They've crafted a sweetly menlacholic tableau of vivid memories with lush vocals and simmering tension. With Nance and Charlie’s guitar textures veering from candy colored swirl to vintage ‘60s bite, this is the blend of old and new that the band has been striving for.



Be sure to come and check them out on Sunday. Very cool female and male vocals--adding great dynamics to an already great band. They've also got a great looking show at the Delancy on July 18th.

Her Vanished Grace MySpace--I'd recommend Remember, Disappear, and Alone.
Her Vanished Grace Facebook

MMNY Featured Artist: Meghan Halle

We are so completely thrilled to be having Meghan opening our show for Make Music New York. A long time friend of Deluxa (see blog header!), and ridiculously talented singer, Meghan Halle's show is for sure not one to be missed.

From her Myspace:

Meghan has been singing for as long as she can remember, but credits her vocal prowess to call and response sessions she shared with her gospel teacher Georgia Louis, an acclaimed performer who Louis Armstrong named as his “musical godchild.” Ms. Louis, who has shared the stage with Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Dinah Washington, and the Staple Singers, has said of Meghan “She is the best young gospel singer that I have worked with, and she was born with an inner spirit that is just phenomenal.” The majority of Meghan’s high school years were spent performing gospel music in A.M.E. Churches throughout Connecticut. Gospel gave her the freedom to improvise and engage with an audience instantly in the energy of the moment, skills that permanently influenced her performance style. She has performed at Shea Stadium three times, the first at the age of 14. Meghan has also been asked to collaborate on many recordings, and has recorded a handful of gospel songs which remain unreleased. She has spent the last three years composing infectious, soulful songs while playing the New York City club circuit either solo on piano, or with her band. Her first full-length solo album entitled, “12th and A” has just been released this past December.

We've also got copies of Meghan Halle's album 12th and A in stock at the store.


Here's a video of one of her newer songs. I've seen her perform this once, and I had huge goosebumps...

MMNY Featured Artist: Ghost in the Water

Driving all the way out from the midwest, we are thrilled to be having Ghost in the Water play Make Music New York on June 21st.

From their MySpace:

nathan doesn't believe in ghosts. mandy sort of does. sometimes they argue about it. neither one is ever swayed in their stance. they both really like to make music though. they've made indie-pop with a band called fitzgerald for a while now. but they wanted to make electronic music too. they really like electronic pop songs. so they started ghost in the water. they have an album that they finally finished, it's called "tooth".

Here is the cover of their digital single, "Clean Sings and Folded Laundry", which is one of my favorite songs of theirs. Beautiful melody, strings sections, and imagery make it really special.


I'd post the song here to check out, but our file hosting service seems to be down...but for sure check out what they've got on their MySpace.

Also, we don't have "Tooth" in stock just yet, but post MMNY, I plan of having a few copies, put out by our fantastic friends, Hidden Shoal Recordings.

MMNY Featured Artist: Lawrence Chandler

Lawrence Chandler formerly of Bowery Electric is headlining our block party bill for Make Music New York on June 21st. From his MySpace:

Lawrence Chandler is an American composer of experimental music living in Brooklyn, New York. He studied composition at The Juilliard School and privately with La Monte Young. Chandler has worked as a music assistant for Philip Glass and is a founder of seminal post-rock group Bowery Electric.

Lawrence Chandler is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.

Lately his MySpace page has featured lengthy tonal pieces that I find suprizingly addictive to listen to. As he hasn't released anything officially solo, and his MySpace has only had up one (non-downloadable) track at a time, his set for MMNY should be exciting to say the least (if you're iterested, there are rumors of a string quartet).

He will be on last, sometime around 7:30/8pm, and weather permitting, there should be a gorgeous sunset behind him...sounds like a perfect ending to a music festival to me.

Come join us at Sackett between Henry and Hicks on Sunday June 21st for our block party for Make Music New York.

MMNY Featured Artist: Soundpool

From Soundpool's Myspace:

NYC based 5 piece shoegaze/space rock audio/visual recording artists with sweet girlie vox saturated guitar sounds lush synth arrangements and a danceable driving rhythm section who prefer to play out with the backdrop of self produced psychedelic visuals whenever they can.

Unfortunately when they will be playing in front of deluxa they will be sans visuals, but we're crossing our fingers some beautiful summer weather will make up for that. More than any other band I've seen Soundpool play tons of times and at tons of venues from their super cool loft parties to Bowery Ballroom to Piano's to the Bell House, and they never disappoint. Clearly they are hyper talented, symphonic masterminds that are sure to blow us away at MMNY.

Soundpool's current Japanese release of Dichotomies and Dreamland is available in store at deluxa!

Rumor has it they've got a new album out super soon, and if we're lucky we will get to hear some of the new material played for the first time live--triple cross your fingers for that!

Here is there incredible video for "Divides of March" and one of my favorite tracks from Dichotomies and Dreamland.


Soundpool - The Divides of March

Butterflies Soundpool.mp3

Soundpool Website (really well done! check it out!)
Soundpool Myspace
Soundpool Facebook

MMNY Featured Artist: Telltale

From their review on The Free Times:

Brooklyn’s Telltale showcases an intriguing mix of experimental no-wave, reverb-soaked post-punk, and dark shoegaze. Featuring Eric Gilstrap, Laurie Ruroden, Stephan Cherkashin, and Lauren Andino, the quartet's ear-splitting washes of guitar feedback, deadpan chants and ominous droning wastelands doesn't so much blanket you as it does envelop you, overpowering you with Sonic Youth caterwauls and JAMC-esque walls of sound. The music churns in a slow burn, awash in effects, but there’s an aggression lurking just beneath the surface that maintains an uneasy atmosphere. There’s also a healthy dose of reverb to help wash down all the gauzy noise... This will destroy you... and you will love every second of it.

I don't know if I can say it much better than that. I'm really looking forward to hearing them outside though--something about their hard driving sound I think will be especially well received. They are on around 1:30.

Stephan from Telltale will also be DJing later in the afternoon. He DJs regularly around the city and is one of the masterminds behind the sadly now defunct club Vanishing Point (but they still book shows!). He's sure to be spinning some great tunes in addition to creating some of the most gnarly guitar feed back you've ever heard in Telltale.

Telltale Myspace (I'd recommend Ammunitions)
Vanishing Point MySpace
Vanishing Point Facebook

DJ Stephan C

MMNY Featured Aritst Rebecca Pronsky

Time Out calls Rebecca Pronsky, "passionate, literate, and wry" and Deluxa is so excited to be having her play our block party for Make Music New York on June 21st.

You can check out one of my favorites "Birds" in this post, and check out even more songs on her website and her myspace. Her album "Departures and Arrivals" is available in store at Deluxa, and her new limited edition EP (which I'm dying to get my hands on a copy) is out now, "The Best Game In Town".

RebeccaPronskyBirds.mp3

UPDATED 6/20 Official Make Music New York Line Up Announced!

UPDATED 6/20

DUE TO STUPID RAIN, MMNY IS MOVED TO THE BELL HOUSE.

11am Her Vanished Grace

1155am By Night With Spear

1245pm Telltale

130 Ghost in the water

215pm Elika

3pm soundpool

4pm Lawrence Chandler

12pm Meghan Halle (front lounge)

1pm Rebecca Pronsky (front Lounge)

2pm Sharon van Etten(front Lounge)

We are so excited!

Lawrence Chandler (of Bowery Electric)
Luxa
Sharon Van Etten
Soundpool
Elika
Rebecca Pronsky
Ghost in the Water
Telltale
By Night With Spear
Her Vanished Grace
Meghan Halle

and Djs:
Mark Van Hoen of Seefeel and Locust
LG of Dead Leaf Echo
The Invisible Kid
Rich Bennett
DJ Stephan C of Telltale

I'm going to try and do posts on everyone on the bill before the show, but you can check out where I've already blogged about the profoundly talented Sharon Van Etten here, and the excellent Self Storage Recordings artist By Night With Spear here as well as the not-to-be-missed Dead Leaf Echo. I've also featured a video of Locust, one of Mark Van Hoen's many projects, which is highly recommended.

So mark your calendars! Sunday, June 21st, the first day of summer! Free music! Block party! Amazing bands! Good eats in the neighborhood--Eton on the block just won TONY's "Best New Dumpling" award and they serve amazing Hawaiian shave ice.

It's going to be awesome.