Mother Fucking B.O.M.B Fest

Holy shit... I did not see this coming from BOMB fest. The line up is so dope! What an improvement over last year, and two days will make this an official festival. Kudos to everyone involved with making this happen in Connecticut. There will be a lot of people from NYC that will take the train up and that will help our local music get recognition by people that would otherwise not come to CT. I can not wait to see all of these bands! The festival will take place in Danbury this year, at Western's festival grounds. Early bird tickets are on sale now you can grab them for $89 RIGHT HERE.  Check out more info about everything at their website. RSVP HERE.

Local Music Alert!!!!

 

We are in for a treat tomorrow night. John McCauley and Ian Oneil of the great band Deer Tick will be performing at Daniel St at 8pm. The show only runs $10 but is 21+. If you don't know anything about them (shame on you). They have a very twangy, grungy-folk vibe. John's voice has some Bob Dylan qualities to it. Opening for them are The Shivers, from NYC. I really don't know too much about them, but from what I was listening to on their myspace...they sound really good! 

The real reason for making it out to the show is for Heirlooms. They are a Hartford based band that looks to make some moves in 2011. Jesse Stanford started the group on his own. Friends were joining in, adding their input and small touches to the songs...now they have a 5-piece band and a four song EP. You can download the EP for free HERE. Written, recorded, and produced entirely by the band this EP is an impressive debut. They seem to be very subtle, placing just the right textures in the right spots. They kind of remind me of Fleet Foxes, which is one of my favorite bands. Really excited for this show! I hope to see yall there tomorrow, be there early Heirlooms is on first.

LOCAL SHOW ALERT!!!! Sufer Blood + The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Drop what you are doing and get your ass to this show on Thursday night at Daniel Street in Milford. Surfer Blood (current obsession) is opening up for Pains of Being Pure at Heart. The show starts at 7pm and is all ages...it's gonna cost you $15 to get in. I am really pumped to see Surfer Blood live. Their album 'Astro Coast' is still getting plays on my ipod dispite being on there for months. Not something that happens a lot with the music I am listening to. Usually it has a month or so, and then I move on...but these guys have some real staying power. Can't wait to see how they perform live. Pain's I don't know much about. I have listned to their stuff on Myspace, but don't own any material. They have a vintage indie rock vibe going for them. They sound like they will be a lot of fun live. Pat of Backwash Whiskey says they rule, and I trust him. Grab your friends and get down to Milford for this show, you will regret missing it.

Elm City Popfest May 14-15

The Elm City Popfest returns this weekend for three days and 17 bands of indie-pop revelry in the southern section of CT. Following the success of the first Elm City Popfest this past November, festival organizer and Tweefort/Feburary Records founder Danny Goodwin had to dig deeper this time around in order to top the original. Doubling in size, this installment of Elm City Popfest offers a range of local, regional, national and even international talent. Also, in addition to Artspace, there will be shows held at New Haven's 'Cafe Nine'. Head on over to CT Indie for the low down on what's happening and who is playing where. There is going to be tons of local talent like The Wee Bees and Womens Basketball playing so be sure to get out and support your local indie music.

Check these links out for what ya need:
February Records
Elm City Popfest
Tweefort Records Twitter

Full Lineup:
Day One - Friday, May 14th

9:30 The Wee Bees (New Haven)
10:30 Steven Deal (Milford, CT)
11:30 Veronica Falls (UK)
12:30 Boy Genius (NYC) feat. Mr. Ray Neal (of Miracle Legion)
@ Cafe Nine
doors 9pm / FREE / 21+
Day Two (DAY) - Saturday, May 15th
2:30 Roadside Attractions (New London, CT)
3:15 The Fictional West (New Haven)
4:00 Midstates (Chicago)
4:45 Panda Riot (Chicago)
5:30 EULA (New Haven)
6:15 The Field Recordings (Danbury, CT)
@ Artspace
doors 2pm / $5 / ALL-AGES
Day Two (NIGHT) - Saturday, May 15th
8:30 Procedure Club (New Haven)
9:15 The Secret History (NYC)
10:00 The Butterflies of Love (New Haven)
@ Artspace
doors 8pm / $5 / ALL-AGES

Day Three - Wednesday, May 26th
9:00 Allo Darlin' (UK)
9:45 Horowitz (UK)
10:30 The Tyler Trudeau Attempt (Brooklyn/New Haven)
11:15 Women's Basketball (Brooklyn/New Haven)
@ Cafe Nine
doors 8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Two Local Shows - Best Coast & The Babies

Woke up to texts and updates about two shows happening in the nutmeg state this weekend. Tonight the show is at Wesleyan. Eclectic is playing host to Best Coast and Wesleyan's own Apache Kid. Best Coast is made up of two people. Bethany and Bob.. and they are two of the coolest people on the planet. They love chilling with their cats, smoking, and watching Seinfeld. whaddya know, me too.  They also have infectious lofi beach blanket music from LA with alotta reverb. Would really love to see them live and chat with them. Here are all the links you need.
Best Coast Facebook Event

Wesleying

Eclectic
Best Coast Twitter
Best Coast Blog

On Sunday Titus Andronicus and The Babies are playing with local indie punk band My Heart To Joy. It's happening at Toad's Place Upstairs (Lillypad) in New Haven...10$ and doors are at 7. The Babies are must see music. Vivian girls frontwoman Cassie plus Wood's bassist Kevin and drummer Justin (Bossy) have formed a super group you could say and are showcasing their lovely beach pop tunes. Grab tix for the show here. CT Indie has more.