FRICTION @ Mercury Lounge w/ Bear Hands, Boy Crisis, Blip Blip Bleep, Bottle Up & Go | 9.5.08

Posted: August 22nd, 2008 | Author: justin | Filed under: general | No Comments »

GET HYPE! Bear Hands bring their fiery pitch-perfect pairing of post-punk and indie rock, while Boy Crisis unleash their highly danceable electro-pop “that’s so brutally hip it hurts” to The Mercury Lounge for this strictly local edition of FRICTION. Brooklyn’s euphoric new wavers Blip Blip Bleep ready the dancefloor with shimmering pop hooks and throbbing beats. As with most FRICTION lineups, openers Bottle Up & Go are the curveball here, who play a brand of stripped down, rowdy blues, sorta like Black Keys but with more whiskey and abrasiveness. M68 (Arsed, dirty little stayout) spins between sets.

>>> Advance tix here, doors @ 7:30pm

 

 

BEAR HANDS proudly carry the “classic” indie-rock torch, but with respectful nods (headbangs, perhaps?) to the best — and catchiest — ’90s alt-rock. Live, the young Brooklyn quartet enthusiastically trumps seasoned elders, forcing the most jaded NYC concertgoers to uncross their arms. [Flavorpill]
[MP3]: “Golden”

 

You will be hearing a lot about BOY CRISIS over the next few months because they are the subject of hysterical hype and rampant A&R buzz, because they make music based on a shared love of Prince, Talking Heads, Chic, Pet Shop Boys and Zapp – and for once it actually sounds like it – and because they are the hottest electronic pop group to emerge from America since, ooh, MGMT at least. Only, as that list of influences suggests, they’re more funktronic than psychedelic: Studio 54 disco with a hint of CBGBs grit. [The Guardian]
[MP3]: “Dressed To Digress”

 

Reminiscent of new wave bands such as New Order and Duran Duran, BLIP BLIP BLEEP creates euphoric, catching songs with a twinge of kitsch but bring youthful references that make them relevant in this day and age without the pains of nostalgia. [The Deli Mag]
[MP3]: “Okay Lover”

 

BOTTLE UP & GO vomit their music with remarkable deftness, plowing through stripped down, jacked up bluesy anthems with the aura of a wounded pride fighting for redemption. This is a band that has taken on the blues not only with a guitar and a bottle of the good stuff, but also with a never-say-die punk attitude that won’t give up, but just might drink until it doesn’t remember anymore. [Impose Magazine]
[MP3]: “All My Trials”

 
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